Outside of The Fall, you've just guested on the new Gorillaz album 'Plastic Beach'...
Yeah. I never related it to Blur. They just kept asking me and I was like 'I don't wanna do it,' then I thought 'Well, maybe they need some help.' I actually thought Gorillaz were some kiddie rap, like helping out Dizzee Rascal or something. I didn't realise it's a big thing, so I arrive at the studio limping, [Mark was recovering from a leg injury at the time], and...
...Damon Albarn was there?
Yeah. I walk in and there's all the stars of the universe there, people you're supposed to know. Domino [his record label] were crying, like, 'You've worked with Damon Albarn'. It's a very southern thing. Where I live in Manchester, Gorillaz mean jack shit, honestly. But down there Blur are like gods aren't they? It's alien to me.
Were you more of a fan of your fellow Lancastrians Oasis, then?
Yeah. Blur were doing a nancy Oasis thing. They were shite. My lads [in the band] are like, 'Who the fuck's Blur? Who the fuck's Oasis?' That's why I adore them. They're more into Motorhead. I think that's the best way.
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