Remember Suede? That’s right. They were a vaguely noisy band with an obsession with Bowie and women’s blouses. They were at the forefront of Britpop and, for the most part, Britpop was rubbish. So thanks for that.
Apparently, they’ll be making a comeback. Just great.
Of course, there’s a plethora of middle-aged men with pink faces who are just as thrilled as their velvet blazer wearing girlfriends who will be pleased about the return of one of the most average bands in existence! Dust down your Doc Martens now! Start brushing off your best Indie Nightclubs Of The 90s anecdotes now!
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Thanks to Pulp reforming, we figured it might be a good idea to revisit that fabled period of the ’90s they called Britpop. It was a time when us Limey gits felt like we’d wrestled the pop crown back off the Americans after their onslaught of fuzz pedal grunge.
Out went plaid shirts and in came parkas, old-skool tracksuit tops and burpy lager.
And of course, there were some good records released around that time… but not all of them. Don’t mistake the notion of Britpop being brilliant with ‘I liked it when I was 18′. There’s a massive difference between the two. Read More >>>
Has Nick Leeson just been arrested for his part in the downfall of Barings bank? Has eBay just been founded? Has Rose West just been sentenced for the killing of 10 women and children?
No, that’s because it’s not 1995 any more (sorry, mid-90s fans). But looking at some headlines you might be forgiven for thinking that it’s 1995, because the WAR between Oasis and Blur is back ON. Apparently.
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