Before the MTV Video Music Awards, “Maroon 5″ frontman Adam Levine released a tweet about the VMAs stating, “one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. f*** you, VMA’s.”

When talking to E!, Levine expounded on why he hates the VMAs. “I remember when I was a kid I worshipped the VMAs,” said Levine. “I’d see these incredible moments where the whole world sat still to watch the VMAs and year ’round they’d play music–Nirvana, Pearl Jam, bands I loved…It was a celebratory day that represented what the channel stood for…It’s public knowledge that it’s not a music channel [anymore]. It’s sad. It’s like seeing Tower Records in L.A. as a clothing store.”

He also clarified that the statements he made on Twitter didn’t have anything to do with not being nominated. “People thought it’s because we weren’t nominated, that has nothing to do with it,” he said. “We haven’t been nominated in years and that’s fine.” The only thing Levine commends the VMAs for doing now for artists is giving them a huge promotional boost. “I think that great artists were there and they were represented and there could have been more.”

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