NME’s Ultimate Icon, as voted for by readers
1. John Lennon
2. Liam Gallagher
3. David Bowie
4. Alex Turner
5. Kurt Cobain
6. Amy Winehouse
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Morrissey
9. Noel Gallagher
10. Ian Curtis
Count the women. Something is all wrong here.
From a Quietus interview with Janet Weiss:
What kind of cultural expectations of were you trying to challenge with this record?
JW: I just feel like it’s very difficult for women to be heroes. When you think about the heroes in our culture, most of them are men. I just want to be allowed the space to explore the idea of being heroic and causing people to fantasise, to dream about music and about their lives and what is possible and what their potential is.
