 Coxon struggled with drinking problems and , in a rejection of the group 's former Britpop aesthetic , made a point of listening to noisy American alternative rock bands such as Pavement . In the 2010 documentary on the band , No Distance Left to Run , Coxon stated that he was getting more influenced by American guitarists as " a lot of them were doing very interesting stuff with guitars and I needed to be nourished . I suppose as a guitar player and there was none of that happening in English music although English music was now more popular [ so ] I started listening to more stuff from the States from smaller labels . " 
