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Hilton Valentine, An Essential Member Of The Animals, Gone at Age 77

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Price, British Invasion, Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, House of the Rising Sun, It’s Folk ’n’ Skiffle, Mate!, Merry Skifflemas!, RIP, Skiffledog, Skiffledog on Couburg Street, The Animals

Farewell to the heart of one of The British Invasion’s greatest bands

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Art Pop Britpop Glam Heavy Metal 

The Man Who Made Metrobolist

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2020, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Cream, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Metrobolist, Mick Ronson, Parlophone, Reissues, The Man Who Sold the World, Woody Woodmansey

David Bowie’s classic proto-metal third album gets a new stereo facelift from its original producer

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Alternative Rock Britpop Glam Remembrance Rock 

Bowie at 74, Part II

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day, Bernard Fowler, Billy Corgan, Corey Glover, David Bowie, Gavin Rossdale, Ian Astbury, Ian Hunter, Joe Elliot, Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, peter Frampton, Tony Visconti, Trent Reznor

Jim Sullivan celebrates his history in conversation with the Thin White Duke

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Britpop Remembrance 

Remembering Gerry Marsden

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments BBC, British Invasion, Ferry Across The Mersey, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Top of the Pops, You’ll Never Walk Alone

The infectious and enthusiastic leader of ‘60s hitmakers Gerry and the Pacemakers, takes his final bow

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Britpop Rock 

Champagne Like Coca-Cola: Lola Versus The Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One at 50

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 Justin Joffe 2 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Dave Davies, Lola, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, MOJO, Ray Davies, The Kinks, Tim Sommer

A half-century later, The Kinks’ timeless classic makes us yearn for the problematic music industry of yore

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Britpop 

Yer Twisting My Melon, Man! Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches at 30

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1990, Black Grape, Bummed, Elektra, God's Cop, Happy Mondays, Kinky Afro, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, Shaun Ryder, Step On

On their essential third album, the Happy Mondays set the scene for Madchester’s never-ending rave going into the 90s

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Britpop 

‘Cause Everybody Hates a Tourist: Different Class at 25

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Blur, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Common People, David Bowie, Different Class, Disco 2000, Donald J. Trump, Jarvis Cocker, Mis-Shapes, Oasis, Pulp, Radiohead, The Sex Pistols

Observing a quarter century of the pulpiest Pulp LP

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Britpop 

Where Were You While We Were Getting High?: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? at 25

October 29, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments “Bonehad” Arthurs, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Alan White, Blur, Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back In Anger, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Paul McGuigan, Radiohead, The Beatles

The second Oasis album was an embrace of their rock-star status–a boozy, druggy, rocking nod to the sounds that had inspired them

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Britpop Music Journalism 

A Ready, Steady, Revolution!

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments and power-brokers Andrew Loog Oldham, Andy Neill, Chris Stamp, Donovan, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Ready Steady Go!, Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Who

A new book on the groundbreaking British television program, Ready, Steady, Go! documents pop’s primetime emergence

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Britpop Pop 

ALBUMS: The Collected Works of a Pop Sophisticate

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments 10cc, Brian Protheroe, Cherry Red, Chris Rainbow, Flo & Eddie, I/You, Martin Duncan, Pick-Up, Pinball, The Albums 1974-76

A new box set from Cherry Red chronicles the mid-70s heyday of thespian musician Brian Protheroe

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Britpop 

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

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Britpop Power Pop Punk 

Supergrass’ Debut at 25: Should We Still Coco?

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1995, Alright, Clueless, Danny Goffey, Eddie Cochran, Gaz Coombes, Island Records, Mick Quinn, Supergrass, The Libertines, The Von Bondies

Gaz and the boys are still alright after all these years

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Britpop 

Minus the Moodies

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 10000 Light Year Band, 2020, B Yond, BMG, John Lodge, Justin Hayward. Graeme Edge, The Moody Blues

Nevertheless, John Lodge remains a singer in a Rock & Roll band

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Britpop Dance Rock 

A Second Opinion on The Stone Roses’ Second Coming

December 19, 2019July 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 5 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Ian Brown, John Squire, Love Spreads, Madchester, Manchester, Mani, Remi, Second Coming, The Stone Roses

25 years later, the Madchester greats’ sophomore LP is better than you may recall

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