e s c a p i s t: Made In Britain: Britpop

Hello, okay this is my first time blogging! Yea and this time i'm going to talk about britpop! Personally, i love britpop so much. I love the music, i love the bands!

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. The movement developed as a reaction against various musical and cultural trends in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly the grunge phenomenon from the United States. In the wake of the musical invasion into the United Kingdom of American grunge bands, new British groups such as Suede and Blur launched the movement by positioning themselves as opposing musical forces, referencing British guitar music of the past and writing about uniquely British topics and concerns. These bands were soon joined by others including Oasis, Pulp, Supergrass, Sleeper and Elastica.

Britpop groups brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British cultural movement called Cool Britannia. Although its more popular bands were able to spread their commercial success overseas, especially to the United States, the movement largely fell apart by the end of the decade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britpop

And let's see The 25 Best Britpop Bands by Rob O'Connor

25) Lush

24) Franz Ferdinand

23) Supergrass

22) The Verve

21) James

20) Suede

19) Travis

18) The Charlatans UK

17) Snow Patrol

16) Ride