You guys weren’t feeling the new Kasabian. And Playlouder seemed downright angry at the band’s existence:
At parties I often have to withstand friends saying things along the lines of “Oh, Kasabian, yeah, their tunes are decent but I get put off ‘cos they act like a bunch of cunts”, whereas for me the opposite has always been true. As people I actually find their po-faced personalities endearingly hilarious. The bit about being put off the music, however, remains true, and I honestly wish that song titles such as ‘The Doberman’, ‘British Legion’, ‘Seek And Destroy’, not forgetting the abominable title track, were ironic swipes on the state of ‘Great’ Britain. But, of course, they’re not. Indeed if this fallen empire were to rise again, it’d be a sorry state of affairs if this lot were drafted in to soundtrack it, for we would most likely be sitting in pubs called ‘The Bulldog and Baton’, supping piss weak Carlsberg, listening to a jukebox that’s stuck on Be Here Now while Burberry and Wallaby clad minions riding on the garlic sauce splashed coattails of 90′s lad culture put down their back issues of Loaded before barricading the doors with their blood-stained pool cues for a lock-in.
So how to explain Empire‘s #1 spot on the UK charts? We have no idea. But one can assume Kasabian will only get more obnoxious…
KASABIAN VS. ROLLING STONES
This is especially strange, ’cause we thought Tom Meighan and Mick and Keef had kissed and made up. The Kasabian frontman has apparenty changed his tune: “All I remember is Mick coming up and saying, ‘I heard you had a storm, you %$#@er.’ And Keith said hello. But it was weird because they are granddads. They should be drinking cups of tea in their armchairs.” [SOURCE]
C’mon Tom, pick on someone your own size?
KASABIAN VS. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
“[Justin is] a midget with whiskers who is just trying to be black. He’s a puppet in a million-dollar suit who’s had his strings cut off. It’s just money music. Absolute rubbish. You can smell the money coming off it. He’s a knobhead.” Anything to add bassist Chris Edwards? “Sexyback? More like hairy back. It’s the worst title of any record I’ve ever heard!” [SOURCE]
Brilliant, Chris. What else ya got?
KASABIAN VS. KEANE
“Tom [Chaplin, Kean's singer currently in rehab] has got no backbone. The Priory is for wimps. Some people like talking about themselves too much. It’s sad that Keane felt they had to shout from the rooftops that he’s gone in there.” [SOURCE]
This is fun! What do you think of Radiohead, Tom?
KASABIAN VS. RADIOHEAD
?Look at our single ?Empire?. We?re possibly the only band apart from Radiohead that changes tempo with a new single we?ve put out and no band dares do it, you know. We?re like a futuristic Led Zeppelin man with strings on, and electronic on it. … We gave Radiohead a good run [at the V Festival]. I mean, you?re talking about a band that?s been around for about ten or twelve years, they?re massive and we just put our next single out. That?s all we?ve done and it was incredible. The response was wonderful. It was almost as if we were headlining the whole festival.” [SOURCE]
Wow, they’re sort of like Oasis circa ’95. But without the good songs.
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I was going to say, how pathetic. Their marketing strategy is to be as Gallagher like as possible, but without the songs or roguish charm. And they can’t even do it properly: “Sexyback more like hairyback!” sounds like a parody of a playground insult. The Rolling Stones are old? Sadly, they still rock your faces off, Kasabian, and probably still will 10 years from now.
Wishing AIDS on Damon Albran? Now we’re talking.
If sexyback is such a horrible title, why am I hearing it used as a catchphrase everywhere I go? I don’t know exactly what it means, but I know I’m trying to bring sexyback.
And the Stones? Pick on someone your own size, indeed.
because you hang out with a lame crowd maybe thats why becky !
kasabian have balls and he was dead right about what he said about timberlake. to bad they have shit tunes.
I really don’t see how making fun of a member of NSync, Keane and calling the Stones old means you have balls, but…comparing themselves to Radiohead? I don’t know if that’s balls or just shit for brains, but it’s definitely a bold (and ridiculous) statement.
I guess they’re touring the country soon with Mew opening for them? I’m glad I don’t have to really catch their set to see Mew play.
honestly their tunes are ok, and i like their outgoing personalites.. but the tunes just aren’t there. nme said they the next oasis in their review of empire. not so.
You should maybe spell check your posts.
Justin Timberlake is the white (well, without manipulation) Michael Jackson of this decade. Woo! I think it would be more apt to make fun of the people that like his shitty music. Seriously, a song with grunts from Timbaland and his voice sampled over and over again does not make a good song. Does he do anything other than dance? At least Michael Jackson could sing some sweet tunes. Timberlake is like Paula Abdul except with better marketing.
total contrived pr move. nobody gives a shit about them. boring.
the new album does have its charms. Even if they’re just trying to steal Primal Scream’s XTRMNTR note for note.
You’d think that they could at least have the decency to wait until after they were done touring with the Stones before they bad-mouthed them. But no.
They are just trying to get attention, which they shouldn’t need to do if their new album was any good. That should provide all the attention they need. Comparing themselves to Radiohead and Zeppelin is ludicrous, and I actually liked the first album. What they need to do is come up with a few good albums and come up with some insults for a rival band, ala Oasis/Blur. Then if they start spouting shit like this, I might listen.
Didn’t Franz Ferdinand change tempos on that one single…Take Me Out…a few people heard it…
yes, i’d fucking love some ice cream.
damn, word up kasabian!
but i’d prefer their first album…sound like a lite version of stone roses….
does anybody like kasabian?
UGH! I really hate this band. They are so obnoxious. They think that they are better than everyone, when really, they are the most mediocre thing to come out of Britain in quite some time. I am absolutely shocked to hear that they got to number one in england with that sad excuse for an album they just released. I really liked their first album, songs like clubfoot, lsf, and running battle were awesome and seemed like a welcome relief to all those Clash rip-off bands that were coming out at the time. But now Kasabian seem like they have lost their minds, had them replaced by Oasis’, and they just seem so sad and desperate. I think they are terrified because they know that this new album is AWFUL and they are trying to get their names in the press in any way possible. I agree with what volume-addict said, I am just so happy that we don’t have to sit through them to see Mew. I think it would be brilliant if everyone left after Mew’s set! After all, Kasabian are the same band that made all those anti-american statements last month. Everyone should totally just boycott them for being ridiculous!
no way. they got to number 1 in england and now they are going to be even more annoying than ever! great! kasabian are awful. i hope they fail miserably because they have tried to tear everyone else down, and their fall from the top is going to be a hard one. and since they are such assholes to everyone else, i’m sure no one is going to feel bad for them. they are so contrived and obnoxious. if they made good music perhaps they wouldn’t have to be such obnoxious morons about everything. they are press hounds and it is pathetic. grow up kasabian. mew is going to blow you out of the water on this US tour by the way. hope you don’t mind playing after everyone has left!
this band need to stop licking the excess shit out of the Gallghers assholes and get their own fucking personality. At least Oasis have fucking great records to back them up…all these boys have is a piece of shit put on a CD
y’know ever since that Chris Karloff dude left the band and that freak show bearded man came into the picture they’ve officially lost their minds…what a bunch of grade A cunts
Kasabian think they are good enough to talk shit about everyone else in the biz, but they are the most derivative, lame, crappy band to come out in a while. Every comment seems so rehearsed. It’s like “ooooh! we are going to be all controversial by making ridiculous, meaningless statements about other artists, and that will make everyone think we are such bad-asses! wowwww!”. They actually just look and sound like a bunch of dorks that got beat up in school and now have some “power” and are bullying everyone else. There was something genuine about when the Gallaghers did it, but Kasabian are just assholes who wrote a really bad album (not the classic they promised). Definitely, no maybe’s about it!
are tom meighan and brandon flowers best buddies? i have a feeling they should be.
i do find his shot at JT funny. however, i’m pretty sure that JT doesn’t have the slightest clue who tom or kasabian is so it’s all in vain. however, what caught my ire is what he said about tom chaplin. i do believe that of all the huge bands in the scene right now, keane happens to be the most low-profile and least publicity-hungry. as i see it, the reason they had to let everyone know tom’s in rehab is ‘coz it was the right thing to do, considering they had contractual obligations with tour and festival appearances. if it weren’t for these and if they were just on a break, i doubt if they would even consider going public with it.
Wow. I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks Kasabian’s new album is bad and they have turned into a bunch of arrogant, ignorant sell-outs. it is a shame really. i liked their first album and there was something charming about all of them. now they are crappy!
Kasabian, hey? Best thing to come out of Leicester since, erm, what exactly? lol I hate them, much like everone on here. The first album was ok, some decent tunes (especially the remix of Reason is Treason, as featured on GT4) but the second one? Terrible.
I’d be annoyed by their stupid comments anyway, even if they were any good, but the fact they aren’t annoys me even more.
Now, if we were to put Kasabian and The Kaiser Chiefs in the same room, who do you reckon would win the ego contest, Scott?
I can’t believe these assholes are on the cover of NME again this week. Why are NME kissing their asses and trying their hardest to make them into the next Oasis. It is pretty pathetic if you ask me. I really have lost all respect for this band. They were good when I saw them last year, but that was before they turned into the most annoying people on earth. Its mostly those two lead singers that are the annoying ones. You don’t really see or hear much of the other guys in the band. I know they kicked one out. That is probably the luckiest out of any of them. He got out before this band becomes a huge joke. Oh wait, they are already a huge joke. F*ck off Kasabian. Lock yourselves in a big room and talk sh*t about everyone all day, but I for one am tired of hearing it.
I hate kasabian…bunch of wankers. their cd sucks. i listened to it on myspace. don’t waste your time. these guys think they are the best band in the world but they are really just a bunch of posers. hope they get boo’d off stage at V festival. how dare they compare themselves to the rolling stones. and even worse, now they are talking shit about the stones. they have some balls these guys! too bad they don’t have good songs to support them.
i think i’m the only person who likes kasabian and doesn’t give a shit what they say to the press. their remarks are cheeky and funny. who cares if they’re true to your opinion or not?
i have good memories of seeing them last year at fib/benicassim with a shitload of british people who overtook spain to see oasis, so it was a high energy show and a lot of drunken shenanigans. i think they were meant to play festivals tho, and lining them up for a tour with mew is just sad.
You are right, you are the only person who likes Kasabian. It is not too sad that Kasabian are on tour with Mew. At least Mew are opening and no one has to stick around afterwards to see Kasabian. I think maybe Kasabian should just stick to playing shows in England. People seem to really appreciate their idiotic behavior there. Which is weird since there are far better bands to care about over there. Why worry about one as shitty as Kasabian??? They suck, end of story.
all of you people who are slaggin off kasabian for being honest are just as bad. what planet are you on? kasabian are what this world is missing….all the other bands you meantioned just wallow in there pain, at least kasabian are celebrating music with life….they are a breath of fresh air….open your f…..g ears and truly listen….
p.s
if you hated Kasabian so much…..why are you bothering leaving a message?
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if you hated Kasabian so much…..why are you bothering leaving a message?
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if you hated Kasabian so much…..why are you bothering leaving a message? mew? more like MEAOW!!!
Kasabian is amazing end of story. Anyone who says they suck, dont know what music is. And they should kill themselves beacuse they are just a shadow on the human race.
you’re a fuckers!!! kasabian are great, a very original band….you’re sucks fuckers whores idiots… keane and the tipical-indie-emo-trash music is a shit, yours needed a new sounds.
“Who the hell is Kasabian?” <– The perfect anti-Kasabian remark.
This is really nothing more than a pathetic attempt to gain publicity through trash-talking other bands. It seems to be working, though.
pre·ten·tious (adj.)
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
I might be he only guy from South America that has actually listened to both albums. I must say I liked both… though the first one was way better.
It’s true that talking s*** of legends such as The Rolling Stones, Radiohead or Pink Ployd will make some people angry; maybe rock n’ roll is about attitude and not about the music anymore.
However, I’ll support them ’cause I don’t mind what they say, I care about the music they make, which I enjoy…
I might be he only guy from South America that has actually listened to both albums. I must say I liked both… though the first one was way better.
It’s true that talking s*** of legends such as The Rolling Stones, Radiohead or Pink Ployd will make some people angry; maybe rock n’ roll is about attitude and not about the music anymore.
However, I’ll support them ’cause I don’t mind what they say, I care about the music they make, which I enjoy…
I might be he only guy from South America that has actually listened to both albums. I must say I liked both… though the first one was way better.
It’s true that talking s*** of legends such as The Rolling Stones, Radiohead or Pink Ployd will make some people angry; maybe rock n’ roll is about attitude and not about the music anymore.
However, I’ll support them ’cause I don’t mind what they say, I care about the music they make, which I enjoy…
I might be he only guy from South America that has actually listened to both albums. I must say I liked both… though the first one was way better.
It’s true that talking s*** of legends such as The Rolling Stones, Radiohead or Pink Ployd will make some people angry; maybe rock n’ roll is about attitude and not about the music anymore.
However, I’ll support them ’cause I don’t mind what they say, I care about the music they make, which I enjoy…
You lot are wankers man. Kasabian are easly the best band around at the moment and their last album matches their first. Besides dont give me all this wannabe Liam Gallagher, because someone needs to be him, coz he most certainly isnt anymore more like a monkey in a suit, hopefully Kasabian don’t let money go to their heads like Oasis.
They’re just another addition to the ever increasing line of certifiably mediocre and classless celebrities being churned out by the factory. No one will remember them a few years from now. yawn….
are you all retarded. Kasabian aren’t trying to be Oasis, or anyone else. they just put out that type of sneering, angry indie that we have been missing since the Liam went quiet on us. just because they have that rock and roll attitude of “i dont give a fuck” dosen’t mean that they are arrogant and obnoxious. there is a very fine line between arrogance aand confidence my friends. and as for the tunes, when, since morning glory, have you walked down the street with a self assured swagger that comes from only the best sneering indie tunes. empire and shoot the runner both have that edge. in short kasabian were top of the album charts because they are better than the likes of keane, franz ferdinand, james blunt and james fucking nuttini, because the rest are spineless label huggers. done
honestly, i actually enjoy some of their songs namely Club foot, reason is treason, empire, me plus one, and shoot the runner. those are the only songs by them that i like. As for their stupid complaints/whining/shit-tastic statements/and one-sided remarks, they need to just grow up, and then people won’t hate them as much. sharpening their music and making it more interesting would also help alot.
Kasabian are fantastic and honest I love them. End of.
None of you lot would have the balls to say any of the things they do if you were in the music industry, and you all know it.
Good day.
I like Kasabian… all you hermits should get off the internet once in a while and go out… maybe listen to a different band that you have decided to be all like “OMG! This is the best band in the world, everyone else sucks… and omg they just said something bad about my favourite band, i now hate them!”… shut the fuck up and have an open mind…
Here a post from a Dutchy, the land of dope, tall people and mushroom badtrips (recently young brit lost it in A’dam)
I find Kasabian make excellent songs, and there being a bit cheeky at the moment, but that’s just a whole part of the act, there just normal blokes playing rockstar, that’s what I would do, put the finger up, better than all this save the world and being humble stuff. Let the guys play and continue make really nice music and video artist choice is also very good. Go on lads!
Don’t forget the music.
It doesn’t matter if they talk crap or trash-talk everyother band or artist out there. The point is that they’re out there making music and doing what they love (in what may be an unconventional way maybe). They’re producing songs that some people love and some people hate. End of story.
Shitabian are the musically equivalent of a grey, smelly dog turd thats been in the sun for two weeks.
If they had a colour it would be a bland shade of grey.
Cunts, to a man.
You bunch of smelly cunts need to shut the hell up. You’re lucky you even have Kasabian. Over in the states, Justin Timberlake is actually better than most of what they try and foist on us. And sure the new album sucks, clearly too much coke being done, but still way better than most US crap..
Ahh bless you yanks, the irony is lost on you!!
(Irony, doh whats that huh?)
very derivative, no substance i find of kasabian, its all just fashion and style, their music is lame (from what iv heard of it), its like a pop version of the Zep, but its their pretentious style and the image they try and convey, as though they were holders of some mystical secret or sum crap