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British, beefing: Mystery Jets don't like Hard-Fi 'shocker'
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver February 9th, 2006

Oh really, boys, do grow up. All this bickering, when will it end...

One day it's some Busted muppet versus Harry Potter, then Wayne Coyne has a dig at pop puppets, and Pink mickey-takes everyone in a single video blow; now, Mystery Jets have chirped up about their dislike of fellow London indie types Hard-Fi.

"We're the anti-Hard-Fi, basically," said Jets singer Blaine Harrison, quoted on Gigwise. Referring to Hard-Fi front man Richard Archer, he continued: "Watching the way he performs, he makes me feel uncomfortable and it makes me think, 'Right, so that's what a man is? That's what a man should be like?'... The way he's leaning into girls' faces shouting 'awwight poppet!' I don't wanna go there... they come from about a mile down the road from us and their fans are probably harder than our fans, but I don't care."

Bandmate Will added: "He actually sings about things that Arctic Monkeys do but they do it in a way that's very meaningful, whereas Hard-Fi do it in a way that's really bland."

DiScuss: All this badmouthing, it's like Blur versus Oasis versus All Saints versus The Spice Girls versus The Beatles versus The Stones all over again, innit?

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