It's Time To Let Britpop Die With Dignity

The Gallaghers turned the '90s into barren retro-rock desert, argues Mark BeaumontBritpop. It’s become such a dirty word I’m amazed my laptop doesn’t automatically asterisk the vowels. Think ‘punk’ and you instantly picture John Lydon snarling like a Pekingese with piles, think ‘grunge’ and you see a kohl-eyed Cobain, think ‘new rave’ and you envisage a clearly ‘refreshed’ Klaxons waving the Mercury Prize.But think ‘B...

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