Anderson tells Something Else: "We're wrong in expecting revolutionary changes in popular music forms. To imagine that we're going to have some kind of new form that equals or surpasses the Beatles, or indeed the bands of the 70s, 80s or 90s - it's a mistake to think that's going to happen.

"We live in a world of reinvention, of reinterpretation. There's a bunch of guys out there playing generic music, all of which owes a great deal to what's gone on before. Very rarely does anybody manage to put a stamp of originality on what they do."