Worst Of These Mid-Late 90s UK Bands?

Voted Space.

Have met the drummer from Cast a bunch of times and he's a nice guy. Fuck knows how they ever had a hit tho'.

One of Shed Seven applied for my old job in York and didn't get it, so I win against them.

A girl once posted a cassette copy of Delicious through my letter box to show she fancied me so I'll always have a soft spot for Sleeper for that.

I have had bad sex whilst a Gomez cassette played. They are pretty off-putting when that guy comes in with his 'blues' voice.

Always thought it was "romo slapper" and I don't know whether to be relieved or disappointed. Me too.

Cast had that fucking awful song about flying, didn't they? And that one about walking away? A mate of mine swears Beetroot is a lost classic.

Foe some reason I get that song walk away stuck in my head sometimes. just the one line, but I think the real song may just consist of one line endlessly repeated anyway.

I saw Cast support Oasis at Irvine Beach and they were really loud. Saw them again at ti in the park in the nme tent and they were loud again. Album came out and i hated it.

I too was all set to click on Northern Uproar. But can't.

Or are they counted as part of "oasis and co"?

More like I forgot they even existed.

louise wener: actually a really sweet and lovely person (she wrote a piece about poker for a mag i was working on), although her britpop persona was appalling.

really: all these bands were just fucking vile. looking back, i'm not fucking surprised i didn't pursue my nascent career in music journalism circa 1996.

for some reason, i feel drawn to voting for reef: i can't remember a thing about them, but i'm sure i hated them with a spectacular passion. and if i didn't: fuck 'em, i don't give a shit. and enough other people will vote for kula shaker (i shudder to even think about those cunts) and FUCKING CAST.

one of the most appalling nights of my life: driving from edinburgh to livingston (yes! this was livingston's attempt to use marco's leisuredome, or whatever it was called, to reinvent itself as INDIE HUB OF THE CENTRAL BELT) with my ex-girlfriend's flatmate (the only person i knew at the time with a car; or, at least, the only one with a car and no taste whatsoever in music) to see cast for the scotsman (look, i really, really needed the money, and the bylines), and NOT GETTING IN because they'd fucked up the guest-list and someone else's name was down. the ignominy! the torture of the drive back, with ex-gf's flatmate constantly whining: "i really wanted to see them!"

that said: i can't help feeling it'd have been a worse night if i had seen them, so hey.

Northern Uproar rule for this:

http://www.n-uproar.u-net.com/

(xpost) sorry to remind you, but Reef had only one hit, the chorus of which went something like "PUT YOUR HANDS ON PUT YOUR HANDS ON!!! ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! PUT YOUR HANDS ON!!! AARRRGGGHHHH!!!" with the singer sounding like he was straining on the toilet.

OH CHRIST, YES, HOW DID I FORGET? damn, i voted well.

that northern uproar website is fucking awesome. frames! comic sans! a story about some cock breaking his ankle! it genuinely hasn't been looked at in 10 years, has it?

Northern Uproar rule for this:

http://www.n-uproar.u-net.com/

-- Raw Patrick, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:26 PM

"Chris and Leon went for a hike up Ygairne near Tryffyn in Wales, the wind was blowing at 80 mph and they had to crawl and slither to keep from being blown away.
When they got back down to the bottom, Leon slipped and hurt his ankle, but instead of going to the hospital like any mere mortals would do... they went to the pub for some liquid anaesthetic.
Not 'til the next day did Leon find out that he had actually broken his ankle!"

At the t in the park i mentioned (1995) you should have scene the queues for Kula Shaker in the king tuts tent. There was 10 xs as many people outside listening as there was inside. Tattva or whatever it was called had been a huge hit.
Admittedly I was no great fan of Britpop bar Oasis/Blur/Pulp/Supergrass but Of all the britpop bands I saw T In The Park 95 & 96 then Powder have to be by far THE WORST. AWFUL!!
Supergrass and Super Furry Animals were great in 95 though.

Best britpop band was Black Grape. And they're not really britpop I suppose. That 1st album is a terrific album. Lots of great music came out alongside Britpop and I hope that's whats remembered and not the shite in this poll.

(xxpost) I remember some Chris Evans TV show on which Reef were guests, and when they got to the bit where Evans read out some letters, the band had to introduce it by singing "IT'S YOUR LETTERS IT'S YOUR LETTERS!!! AAAARRRGGHHH!!!"

I only remember Reef now because of that joke TFI Friday thing. I know i saw them at T In The Park but it must've been forgettable.

btw Grimly, T In The Park in 95 and 96 line ups must've been your worst nightmare :)
I spent most of my time in the dance tent i think.

xx-post
Aye that thing.

I didn't even see Pulp the year they headlined as I was too busy jumping about to The Afghan Whigs.
Best band I ever saw at T In The Park was LEFTFIELD. One of the greatest nights of my life that was (no I wasnt on anything)

I'm so glad T In The Park moved as those line ups in the dadrock years were soul destroying.

Dig a bit deeper into Northern Uproar's site and you discover they had a spot supporting on Mark Owen's tour. Ha!

That seahorses thing, youtube is giving me a 500 server error. I am saved.

It was a shit track, I can vaguely remember it. There was a long guitar solo at the end, I think?

I should have put The Levellers in. They were dreadful (the singer from the seahorses is the worst singer ever, he sounds like the levellers guy)

As someone all-but-untouched by the shaky finger of Britpop, I have to confess that a lot of the vitriolic comments above REALLY make me want to hear a POO compilation of all those groups. Would it out-rock Buzz Cuts?

They were called 'Dodgy' for a reason...

Well, exactly. Now that records like that have attained artifact status, shouldn't they have leeched a bit of charm with the passage of time? Too soon?

Never

Stereophonics. Other than Cast, the rest are all fantastic. Most of the best 90s bands are in this list.

Absolutely fantastic, better than Oasis and Blur, and among the best bands ever to have existed:
Ocean Colour Scene
Dodgy
Travis
Supernaturals
Kula Shaker

Excellent but not better than Blur/Oasis:
Catatonia
Gene
Bluetones

Rather good, at least occasionally:
Sleeper
Menswear
Gomez
Seahorses
Shed 7
Longpigs
Space

Decent, but not much more
Stereophonics
Cast
Reef
3 Colours Red

Absolutely fantastic, better than Oasis and Blur, and among the best bands ever to have existed:
Ocean Colour Scene
Dodgy
Travis
Supernaturals
Kula Shaker

rofl

Yes, they are, it's just you who are missing what good pop music is about.

(Although I must have put Kula Shaker in the wrong category, they would belong in one of the two middle ones)

I knew Geir wouldn't let us down. Aren't Ocean Colour Scene a little bit too bluesy for you though?

Are there any britpop bands you hated?
xpost

Close run thing between Catatonia and Space

Re: The JPEG - I really don't like Liam's face sticking out at me like that.

i haven't heard half of these bands, so I'm voting for The Longpigs on principle. Who fucking names their band The Longpigs?

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dude

Yeah, that's just not Britpop.

You're offending Geir here, cover his eyes

ANYWAY. I don't recognize most of these bands. I *kinda* like the very very little I've heard of the Longpigs though that's probably just the Richard Hawley bias. Are any of these worth attention?

not really

not really

-- Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:55 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Figured.

The brave new dawn of rigorously monitored Nu-ILx.

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This is just like the scne in Blazing Sadlles when the fighting cowboys crash into the 30's dance number set.

^ lOlTM

I've had a look at the mod board comments and it all seems a bit of an unholy mess so best to keep out of it.

I always thought the end part of Blazing Saddles would have been a brilliant ending to The Prisoner.

Anyone going to say Britpop was an unholy mess?

I always thought the end part of Blazing Saddles would have been a brilliant ending to The Prisoner

They're quite similar really, the endings I mean

but britpop never ended :(

Stereophonics.

Dermot O'Leary manfully tries to prove that Britpop has never ended week after week on his scintillating Radio 2 show with torchbearers the Zutons and um Sharleen "nee Senga McGillicuddy" Spiteri.

Yes, they are, it's just you who are missing what good pop music is about.

-- Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:06 (1 hour ago) Link

Yes, Herman and every other single poster on this thread, and indeed on ILM.