De nieuwe clip van The Cribs is van de buis verbannen omdat hij “te shockerend” is om voor 21u uitgezonden te worden. Het stuk waarin een naakte griet (hier is de ongecensureerde versie, wankers) het hoofd van de zanger afhakt is bepaalde mensen blijkbaar in het verkeerde keelgat geschoten. We vroegen aan The Cribs wat zij van de beslissing vinden.

So, what happened with MTV and the “Men’s Needs” video?
I
just got an email this morning informing me of the fact it was banned.
It’s insane. Apparently they got one complaint. ONE FUCKING COMPLAINT.
I just don’t get people sometimes. Have you even seen it? We did it
really tacky on purpose. No one could possibly think that was
realistic. The person that complained was either like some super
conservative angry person or just some snake in the grass industry
insider.

OK. Who is the hot naked girl?

She was some model from LA. We’d never met her before the shoot.

Was she always meant to be naked or did you just add that idea in when you saw how hot she was?
No, she was always gonna be naked. She’s all over us but we don’t care
so she goes to extremes to get our attention – like chopping her arm
off. The original version had the girl totally naked, but the one we
sent to MTV had black bars … so the ban was just down to the
violence. Sex is fine but no violence. Bullshit mate.

* Read an interview with The Cribs