Best Britpop Band Besides Oasis and Blur

SilverScreen

Because there's more to Britpop than those two bands.

Hopefully someone will unearth a few forgotten bands.

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Pulp

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The Charlatans.

The Golden Miller

i dont think the verve really fit into the category of "britpop", and at the height of their power were just as big as both blur and oasis. voted for them anyway. you left out dodgy and the best of all them.....THE BLUETONES

Bootsy.

Supergrass all the way! Supergrass and Pulp are the only two on that list (maybe Suede as well to give them their due, I'm just not into them personally) who's songs have stood the test of time and still sound great in 2012. The rest just sound dated and dull, or perhaps a nostalgic pleasure at best.

The Charlatans were a good band too, and the poll is also missing Ocean Colour Scene and Elastica

Hannibal

Ocean Colour Scene without doubt

The Verve weren't "britpop"

SilverScreen

Dammit, forgot about Elastica.

I have to go with Suede. I think they went deeper than the rest of the Britpop crop, especially on their self-titled and Dog Star Man. They're also a band you know straight-away when you hear them, no one else sounds,like them. Also their androgynous image bellied the laddishness of Oasis and Blur very nicely.

Android 666

Christ, when you look at it like that, apart from maybe Pulp and Supergrass, the 90s was a sea of mediocrity. Shed Seven?!? That's like putting up Menswear or Northern Uproar. The Boo Radleys did some nice shoegaze, especially Lazarus but when they went down the Britpop route it was pretty generic. Same with Lush, who had great songs like Thoughtforms and Baby Talk before they started releasing sh¡te like Single Girl. Surprised you don't have Ride on there, seeing as they went down the same route as Lush and The Boo Radleys - doing some interesting stuff before putting themselves through a blander. Dreams Burn Down, Seagull and Leave Them All Behind are still classics. I listened to the Elastica album there a while ago and besides the likes of Stutter and Connection it's a pretty dismal album.

So I suppose in answer to your question, it has to be Pulp.

Paparazzo

The Verve, Supergrass and The Charlatans are the only 3 I'd be interested in now. And a bit of Pulp. I Should Coco is a great album, ruined by "Alright".
Charlatans have a great catalogue of songs too.

me-skywalker

OCS, Suede

Welsh Megaman

My Life Story

Temaz

Suede are the second best band to come out of the UK in the 90's. Oasis rule the roost for me.

lewisdhead

The Pale Saints.
The Family Cat.

SilverScreen

lewisdhead wrote: »

The Pale Saints.

That's actually an interesting one. Although they were seen as a shoegaze band they were kind of like precursors to Britpop, especially on their second album In Ribbons. The same with Adorable, Moose and Catherine Wheel.

lewisdhead

Zero1986 wrote: »

That's actually an interesting one. Although they were seen as a shoegaze band they were kind of like precursors to Britpop, especially on their second album In Ribbons. The same with Adorable, Moose and Catherine Wheel.

I meant to say that.:);)

mike65

No real interest in BP era but Supergrass were (was?) a fine band.

johnpatrick81

Supergrass all the way for me. They've 4 great albums and a couple of decent ones. Not one dud.

Pulp would be second best. After that it's a big gap.

longshanks

The La's?

mosstin

Android 666 wrote: »

Christ, when you look at it like that, apart from maybe Pulp and Supergrass, the 90s was a sea of mediocrity. Shed Seven?!? That's like putting up Menswear or Northern Uproar. The Boo Radleys did some nice shoegaze, especially Lazarus but when they went down the Britpop route it was pretty generic. Same with Lush, who had great songs like Thoughtforms and Baby Talk before they started releasing sh¡te like Single Girl. Surprised you don't have Ride on there, seeing as they went down the same route as Lush and The Boo Radleys - doing some interesting stuff before putting themselves through a blander. Dreams Burn Down, Seagull and Leave Them All Behind are still classics. I listened to the Elastica album there a while ago and besides the likes of Stutter and Connection it's a pretty dismal album.

So I suppose in answer to your question, it has to be Pulp.

Arse. 'C'mon Kids' was about as generic as 'Metal Machine Music'.

Can'tseeme

I liked alot of those bands. They're some great albums among them. the Verve's 'A Northern Soul' and 'Urban Hymns', Supergrass' 'ISC', Suede's first three albums, Pulp's 'Different Class', 'This Is Hardcore' and 'His n' Hers'.

OSC, never lived up to expectations for me. But have a great Greatest Hits collection.

But the best band (and they're not mentioned) for me would be Super Furry Animals. Excellent band album after album. Never got the recognition they deserved.

Android 666

mosstin wrote: »

Arse. 'C'mon Kids' was about as generic as 'Metal Machine Music'.

Funnily enough, I'd never even heard of that album before so I'll have a listen and concede to you on that point. Wake Up were well sh¡t though…

Android 666

Can'tseeme wrote: »

But the best band (and they're not mentioned) for me would be Super Furry Animals. Excellent band album after album. Never got the recognition they deserved.

Rings around the world is one of my favourite albums of all time and Hey Venus was a classic that seemed to pass everyone by. Don't think I'd ever class them as Britpop though.

sbsquarepants

Don't know if they'd really be classed as britpop, but i love the sundays and echobelly, both lead singers had really outsanding voices (they're from that era anyway!) - still listen to both of them a fair bit (and get all misty eyed and nostalgic for my mis-spent youth;))

From your list - Pulp by a country mile.

Some good albums from that time anyway, if not neccesarily great bands. Urban hyms is genius, the it girl by sleeper is still one of my faves as is split by lush.
All in all it was a great time for music i think.

Can'tseeme

Android 666 wrote: »

Rings around the world is one of my favourite albums of all time and Hey Venus was a classic that seemed to pass everyone by. Don't think I'd ever class them as Britpop though.

Britpop wasn't a genre like punk or 60's r n b, etc. It was more an explosion of indie/alternative bands in the mid 90's breaking through into the mainstream charts and became household names. It always had a wide range of bands that came in that category. Most bands of that era though didn't like the label.

Fuzzy Logic, Radiator, RATW for me are their best albums. LoveKraft and Phantom Power were great aswell.

maupat

What about Starsailor? Admittedly they arrived on the scene in 2001 (and so were not around when Britpop was at its zenith in the mid to late 1990's) but I think they're a band that are often overlooked in general.

They had have some cracking tunes in their early years - think 'Silence is Easy' and Four to the Floor'

thesultan

Has to be Ocean Colour Scene, great band

vader65

The Verve

Android 666

Can'tseeme wrote: »

Britpop wasn't a genre like punk or 60's r n b, etc. It was more an explosion of indie/alternative bands in the mid 90's breaking through into the mainstream charts and became household names. It always had a wide range of bands that came in that category. Most bands of that era though didn't like the label.

I suppose I always saw Britpop as bands that were using their Britishness as a defining statement of who they were, parading the Union Jack and mod imagery or singing about very English places and preoccupations and I never felt Super Furry Animals fitted into that. I felt they sat more comfortably alongside the likes of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Tbf, it doesn't really look like anyone else online really agrees with me.

Can'tseeme

Android 666 wrote: »

I suppose I always saw Britpop as bands that were using their Britishness as a defining statement of who they were, parading the Union Jack and mod imagery or singing about very English places and preoccupations and I never felt Super Furry Animals fitted into that. I felt they sat more comfortably alongside the likes of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Tbf, it doesn't really look like anyone else online really agrees with me.

Ahh Gorky's loved that band. Ray Davies would kill for a song like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMey9IT7hk

Android 666

Can'tseeme wrote: »

Ahh Gorky's loved that band. Ray Davies would kill for a song like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMey9IT7hk

Absolutely adore that song. One of my favourites.

cloptrop

Im not sure of the boundaries of what sums up britpop , but Id have the manic street preachers at the top , and Kula Shaker would get a mention before most of them.
Oh and shed seven were complete amateurs . Its amazing how big they got in England.

thesultan

Kula Shaker had two very good albums but their latest should have stayed in the can. The Magic was gone

cloptrop

thesultan wrote: »

Kula Shaker had two very good albums but their latest should have stayed in the can. The Magic was gone

Well there was a gap of like ten years between album 2 and 3 . Plus they split up in that time. Some journalist realised in indian mythicism or whatever their into the swastica is a symbol for love or something like that. So he ambushed him with a question like how do you feel when you see this. Chrispian replied its a lovely symbol or something .
Q the Kula Shaker are nazis headlines.
It kinda ruined them .
There are very few britpop bands that made anything close to youll be greatful when your dead , hush, mystical machine gun or 303 , they even made indian music sound cool .
I think them 2 albums alone get them up there past everyone on the list except maybe pulp the verve and maybe supergrass.

thesultan

I loved them two albums' 'Start All Over' is some song

walshb

OCS to me were better than Oasis and Blur. Great band.

thesultan

walshb wrote: »

OCS to me were better than Oasis and Blur. Great band.

Totally agree

super_furry

Always loved the Candyskins and thought they should have been much bigger than they were.

vider12

The Verve

delbertgrady

I voted for Suede. The first two Sleeper albums are killer. And Louise Wener's memoir, Different For Girls, is absolutely superb.
If they're included in the Britpop category (which I doubt they are, 'cos they were active before the phrase was commonplace) Teenage Fanclub wipe the floor with everyone. Every home should have Bandwagonesque, Thirteen, Grand Prix and Songs from Northern Britain.
Finally, I'll stick my neck out and suggest Embrace. I know they're widely ridiculed , but the first album and most of its singles' b-sides are great (and people out there must have liked them, 'cos they played here at least three or four times). Quality control goes downhill after the debut, but I feel obliged to mention them, just for old times sake.

Temaz

delbertgrady wrote: »

Finally, I'll stick my neck out and suggest Embrace. I know they're widely ridiculed , but the first album and most of its singles' b-sides are great (and people out there must have liked them, 'cos they played here at least three or four times). Quality control goes downhill after the debut, but I feel obliged to mention them, just for old times sake.

Im a big fan of Embrace, first album is a belter. As you said it goes downhill but they have some cracking tunes on all their albums hidden among the filler.

Trafford Lad

Great time for me- buying Vox and Select. And there always seemed to be great gigs here, I think my first was OCS in the Olympia. Buying the CD single of some of the above bands and the 7" just because they looked cool. B sides back then were quality. Loved SFA more than any group back then, Radiator was a brilliant album. Also had a thing for Sonia from Echobelly

Cast were one of my favourite bands of the time, they played some great gigs here at the time, Red box, Olympia. Derided by the musical press at the time, and being older now I can see why to a certain extent but All Change is a great album from start to finish and Mother Nature Calls has some great songs on there as well.

Bluetonic by the Bluetones has to be one of the singles of that era.

thesultan

Slight Return is my favourite of theirs. I remember watching the chart show on SKy one which used to be on Saturdays back then. Always came to hear great songs on it . Slight return, a few supernaturals, u16 girls Travis, Govinda Kula Shaker, You've got it bad by OCS , Herman loves Pauline SFA etc....