NOEL GALLAGHER - GALLAGHER: 'BRITISH BANDS STEAL OUR SOUND'

GALLAGHER: 'BRITISH BANDS STEAL OUR SOUND'

Rocker NOEL GALLAGHER has slammed the current crop of British guitar bands for their lack of original talent - and claims they're simply riding on the success of OASIS' critically acclaimed 1994 debut album, DEFINITELY MAYBE. The LIVE FOREVER hitmaker blasts THE LIBERTINES, ARCTIC MONKEYS, THE KOOKS and RAZORLIGHT for mimicking Oasis' sound. He says, "If I see one more advert on the TV for an album that says 'Best guitar album since Definitely Maybe' I'll shoot whoever writes those f**king things. "It's flattering that it's still considered the benchmark, and that The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight and all said it was the album for them, but come on. I think a lot of these bands are just copying the blueprint. "You're always looking at JOHNNY BORRELL (Razorlight frontman) or him out of The Kooks (LUKE PRITCHARD) and going 'I dunno if you mean it man'. When you see those bands, there's something not quite right."