Razorlight - Planet Nowhere

It’s perhaps hard now to process just how big Razorlight were for a few years back in the 2000s.

And not just for the music; frontman Johnny Borrell’s propensity to generate headlines was a boon for music journalists, whether by riding a motorcycle with then-girlfriend Kirsten Dunst, clad in full biker gear, or by comparing himself to legends (‘Compared to the Razorlight album, Dylan is making the chips, I’m drinking the champagne’).

His Gallagher-sized ego made him a figure of fun, which sometimes distracted from the success of his band.

And successful they were. Of their peers, only Kaiser Chiefs could also claim a number one single (Ruby for the Leeds act, America for the north Londoners) and few others headlined Reading Festival during the era.

Yet, on the flipside there is an argument to be made that Razorlight were the snowball for the avalanche of landfill indie that followed in their wake.

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