How Menswear typified Cool Britannia and Britain's creation myth | Alwyn Turner

Menswear were to Blur what the Monkees were to the Beatles, a band that became popular when times were goodJust a week after a track by Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur, was chosen to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC, it appears that congratulations are also in order for Britpop also-rans Menswear. On Thursday afternoon, news was breathlessly announced that the band's debut album, Nuisance, has finally been awarded a platinum disc, just 17 years after its release in 1995.Perhaps we should keep...

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