"Do you remember the first time?"

In Britain, the 20th anniversary of the emergence of the Brit-Pop style is noted (the starting point is the exit at the end of April 1994 Blur album “ Parklife ” ), and most of the texts by this date are written by a well -known apologetic tone - armed with such a thing, you usually call the drinking companions the day after a shock booze to find out how it ended. Excesses, of course, were, but I believe that, having apologized, it is quite possible to pour in a new one and continue to celebrate. It is stupid to deny that all the more or less large British groups that arose after 1994, one way or another, left Oasis and Blur overcoats-or demonstratively these overcoats were trampling.

Brit-POP, unlike many other styles that exploited teenage transgression and reflection, has always been extremely tenacious and jovial-it is not surprising that you are still listening to PULP , OASIS , SUEDE and Blur or at least click on links with interviews with Liam, Jarvis, Brett or Damon. Further-11 much less well-known British masterpieces, which should be recalled, having previously stored a bucket of lemon “Khuch”.

1.

These Animal Men

"(Come on Join) The High Society" (LP)

Four clear Brighton guys in the early 90s felt where the wind was blowing, postponed the classes of Hevi-metal (leaving the name-quote from Julia Caesar addressed to the rebellious Britons), were purchased by clothes of the odious sports company Lonsdale And they decided to play the game against the whole world. They (they had a guitarist nicknamed a hooligan named) created an ideal dangerous guitar pop group on the patterns of the early The Who and Manic Street Preachers - they came up with 10 dashing commandments (one of which reads “Love is good, but jerking off is still better”), boldly placed on the cover of the single “ Speed King » A plate full of amphetamines, and composed a couple of dozen incredibly vigorous, melodic and, with a man -made militants, in which Buzzcocks met and kissed Bowie and in general a lot of things. Of course, they lost with a devastating score - all this was too good to become popular.

2.

Menswe@r

"I'll Manage SOMEHOW"

The symbolic team of the British Pop and the first in the hat-list of the ill-wishers of this style. Thanks to the ability to drink with the right people from the industry (for example, in the mid-90s there was Graham Coxon from Blur ) written handsome hands from Camden hammered their cover Melody Maker and a five album contract, having no recorded song behind the soul. The song appeared after some time and did not disappoint anyone. Bouncing like a basketball ball, " I ' ll Manage SOMEHOW ” was filled with an optimistic message that everything would be ha-ra-sh, the main thing is to grab the shoes and run away. Before decay, the group on the second album hit America (a common Britpower error). Now the frontman of the group, Adonis Johnny Dean, gained a new composition for Reunion and garnishes with him in fairs and pubs. They cope somehow, in general.

3.

Gene

"Be My Light, Be My Guide"

This London Quartet desperately tried to take the line for the Smiths and suede . So desperately that he was named in honor of Bisade with Singe " This Charming Man ” , did not include a couple of his hits in the debut album, and the British press immediately dubbed the elegant frontman with the neat parting of Martin Rossiter. It was rumored that the title hit from the album " Olympian " is dedicated to how much roses respects muscular guys. At the same time, he played on the guitar - and played perfectly - a man who fell on his head from the sixteenth floor by the hairstyle of Paul Weller. Despite all the secondary of the undertaking, the first two albums Gene were impressive - the hymns of narcissism and violence went one after another, occasionally interspersed with greetings to the former passions. A couple of years ago, Rossiter released for some reason the solo album “Defiensteration of St. Martin” (this is when they throw it out of the person’s window, I already google), where the piano prevails and there is a track called “ I Must Be Jesus " . But throw out such a thing from the window as “ be My Light , be My Guide ” , with a cool rhyme, a comma in the title and a favorite game of“ quietly germko-quiet ”, it’s a pity-suddenly it will break.

4.

The boo Radleys

"Giant Steps" (LP)

Shortly before the British-Pop media-play, the shugaizers quartet with Creation Records , in which there was not a single pretty face, unexpectedly twisted by an album where they pushed, as if in a melting boiler, completely different styles-from Dab to Free Dzhaz. Boo Radleys , like Magpies, was draining the influences from everywhere and even named the album in honor of the disc of John Coltrain. Now the sound of the album seems naive in places, and Boo Radleys themselves admitted that the album was recorded by people who did not listen to too much Daba. But with its incredible enthusiasm and cultural curiosity in 1993 , Giant STEPS ” struck the listeners who opened up new horizons. Boo Radleys in a couple of years to record the melodic hit " Wake Up ” , they will achieve popularity and lose it at the same speed - it so happened that these modest people simply were not created for world domination.

5.

The Weekenders

"Inelegantly Wasteed in Papa's Penthouse Pad in Belgravia"

Just say that you did not fall in love with the name of this song at first sight.

6.

The Auteurs

"Lenny Valentino"

If Luke Haines hears that he was called British Pop in this article, then most likely, at the first opportunity, he will have a ringing slap in the face. The long-haired albino, reminiscent of Peter Frampton, was really associated with British Pop, playing on the warm-up of Suede at the beginning of their career, and its album “ New Wave ” lost their debut one vote at the Mercury award. He was completely offended by this fact, in the future he did everything in order to chop off all the associations with the genre, he put cowboys on the covers, recorded albums with Steve Albini and wrote the memoirs “Bad vibrations: British Pop and my role in its death”. As a result, Haines, never striving for glory, achieved his own-he was dubbed "Adolf Hitler Brit-Pop." In fairness, I must say that Hinse had a talent for writing real small pearls of guitar rock, so smart that when listening, a volume with comments is needed - such as, for example, to this two -minute militant “ Lenny Valentino " .

7.

Longpigs

"Blue skies"

The Sheffield Group is mainly known for the fact that the guitarist Richard Hawley, now a super -abusive solo artist, began in it. Vocalist Chrispin Hunt, who was distinguished by a very violent disposition and no less violent hairstyle, now writes songs for Jake Bagg, Lana Del Rey and Natalie Impubrulei. And in the 1990s, he composed such things-filmed, with a shuffling gait, a curved grin and mysterious texts. If you look at the definition of the word “cool” in the dictionary, this song will most likely be there as an illustration.

8.

The Charlatans

"Canomet Get out of Bed"

In the mid-90s in Britain, almost any guys with guitars could sell a couple of tens of thousands of copies of the album if they put on tracksuits. For the sake of this, Charlatans did not even have to go to the store - the preachers of Baghi and Madcheter mimified the new movement very naturally and painlessly. They simply removed all the alienation from music from music. And they wrote a chic anthem of laziness-the fundamental topic of British Pop, see also “ Waking Up " Elastica , " Lazy " suede , " The Lazy Sunbathers " Morrissey , " Sleep " Marion , " Importance of Being Idle » Oasis .

9.

Tiny Monroe

"Cream Bun"

Do not believe anyone-British Pop has never been exclusively masculine. A lot of girls picked up guitars and cheerfully sang songs in which contempt for unworthy men was in red thread. Elastica , Echobelly , Lush , Sleeper , Drugstore , Catatonia , Kenickie , Dubstar , Salad , Powder -British Pop cannot be accused of male chauvinism. But British scientists are still fighting over the mystery of nature - why the Tiny group failed Monroe , in which En Jay Willow, whose charisma was noted by the great John Pil. Just look at the video - in England, such women do not go without guard.

10.

Mansun

"Stripper Vicar"

Song about the priest-broadcast? "They would try to do this in Micheti."

11.

Gay DAD

"Joy"

Just say that you have not fallen in love with the name of this group at first sight.