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Status Quo guitarist Francis Rossi has accused fellow British band Oasis of not being rock and roll.

According to The Sun, Rossi said: “We’re from a generation of acts that are very physical, we put physicality into it.

“But some of the younger bands don’t want to put that physical commitment in, either because it’s not cool at the moment or whatever.

“What always comes to mind is Oasis. They call themselves a rock band and they stand there looking at the floor. Bored shitless they look.I’m not saying they’re a bad band, but that to me isn’t rock ’n’ roll.”

I’m not much of a Status Quo fan, but Francis Rossi has a point. In every video I’ve ever seen of Oasis, they’ve looked more bored than me. And considering I’m watching Oasis at the time, I’m pretty fucking bored.

Sure, all Status Quo songs sound the same, but at least they’re putting some balls behind it. I’ll take that over the bland droning of Oasis any day.

The Sun then reports that later in the same interview Francis Rossi named Muse and Snow Patrol as two of his favourite bands. So while he makes a good point about Oasis not being rock and roll, Rossi then goes on to score an own goal by naming Snow Patrol as a favourite.

All of this leaves the Rockblog wondering what happened to rock and roll. When did it become such shit? Will there ever be another punk rock revolution to come and kick the old boy up the ass or are we going to get lamer and lamer bands being passed off as “rock and roll” until the name means nothing?

Only the other week I was on an internet forum where somebody called Take That a rock band. Something inside of me died when I read it. The fact that rock has come to the point where somebody could even think Take That qualifies as a rock band shows what a sad state rock is in today.