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Britpop
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HistoryO Late 1970s

O Unless you were signed to a major label, itwas tough to get ahead in the music industry

O Geoff Travis set up a record store calledRough Trade which was dedicated to sellingmusic by local bands.

O No means of distributing the material furtherafield so he contacted other record shopsaround the country and set up andindiependant distribution network


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HistoryO Travis did it for the love of the music, not

the profit

O This fitted well with some bands attitudeand ethos

O As more bands flocked to Travis and hisindependent distribution system, the

record shop became an indiependantrecord label:

Rough Trade Records


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Rough TradeO Artists signed to Rough Trade tended to

be on significantly better deals than they

would have had on a major record labelO What do you think these deals would have

included what made them better?

O Important thing was that bands kept

ownershipof the music they made nomajor label would have allowed this


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Manchester Our KidO A similar situation was happening in

Manchester with A man called Tony

CurtisO He set up a label called Factory Records

O Primary purpose was to distribute thework of a band called Joy Division

O Were heavily influenced by the VelvetUnderground and the punk movement
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The SmithsO Formed in 1982 by Morrissey and

Guitarist Johnny Marr

O Influenced by 1960s rock music and andpunk/new wave scene

O Rejected the synth-based pop of the 80sfor a chiming guitar driven sound

reminiscent of the Byrds
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Smiths cont.O Lyrics were full of dark humour and

sarcasm

O Were the perfect counterpoint for thehappy jangly guitar

O See Cemetery Gates (not the Panterasong..)

O Proudly English, anti-Thatcher
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Fashion - DiscussO Trying to get

away from theoverblown 80s

Spandex andHairspray


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After the SmithsO They had a heavy influence on what came

next-


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Styles, roots and influencesO Britpop bands were influenced by British guitar

music of the past, particularly movements andgenres such as glam rock, and punk rock.

O Specific influences varied: Blur and Oasis drew

from The Kinks and The Beatles, respectively,while Elastica had a fondness for arty punk rock.

O all Britpop artists projected a sense of reverencefor the sounds of the past.
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Origins and first years

O The dominant musical force of the periodwas the grunge invasion from the UnitedStates.

O The origins of Britpop lie primarily in theindie scene of the early 1990s


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BeginningsO Britpop began when Blur's single "Popscene" and

Suede's "The Drowners" were released around thesame time in the spring of 1992.

O Suede were the first of the new crop of guitar-orientated bands to be embraced by the UK musicmedia as Britain's answer to Seattle's grungesound.

O Their debut album Suedebecame the fastest-selling debut album in the history of the UK. In April1993, Selectmagazine featured Suede's leadsinger Brett Anderson on the cover with a UnionFlag in the background and the headline "Yanks go

home!".
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O Blur took on an Anglocentric aesthetic with theirsecond album Modern Life Is Rubbish(1993).

O Blur's new approach was inspired by their tour of

the United States in the spring of 1992.O While Modern Life is Rubbishwas a moderate

success, it was Blur's third album Parklifethatmade them arguably the most popular band in theUK in 1994.


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O That same year Oasis released their debut albumDefinitely Maybe, which broke Suede's record forfastest-selling debut album.

O The movement was soon dubbed Britpop"Britpop" arose around the same time as the term"Britart" (which referred to the work of British

modern artists such as Damien Hirst
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"The Battle of Britpop

O A chart battle between Blur and Oasis dubbed "TheBattle of Britpop" brought Britpop to the forefront ofthe British press in 1995.

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The bands had initially praised each other but overthe course of the year antagonisms between thetwo increased.

O release of Oasis' single "Roll With It", and Blur's"Country House" on the same day.

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The battle pitted the two bands against each other,with the conflict as much about British class andregional divisions as it was about music
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DeclineO Oasis' third album Be Here Now(1997)

was highly anticipated.

O Despite initially attracting positive reviewsand selling strongly, the record was soonsubjected to strong criticism from music

critics, record-buyers and even NoelGallagher himself for its overproducedand bloated sound.
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O At the same time, Damon Albarn sought todistance Blur from Britpop with the band's

fifth album, Blur(1997).

O On the album, Blur moved away from their

Parklife-era sound, and their music beganto assimilate American lo-fi influences,particularly that of Pavement.
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Post-BritpopO Bands like Travis, Stereophonics and

Coldplay, influenced by Britpop acts,

particularly Oasis, with more introspectivelyrics, were some of the most successfulrock acts of the late 1990s and early

2000s

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