"At the height of Britpop, it was like music was a joke" ...
Even those who didn’t spend the 1990s wearing fringe haircuts and desert boots know Oasis and Blur. Like any dominant music scene, Britpop had bands that were bigger than the movement and others who ...
In 1997, Blur, one of Britpop’s giants, released its biggest single, “Song 2”. The irony being that it sounded like an American record. Oasis continued with Britpop on Be Here Now, the same year, and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most of its career, Suede assumed Britpop — the movement the band helped originate in the early ’90s — wouldn’t make a ...
With "Britpop" bands Oasis and Pulp topping the charts and filling concert halls, a 90s vibe is floating over the UK this summer amid nostalgia for a "cooler" time when people seemed "happier". A trip ...
If there are casual Pulp fans, they don't make themselves known. The ambitious Britpop-and-then-some band emerged in the late-'70s in Sheffield, England, artistic outsiders with a penchant for the ...
BLUR posing for the cover for the album “Leisure.” “Leisure” released on Aug. 26, 1991. Photo courtesy of @blurofficial on Instagram Welcome to the inaugural column of “British Invasion.” In this ...
Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher, pictured in 2013, buried the hatchet after the 1990s The much-hyped 1995 Britpop battle between Oasis and Blur has been recreated for a new play - and the rivalry is ...
For most of its career, Suede assumed Britpop — the movement the band helped originate in the early ’90s — wouldn’t make a comeback. That assumption will be tested on Sept. 6, when Oasis plays the ...
A trip to high street retailer Marks and Spencer, popular with older shoppers, feels like stepping back 30 years, with Oasis T-shirts flying off the shelves. With “Britpop” bands Oasis and Pulp ...