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Paul Weller: Nirvana Were “Rubbish”

added 24 February 2010 at 18.02

Paul Weller has told the Irish Examiner that he thought Nirvana were “fucking rubbish”. Speaking about his re-emergence as a solo artist and the grunge era, the Modfather said,

“You’d had all that shoegazing bollocks and then the whole Nirvana thing, which I thought was fucking rubbish – it was just America catching up with punk rock 20 years too fucking late for me, you know”.

The Britpop era which followed prove to be a far happier time for Weller.

“That was the first time ever that I’d felt any kinship with any musicians – even though they were all probably at least ten years younger than me.”

So what do you think? Does the Modfather have a point, or is he just being a negative creep?

Tagged as Nirvana, Paul Weller, Gossip

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