Liam Gallagher was awarded Godlike Genius at the VO5 NME Awards in London last night.
Unsurprisingly, it did not take him long to exercise his divine right to unleash more provocative comments on his brother Noel and hopes for an Oasis reunion.
He also spoke about his unsuccessful attempts to broker family harmony Christmas but admitted he had also gone looking for trouble at another time.
Liam said: “In my head [we called a truce]. ’Cos it’s Christmas innit and me mam’s always going, ‘Look, calm down,’ so I had a couple of drinks and thought, you know, I’ll put it out there. But it’s not happening, is it?”
The outspoken legend was not shy about his own solo career or his views on Robbie Williams and Chris Martin in a new interview but let loose talking about the Oasis reunion hopes.
Liam told NME: “I might have been drunk and rung ’em up and gone, ‘Shall we do something?’ I said, ‘We’ve all gotta do it’. We’d have to get someone to do Noel’s parts, which wouldn’t be hard. It would have been good. But they’re all happy doing what they’re doing, so they blanked me. Well, Bonehead was up for it.”
The comment that it wouldn’t be hard to replace Noel are unlikely to help rebuild any bridges.
Liam also hit back at implied slurs over the fact he didn’t write any of the band’s greatest hits.
He said: “Well, I didn’t write any of Oasis and that seemed to work… I feel more comfortable when I’m singing. I’m not a songwriter – I don’t know how it works, but I can do my little bit.
“[Manchester City striker] Sergio Agüero doesn’t defend – he might not be an all-round footballer – but he still puts the ball in the back of the f**king net. And that’s how I’m seeing it. So get that down your f**king neck, Noel.”
He even uses a self-deprecating denial that he sees himself as a serious artist as a chance to dig at his brother.
Liam added: “I mean, I wouldn’t say I’m a solo artist. That word ‘artist’ gets on my t**s. I’ll leave that for the likes of Paul Weller and f**king Noel Gallagher. I still feel like I’m a rock’n’roll singer in a band, d’you know what I mean?”
Noel actually received the same NME Godlike Genius Award six years and Liam told NME: “You can’t give it to one without the f**king other, man! I was like, ‘You cheeky f**king c**ts, man.’ But all is forgiven. Two Godlike Geniuses in my family – and then people wonder why we don’t f**king speak… Save the best ’til last, mate.”
With a second solo album on the way, The star promised fans it will be even more “lippy” than before.
He said: “(the album is) a bit more in-yer-face. Less apologetic. I’d love to do a proper out-and-out punk rock album – a bit Pistols, a bit Stooges. I can do that gear; I can definitely sing ’em. Some of the sing-y songs are a bit of a struggle when I do ’em live. But the lippy ones I can do all day long. The ones where you spit ’em out. You’re not necessarily singing, you’re just f**king screaming and shouting. I’m all for that.”
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