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Kasabian think bands care too much about what people think and are "scared" to themselves out there.
The band - made up of frontman Tom Meighan, guitarist Serge Pizzorno, bassist Chris Edwards and drummer Ian Matthews - feel other bands are too worried about their reputations and upsetting people.
Serge told Short List magazine: "Bands are so frightened about the comments they receive on YouTube, they're scared of putting themselves out there.
"And that's a dangerous thing, because you get people that are self-aware with every move they're making. They give a f*ck too much."
The musician claims it's people like American artist Hunter S. Thompson and actor Jack Nicholson who are the more powerful because they don't care what people think.
He explained: "They're your boys! The ones that do sh*t and you go 'Ooh mate, what's that?' and they go, 'I don't give a f*ck'. It's that that's so dangerous and exciting."
Meanwhile, the band are set to play a huge homecoming gig in Leicester this summer after the release of their fifth album '48:13' and have been trying to secure the concert for years.
Tom said: "We wanted to do it at the football club, but there were too many restrictions.
"At the council we banged the door and banged it and banged it."
Serge added: "This time they were like, 'okay, this could be a good idea', and we done 50,000 tickets in two days. To do it in Leicester is the most unfashionable thing, but so us. We are Leicester."

Morrissey was attacked on stage as he kicked off his North American tour last night (07.05.14). The former Smiths frontman performed at San Jose's City National Civic and was mobbed by fans during a stage invasion at the end of the show, after a numb...

The Horrors think Beyoncé is more interesting than most rock bands.
The band - made up of Faris Badwan, Rhys Webb, Tom Cowan, Joshua Hayward and Joe Spurgeo - claim the 'Drunk in Love' hitmaker had more of an influence on their new album 'Luminous' than fellow artists.
Bassist Rhys Webb told the Daily Star newspaper: "Beyoncé doesn't sound the most obvious influence on our music but her songs are like modern-day Motown classics and we identify more with that than we do with our contemporaries."
Rhys also hit out at artists like Lily Allen, whose album 'Sheezus' is available on Google Play for just 99p, because he feels modern music is throwaway.
He said: "Her record company have done that to give Lily a surefire number one - albums should be something that are there for a lifetime."
The five-piece have a bumper schedule for festival season with spots at Isle of Wight,­
Reading and Leeds and Field Day this summer.
Rhys said: "We've crept up the bills and we're ready to headline the ­bigger fest­ivals."
Meanwhile, Adele's producer Paul Epworth has helped on their track 'Falling Star', the first time the act has had help for five years.
But Rhys explained: "The next stage of our evolution may involve getting someone else in to produce a whole album for us."

Chuck Berry and Peter Sellars will receive the 2014 Polar Music Prize.
Rock 'n' roll legend Berry, 87, and American opera and theatre director Sellars, 56, will both be presented with the prestigious accolade by King Carl XVI of Sweden at a gala ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on August 26.
The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by ABBA's lyricist and manager Stig "Stikkan" Anderson to "break down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music", and this year's ceremony - which will take place in Stockholm's Concert Hall - will mark the award's 25th anniversary.
This year's laureates epitomise Anderson's aim for the award - which he named after his own record label - as Berry is universally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of rock 'n' roll music due to a number of classic songs including 'Maybellene' and 'Roll Over Beethoven'.
Meanwhile, Sellars is an acclaimed American opera, theatre and festival director seen as a visionary artist because of his innovative re-interpretations of classic works.
Past winners of the Polar Music Prize include Sir Paul McCartney, who was the first artist to ever receive the accolade, Sir Elton John, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles and Led Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin have hinted they may release more unheard material.
The band are due to release deluxe editions of their first three albums, 'Led Zeppelin', 'Led Zeppelin II' and 'Led Zeppelin III', on June 3, and now guitarist Jimmy Page has revealed he might put together compilations of rare songs in the future.
He teased in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine: "There's certainly more things that can be done. But these reissues took a lot of time, and I don't want to start proposing another project, because it'll take me another six months or a year."
Jimmy spent years scouring through the band's archives in a secret west London vault to find tracks that hadn't been heard by even the most hardcore of their fans, including a cover of 'Keys To The Highway' and versions of 'Immigrant Song' and 'Whole Lotta Love'.
He explained: "I was pretty diligent with my detection work. I asked a guy that runs one of the fanzines if he'd heard any of this material before, and he told me hadn't. That was a good feeling."
The group - also comprised of bassist John Paul Jones and singer Robert Plant - have launched an extensive reissue program of all nine of their studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by Jimmy.
However, they have ruled out all possibilities of a live Led Zeppelin show to coincide with the album releases.

Eminem thinks working with live musicians brings a "new element" to his shows.
The 'Rap God' hitmaker, who has announced a headline gig at Wembley Stadium in July, after being turned down for Hyde Park because he didn't have royal seal of approval, insists he's happy to be the first rapper ever to headline at the venue and can't wait to play with live musicians.
He told DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1: "It's definitely better, it definitely brings a whole new element to it. There are more things to do with your hands. It's a whole different energy, it's louder, it's more in your face, it's more explosive. For me, music is about feeling and energy and all that.
"We always try to mess around with the order of things. There are certain songs that just, for some reason or another, they don't work as good live. You have to go with the ones that work best to perform live. Sometimes we'll [also] add ones in we haven't done in a while."
His next single 'Headlights' from his latest album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2', is going to be released to coincide with the show.
Eminem said: "A lot of the times when we do the sound check I get to see the venue, but I know Wembley Stadium is huge."
The star thinks it's "incredible" he is able to do big shows when he wants and not have to tour for months on end, which he feels is a "blessing".
Eminem added: "I'm not saying I'll never be ready for that again, but right now, this is what's working for me."
Tickets for the Wembley show on July 11 go on sale on Friday, May 9 at 9am.

Lily Allen thought Miley Cyrus' London show was "legendary".
The 'Hard Out Here' singer went to see the 'Wrecking Ball' star who resumed her 'Bangerz' world tour at The O2 last night (06.05.14), after having several weeks off due to a serious allergic reaction to an antibiotic, and she defended Miley's sexual stage antics.
Speaking on 'Loose Women', she told the panel: "It was by far the best show I've seen at The O2. I love her.
"She's been doing it for so long you know, since she was like two, she's just got this presence that is so natural.
"Things going wrong all over the place and the way she was dealing with it was just brilliant and funny and entertaining.
"Yes there was a lot of swearing and inappropriate stuff going on but she's Miley Cyrus, you know that's going to happen."
Quizzed by the panel about Miley being a role model for young girls and simulating sex acts on stage, Lily said: "I don't think it really matters [what her message is], just let it be, she is what she is.
"If you don't like it don't go. She's not running for Prime Minister or president.
"It was quite extreme but if you can talk to your kids and explain to them afterwards that maybe she's being a little bit silly and showing off and that's not how to behave."
Lily, who has just released her new album 'Sheezus' after a four-year hiatus, said she often gets asked about being a role model herself in interviews and can't understand why young girls would aspire to be like her.
She said: "Why would you want mad pop stars to be role models for your children? Mums and aunts and sisters, they are role models."

Shakira thinks Rihanna is the "sexiest woman alive".
The 'Hips Don't Lie' hitmaker collaborated with the pop star on recent track 'Can't Remember To Forget You' and described the experience as "amazing."
Talking about appearing in the sexy music video for the song, Shakira told Magic FM: "The thing about Rhianna is that she is such a natural, she doesn't need a camera to be in front of her to react like she does ... she is like that every second of the day.
"In my case, I need a countdown to be sexy but she's just like that the whole time, that's her. She is without a doubt the sexiest woman alive!"
The 37-year-old singer, who has released her self-titled 10th album after taking a break from music, claims Rihanna, 26, is not only one of the best performers in the world, but she's also just "the girl next door."
She explained: "She is very humble and sweet and warm and that made it super easy - the interaction between the two of us."
Meanwhile, Shakira is also a judge on the US version of 'The Voice' and says there is "real fun banter" between her and fellow judges Usher and Adam Levine from Maroon 5.
She added: "There is [also] a serious aspect to the job - mentoring the new talent and new artists. But also, hanging out with these guys, is like hanging out with 13 year old boys! - I'm the most mature one there and I'm about 16!"

Ed Sheeran collaborated with Usher after the pair bonded at a Passover dinner.
The 'Drunk' hitmaker, who is set to release his second album 'x' next month, met the star during the Jewish holiday, which runs between April 14 and April 22 and they quickly hit it off and decided to record a song together.
Ed told DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1: "I was at a Passover dinner and sat next to Usher, it was quite random.
"I met him once before, but never enough to be like 'Yo what's up man?' but he went over to me with his phone and he's like 'Yo check it out' and he downloaded 'Sing'.
"And he was like 'Yo, man, do you want to get in the studio sometime?' and I was like 'Yes, Usher, I would love to get into the studio sometime.'"
The 23-year-old singer-songwriter didn't hang around and sent Usher a text at 1am the day after with music ideas and soon found himself in the studio with Usher, Diplo and Skrillex.
He explained: "[Usher was] like, 'Yeah, we are just getting started. And I went down and we made this awesome song. I had this guitar idea on my phone it was literally just a voice note and I emailed it to Skrillex then he took it in sampled it and made a beat out of it, and then me and Usher just went back and forth on melody ideas and lyric ideas."
Ed confirmed the as-yet untitled collaboration will most likely appear on Usher's next album, which is due for release later this year.