Bloc Party blast 'stupid' Oasis

Rock group Oasis have "made stupidity hip," according to the lead singer of rival band Bloc Party.

Lead singer Kele Okereke hit back after Liam Gallagher compared Bloc Party to "a band off University Challenge".

"Why is it bad to better yourself? It is really daft to reinforce the idea that there is something cool about being dumb," he told Uncut magazine.

Gallagher made his remarks in the NME two years ago, when he also called the Scissor Sisters "weirdos on stilts".

Okereke responded by saying Oasis are "over-rated," although he admitted the University Challenge comment was "quite funny".

"It probably would have been a lot more funny had he not used exactly the same words to describe Travis a couple of years ago," he added.

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The singer, who studied English literature at King's College, London, also called Oasis "repetitive Luddites".

"They claim to be inspired by the Beatles but, and this so saddens me, they have failed to grasp that the Beatles were about constant change and evolution," he said.