Noel Gallagher: 'Rock 'n' roll is f**king bad at the moment'

Noel Gallagher has claimed that modern rock 'n' roll is "f**king bad".

The singer-songwriter insisted that the genre will become popular again despite its recent decline in quality and popularity.

Gallagher told NME: "It's got to come. Although two years ago people may have gone, 'Oh it's a bit s**t', it's really f**king bad now.

"And when it's really bad, there's somebody somewhere - who's either like Ian Brown, Liam [Gallagher] or Bobby Gillespie or a songwriter like me - who's going to tell a story."

He continued: "That's all rock 'n' roll is; it's retelling the story of rock 'n' roll, which is a great f**king story. Music snobs and people who vote for the Mercury Music Prize, when this band come along, will think it has all been done before.

"But it's only a story that needs f**king retelling for a new generation. Rock 'n' roll is gone at the minute, but it will never die - because Neil Young said so."

The former Oasis star recently said that his new solo material would not make it onto one of his previous bands' albums as it is too soft.

Noel Gallagher's new single 'AKA... What A Life' is available to download now.

His debut album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be released in the UK on October 17.

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