It was the best of times, it was…the very best of times. It’s just a shame it was given such a dreadful name. “It’s a stupid word, in’t it, Britpop,” mused Jarvis Cocker back in 1995, from his vantage ...

BRITPOP titans Oasis and Blur battled to top the charts in August 1995. Test your knowledge of The Gallaghers, The Verve, Pulp, Suede and Elastica in our 20th Anniversary Britpop Quiz. SCROLL DOWN TO ...

The Battle of Britpop between Blur and Oasis remains the era's greatest feud, but the chart-fighting and name-calling wasn't the only drama to come out of the '90s UK music scene. Elastica's Justine ...

Elastica's self-titled debut from 1995? Barry Egan argues it's every bit as good as Oasis's 'Definitely Maybe' or Pulp's 'Different Class' Justine Frischmann of Elastica It was an indie soap opera ...

Growing up in Florida during the ’70s, I always understood provincial music. Southern rock was the soundtrack to my childhood. So when I got into punk in the ’80s, the idea of regional scenes made ...

Broadcaster and writer Miranda Sawyer was 23 when she started writing for music magazine Select in the mid-90s, the title credited with coining the word ‘Britpop’ - and she found herself at the heart ...