Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson responds to insults received from Mark E. Smith and Oasis
nme.comKaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has recalled the past insults he’s received from Mark E. Smith and Oasis.Speaking to NME as part of our ‘Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!’ quiz, Wilson correctly guessed that the late Fall icon Smith once said “the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys should open a chain of chip shops in North Yorkshire”.The comment came as part of a 2006 interview, in which Smith added: “I think the East Germans had it right actually.
Every group used to have a permit. Until they came up with anything culturally relevant like a classical composition, I think they should bring them in here.“I should start a musical Stasi.
If you can’t play in fookin’ time, then fook off back to the factory.”Responding to the dig almost two decades on, Wilson told NME: “I respect and admire Mark E.
Smith a lot, and I’d respect and admire him a lot less if he respected me! [Laughs].”He continued: “So well done Mark E, RIP.
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