IGGY POP - POP'S RANT AGAINST MODERN ROCK

POP'S RANT AGAINST MODERN ROCK

IGGY POP has blasted the state of modern rock music, blaming SMASHING PUMPKINS and LIMP BIZKIT for lowering standards.
The Lust for Life hitmaker started a backlash against the genre on his website by branding certain groups "idiot thugs with guitars making crappy music".
And the singer has now revealed during a video announcement for his new album, Preliminaires, that he was referring to Fred Durst's recently reformed group and the Smashing Pumpkins.
He says, "Anyone from Smashing Pumpkins to - what's the one with Fred Durst?... There are a million billion of them. And people
think they're gods, man."
And the star also takes a swipe at intellectual rockers, adding, "I took great pains not to think first because the thing I can't stand is a rock star who thinks he's got brains. They're always so damned dull!"