THE FRONTMAN for a Scottish rock band has hit out at Blur bassist Alex James over a picture he took alongside ex-Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and Jeremy Clarkson in 2011.
Bobby Gillespie, vocalist for Primal Scream, aired his criticism during an interview with The i wherein he reflected on people using the music industry as a way to social climb.
“If you’re in a successful band, you get invited to things, know people from different classes, you’ve experienced things.
“It’s not like you’re trying to be like the guy from Blur [Alex James] hanging out with David Cameron and [Jeremy Clarkson].”
The Blur bassist has distanced himself from Cameron and Clarkson, telling the Sunday Times “I think you have to be careful who you get photographed with. You know, bedfellows.”
This did not stop Cameron from attending James' New Years Eve party in 2015.
Gillespie continued, “That’s obviously social climbing going on there, right? I don’t mean it like that. It’s just being aware. You’ve got nice houses and are doing alright. And you think, ‘Well, not everyone else is doing alright.’”
When asked whether he experiences any guilt over Primal Scream’s success, Gillespie responded, “No, not really”.
“We wanted to be rock’n’roll stars so that we don’t have to work in a factory or be told what to do. There was no guilt. My dad always said to me, ‘While the money’s there, you’ve got to take it, because you’re not promised tomorrow.”
