Ex-Stereophonics Drummer Criticises Band

Ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has criticised his former bandmates for kicking him out of the band. At the time of the split last September, singer Kelly Jones claimed Cable had been asked to leave because of "commitment issues".

"Kelly has said a lot of things in the press and I haven't said a thing. I've looked at some of the things Kelly's said in the papers since the split and thought, 'How can he say that, hand on heart?'" the drummer said. "You'll never change Kelly. He doesn't compromise, he doesn't delegate; you do it the Kelly Jones way or not at all. We'd go for ages being best friends then not speak for months. We were friends since childhood but you drift apart; people's lives change."

Cable also branded the latest Stereophonics album as bland. "I thought the record was OK, not a great one," he said. "The early stuff was better, especially the first and second albums. And I've been surprised since I left the band, to have people come up to me, people in the business as well as fans, and say the same. I thought the Stereophonics music was getting a bit bland. The rock stuff on the last album was few and far between."

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