Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 7 November 2007
As inevitable as the debate that’ll follow it, the NME have released the latest installment of their annual ‘Cool List’.
This year’s list, which asserts that ‘Punk Is Cool’, features lairy Gallows ginger Frank Carter in the top spot, with Jamie Reynolds of Klaxons just behind him. Lovefoxxx (CSS), Ryan Jarman, (The Cribs) and Lethal Bizzle complete the list; which – if it wasn’t for the appearance of Jarman – DiS would suspect was to be read upside down.
What else? Well, Brandon Flowers’ facial hair trumps its owner by 26 places; Tim Harrington makes an appearance and Prince sits sandwiched awkwardly at the aftershow between Babyshamble Drew McConnell and Tom Clarke of the Enemy.
All this and more, and more, and more:
1. Frank Carter – Gallows 2. Jamie Reynolds – Klaxons (13) 3. Lovefoxxx – CSS (10) 4. Ryan Jarman – The Cribs 5. Lethal Bizzle 6. Alex Turner – Arctic Monkeys (32) 7. Kate Nash 8. Amy Winehouse (50) 9. Beth Ditto – The Gossip (1) 10. Keith Richards – The Rolling Stones (26)?11. MIA 12. Thom Yorke – Radiohead (9) 13. Drew McConnell - Babyshambles 14. Prince 15. Tom Clarke – The Enemy 16. Noel Gallagher – Oasis 17. Hayley Williams - Paramore 18. Brandon’s Tache – Brandon Flowers, The Killers 19. Matt Bellamy – Muse (27) 20. James Smith - Hadouken 21. Caleb Followill – Kings of Leon 22. Matt Helders – Arctic Monkeys 23. Eddie Argos – Art Brut 24. Craig Finn – The Hold Steady 25. Morgan Yeah? – Does it Offend You, Yeah? 26. Simon Neil - Biffy Clyro – (28) 27. Simon Taylor - Klaxons 28. Karen O – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (5) 29. Kele Okereke – Bloc Party 30. Meg White – The White Stripes (24) 31. Tim Harrington – Les Savy Fav 32. Gerard Way – My Chemical Romance (8) 33. Jamie T 34. Pete Doherty – Babyshambles (28) 35. Lou Hayter – New Young Pony Club 36. Ian Brown 37. Joe Lean – Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong 38. Andy Burrows - Razorlight 39. Kyle Falconer – The View 40. Nicky Wire – Manic Street Preachers 41. Josh Homme - Queens of the Stone Age 42. Cole Alexander - Black Lips 43. Suki - Real Heat 44. Brandon Flowers – The Killers (29) 45. Yannis Philippakis - Foals 46. Patrick Wolf 47. Carlos D - Interpol 48. Santogold 49. Dev Hynes – Lightspeed Champion 50. Spider Webb – The Horrors
Last year's positions in brackets
Says NME editor Conor McNicholas of the list: “Thirty years after the height of punk there are a whole load of new bands making wild and passionate noise. But it takes more than just great music to make it to the top of the Cool List - these people effortlessly set trends with every breath they take - and it's great to see that people like Keith Richards prove that you don’t have to be young to do this!"
You kids, wild for ashes.