Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A montage of Blur, Elastica, Pulp, Suede and Oasis in front of a Union Flag There are some hurdles to overcome when putting ...

The term Britpop is one of those slightly amorphous terms coined by some pithy British music journalist in an attempt to define a key moment during a transitional period of U.K. based rock n' roll. It ...

Get a pint of Guinness down your neck and pick that guitar up.” Led by Blur and Oasis, the Britpop scene exploded in the U.K. in the early ’90s and soon included a sonically diverse collection of acts ...

Oasis, Blur, Pulp, and Suede were the Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains of Britpop. They dominated British pop culture in a movement known as Cool Britannia. Just as grunge had many ...

“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shitty-sounding word,” Jarvis Cocker told Pitchfork this month. “I don’t like the nationalistic idea of it; it wasn't a flag-waving music. It was really distasteful when it got ...

Blur. Pulp. Oasis. These three bands are often seen as the core flagbearers of Britpop, the 90s musical trend that dominated the UK charts and spawned a new era for British guitar music. Over the last ...

The swish and the swagger, the glamour and the gloom, the setting imperial sun glowing through your ninthpint of Harp. British rock in the ’90s offered an endless supply of star-crossed fops, ...

On Sept. 8, 1993, the London rock band Suede took home the Mercury Music Prize, Britain and Ireland's "album of the year" award, for its self-titled debut. It capped a historic year for lead singer ...

In America, when you search for Suede on streaming platforms, you’ll find their songs split between “Suede” and “The London Suede”. A lawsuit forced the band to change its name for the U.S. market, so ...

“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shitty-sounding word,” Jarvis Cocker told Pitchfork this month. “I don’t like the nationalistic idea of it; it wasn't a flag-waving music. It was really distasteful when it got ...