Nicky Wire hails 'Warholian' Lady GaGa

Nicky Wire has suggested that Lady GaGa is a modern example of the "Warholian" nature of pop.

The Manic Street Preachers bassist also told XFM that he and his missing bandmate Richey James Edwards were always big fans of Kylie Minogue, despite the negative attention they received.

Wire said: "Me and Richey used to wear Kylie T-shirts and it was deeply unfashionable when we first started coming to London but she just represented something, a kind of naturalness in pop, a gigantic personality, which is what we cared about when we started.

"It was our mission to be as popular as we could. Just like Lady GaGa today, sometimes you just appreciate the Warholian nature of pop music."

Manic Street Preachers penned early single 'Little Baby Nothing' with Minogue in mind, but her representatives rejected the group. The final song boasted the vocals of ex-underage porn star Traci Lords.

They later wrote 'I Don't Need Anyone' and 'Some Kind Of Bliss' for Minogue's 1997 Impossible Princess album.

Wire also revealed that he would like to write a song for Morrissey, despite never meeting the ex-Smiths frontman.