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Girl from Mars
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Band from Northern Ireland whose debut album was named "1977" after the year its members were born & when Star Wars was released.
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Ash
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Show Girl
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Band of Luke Haines who is known for his dark, sardonic lyrics & contempt for his Britpop peers. Albums include "New Wave".
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The Auteurs
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Charmless Man
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Successful band featuring Damon Albarn, later of Gorillaz. Other hits include "Country House", "Song 2", and "Girls & Boys".
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Blur
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Wake up Boo!
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Band named after a character in Harper Lee's 1960 novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". Also associated with the shoegaze genre.
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The Boo Radleys
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Mulder and Scully
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Welsh band featuring the distinctive raspy vocals of Cerys Matthews. Other hits include "Road Rage".
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Catatonia
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The Only One I Know
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Band from the Madchester scene whose other hits include "One to Another" . Their organist, Rob Collins, died in a 1996 car crash.
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The Charlatans
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Brimful of Asha
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Band whose name is a reference to the stereotype of British Asians owning convenience stores.
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Cornershop
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Staying Out For The Summer
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Goofy London power trio whose other hits include "If You're Thinking of Me", and "Good Enough".
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Dodgy
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King of the Kerb
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Band fronted by Delhi-born vocalist Sonya Madan, whose albums include "Everbody's Got One" and "On".
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Echobelly
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Connection
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Band formed by ex-Suede members Justine Frischmann & Justin Welch. Other singles include "Stutter" & "Waking Up".
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Elastica
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Laid
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Band who took their moniker from their drummer's first name. Other singles include "Come Home", "Sit Down", "She's a Star".
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James
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Hush
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All white psychedelic band heavily influenced by Indian music & culture. Other hits include "Tattva" and "Govinda".
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Kula Shaker
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There She Goes
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Band whose name is Scouse for "lads", also having obvious musical connotations. Their self titled & only album is critically acclaimed.
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The La's
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Ladykillers
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Band originally associated with shoegaze who disbanded after drummer Chris Acland committed suicide in 1996. Albums include "Lovelife" & "Spooky".
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Lush
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If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
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Welsh band whose rhythm guitarist & lyricist, Richey Edwards, disappeared in 1995. The band still set up a microphone in memorial to him at every live performance.
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Manic Street Preachers
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Sleep
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Madchester scene band fronted by Jaime Harding who were once labelled as "a Northern version of Suede". Albums include "This World and Body".
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Marion
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Daydreamer
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Band described by Allmusic as "charming, handsome young men that wanted to be in a pop group more than they wanted to play music". Ouch. Other hits include "Being Brave" & "Stardust".
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Menswear
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Wonderwall
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Hugely successful band of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, whose infighting resulted in the band imploding in 2009.
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Oasis
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The Riverboat Song
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Birmingham band who got their big break with the release of their second album, "Mosely Shoals", which spent 92 weeks in the charts.
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Ocean Colour Scene
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Common People
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Iconic Britpop band of Jarvis Cocker who famously mooned Michael Jackson during the latter's 1996 Brit Awards performance.
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Pulp
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Creep
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Band of Thom Yorke originally associated with Britpop, later becoming one of the most acclaimed bands in alternative rock after the release of their '97 album "OK Computer".
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Radiohead
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Place Your Hands
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Band whose song "Naked" was featured in a commercial for the Sony Mini-Disc player. Other hits include "Yer Old" & "Come Back Brighter".
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Reef
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Viva La Megababes
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Female pop duo whose '94 song "Trouble" reached No.11 in the UK Singles Chart & featured in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
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Shampoo
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Female of the Species
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Band whose eclectic sound was dubbed "queasy listening" by critics. Other hits include "The Ballad of Tom Jones", a duet with Cerys Matthews of Catatonia.
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Space
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Just Enough Education To Perform
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Welsh band described as "classic UK rock delivered with whiskey vocals". Hit songs include "Dakota" & "The Bartender and the Thief".
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Stereophonics
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Beautiful Ones
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London band who are one of the "big four" of Britpop. Albums include "Coming Up", Dog Man Star" and "Head Music".
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Suede
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Juxtapozed With U
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Welsh band central to the "Cool Cymru" movement & known for singing entire songs in their native tongue. Albums include "Phantom Power" & "Fuzzy Logic".
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Super Furry Animals
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I Should Coco
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Band fronted by Gaz Coombes, known for his distinctive side burns. Hits include "Sun Hits the Sky" & "Pumping on Your Stereo".
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Supergrass
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Sing
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Scottish band with a bloke's name, whose sensitive melodic brand of rock is said to have helped pave the way for Coldplay. Albums include "The Invisible Band" & "The Man Who".
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Travis
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
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Volatile Manchester band, fronted Richard Ashcroft, who broken up & reformed several times over the years. Other hits include "The Drugs Don't Work" & "Lucky Man".
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The Verve
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