Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis believes British music could do with an injection of excitement as a remedy for what he describes as an epidemic of ‘pre-prescribed dullness’.
Speaking at the Q Awards, where his band picked up the gong for Best Live Act, Philippakis said ‘charmingly offensive’ characters such as Liam Gallagher should be welcomed as ‘rock ‘n’ roll is so square these days’.
“I like Liam, I met him before and he was charmingly offensive and I like people like him,” he told Bang Showbiz. “You look at the Nineties and British guitar bands were mouthy. Now it’s pre-prescribed dullness. It needs to change. I’ve already had a scotch so I’m on my way. You can always rely on me to try and stir things up, but rock ‘n’ roll is so square these days. Everyone’s polite and groomed and media trained and they’re worried about their careers. That’s the problem.”
Foals will be back in London supping free scotch next week when their third album ‘Holy Fire‘ goes up against the likes of Disclosure, David Bowie and Laura Marling for the 2013 Mercury Prize.
