Britpop (Again)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What was the first Britpop record?

What was the last Britpop record? And the last Britpop band?

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Anyway I think the point with St Etienne was that they went on about London all the time at a point when very few bands did that.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

weird thing about St Et. at the time was i disliked He's On The Phone almost as much as 'Sylvie' etc. - indie-poppers falling between two stools (i like HOTP now tho).

I think St Et. never really escaped the 'Indiepop' label and it set them out from Britpop enough. HOTP being Purepop prob. helped there massively too.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

One of the things I did pick up from the Harris book of evil was how London-centric Britpop was, which I didn't realise at the time. Yet Britpop Mk II is determinedly provincial => I think this makes it even worse.