But Muir has countered with a denial that he and former guitarist Ronnie Kayfield were trying to "cash in" on the band's reputation. A post on Way's Facebook page reports that Muir has been "stopped by EMI from releasing bootleg Waysted live recordings" and adds: "He has been most unpleasant to me and I only knew what was going on behind my back when a chum called to tell me Fin and Ron Kayfield had asked him to play bass on a Waysted tour, and 'don't tell Pete.'

"I was devastated that they would be so Machiavellian and sly to try to deceive me like that and try to go out on tour fabricating the fact that I would be appearing. I feel this defamation is extremely spiteful."