Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno: "We need a Che Guevara"

Kasabian's guitar slinger Serge Pizzorno on music with a message, becoming a dad, and rock stars vs snooker players.

It’s a straight fight between Kasabian and Coldplay for the title of Britain’s biggest band. Coldplay may have the larger body of work, so far, but on the rock’n’roll scale, Kasabian nail it. They are the inheritors of Oasis’ ‘band of the people’ crown.

They have the hips and swagger and attitude that comes down from Mick and Keef. They look like rock stars, they hang out with rock stars. Their attachment to snooker genius Ronnie O’Sullivan makes him even more of a rock star. They are old-school incarnate.

As they gear up for a summer of headlining festivals across Britain and beyond, their hirsute guitar hero and chief string-puller Serge Pizzorno takes a break from changing nappies (fancy!) to charm The Big Issue. Warning: this interview contains swearing and mentions of drugs and great hair. Rock, and indeed, roll. Get ready… Full Interview Here