Johnny Marr has spoken about his first year with The Cribs.
Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has claimed that there is little new he can teach The Cribs.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, the iconic axeman - who joined the band officially in August 2008 - said that it would not be healthy if he started trying to change the group.
"There's nothing I could teach them. They're not kids. That's good for me, because I couldn't be in a band where there was a big gulf in experience," he told the broadcaster.
Marr highlighted the fact that the band is fully comprised of northerners, noting he is from Ardwick in Manchester, while brothers Ryan, Gary and Ross Jarman hail from Wakefield in Yorkshire.
The Cribs' fourth record, Ignore The Ignorant, is the first Marr has co-written and is currently sitting in eighth place in the UK album charts, above re-mastered Beatles classics Revolver and Rubber Souls.
Last week, Cribs' bassist and singer Gary Jarman told NME.com that it was "bonkers" to be outselling the legendary Liverpool band.
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