Cult actor Phil Daniels bemoaned the state of rock and roll tonight as he attended the gala screening of a new Britflick about the music industry.
Daniels stars in Vinyl, which is inspired by the true story of The Alarm frontman Mike Peters, who stuck two fingers up to the ageism in the business by pretending his songs were by a teenage band.
Asked what he thought of the current punk scene, former EastEnders star Daniels said: "At the moment I don't think there is much of one is there. X Factor's taken over.
"It's quite nice to have a film like this where music's a bit freer. I don't rate any band at the moment."
Daniels, who voiced Blur's Parklife in 1994, added that the Britpop band is the only one he likes.
Describing the making of the low-budget comedy, which was filmed in Rhyl, north Wales, the Quadrophenia star said: "It was great to do. It was a load of friends getting together and making a film and we had a lot of fun."
Keith Allen, who plays his bandmate Minto, also attended the screening in London's Leicester Square.
"The music industry is so fractured, it's not the music industry that I remember," he said.
"You know, it was a virtually Stalinist organisation that exploited young talent... actually no, it's exactly the same," he joked.
Allen added that things had changed in the music industry since Peters carried out the hoax in 2004.
He said: "I think what is interesting and very significant is that Mike Peters probably wouldn't do that today.
"He wouldn't have to because there are so many other outlets for your music - you wouldn't have to necessarily go through a major record label to get radio play. You know, you sell your music on iTunes or people could listen to it on lots of other social media, so it's different now."
Allen, whose own foray into music with Fat Les saw him sing the football anthem Vindaloo, said there was no rock and roll behaviour on the set of the film.
"I'm a serious actor," he joked.
"I may have played a lot of golf now and then. To be honest we were just knackered at the end of the day. We'd get some sleep and then go and work again."
Vinyl is released in selected cinemas on Friday.
