"Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle is concerned bands including Green Day fail to see the true point of punk - which is rejecting the past and creating something new.Clever attempt to get publicity before the new record drops?
The Ever Fallen In Love? Rocker is flattered the American rockers cite him and his contemporaries The Clash and the Sex Pistols as an influence.
But he'd prefer it if they acted like real punks and stopped trying to "ape" their heroes.
He says: "They're alright. They're nice guys, and I think it's a compliment they are inspired by us.
"But they are a watered down version of the original.
"The Buzzcocks, the Pistols and The Clash, we all developed something of our own instead of apeing people from before.""
I have a Buzzcocks poster on my wall, this blog is named after a Buzzcocks song, so I'm going to say NO. Or I'll feel like a little traitor. But I'm getting sick of all this interband drama.
Last year, the Green Day boys, excited to meet Diggle, were told by him that he had no idea who they were.
PS. Anybody got a working link for the new album, Flat Pack Philosophy?
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