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Bookmark or Share- List of Britpop musicians - WikipediaThe following is a list of Britpop musicians. While definitions may vary, artists labelled as Britpop were typically guitar-based bands that emerged from the British music scene, were popular in the 1990s, and focused more on melody than other contemporary genres such as grunge .
- Britpop | Bands, Songs, & Facts | BritannicaBritpop, movement of British rock bands in the 1990s that drew consciously on the tradition of melodic, guitar-based British pop music established by the Beatles. Paul Weller of the Jam was considered ‘the Modfather of Britpop,’ while its two most prominent bands were Blur and Oasis.
- What was Britpop? Explaining the 1990s phenomenon - Far Out MagazineIn the 1990s, pride in the country seemed to return at Britpop broke out, bringing back good old fashioned rock and roll with a distinct British twang.
- Britpop - WikipediaBritpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. Musically, Britpop produced bright, catchy alternative rock, in reaction to the darker lyrical themes and soundscapes of the American-led grunge music and the Britain's own shoegaze music scene.
- A history of Britpop, from Pulp to Oasis - Alternative Press MagazineBritpop came to be the musical wing of Cool Britannia, a new English pride celebrating fresh energy injected into art (Damien Hirst), fashion (Alexander McQueen), film (Four Weddings And A...
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