Bon Jovi attacks Williams, Oasis

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 29 comments 13:12 September 4th, 2007

American band Bon Jovi have been giving it the big mouth about some of our bands.

Speaking to Glamour magazine, Jon Bon ventured the opinion that Robbie Williams "couldn't fill a bar. He couldn't even sell 500 tickets".

A controversial opinion, if only in the sense that it's plainly wrong.

When asked to match other British bands up against his exacting criteria, the mullet-ridden frontman concluded that: "Oasis couldn't fill a bar, either - and they're full of themselves.".

DiS hasn't particularly cared for the work of Oasis for the last decade, or Williams ever, but even we can see these remarks are NOT CORRECT.

The ambiguity makes my head sore.

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It's hard to know where to begin

It'd be like Hitler coming back from the dead and telling us that Margaret Thatcher wasn't very nice. What do we do, agree with the ghost of Hitler? My head aches.

Damian | 4 Sep '07, 13:14 | X | Reply

Shit band

in "slagging off superior band" shocker!

IrishMagpie | 4 Sep '07, 13:14 | X | Reply

brilliant picture

Parsefone | 4 Sep '07, 13:16 | X | Reply

Dear mr Jovi

come up with more put downs

regards
Mr Duck x

Yesiamaduck | 4 Sep '07, 13:21 | X | Reply

Jon Bon Jovi

Jooon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi in a ditch!
Joooon Bon Jovi in a diitch.

TheSoundofBastards | 4 Sep '07, 13:26 | X | Reply

Jon Bon Jovi

saying that people are full of themselves. JON BON JOVI?

hotspanners @Yesiamaduck | 4 Sep '07, 13:28 | X | Reply

you'll never fill a bar

TheBoyDeadly @Furi0usd | 4 Sep '07, 13:50 | X | Reply

*car

waterwings @TheBoyDeadly | 4 Sep '07, 13:52 | X | Reply

*van der Sar

waterwings @waterwings | 4 Sep '07, 13:53 | X | Reply

Bon Jovi couldn't fill a bar.

What a tool. It always surprises me when I find out these lot are still going.

black_rooster | 4 Sep '07, 13:57 | X | Reply

so...

when's his new album/book/movie out then?

smezzer | 4 Sep '07, 13:58 | X | Reply

Coming soon

To a Bar near you!

jammin @smezzer | 4 Sep '07, 14:12 | X | Reply

Bon Jovi are shit

Oasis are shit
Robbie Williams is shit

does anyone really care what they think about eachother?

rolyateel | 4 Sep '07, 14:14 | X | Reply

GLAMOUR magazine. That's GLAMOUR magazine kids. Who the fuck reads that shit? Robbie Williams, Bon Jovi and Oasis fans. And Kev Kharas. I can say no more. Oh - no, hang on - I think I can. Bon Jovi sold out the O2 in 30 minutes. And they were all Glamour readers. So leave them to their shit music and let's stop wasting our precious lives and time debating this matter any further. Fuckin case closed.

greenstone @onshu | 4 Sep '07, 15:38 | X | Reply

zblockmagpie | 6 Sep '07, 10:45 | X | Reply