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Britpop

/ ˈɪˌɒ /

noun

  1. the characteristic pop music performed by some British bands of the mid 1990s

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It was the height of Britpop with the Prodigy, Radiohead and Sting performing.

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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?

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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.

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As a band they have partied through Madchester, experienced Britpop and watched streaming take over the music industry.

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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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