Cribs bassist: 'Lads ruined my life'

Gary Jarman has said that he is "disgusted" that The Cribs are often associated with laddism.

The band's bassist told The Quietus that the group are wrongly tarnished with the laddish brush because they are from the North.

Jarman said: "Those people have my entire life been my nemesis, and it's disgusted me we've been lumped in with stuff like that.

"It's a differentiation between lad rock and punk rock. Lad rock, which was Oasis bar-room straight uninspired music, becoming assimilated into some approximation of punk."

He added: "Being around that was so frustrating it made me not want to be in a band for a while, because the lines had become so blurred. I always hated it, I was disgusted at it.

"They ruined my life on a small level, and when I got in a band they ruined my life on a bigger level. They somewhat debased what we were doing."