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One of the most successful and talented British bands of the mid-90s Britpop era. Enamored with angular post-punk music and blessed with a seductive wit, Elastica stood apart from their all-male, ’60s worshipping peers. Their catchy singles and acclaimed debut album placed them at the forefront of Britpop along with Blur , Suede and Oasis, and they were the first of the bunch to find significant success in America. Drug addiction and line-up changes derailed and delayed the band’s unheralded follow-up effor
Alternative Dance pioneers who fused electronic sounds and dance club rhythms to an indie rock aesthetic, proving dance music could be sophisticated and taken seriously. Formed by the remaining members of Joy Division in 1980 after the suicide of Ian Curtis, New Order at first struggled to emerge from the post-punk shadow of their prior success. After spending time in the post-disco club scene of New York in the early ’80s, the band incorporated these influences into their sound and found a new identity. Th
English rock band who initially debuted with a Madchester-influenced sound in 1990 before radically reinventing themselves as 90s torchbearers of British guitar pop, following in the tradition of The Kinks, The Beatles, The Jam, Madness. Their 1994 album Parklife made them superstars in the UK and Britpop’s leading band. In 1997, Blur reinvented again, incorporating American indie rock influences into their sound and finally achieving some success in the US. Internal tensions and diverging interests led to