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"Black Box Recorder frontman Luke Haines has criticised Blur, Radiohead and Oasis in his new book. The singer, who was also formerly a member of The Auteurs, writes about the &amp;#039;90s indie bands in his autobiography Bad Vibes: Britpop And My Part In Its Downfall. Haines describes Oasis as &amp;quot;mindless northern bluff&amp;quot;, while Blur are deemed &amp;quot;a masterclass in media complicity&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;habitual bandwagon jumpers&amp;quot;. He is most critical of Radiohead, who he claims are &amp;quot;that most heinous of creatures, a heavy rock outfit, fright-wig and all&amp;quot;. Haines&amp;#039;s book blames Kurt Cobain for the rise of the Britpop music scene, arguing that the grunge star&amp;#039;s death allowed the more light-hearted music to flourish. &amp;quot;Without the abrupt end of Nirvana there would have been no light entertainment battle for number one between Blur and Oasis,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Not only did Cobain kill himself, he went and left the bloody door open on his way out.&amp;quot; Black Box Recorder, whose last album was 2003&amp;#039;s Passionoia, will play their first live shows in five years at London&amp;#039;s Luminaire in February. The band&amp;#039;s hits include &amp;#039;The Facts Of Life&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;England Made Me&amp;#039;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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