The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins has responded to his brother Dan’s criticism of the VMAs’ Ozzy Osbourne tribute, including some critiques of his personal — particularly relating to the looks of Yungblud.
As beforehand reported, Justin’s brother Dan Hawkins (additionally the guitarist in The Darkness) went viral earlier this week after blasting the VMAs’ Ozzy Osbourne tribute, which featured members of Aerosmith, Excessive guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and the aforementioned Yungblud. Dan referred to as the members “bellends” and captioned the publish: “One other nail within the coffin of rock n roll.”
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Now Justin has supplied his tackle the Ozzy tribute on the most recent episode of his podcast.
Within the considerably long-winded video clip, a shirtless Hawkins will be seen in what seems to be to be a inexperienced room (The Darkness are at present on tour) watching footage of the VMAs’ tribute on an iPad. Justin shares his opinions — that are a bit extra even-keeled than his brother’s — as he watches the clip.
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“There was some dialogue this week relating to my brother’s feedback on the Ozzy tribute and Yungblud on the VMAs,” prefaces Justin. “Was it actually essential to discuss with anybody as a ‘Bellend’? Let me attempt to clarify.”
Hawkins virtually instantly takes umbrage with Yungblud’s involvement within the tribute, in addition to the singer’s look on the pink carpet earlier than the occasion: shirtless and in tight leather-based pants — just like Justin’s look within the video, to be honest.
“I suppose one of many issues that irks musicians of a sure age is to look at Ozzy invent heavy steel, then flip into this family title with the tv sequence and his a long time of being good, and then you definitely type of suppose ‘What the fuck does all these a long time of getting this unimaginable legacy obtained to do with Yungblud?’” Hawkins mused.
Persevering with, he added: “I really feel like what irks musicians of a sure age is the truth that Yungblud appears to have positioned himself as a pure inheritor to the Ozzy legacy, having nothing to do with the actually essential stuff.”
Right here, Justin takes the dig at Yungblud’s “posturing” bodily look: “Jim Morrison meets the bloke from Stone Temple Pilots meets all people else who’s ever owned a pair of leather-based trousers.”
“It’s 101 Faculty of Rock stuff, you recognize?” Hawkins mentioned. “It’s the most recent in an extended line of — I’m sorry to say it — posers… For seven minutes, the world is taking a look at rock and that is what we’ve given them.”
Hawkins goes on to heap reward on Nuno Bettencourt’s guitarwork through the efficiency, however returns to Yungblud, evaluating the 28-year-old UK singer to David Hasselhoff.
“It’s such as you’ve watched a film about rock and steel, it’s like what a male stripper would do,” Hawkins mentioned. “It doesn’t ring genuine. It’s rock ‘n’ roll, however not as we all know it. It type of has this Disney veneer excessive of it, prefer it’s rock’n’roll seen by means of an Instagram filter of some type. That’s what makes it galling to the individuals who have tweeted their disdain.”
He concluded: “It’s truly like watching David Hasselhoff, who I feel is likely one of the greats… So after I say that, it’s not truly an insult. I simply imply that it’s like rock ‘n’ roll achieved by any person who, maybe, was well-known for driving a speaking automotive and felt reassured by sporting little pink shorts and taking care of you on the seaside. It’s like a tv persona doing rock’n’roll.”
As talked about, The Darkness are at present within the midst of a North American tour supporting their new album Desires on Toast. The band performs Toronto on Friday (September twelfth), with dates operating by means of November twenty second in Denver. Get tickets right here.
Watch the video of Justin Hawkins discussing Yungblud under.