Its 1996, you could pick up Melody Maker for a mere £1.60 and read about real music by real writers...
In hindsight, it’s easy to see why Gene stood out amongst all the other British guitar bands that emerged in...
Did anyone see Danny Baker’s Rockin’ Decades the other night (Feb 12) on BBC Four? The third and final part...
As 1995 turned into 1996, Oasis became unavoidable. You could not escape from their music, and they were everywhere. Because...
God Is In The TV‘s Britpop Month is running throughout February and will feature lots of the finest music from...
I moved to London in 1993. At the time my musical tastes had taken a turn for the worst and...
My first glimpse of The Bluetones was in 1996 when the video for their amazing ‘Slight Return’ was played on...
I wish I could say that I’d heard of The Boo Radleys before they had a huge hit with this...
Marion were a group who I discovered via the ‘True Brit’ compilation that I spent a lot of 1996 listening...
Ah, Menswear. Referred to by many as “the joke of Britpop”, this stylish and melodic five piece were actually a...
In America, it was always different. Being a Britpop – while it was happening – fan in Boston was like...
Although they’d been around as long as all the other Britpop bands, it wasn’t until 1996 that I heard Shed...
Another Britpop band who I discovered through a tape that was given away with an issue of Smash Hits. I’ve...
Cornershop(the brainchild of Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh and his brother Avtar Singh) song Brimful of Asha was already wonderful, its memorable...
The story of Northern Uproar is one of many highs and lows, a great British rock n’ roll tale with...