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No. The beginning of Britpop came in the months before The Drowners in the form of the live dates and the reaction of media and crowds to them. John Harris touts Popscene but that sounds like any number of scwuffy guitar bands of the time. Suede opened the door and people like Saint Etienne, Pulp, and especially Blur followed (buy Love and Poison and you'll see what a jealous twat Damon Albarn was with other bands).
For me, a 14 year old rather introverted self-destructive type living in the South West countrylandia (sic), Suede and the Manics were inspirational in a different way to Oasis. Rock n' roll was great but bands that talked about different ways of living, art and philosophy, sexuality, were just as important and vital. I doubt many bands full stop have inspired as many people to seek out specific books as the Manics have done: their album sleeves were virtual bibliographies.
Generally though, I preferred the more exotic regions of music in the 1990's. The best Britpop bands were excellent but there were some real dregs. Shed 7 were a bowel movement in tight corduroy trousers: Kula Shaker an embarrassment led by an arse (who tried to stiff a friend of mine financially after she appeared on his solo record).
Instead of the lumpen clones, I had the Boo Radleys with Giant Steps (still my favourite record ever), Super Furry Animals, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the Beta Band's first three EPs, and then the electronic world. To me, Britpop means Portishead and the Prodigy as much as it means Oasis and Blur.
1994: that's a pretty fucking outstanding top 10 NME albums year.
http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1994-2-1045370
1993 to 1997: some fucking great musical years
Great live as well...
https://youtu.be/VTeAqZ6fzeE
A bit late to the BP party but a great band.
https://youtu.be/lwLVRiEn2b4
I can’t seem to embed YouTube links anymore - sorry.
Any one remember 'Sleep Freak' by Heavy Stero.....
Or what about Space Hog?
This is still the era I spend most of my time listening to. It was a wonderful time for British music.
My Mrs at the time wrote for a fanzine so I used to go to a lot of gigs. Many an evening spent in Charing Cross either at the Astoria or the LA2. I really miss them. Both great venues.
My favourite bands were:
These Animal Men
Gene
Bluetones
Elastica
OCS
Manics
S*M*A*S*H
Senseless Things
Sleeper
Echobelly
I was always more of a Blur man than Oasis. I only saw them live once at the NME awards though when they did a secret set (it was only Graham and Damon doing a short acoustic thing). I always preferred Modern Life to Parklife though.
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Pulp were the one band that justified the whole sorry enterprise.
:-)
I liked the odd song off the album (the obvious ones) but have never been able to stand Jarvis Cocker. That kind of tainted Pulp.
I'd agree though that neither Blur or Oasis were the highlight of that era.
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But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
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Basically, anything Suede, Sleeper, Blur, Oasis, Shed Seven, OCS, Elastica, Bluetones and so on....I still love it.
Recent albums by Suede/Blur/Shed Seven are very strong.
A fantastic time for music.