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New Fast Automatic Daffodils (later shortened to New FADS) were an alternative rock group from Manchester, England, active between 1988 and 1995.

Journalist John Harris described these bands, and Gallagher, as sharing "a dewy-eyed love of the 1960s, a spurning of much beyond rock's most basic ingredients, and a belief in the supremacy of 'real music'". In contrast to the dourness of grunge, Britpop was defined by "youthful exuberance and desire for recognition".

Though Britpop has been seen in retrospect as a marketing tool, and more of a cultural moment than a musical style or genre, [1] [2] [3] there are musical conventions and influences the bands grouped under the Britpop term have in common. It kicks off with Kinky Afro, includes the witchy Loose Fit and the single was the peerless Step On. Get in the game with a host of fun interactive challenges, from penalty-taking and shot-stopping to match commentary, and check out the latest changing exhibitions on the ground floor and in our Score Gallery.

Bands like Coldplay, Starsailor and Elbow, with introspective lyrics and even tempos, began to be criticised at the beginning of the new millennium as bland and sterile [89] and the wave of garage rock or post-punk revival bands, like the Hives, the Vines, the Libertines, the Strokes, the Black Keys and the White Stripes, that sprang up in that period were welcomed by the musical press as "the saviours of rock and roll". Spurred on by the media, they became engaged in what the NME dubbed on the cover of its 12 August issue the "British Heavyweight Championship" with the pending release of Blur's single " Country House" and Oasis' " Roll with It" on the same day. The sudden popularity of the pop group the Spice Girls has been seen as having "snatched the spirit of the age from those responsible for Britpop". I was brought up mostly by my grandparents who had a Victorian attitude, they thought the boss was always right,” he continues, “but Crass talked about trade unions, and stuff I had no idea about”. The music press viewed the scene around Camden Town as a musical centre; frequented by groups like Blur, Elastica, and Menswear; Melody Maker declared "Camden is to 1995 what Seattle was to 1992, what Manchester was to 1989, and what Mr Blobby was to 1993.The cultural and musical scene in Scotland, dubbed "Cool Caledonia" by some elements of the press, [75] produced a number of successful alternative acts, including the Supernaturals from Glasgow. One Night/All Night (starring Tame Impala) is a trance-inducing, turbocharged techno-chugger but inflected with delicious cosmic disco lines licking its lips when not introducing pedal to the metal through the matrix grids of the city. Steve immediately dismisses my suggestion, “no Pen wasn’t a McClaren”, he says “none of us knew what we were doing! The timespan of Britpop is generally considered to be 1993–1997, and its peak years to be 1995–1996. After a long career as a teacher, Hofman became Steve’s manager following the Last Supper tour in 2012 and is now a seasoned veteran of the music business.

Dial House was definitely part of it”, he exhales, “there was so much knowledge, it was a real education” he tells me. The 'Uncertain Futures' exhibition - which discusses women's experiences of employment and survival from all walks of life - is also very engaging.The issue included features on Suede, the Auteurs, Denim, Saint Etienne and Pulp and helped start the idea of an emerging movement. By 1996, Oasis's prominence was such that NME termed a number of Britpop bands (including The Boo Radleys, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast) "Noelrock", citing Gallagher's influence on their music.

Phil Ross journeys across England to meet the bandmates whose relentless attacks on god, government and society helped reshape the mindset of modern Britain. S. Birke, "Label Profile: Independiente" Archived 14 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Independent on Sunday, 11 April 2008, retrieved 2 January 2010. The dominant musical force of the period was the grunge invasion from the United States, which filled the void left in the indie scene by the Stone Roses' inactivity. Attracting over one million visitors each year, the 21,000 capacity Arena is a former winner of the industry's prestigious International Venue of the Year award.

These acts were followed by a number of bands who shared aspects of their music, including Snow Patrol from Northern Ireland and Elbow, Embrace, Starsailor, Doves, Electric Pyramid and Keane from England.