Liam Gallagher On Bassist Drew McConnell And Pete Doherty

Liam Gallagher has hailed his bassist Drew McConnell as ‘fucking talented’, as well as recalling the time he met his Babyshambles bandmate Pete Doherty.

McConnell plays in Liam’s current solo band, alongside Kasabian’s touring guitarist Jay Mahler, Mike Moore on lead guitar, Dan McDougall on drums and Chris Madden on keys. Doherty said that he experienced ‘stressification’ after losing McConnell from Babyshambles to join Gallagher’s line-up. Now, Gallagher has praised McConnell’s talent and attitude.

“I’d never met Drew before and you know – he’s fucking talented,” Liam told NME. “He’s played with The La’s, Drew, so he’s obviously talented. To keep the fucking Babyshambles thing going he’s gotta be pretty headstrong, you know what I mean.”

“I met him and he seemed cool. He’s been very fucking laid back. There’s been no like ‘look, you’s lot – do ya fucking thing, here’s your numbers, go and fucking do it’.”

Asked about whether he has any contact or relationship with Pete Doherty, Gallagher replied: “No, I’ve only met him once, but that was years ago at the Forum when he was with…what are they called.. fucking, Libertines. It was just ‘hello, you’re really tall and that’. He looked like my mic stand.”

Source: www.nme.com

Babyshambles Put Next Album On Hold

Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles have put their next album on hold over fears the public is sick of hearing rock music.

The troubled British star and his group were set to release their third record later this year (09) - but have decided to wait until 2010 to see if guitar-based independent music makes a chart comeback, according to drummer Adam Ficek.

He says, "The 'Shambles won't release until late next year, when the scene is more fruitful.

"At the moment there are many guitar bands struggling. People have got bored because there's a generic sound.

"There was a lot of money going into indie music so more mediocre bands have managed to sustain a career out of it."

And the musician blames a lack of rock 'n' roll role models in the industry at the moment for teens turning their backs on the genre.

He adds, "The kids don't want to be like Arctic Monkeys because they're not characters like (Oasis frontman) Liam Gallagher and (Blur star) Damon Albarn.

"A band similar to The Stone Roses or Oasis will emerge in the next three of four years. Some young with something to say, as no bands have anything to say right now. We haven't had a working-class band for ages."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Pete Doherty: 'Babyshambles Are Better Than Oasis'

Singer says he wants to knock Gallaghers off their perch

Pete Doherty has said that he wants his current band Babyshambles to make a comeback album soon – to knock Oasis off their perch as Britain's biggest band.

The singer/guitarist, who also has a solo career and is planning a Libertines reunion, told NME.COM that he had been impressed by the Manchester legends' latest album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', so had made a vow to better it with his own group.

"With Oasis stepping up a gear and proving they've still got it, they need to be shown there are people out there who can surpass them," Doherty told NME.COM.

He added: "Can we match them? The quality is good [in Oasis], but there really is no competition because my band is the greatest in the world and we're going to prove it."

When asked when we should expect a new Babyshambles album, he said: "It's record company politics. Please, let it happen as soon as possible."

See the new issue of NME, out now, for the full interview with Doherty.

Source: www.nme.com

Babyshambles Prepare To Knock Oasis Off Their Perch As Britain's Biggest Band

Peter Doherty reveals to NME Magazine (in stores now) that he was impressed with Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul' album but that he will go one better with the new Baby Shambles album.

Source: www.nme.com

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