Searching through the distortion

First we had the Sex Pistols. We could always count on the bad boys to stir up some controversy through politics channeled through the world of music. Whether it was delivered through outrageous antics on stage or blasphemous words against the monarchy, the message was always clear. They were punks and convention was possibly the furthest thing from their minds. This sort of thing I understand, there was a message to their madness (note how I didn't use the usual cliche, method).
Enter the 21st century and we have the likes of Oasis, brought to us by the ever annoying Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel. Oasis got their foot in the door and kicked it down, no questions asked. Naturally, everyone within (and out of) the music industry agrees that they have borrowed heavily from the Beatles. They themselves have no problem admitting to this. It's Noel's songs, Liam's voice, Liam's sex appeal, the right management and the label. They've got the lot when it comes to the music. The one thing that I simply can't get my head around is their complete and utter disdain towards other people. Their arrogance astounds. Recently they were at a music awards ceremony where Chris Martin of Coldplay was up on stage making his acceptance speech and there, in the front row, was none other than Liam, mouthing off at him. Chris, ever the gentleman replied by saying something like " and I think Liam, even though he's being rude, he's charming"...to which Liam replied, in notably drunken tones "I'm being polite, knobhead!"...Liam, goading him on, "Come on Chris, have a pop!" Chris wondered what was being said and asked him to repeat, so Liam said "you're a plant pot!", trying to be funny. These kinds of insults are actually tame compared to some of the other behaviors that have been spawned by the devilish duo. They've gotten into drunken brawls at their local, punched out the press, held interviews where the only words that were audible consisted of four letters or less, given the two finger salute to every photographer and fan they've ever come into contact with, made utter jokes of their marriages, proclaimed things like "Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger." Every time I read the press on them, I am baffled as to why they say the things they do and why they engage in public displays of rudeness or why they get up to the shit that they do. One thing is for certain, they have their millions of pounds between them to keep their conscience(s) clear, which in turn allows them to, well, not give a rats ass what the public think. A writer at Select magazine said it best "In the Gallaghers world, it's better to talk bullshit all day than be silent for one minute".