Mogwai Insult Damon Albarn
Published Thursday, 23rd February, 2006 at 1:20 PM
Following recent insults on Coldplay and James Blunt, post-rockers Mogwai have reopened their feud with Damon Albarn.
The attack on Albarn has been posted on the official Mogwai website by member Barry Burns, who had this to say:
"I can change the world with African Music. I can turn the colour blue into sound. I can have a band with crazy animated characters. I can kick box. I can turn George Bush into a nice man with mere words. I can actually fly. I can have another previous band with such differing styles for each and every album. I am a pearly queen when I want to be.
I can write a gut wrenchingly beautiful broken heart ballad. I laugh in the face of ad hominem attack t shirts. I will try to get into theatre and musicals and I will probably succeed! I am London. I am Mali. I am Music itself. I am Damon. I am All Bran. I will prevail. You will suffer at my musical might and other numerous talents. I am Damon. I am Damon Suzuki. I am good at everything."
This isn't the first time Mogwai have lashed out at Albarn and Blur. The band had previously produced a t-shirt design featuring the slogan Blur: Are Shite, which was reportedly the biggest selling t-shirts at Festivals that year.
A smaller insult on the band Test Icicles was added by Stuart Braithwaite, who said:
"ps Just in......Test Icicles have split up because of "The constant pressures of touring"! That is so ridiculous it doesn't even merit a snide sarcastic comment. Jesus, they've only been going for about 3 bloody weeks!!"
Mogwai are set to release their next album Mr Beast on March 6th.
