The frontman of heavy metal band Disturbed, says The Darkness are a joke that the world wants.

David Draiman told Metal Edge magazine: “The world wants rock bands to be idiots. The world wants rock bands to be these bumbling buffoons, these morons who made fun of themselves and their music and their art and don’t take themselves seriously in any way.

“It’s all supposed to be a joke. And it’s funny. I heard that they have decided to start slinging s**t in our direction and that we are an example of one of the bands that they’re completely against.

“That to them we symbolise this whole wave of nu-metal that is near its death. Are you f****** kidding me.

“The irony is that they opened up for us in London at Brixton Academy and here they are talking s**t about us.

“I like the single, it’s a catchy song, but it’s not metal. It’s pop-rock. How dare they call themselves metal. That’s not metal. It’ll never be metal!

However Draiman says The Darkness are a great band and that he has nothing against them.

But he did warn the British group: “Don’t claim to be something you’re not. Don’t claim to be metal. Don’t claim that you’re authentic and we’re not. F*** you!”

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