Graham Coxon Blasts Britpop

05 May 2009

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Graham Coxon has blasted Britpop, branding the movement a "grotesque travesty".

The guitarist - whose band Blur were at the forefront of the mid-90s musical era - insists he despised the period and fails to find any good things about the time.

He said: "I've got nothing positive to say about Britpop. The whole thing was a grotesque travesty. It was meant to make Britain look cool but made us all look like a joke. It was meant to be a celebration of music but it was more about petty rivalries. There was no real affinity between the bands."

The scene was full of dirty b*****ds trying to get off with my girlfriend all the time.Every time I went on tour it was like going to Troy. I'd come back and have to kill off a few suitors who'd been going behind my back.

According to the rocker, the hardest thing about the time was trying to stop other musicians flirting with his girlfriend.

He added: "The scene was full of dirty b*****ds trying to get off with my girlfriend all the time.

"Every time I went on tour it was like going to Troy. I'd come back and have to kill off a few suitors who'd been going behind my back."

Graham - who quit Blur in 2002 but rejoined last November - also admitted finding success with the band was a disappointment.

He told Live magazine: "Pop success was a crushing disappointment to me.

"I always imagined that appearing on 'Top of the Pops' for the first time would be like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup but the reality was far more mundane. It's over very quickly, then you buy a bag of chips and go home."

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