Liam Gallagher Responds to Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols Calling Oasis a “Boring” Band

Well, it looks like Liam Gallagher (frontman of Oasis) and Glen Matlock (bassist of The Sex Pistols) might be entering into the kind of beef you’d expect from two English rock stars from very particular niches and eras. 

Several days ago, Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols chatted with NME about everything from working with Blondie to finding Oasis a bit “boring”.

“I’ve always seen Oasis as a bit Status Quo,” said Matlock in the interview. “[With Quo], to hear one song once was enough. It’s a bit like that with Oasis: to hear one song once is enough. I just find them kind of samey. […] “I think Liam [Gallagher] is fantastic. He sings great. He’s like Johnny Rotten but can carry a tune. He’s got a magnetic stage personality… he can just stand there and it’s riveting. The rest of the guys? No. I think they’re boring live. I’d never go to see ‘em.”

After that story was published, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his thoughts on what Matlock said, as he often does.

Liam Gallagher Shares His “Thoughts” on Glen Matlock Calling Oasis “Boring”

In a post on the social media platform, an Oasis fan commented on Matlock’s hot-and-cold response to NME’s question, questioning why he would say Oasis is boring while praising the band in the same breath. Gallagher, as eloquent as ever, was very direct with his response to that tweet (and, apparently, what Matlock said.)

“F*** HIM SID WAS THE PISTOLS,” said Gallagher, referencing the late former bassist of Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, who left the band in 1978 and died in 1979.

Interestingly enough, Matlock also spoke to NME about Vicious as well in the same interview. For reference, Vicious was the bassist for the band between 1977 and 1978, and became more or less the “face” of the band long after his death in 1979. Matlock was originally the bassist of the band from 1975 to 1977, and has reunited with the band several times through the years since his initial departure.

“What can I do about it?” said Matlock. “It annoys me. It’s just that whole thing of people who died young. […] It’s a bit galling, to be honest. I knew Sid, we were neighbours. We hung out a bit together and he was a likeable nitwit. […] That might be the case that he’s a poster boy and blah blah blah, but it’s not doing him much f***ing good now, is it?”

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