Brit Pop/Brit Rock
Description of Brit Pop/Brit Rock
By the early '90s, guitar-rock bands -- Suede, Oasis and Pulp -- tapped the mines of '70s glitter-Glam and mod-rock, while a wave of post-punk-sounding bands -- Elastica and Supergrass -- found chart success in both the U.K. and abroad. Throughout the late '90s, the most successful substyle in the U.S. was the northern guitar bands -- like Oasis, and the (now defunct) Verve -- who kept the old Manchester torch lit. Later, in the early 2000s Brit Pop and Rock took an indie-rock turn, and bands like the Kaiser Chiefs, Libertines and Arctic Monkeys gave it a rawer edge.
Brit Pop/Brit Rock Key Tracks
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1. Girls & Boys | Blur |
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2. Caught By The Fuzz | Supergrass |
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3. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor | Arctic Monkeys |
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4. Timeless Melody | The La's |
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5. Common People | Pulp |
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6. A Man Needs To Be Told | Charlatans U.K. |
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7. Ever Fallen In Love? | Buzzcocks |
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8. Ruby | Kaiser Chiefs |
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9. Cigarettes & Alcohol | Oasis |
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10. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth | The Dandy Warhols |
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11. She's In Fashion | Suede |
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12. Suburban Knights | Hard-Fi |
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13. Yellow | Coldplay |
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14. In The Name Of The Father | Black Grape |
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15. Mad Dog | Elastica |
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16. Is It Any Wonder? | Keane |
Brit Pop/Brit Rock Key Albums
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Catchy, clever, indie rock
from northern working
class England, in the
tradition of the Smiths, the
Housemartins and Pulp. Pr...
Blur have weathered the
musical storms of
Madchester, Britpop and
grunge and still manage to
release interesting recor...
The Charlatans' take on Brit
pop and soul music has
seen them eclipse the
majority of their peers.
Once thought to be a Ston...
This British quartet's casual
dream pop melodies and
poetic lyrics have brought it
international stardom. The
band formed in 1997 at th...
Elastica rode a short wave
of success by reworking
the best parts of groups like
the Fall and Wire. Names
Elastica almost took: Vasel...
There is a touch of brash,
mod revivalism in the Kaiser
Chiefs' post-punk sound.
The Kaiser Chiefs were
named after the South Afr...
Kasabian have a tendency
to mix up slap-happy rock
'n' roll, driving beats and
hippie freak-outs in one
song. The group is named...
Keane's epic, cinematic
sound brims with
gut-wrenching melodies
telling stories of heartbreak
and romance. Keane's uni...
These one time
Clash-revivalists have
successfully found there
way into British arenas with
their mature, anthemic ro...
One-time darlings of the NME
whose post-Oasis lad rock
was dressed up in
romanticism and classic
rock poses. The group's...
With Radiohead and Nirvana
as influences, it's hardly
surprising that Muse
subscribe to the
quiet-loud-quiet theory o...
You know the story by
now: Mancunian brothers
start a band, set out to
become the biggest band in
Britain. And it works. For...
Pulp's well-written,
observatory pop songs
were one of the great
things about the Brit-Pop
explosion of the mid '90s....
Radiohead are one of the
most revered bands of the
1990s and beyond. Quite a
change from their initial
one-hit wonder tag. Radio...
Snow Patrol mix an indie
rock ethic with space rock
sensibilities for an edgy,
guitar-oriented pop sound.
This Northern Irish act fou...
At the start of the '90s,
Suede put a sense of pomp,
pop, and swagger back into
British music. Their mix of
Bowie and Morrissey was...
A group from the British
Isles that actually deserves
the hype with their
flummoxing mix of
psychedelic pop and elec...
This trio offers up an
infective brand of British
Mod pop, punk and classic
rock. Supergrass' roots lie
in the Oxford-based band...
The Television Personalities'
quirk pop has influenced
everyone from Creation
Record's Alan McGee to
Green Day.
The Libertines' romantic
take on rock n' roll comes
complete with rough n'
ready power chords. The
group's debut single, "Wh...
For a short while, it looked
like the Stone Roses'
psychedelic pop might
make the band bigger than
the Beatles. It didn't. For...
This British band made
anthemic, psychedelic
rock during the '90s and
were actually as good as
they claimed to be. Supp...
This superstar Scottish
pop-rock group stepped up
in the '90s to reap the crops
sewn by its Brit-pop
forebears. Upon graduati...
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