Noel Gallagher: "Arctic Monkeys are grumpy old men"

OASIS rocker NOEL GALLAGHER has dismissed rising British band ARCTIC MONKEYS as "a bunch of grumpy old men". In a scathing attack on the young four-piece, Gallagher slammed their trademark 'real-life' lyrics and fears their success is going to inspire scores of copycat bands. He says, "Their public persona is now of a bunch of grumpy old men. I'm worried about what's going to follow in their wake. "It's gonna be c**ts with guitars going: 'And me mum works down the f**king chip shop, she met a geezer' and all that. "Great pop music is not about real life, it's about how great life can be. Real life's s**t." Despite Gallagher's description of the band as "old", the Arctic Monkeys range in age from 20 to 21. Src: Contactmusic.com