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Rock UK 90s
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ROCK UK 90s
Notable new genres redefined British rock music in the 90s including Britpop, alternative rock, trip-hop and shoegazing.
- Britpop is a mainstream pop-rock wave lead in 1993-95 by the groups Pulp, Blur, Suede and Oasis.
- Alternative rock stood out with the somewhat grunge sound of Radiohead's debut single 'Creep' in 1992, the creative rock of prodigy PJ Harvey from 1992, the raw glam rock of Placebo from 1997 and the dense space-rock of Muse from 1999.
- Trip-hop burst in with the release of Massive Attack's album "Blue lines" in 1991 and Portishead's LP “Dummy” in 1994, two albums that helped define the trip-hop genre and garner its popularity.
- Shoegaze - or the shoegazing music genre - started with the 1991 album "Loveless" by Irish avant-garde rock band My Bloody Valentine and spanned throughout the 2000s.
POP-ROCK
∙ 1990 ∙ Crazy (Seal) ∙ 1991 ∙ You (Ten Sharp) ∙ I'm too sexy (Right Said Fred) ∙ Groovy train (The Farm) ∙ 1992 ∙ The life of Riley (Lightening Seeds) ∙ 1993 ∙ Zombie (The Cranberries) ∙ Steam (Peter Gabriel) ∙ 1994 ∙ Seven seconds (Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry) ∙ A girl like you (Edwyn Collins) ∙ 1995 ∙ Sadness of things (Momus) ∙ 1998 ∙ Stanley's minutes (Live & let die) (Hinterland) ∙ 1999 ∙ Missing (Everything But The Girl ) ∙
BRITPOP
∙ 1990 ∙ Step on (Happy Mondays) ∙ 1993 ∙ Babies (Pulp) ∙ 1995 ∙ Alright (Supergrass) ∙ Inbetweeners (Sleeper) ∙ Common people (Pulp) ∙ Country house (Blur) ∙ Wonderwall (Oasis) ∙ 1996 ∙ Trash (Suede) ∙ 1997 ∙ Saturday night (Suede) ∙ Bitter sweet symphony (The Verve) ∙ Beetlebum (Blur) ∙ 1998 ∙ Corpses in their mouth (Ian Brown) ∙ Mulder and Scully (Catatonia) ∙ 2000 ∙ Go let it out (Oasis) ∙
ALTERNATIVE ROCK
∙ 1990 ∙ The only one I know (The Charlatans) ∙ This is how it feels (Inspiral Carpets) ∙ There she goes (The La's) ∙ Celebrate (An Emotional Fish) ∙ .. and stones (The Blue Aeroplanes ) ∙ 1991 ∙ Unbelievable (EMF) ∙ 1992 ∙ Creep (Radiohead) ∙ Connected (Stereo MC's) ∙ Ten little beauty queens (David J.) ∙ Just waiting (The Fall) ∙ Born of frustration (James) ∙ 1993 ∙ Suffocate me (Angelfish) ∙ Rid of me (PJ Harvey) ∙ The wedding (David Bowie) ∙ 1994 ∙ Walk this world / Island / Doubled up (Heather Nova) ∙ Mind on pleasure (Orang) ∙ 1995 ∙ Down by the water (PJ Harvey) ∙ Ready to go (Republica) ∙ Slight return (The Bluetones) ∙ Metronomic underground (Stereolab) ∙ A night in (Tindersticks) ∙ 1996 ∙ Swallowed (Bush) ∙ 1997 ∙ Nancy boy (Placebo) ∙ Karma police (Radiohead) ∙ 1998 ∙ Getting scared (Imogen Heap) ∙ The Rockafeller skank (Fatboy Slim) ∙ Pure morning (Placebo) ∙ A perfect day Elise (PJ Harvey) ∙ 1999 ∙ Uno (Muse) ∙
TRIP HOP
∙ 1991 ∙ Safe from harm (Massive Attack) ∙ 1994 ∙ Mysterons (Portishead) ∙ 1995 ∙ Insomnia (Faithless) ∙ Underwater love (Smoke City) ∙ 1996 ∙ Londinium (Archive) ∙ 6 underground (Sneaker Pimps) ∙ Your woman (White Town) ∙ 1997 ∙ Lilith (Plaid ft Björk) ∙ Purple (Crustation) ∙ 1998 ∙ Angel (Massive Attack) ∙ Gorecki (Lamb ) ∙ Blindfold (Morcheeba) ∙ Sing it back (Moloko) ∙ Be there (Unkle) ∙ 1999 ∙ Dirje (Death in Vegas) ∙ Contradictive (Tricky) ∙ Homelands (Nitin Sawhney) ∙ Chant of a poor man (Letfield) ∙
SHOEGAZE
∙ 1991 ∙ Only shallow (My Bloody Valentine) ∙ Shine (Slowdive) ∙ Pearl (Chapterhouse) ∙ Five moments (Field Mice) ∙ Kinky love (Pale Saints) ∙ Star sign (Teenage Fanclub) ∙ 1992 ∙ Never lose that feeling (Swervedriver) ∙ Run (Spiritualized) ∙ Leave them all behind (Ride) ∙ 1993 ∙ Bluebeard (Cocteau Twins) ∙ Desire lines (Lush) ∙ 1998 ∙ Some kinda angel (Mojave 3) ∙