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The man got to play to a quarter of a million people at Knebworth just playing Barre Chords . Not even a riff, not a single one!
In all seriousness I love a lot of Paul Weller's playing from the 90s. Really underrated guitarist for me.
Graham Coxon though is a tough one to beat.
It was a great era for guitarists for sure.
To be fair, with only so many hours in the day for interviews, would you have chosen NME and Q magazine or Guitarist?
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
James Dean Bradfield
The bloke from Shed Seven
TGM on the other hand suddenly got two much younger ex-Guitarist guys, Michael Leonard and Danny Eccleston (later deputy editor of Q I think), and they were all over it. I think TGM's much more knowing and clued-up style probably endeared them to the PR people who were looking after younger guitar bands in the post-grunge/early Britpop era.
I’m pretty sure that JDB was the only band member to feature on Generation Terrorists.
Not so sure about Gold Against the Soul or Holy Bible.
Live, he was there, but they turned his amp right down. I can remember a gig, during the break in Loves Sweet Exile where JDB sings alone, Richey carried on playing. You could just about hear a fizzy little tone over the top of the vocals.
Great lyricist though.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Most technically impressive? No.
But, graham coxon didn’t write champagne supernova
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And there’s no reason for anyone to look down on the 90s Britpop era. It gave a generation a voice and countless groups, hits and guitar heroes to look up to.
I started playing because of Noel Gallagher first and foremost. But every single band literally struck a chord with me. Funnily enough, I still find most of Blurs stuff a grind to listen to. I do like a few of their big numbers but overall they didn’t make me want to play music the same as Oasis, Phonics, Ash, MSP, OCS, Weller etc..
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Secondly I’d say Jonny Greenwood or John Squire
In my old age I think that there's probably a lot of interesting stuff to go and discover. Certainly James Dean Bradfield played some amazing stuff at times (if he counts)
Manics and Radiohead predated Britpop so I feel that they don’t really count, especially Radiohead. But I do accept that the Manics had a britpoppy period, but Richey was already dead/missing when A Design For Life came out.
You couldn't say Generation Terrorists or Holy Bible was britpop!
But srsly - Bernard Butler, Steve Mason and Nick McCabe.