Spyro Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) Ash The Bluetones The Beautiful South Cast Catatonia The Charlatans Dodgy Elastica Embrace Feeder Garbage James Kula Shaker The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Mansun Ocean Club Scene Placebo Pulp Reef Republica The Seahorses Shed Seven Space Suede Supergrass Super Furry Animals Edited June 22, 2019 by Spyro 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 All of them were better than Blur or Oasis, aside from Menswear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Ash The Bluetones The Beautiful South Cast Catatonia The Charlatans Dodgy Elastica Embrace Feeder Garbage James Kula Shaker The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Mansun Ocean Club Scene Placebo Pulp Reef Republica The Seahorses Shed Seven Space Suede Supergrass Super Furry AnimalsOcean Club Scene? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Longpigs Sleeper Mansun The Divine Comedy Shed Seven were the bestest though.Neil Hannon is an absolute musical genius, Shed Seven were the most underrated indie band of the 90s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 5 hours ago, Spyro said: Ash The Bluetones The Beautiful South Cast Catatonia The Charlatans Dodgy Elastica Embrace Feeder Garbage James Kula Shaker The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Mansun Ocean Club Scene Placebo Pulp Reef Republica The Seahorses Shed Seven Space Suede Supergrass Super Furry Animals Ocean Club Scene? It was the Yacht Rock side project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofis Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Echobelly and Superstar were light years ahead of Blur and Oasis in the songwriting stakes; in addition, the former easily had the best looking front person of all the Britpop bands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 39 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: Ocean Club Scene? Good spot... was pretty wasted and being shouted at as I wrote! So pissed I thought Shed Seven were American 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50/50 Winner Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 I'd add The Verve to that list and also Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. When the whole Blur vs Oasis thing was being hyped up by the media in the mid 90's, I definitely liked Blur better but neither were as great as Super Furry Animals. ETA - I just noticed Radiohead aren't on that list, was that intentional? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 7 hours ago, Spyro said: Ash The Bluetones The Beautiful South Cast Catatonia The Charlatans Dodgy Elastica Embrace Feeder Garbage James Kula Shaker The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Mansun Ocean Club Scene Placebo Pulp Reef Republica The Seahorses Shed Seven Space Suede Supergrass Super Furry Animals I had absolutely no idea that Feeder were from the Britpop era until this post! Pretty sure they're playing in Glasgow soon too. Were Garbage not American and about at the same time as the Smashing Pumpkins? I know the lead singer was Scottish but I've always thought of them as a 'murican band (tbh im about to wiki their early years so might be in for a shock) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Garbage are American, Manson aside, yeah. There's a few others there I wouldn't count as Britpop either, just British bands who happened to be active in the 90s. Still though, it's not until someone lays it all out like that that you realise what grim times they were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 3 hours ago, jofis said: Echobelly and Superstar were light years ahead of Blur and Oasis in the songwriting stakes; in addition, the former easily had the best looking front person of all the Britpop bands. This person isn't Jarvis Cocker, so your statement is inaccurate. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, 50/50 Winner said: I'd add The Verve to that list and also Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. When the whole Blur vs Oasis thing was being hyped up by the media in the mid 90's, I definitely liked Blur better but neither were as great as Super Furry Animals. ETA - I just noticed Radiohead aren't on that list, was that intentional? I love Sonnet and Lucky Man but really tried and failed to like the rest of The Verve...even Richard Ashcroft had one decent song. Will need to learn who that other band are And I honestly can’t remember why Radiohead isn’t there, vaguely remember a massive debate about it, and The Bends is one of my all-time favs... I probably just forgot to write it down after arguing it’s case for 20 mins, or we decided they were NOT ‘Britpop’ 1 hour ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: I had absolutely no idea that Feeder were from the Britpop era until this post! If you like them now, wait until you find their early stuff... so I’ve been told 1 hour ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: Were Garbage not American Shirley Manson is from down the road, and their style is more British so that’s how they got in... after another massive argument My personal favourites are one of the ‘P’s’, although debatable whether Placebo should be there Edited June 22, 2019 by Spyro 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Yoss said: Garbage are American, Manson aside, yeah. There's a few others there I wouldn't count as Britpop either, just British bands who happened to be active in the 90s. Still though, it's not until someone lays it all out like that that you realise what grim times they were. It depends what mood I’m in, atm I’d agree, got a bit of dance on... I think the idea was that they had to have released a decent album between 94-97, from what I remember 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofis Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: This person isn't Jarvis Cocker, so your statement is inaccurate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Spyro said: Ash The Bluetones The Beautiful South Cast Catatonia The Charlatans Dodgy Elastica Embrace Feeder Garbage James Kula Shaker The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Mansun Ocean Club Scene Placebo Pulp Reef Republica The Seahorses Shed Seven Space Suede Supergrass Super Furry Animals I was 20 years old in 1995 and Britpop really felt like it was mine. I had the floppy hair, the Adidas Gazelles and the Burberry shirt. I disavowed it a few years later though, sold all my CDs at Grouchos and stopped dressing like a fud. The Super Furries are about the only band mentioned above that I would still listen to. i remember being pretty embarrassed at work when the Blur v Oasis chart battle happened as both singles were shite and my middle aged colleagues ripped the pish. Edited June 22, 2019 by tongue_tied_danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Here's a few forgotten Britpop acts that may or may not be better than Blur and Oasis... The singer in the next clip is Dutch but the band were british... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Sleeper were a fantastic band. First 2 albums are great. It's easy to overlook them. In part I'd argue that they were caught up with bands that they had little in common with and were far more than just another britpop band. I'd also argue that as hot as Louise Wener was/is, her image took some of the attention off their music. Shame really. What I've heard of the new stuff doesnt really grab me but for much of their first 3 albums they made absolutely fantastic indie pop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Sleeper were a fantastic band. First 2 albums are great. It's easy to overlook them. In part I'd argue that they were caught up with bands that they had little in common with and were far more than just another britpop band. I'd also argue that as hot as Louise Wener was/is, her image took some of the attention off their music. Shame really. What I've heard of the new stuff doesnt really grab me but for much of their first 3 albums they made absolutely fantastic indie pop. I’ve been getting told about Sleeper all day from different people, apparently right up my street. Don’t know how they passed me by but I will definitely be giving them a listen over the next few days. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Possibly just me, but while most of the non Oasis/Blur names in the thread were good 'singles' bands, hardly any of them made any all-killer-no-filler albums around the period. Mansun, Divine Comedy, MSP, Gene, The Verve and Pulp got closest IMO, but you could argue not all of them even count as Britpop per se..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 22/06/2019 at 11:12, jofis said: I think I still love Sonya tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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