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Britpop
/ ˈɪˌɒ /
noun
the characteristic pop music performed by some British bands of the mid 1990s
Example Sentences
It was the height of Britpop with the Prodigy, Radiohead and Sting performing.
Three decades on the song remains as popular as ever, but how did a riff Jarvis Cocker's bandmates initially dismissed as "a bit rubbish" become one of the defining records of the Britpop era?
Early 1995; John Major's Conservative government is faltering, Eric Cantona is serving an eight-month ban for kicking a supporter, rogue trader Nick Leeson has brought Britain's oldest bank to its knees and Britpop is booming.
As a band they have partied through Madchester, experienced Britpop and watched streaming take over the music industry.
The Sheffield band were one of the biggest acts of the 1990s Britpop era - although their music never quite fit into the backward-looking musical revisionism of that movement - with songs like Babies, Disco 2000 and Common People.
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