Glen Matlock said he was asked to play with Oasis, but found the band “boring”; the singer posted a “short and thick” response.
Nice bullshit. Good bullshit well done. Nice bullshit. And most importantly: random bullshit. This is what seems to happen in between Glen Matlock AND Liam Gallagher after comments from the original bassist of Sex guns regarding the Oasis.
In an interview with NME to promote his latest solo album, Consequences coming (2023), Matlock – which also plays with the blonde — was asked about the topic of the year in English rock: the return of Oasis. In his response he tried to be respectful and praised his brothers Gallagherbut he did not give up his sincerity.
“They have a lot of fans. I’ve always seen Oasis as a… Status quo: With both, listening to a song once was enough. I find them a bit repetitive. I know the guys, they’re great. I have to be careful because I find Noel [Gallagher, guitarrista] Enough. He lives around the corner from my house. I think Liam is fantastic. He sings really well – it’s like Johnny Rottenbut he can sing. He has a magnetic personality on stage: he knows how to stand still and is charming. The rest of the guys? No. I think they’re boring live. I would never see them.”
Then, Glen revealed that he was asked to play bass between 1995 and 1996, at the invitation of his manager Alan McGeewhen they were supposedly having conflicts with the role holder, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan. He ended up going to a show to see what the band sounded like – and seemed to regret it.
“There was talk of me helping them with the bass a long time ago, in 1995, ’96. But they solved the problem they had with their boyfriend. I was invited to see them at Earls Courtbut I left [no meio do show]. It was boring. I went to see them again in the US with Clem Burke and I couldn’t wait to leave. They didn’t want them in the band because they wanted someone who would stick around. Alan McGee asked me. Then I went to visit them and thought: the last thing they need is another person around.”
Liam Gallagher’s response
Always active on social media, Liam Gallagher was alerted by a fan on X/Twitter to Glen Matlock’s comments. The internet user posted: “Why was Glen Matlock such an idiot saying Oasis were boring but you’re good guys? Glen is crazy”.
The singer was short and heavy in his response. He said:
“F#d@ him, Sid [Vicious] It was the Sex Pistols.”
The provocation comes following one of the most illustrious dismissals in the history of rock. Matlock was together with one of the founding members of the Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten (voice), Steve Jones (guitar) e Paul Cook (drums). However, in early 1977, Glen was fired – or left alone, in his opinion – to make way for Sid Vicious, a fan of the band who, according to reports, couldn’t even play his instrument.
The versions about the breakup are varied. The most reliable story is that he didn’t get along with Rotten. However, Jones and the businessman Malcolm McLaren he claimed on several occasions that Matlock was fired because he liked him Beatles.
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Source: Terra
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