Hold Steady guitarist slags Radiohead
August 22nd, 2008 by Wade Tatangelo in News, Self-indulgent musingsThe Hold Steady, to my ears, are basically a straightforward, neoclassic rock band that’s managed to endear itself to the fickle indie set. Will there be any fallout from Hold Steady guitarist Tab Kubler dissing indie gods Radiohead and then praising Oasis, the bane of stateside hipsters? Or is it just silly blog fodder?
“I like [Radiohead] as a rock band, all the buttons and sequencing and stuff like that I don’t really care for,” reads the Kubler quote in NME.com. “I’m a fan of rock music and what they’re doing now I don’t think is very good.”
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August 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I don’t think his statement about Radiohead there is off the mark at all …
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Pssh.. It’s entirely off the mark. The guy has little idea what Radiohead is doing when they’re playing live.
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Yea, sounds like a statement he made without really thinking too hard. But hey, he’s a musician, what do you expect?
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Well, I can’t say I know what Radiohead is doing live, but when I don’t like the albums, I can’t really be expected to shell out for bloated concert tickets - can I? Radiohead lost me a long time ago. No offense to anyone who thinks they’re the cat’s pyjamas …
August 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
sounds about right to me. The Hold Steady are progressive lyrically without being convoluted in terms of content and musically they rock in a very subtle way and put on a great live show.