Manics Slam Radiohead

The ever tight-lipped Manic Street Preachers have called Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want download option/experiment for In Rainbows demeaning to music.

"Fair play to Radiohead for doing something different,” said bassist Nicky Wire to British tabloid the Daily Star. “It's certainly great for publicity but I think it kind of demeans music. Music used to be a market, now it's all gone digital. It's worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment. Sales are doing well everywhere else. Cinema is doing well, video games are doing well but music isn't. The free download phenomenon is ruining the industry."

The Manics are also contemplating releasing their music on their own, once their deal expires with Sony, according to drummer Sean Moore, who further stated, "We made more money with live shows this year than in the last seven of releasing records. We want to do records ourselves. Labels are scared to move forward, we're not."