Lostprophets slam 'Cool Cymru'

Rockers Lostprophets have labelled the music scene in their native Wales "bland", insisting they had to move to America to get recognised.

The band feel they were too rebellious to fit into the "Cool Cymru (Welsh for Wales)" scene of the late 1990s - and blast "bland" bands like the Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers who epitomised it.