Kevin Shields Of My Bloody Valentine Thinks Britpop Was Government Conspiracy

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Via The Guardian:

"Britpop was massively pushed by the government," he said. "Someday it would be interesting to read all the MI5 files on Britpop. The wool was pulled right over everyone's eyes there."

In the early years of Tony Blair's premiership, Britpop luminaries such as Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn were vocal supporters of the Labour government, and visited 10 Downing Street. Shields said he would only have attended "on condition we could play a song".

Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, everybody. To put it in the clearest possible terms: the man behind this year's long-awaited album m b v believes that the success of bands like Suede, Blur and Oasis was due to a full-scale government conspiracy.

I'll admit that "Champagne Supernova" and "Wonderwall" are incredibly stupid songs that are only loved by 12-year-olds learning to play the guitar but come on, man. You saw the way Tony Blair ran things and you think he could orchestrate a worldwide musical conspiracy?