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    Britpop 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 US-led grunge music and the UK's own shoegaze music scene.

  3. Jul 8, 2024 · To answer the question of what Britpop was exactly, the answer is simple: a phenomenon. Musically, the Britpop bands involved were merely delivering pure and simple rock and roll but with a distinct British twang, either sharing stories of the local celebrities or just letting their accents cut through clearly.

  4. Oct 15, 2007 · Britpop, 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.

  5. Sep 20, 2021 · Back in the middle 90s, the big buzzword in the UK was “Britpop.” This became an umbrella term for a fiercely proud made-in-Britain type of rock music that included Blur, Oasis, Elastica, and...

  6. Jul 15, 2023 · The term Britpop was coined by journalist Stuart Maconie in a long polemic about the state of guitar music in the April 1993 issue of Select magazine.

  7. Jul 15, 2023 · The term Britpop was coined by journalist Stuart Maconie in a long polemic about the state of guitar music in the April 1993 issue of Select magazine. Styled as an angry letter to Nirvana...

  8. Dec 7, 2018 · The term Britpop was ubiquitous, encompassing a sound and style that projected cool Britannia in a major way for the first time since Carnaby Street was the centre of the world in the Sixties....

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