90s rock band frontman in bitter feud as he slams ‘cowardly’ ex-bandmates

Huey Morgan, erstwhile frontman of Fun Lovin’ Criminals, launched a brutal online takedown of his ex-bandmates successful an ongoing feud.

The 90s US stone set – presently formed of Brian ‘Fast’ Leiser, Frank Benbini, Naim Cortazzi – is champion known for their deed 1996 opus Scooby Snacks, arsenic good arsenic apical 10 albums Come Find Yourself, 100% Colombian, and Loco.

Morgan helmed the set since its instauration successful 1993 – alongside Leiser and Steve Borgovini – until his daze departure successful 2021.

After this helium has regularly voiced his choler and displeasure astatine his chap musicians who person continued to tour.

In a caller station connected X, helium claimed: ‘Yes it’s true, [Fun Lovin’ Criminals] did so trademark and copyright the set sanction down my backmost portion I was inactive successful the set and that is immoderate cowardly disloyal s**t…’

The 56-year-old vocalist and media personality, who is presently performing solo shows successful the UK, was supported by fans successful the comments who called him the ‘one and lone amusive lovin’ criminal, then, now, and forever.’

And galore agreed that the set appeared arsenic ‘imposters’ and ‘fake’.

In effect to 1 fan’s comment, helium alleged: ‘I had heard that [Leiser] and [Benbini] had been atrocious mouthing maine to fans, but excessively chickenhearted to accidental thing to my face. Such atrocious humans, but you cognize that firsthand.’

Fun Lovin’ Criminals has not responded to Morgan’s astir caller onslaught connected societal media. But it is not the archetypal clip helium is publically criticised the group.

In November 2023, successful a since deleted post, helium erstwhile much accused the set of being a ‘corny tribute act’, called the 100% Colombian day medium circuit ‘a fraud’ and claimed the set had ‘threatened him with immoderate ineligible bulls**t’ if helium spoke up.

On a abstracted juncture helium besides claimed helium has been ‘blocked’ by the band. Another clip helium said they tried to ‘pull a accelerated 1 connected him’, per the Sun.

The Clash besides reported that helium called their continued touring ‘sad and creepy’.

Morgan exited the set successful 2021, with Fun Lovin’ Criminals releasing a neutral connection breaking the news.

‘Huey has officially confirmed his departure from the band. We privation him each the champion with his endeavours.

‘We volition proceed arsenic Fun Lovin’ Criminals due to the fact that of the emotion and dedication we person for our euphony and our fans. More details to follow,’ the connection work astatine the time.

In a 2023 interview, Leiser addressed the ‘naysayers’ who accidental the set is not the aforesaid without Morgan.

‘Come to the show. Every communicative has 2 sides. We don’t aerial our soiled laundry retired successful public, that’s for damn sure,’ helium told the publication.

He reiterated it was ‘all astir the fans’ and the set inactive ‘has a batch of beingness successful it’.

Then added: ‘But you know, we’re conscionable present to person a bully clip playing music, hide astir our problems. So obviously, our idiosyncratic problems are successful our set problems, whatever. That’s for america to woody with, you know, yeah.’

Some much airy connected the concern whitethorn beryllium shed successful Benbini’s caller documentary astir his life, To Be Frank, arsenic confirmed by LeicesterLive.

The Leicester-born instrumentalist said: ‘The movie is astir a young kid from a assembly property who took immoderate chances and turned his beingness astir to pave a mode successful stone and roll.

‘It’s astir increasing up successful the eighties successful a separated household and however my emotion for music developed, getting into the drums astatine an aboriginal property and discovering the euphony of my idol, Prince.’

It volition besides code Morgan’s arguable departure and the not-so glamorous broadside of being a touring musician.

Fun Lovin’ Criminals is acold from the lone set presently feuding. Earlier this month, Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones opened up astir his estranged narration with erstwhile bandmate Johnny Rotten.

And successful July, Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac spoke astir his hopes of reconciliation betwixt Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

Metro has reached retired to Huey Morgan and Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ representatives for comment.

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