Another massive Oasis fan here. I still go to Oasis tribute nights now and they go right off, the atmosphere is always brilliant.I really need to check out these books! I have Miki Berenyi’s but not read it yet.
Does anyone remember Raw magazine? It started out more heavy-rock orientated but covered more indie bands when britpop took off. It had really good interviews and gig reviews.
I love so much of the britpop music, indie, and so many other genres from around that time, there’s so much to say!
I LOVED Oasis, and still do. I know they’re not for everyone, and I respect that, I’m not going to try and change anyone’s minds!
But one of the reasons I love them is because their music was so uplifting, and the lyrics were so positive.
This quote from Noel on why he wrote Live Forever sums it up.
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ETA. I shouldn’t even mention Oasis here, they always rejected the Britpop label and said they were rock n roll. I wonder now if any bands actually said they were britpop?
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The first one i read was the Knebworth issue
Oh I love that! Are there any acts you’d recommend? You’ve reminded me that at one point, Oasis were so big, even their tribute band got into the charts, NoWaySis!
Definitely. It was a competitor to Kerrang and then confused all the old-school metallers by putting Black Grape on the cover. The revamped version was good but didn't last very long.
That’s so interesting! As much as I liked it, even at the time I thought it must have been a bit crap for fans of the original content.
I was also at Knebworthbut only the Sunday. So, I missed The Prodigy but saw The Manics (meh, I was never a fan) and The Charlatans (I was a fan). I think Cast played too.
I was there Sunday too. Found my ticket and programme in the loft the other day, and a newspaper with a crowd shot on the front page.
I was gutted when Raw went indie...
I’ve seen Oa-Sis and Noasis quite a few times and I think also Definitely MaybeOh I love that! Are there any acts you’d recommend? You’ve reminded me that at one point, Oasis were so big, even their tribute band got into the charts, NoWaySis!
Oa-Sis sometimes do a joint thing with another tribute band, usually The Total Stone Roses. Honestly, if they’re doing a gig near you then give it a shot, it’s such a good night.Thank you so much, I’ll look out for these ones! I don’t doubt you. Half the fun of Oasis gigs was getting to sing things like “SO Sally can waaait” in a big crowd, so anything close to that sounds good.I’ve seen Oa-Sis and Noasis quite a few times and I think also Definitely Maybe
I am not ashamed to say that I copied Louise Weners haircut back then
Oh my god those Select covers 
I can't really remember the first one I read as I had a habit of when I got obsessed with a band (mainly the Manics tbh), I'd order a lot of back issues of magazines and cut the bits out and make wee scrapbooks and things. duck knows how I had the time to fit in going to school and drinking cider in the park and going to gigs.
I think I might have stopped buying it around the time the logo changed perhaps.
I can't really remember the first one I read as I had a habit of when I got obsessed with a band (mainly the Manics tbh), I'd order a lot of back issues of magazines and cut the bits out and make wee scrapbooks and things. duck knows how I had the time to fit in going to school and drinking cider in the park and going to gigs.I think I might have stopped buying it around the time the logo changed perhaps.
I always thought it was really interesting that both The Stone Roses and Suede released fantastic but divisive second albums in 1994, both towards the end of the year. It’s a total coincidence, but it really highlights how the uk guitar/alternative/indie scene had changed so much since each of their debuts, and how they both responded musically.
I loved both of those second albums (at a later date as I think I was a touch too wee at the time and was still into Wet Wet Wet) but, as I wanted to piss folk off as a teen, insisted I hated the Roses until I listened to them more in my v late teens/early twenties, when I had to admit defeat
I just watched a video on britpopglory on instagram that had Damon Albarn as a guest presenter (remember them?) on TOTP introducing OasisHe described them as ’five pretty boys from Manchester’ and Liam was shaking a sunflower behind Damon’s head
He described them as ’five pretty boys from Manchester’ and Liam was shaking a sunflower behind Damon’s headWith The Stone Roses’ Second Coming, I was too young to have known about them before, so I had no expectations, and loved it.
With Dog Man Star, there’s an interview with Kele Okereke from Bloc Party where weirdly his experience of that album is so like mine, except I didn’t have many albums and won this one in a competition.
But like him, I hated it at first and kept on listening, because I just had this little collection, and then, like he says, it seeps into you.
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With Dog Man Star, there’s an interview with Kele Okereke from Bloc Party where weirdly his experience of that album is so like mine, except I didn’t have many albums and won this one in a competition.
But like him, I hated it at first
and kept on listening, because I just had this little collection, and then, like he says, it seeps into you.---
I love that level of pettiness!I loved both of those second albums (at a later date as I think I was a touch too wee at the time and was still into Wet Wet Wet) but, as I wanted to piss folk off as a teen, insisted I hated the Roses until I listened to them more in my v late teens/early twenties, when I had to admit defeat
I was too young for the stone roses when they released second coming and too poor to get tickets when they reformed
Saaaeme with the second partI was too young for the stone roses when they released second coming and too poor to get tickets when they reformed
Oh yes, mainly because I had a boyfriend who loved them, who I dumped as he demanded I went over to see him the night before T in the Park and I wanted to get myself some rest before the festival, so he got binnedWith The Stone Roses’ Second Coming, I was too young to have known about them before, so I had no expectations, and loved it.
With Dog Man Star, there’s an interview with Kele Okereke from Bloc Party where weirdly his experience of that album is so like mine, except I didn’t have many albums and won this one in a competition.
But like him, I hated it at first
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I love that level of pettiness!
Go on Mark C’s!Oh yes, mainly because I had a boyfriend who loved them, who I dumped as he demanded I went over to see him the night before T in the Park and I wanted to get myself some rest before the festival, so he got binnedand then I cried for a week when I got backIt did mean I was free to cop off with a very nice young man instead though so get it up ye, Roses lad
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The interesting thing about The Second Coming is that (as far as I’m aware) it’s not even been retroactively praised. Which I think speaks volumes for how much the debut and The Stone Roses’ original sound was loved.
But I really think, if you set your comparisons aside, it’s a fantastic album. Love Spreads still goes off to this day, Ten Story Love Song is beautiful, Begging You, I just LOVE it.
And I know the Roses aren’t Britpop, but it’s nice to think about what came just before Britpop, the Manchester scene in particular. Like, the Happy Mondays came and went (and influenced so many other bands along with the Roses), but Black Grape were right in there with the Britpop scene. And that was another fantastic album.
The other ”scenes” leading right up to Britpop were “shoe gaze” and “the new wave of new wave”. The music press at the time were desperate to put labels to sounds!
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ok, so I wasnt joking when I said I have so much to say for this thread! But I only realised today that Oasis’ Wonderwall and D’you What I Mean both have the same chord progression! I was thinking about D’you Know… and how cool it would sound as an instrumental*, and then realised when I was humming it in my head!
And of course lots of people have already noticed this! There’s a fab mashup of both songs that I thought other Oasis fans here might appreciate.
*the instrumental version of Wonderwall is GORGEOUS btw
And of course lots of people have already noticed this! There’s a fab mashup of both songs that I thought other Oasis fans here might appreciate.
*the instrumental version of Wonderwall is GORGEOUS btw