#Supergrass band

[aeolianblues]

Supergrass’ eponymous album. Sent to us by EMI Records, promotionally.

This album had some real summer bangers like Moving, Pumping On Your Stereo, songs that I want to blast as the summer comes on.

I doubt you can still write Supergrass at that Reading address. Our radio station though? Impressively, it’s still here at 101 years.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ONE OF THOSE ALBUM COVERS THAT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT MY EYE -- I WAS A BUTTON/BADGE FREAK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 1994-2004," a compilation album celebrating the first 10 years of the English indie/Britpop/alternative rock band SUPERGRASS. The compilation was released on CD, DVD and double 10" clear vinyl record in June (UK) and September (US), 2004.

COMPILATION OVERVIEW: "Since they had a lower profile than their peers and came across as a bunch of mates instead of serious musicians, SUPERGRASS tended to be the most overlooked of all the major Britpop bands. They never defined the culture like OASIS or BLUR, never had a following of serious-minded, clever misfits like PULP, they weren't as sexy as ELASTICA, and they surely lacked the grandiose, doomed romanticism of SUEDE. What they were, though, was a bloody brilliant pop band.

Their 1995 debut, "I Should Coco," kicked harder than any record that year, and it had a bigger stylistic sprawl than any album this side of "The Great Escape," which it trumped with a deliriously infectious enthusiasm -- and it was all the more impressive when the fact that Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey were still in their teens when they cut the album.

They matured at a rapid rate, refining their musicality with each of their next three records, but they never had center stage again like they did with "I Should Coco." As they worked outside of the spotlight, they developed into a remarkably consistent singles band, as the generous 24-track 2004 collection "Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 94-04" proves. Even their muddled eponymous third album sounds brilliant when distilled to the sweetly gorgeous "Moving" and the ridiculously intoxicating "Pumping on Your Stereo."

These tunes are thrown together in a nonchronological order that contains all the A-sides apart from the U.S. radio single "Cheapskate" and the movie soundtrack selection "We Still Need More (Than Anyone Can Give)."

Instead of being infuriating, this nonchronological sequencing reveals just how consistent SUPERGRASS had been over the decade, since it forces the listener to concentrate on each individual song. Like Green Day's hits compilation "International Superhits!," "Supergrass Is 10" is a revelation for anybody who hasn't been paying attention, since it showcases a band that is one of best, most satisfying guitar pop groups of the last 15 years. If you haven't checked them out before, you need to get this immediately."

-- STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE (for Allmusic), "Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 1994-2004" review

Sources: www.allmusic.com/album/supergrass-is-10-the-best-of-1994-2004-mw0000367663, Wikipedia, & Discogs.

[jarvis-cockhead]

90s british indie frontman alignment inspired by the jarvis is an insect post

[britpop-band-tourney]

ROUND 2: Supergrass VS Lush

SUPERGRASS

LUSH

Lush for me!

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

B-Side Magazine Sept/Oct 95 - Ménage a trois British style: Sleeper, Gene and Supergrass

Reporting by Miryam Strassberg & Dave Thompson

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No one will ever appreciate hesitant alien like a britpop girl would

[rikandadefest]

#RikAndAdeFest2023

Merry Easter, scumbags! 🥚 Fic and art all round! Here's this year's fest offerings:

Enjoy! Give our creatives some love! A big thank you to everyone who took part this year. ✨

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I’m actually a Supergrass girlie

[badkruka]

Places that have featured as destinations in På Spåret, the world/Sweden

(obviously there are multiple cities in many of the countries)

Credit to @/isacfrid on Twitter

[rawrrrrmeat]

FEEL ALRIGHT, ARE WE LIKE YOU? I CANT BE SUREEEEEEEEEEEE, OF THE SCENE, AS SHE TURNS, WE ARE STRANGE FROM OUR WORLDSSSSSSSSSS

[cherrylng]

Muse Discography [CROSSBEAT (November 2009)]

MUSE DISCOGRAPHY Text by Akiko Mima

#01 Showbiz Warner WPCR-12336 (1999) Generally speaking, a debut album is often attractive because of the initial impulsiveness and rough-hewn energy of a young band, but Muse's first album is somewhat different.

The ensemble is so skillful that it's hard to believe that this is from a band of 20-year-old newcomers. It was also true that, by this time, five years had already passed since the band's formation. The band's debut was often compared to Radiohead, due in part to Matthew Bellamy's emotional singing, but even back then they had established a "unique Muse personality", recognisable on first listen, with a romantic worldview that digested classical music influences with an alternative generation's sense of style.

The album was produced by John Leckie, who had worked on the debut albums of Kula Shaker and Spiritualized, and Paul Reeve, engineer for Razorlight and Supergrass. This is a super-newcomer album in every respect.

#02 Origin of Symmetry Warner WPCR-12560 (2001) Starting with "New Born", which sparks a dramatic, passionate, Rachmaninoff-esque piano introduction that suddenly changes dramatically, sparking a passionate emotion. The album also includes "Plug in Baby", an ironclad number that instantly reaches a climax when played live, a bluesy Nina Simone cover of "Feeling Good", and the progressive last track "Megalomania", and many more, this is a second album that is well worth listening to, with a wide variety of songs in a variety of styles. The band's arrangements and musicianship are outstanding, especially among their contemporaries.

The band's wide range of styles, where opposing elements such as movement and stillness, light and shadow, heat and cold coexist in extreme forms within a single song, is truly a 'rollercoaster to listen to'. It's the same in that once you get on, you can't help but be tossed around until you get off.

This is one album that has made a definite impression on Muse's high potential as a band and the scale of their work.

#03 Absolution Warner WPCR-13672 (2003) This is a work that takes the Muse signature established on the previous two albums and scales it up to the point of excess. Dynamic grooves with a strong rhythm section, distortion guitars, and a raging cannon of distortion guitars, generally hard and heavy, but on "Blackout" and "Butterflies", the band also added a 98-layer overdubbed chorus to the backdrop of already passionate vocals. The chorus is so elaborate that it has so many overdubbed layers (laughs). The 32-piece orchestra was also used for the first time, and the excesses of everything were astonishing. Matthew's piano playing is so spectacular that even the passionate pianist Rachmaninoff would run away with his tail between his legs. The highlight of the evening was "Stockholm Syndrome". This song is a condensation of what Matthew once described as "the beauty of extreme conditions", in other words, the essence of Muse.

The album was their first UK No.1. The following year, they played the Glastonbury festival, cementing their status as Britain's national band.

#04 Black Holes and Revelations Warner WPCR-12306 (2006) A kind of conceptual work in which the progressive, epic orientation of the band's earlier work was extended to the whole album. The recording took place in an old castle in the south of France, where the three members lived together. This experiment seems to have brought a further enrichment to the sound, in terms of solidifying the band's unity and future direction once more.

The band played a funk-digested "Supermassive Black Hole", "Map of the Problematique", a melancholic New Wave-style number reminiscent of New Order, "Soldier's Poem" which was softly played in a simple acoustic set, the anthemic "Invincible", and the overwhelming space opera “Knights of Cydonia”, which delivers a powerful message with a Queen-like chorus — a band's ability to realise a wide variety of ideas and realise them is undeniable. An unbeatable masterpiece that shows the profound world of Muse in all its glory.

#05 The Resistance Warner WPCR-13629 (2009) Their first new album in three years was produced by the three of them alone, with no deadlines set, and they worked on it until they were satisfied with their work.

The first single, "Uprising", is a standout, but overall the album is a departure from the conventional "This is Muse!" manner and pursuing new methods and textures. The number of mid to down-tempo songs has increased, and it can be seen that the band has paid more attention to the expression of detailed emotions rather than intense passions.

In particular, "United States of Eurasia" is a song that is an authentic inheritance of Led Zeppelin's sense of eclecticism and Queen's dignity. The shift to Chopin's "Nocturne No. 2" played by Matthew in the second half is also excellent. The combination of ideas, musicianship and sense of style all come together at a high level to create a work of contemporary rock that is a perfect example of the word 'majestic'. It's a rare and remarkable album that anyone can listen to and think it's a good album, in the opposite sense of the word 'greatest common denominator'.

B-Sides & Live

Hullabaloo Soundtrack Warner WPCR 12849-50 (2002) A 2-CD set consisting of Disc-1, a compilation of coupling tracks from singles released between 1999 and 2001, and Disc-2, a CD of tracks from the live DVD of the same name, which is presented in a separate box. Disc-1 includes "Map of Your Head", a slow, Hawaiian-esque guitar strumming song, "Shine", which has a Radiohead-esque atmosphere, "Shine", a heavy, fast bass riff and a haunting "Shine", and "Ashamed", which has a fast-paced heavy bass riff. There are also songs with a slightly unusual tension that are typical of coupling songs, making it a great listen. The live performance features a super-duper dynamic ensemble pushing the limits of a three-piece band.

DVD

HULLABALOO - LIVE AT LE ZENITH PARIS WARNER 5046682692 (2002) There are three video works. "Hullabaloo", which was recorded at a performance in Paris in 2001, is characterised by its dynamic camerawork. The three musicians' playability is so high that even a single guitar solo is jaw-dropping. The three are full of spirit, yet somehow calm and composed, and their demeanour is also a sight to behold. The extraordinary ability of the young Muse was already on display from this moment on.

Live From Absolution Tour Warner WPBR 90551 (2005) Live From Absolution Tour is the band's most famous live performance to date, with a series of dramatic songs, a flawless performance, and a fast-paced, freewheeling structure. The content is packed with pride as the best live band of modern times. There was also the tragic incident of drummer Dominic Howard's father dying backstage after the show, and for better or worse, it was a night the band will never forget.

HAARP Warner WPZR 30267-8 (2008) HAARP is a live CD+DVD from Wembley Stadium in 2007. The set was even more diverse, including some of the larger scale songs from the album Black Holes and Revelations. The band's live ability to whip a crowd of 80,000 into a melting pot of frenzy with just the four of them, including supporting keyboards, is simply overwhelming. The content, filled with godlike brilliance, is a historic performance on a par with The Who's Leeds and Oasis' Knebworth.

Translator's Note: "Cherry, you've already translated their discography before. Everyone already knows it." And you'll get to know it again!

[jarvis-cockhead]

I started playing this really fun game called BriT Dream! Glastonbury Band Party! It's so fun I've already scouted 5* Hardcore Jarvis and I barely had to use any britgems omg feel free to add me

[britpop-band-tourney]

Hello everyone!

welcome to the Britpop/Cool Cymru band tournament!

NOT TAKING SUBMISSIONS- SORRY!- however if you want to submit propaganda/fun facts/songs to use then that’s fine!

I am allowing smaller britpop adjacent artists (ie S*M*A*S*H, Bis, Daisy Chainsaw, etc) to get a larger amount of bands- as if I cut out genres like new wave of new wave, post britpop, teen-c pop, post madchester, and grebo i think this tournament would have considerably less bands- face it, most of the artists are smaller and probably won’t get far anyway! If you don’t like the idea of them being in the tournament then that is justified basis to vote the out

EDIT: some bands (ie placebo and stone roses) were user submitted, I have now been informed that they are not britpop, there was a poll to kick placebo out but it didn’t get enough votes

every few rounds there will probably be and odd number of bands. The 3 bands that won by the narrowest margin will be put up against each other to make it even.

Feel free to judge bands on their overall discography or exclusively their britpop records.

All matchups are completely random.

ARTISTS IN THE TOURNAMENT (CURRENT COUNT: 3)

FINALS

Manic Street Preachers VS Blur VS Suede

❌ELIMINATED ARTISTS❌

the artist they lost too will be in brackets

Teenage Fanclub (Round 1: Echobelly)

Rialto (Round 1: S*M*A*S*H)

Space (Round 1: Stereophonics)

Gorkys Zygotic Mynci (Round 1: Shampoo)

Ocean Colour Scene (Round 1: Placebo)

Reef (Round 1: Elastica)

Cecil (Round 1: Gene)

Silver Sun (Round 1: Skunk Ananise)

Bis (Round 1: Blur)

Nilon Bombers (Round 1: Powder)

Pimlico (Round 1: Northern Uproar)

60ft Dolls (Round 1: Gay Dad)

The Verve (Round 1: The Stone Roses)

Thurman (Round 1: Ash)

Oasis (Round 1: Pulp)

These Animal Men (Round 1: Salad)

The Lightning Seeds (Round 1: Ride)

Me Me Me (Round 1: Jocasta)

Mansun (Round 1: Super Furry Animals)

Heavy Stereo (Round 1: The Divine Comedy)

Bennet (Round 1: Republica)

Cast (Round 1: McAlmont & Butler)

Hefner (Round 1: The Pointy Birds)

Kula Shaker (Round 1: Manic Street Preachers)

Geneva (Round 1: Marion)

David Devant & His Spirit Wife (Round 1: The Boo Radleys)

Kenickie (Round 1: Lush)

The Seahorses (Round 1: The Bluetones)

Longpigs (Round 1: James)

Denim (Round 1: Catatonia)

Feeder (Round 1: Suede)

Saint Etienne (Round 1: The Charlatans)

Speedy (Round 1: Whiteout)

The Supernaturals (Round 1: The La’s)

Dodgy (Round 1: Sleeper)

Cornershop (Round 1: Supergrass)

Kinky Machine (Round 1: Menswe@r)

Hurricane #1 (Round 1: Shed Seven)

Babybird (Round 1: Paul Weller)

Delicatessen (Round 1: Daisy Chainsaw)

The Auteurs (Round 1: Strangelove)

Embrace (Round 1: Black Grape)

Theaudience (Round 1: Travis)

My Life Story (Round 1: The Beautiful South)

Babylon Zoo (Round 1: Edwyn Collins)

Young Offenders (Round 1: The Flamingoes)

Gene (Round 2: Ash)

The Bluetones (Round 2: The Divine Comedy)

Northern Uproar (Round 2: Strangelove)

Daisy Chainsaw (Round 2: Pulp)

Marion (Round 2: Echobelly)

Black Grape (Round 2: Blur)

Edwyn Collins (Round 2: Manic Street Preachers)

Skunk Ananise (Round 2: The Stone Roses)

The Boo Radleys (Round 2: Republica)

Salad (Round 2: The Beautiful South)

Gay Dad (Round 2: Sleeper)

The Pointy Birds (Round 2: The Flamingoes)

S*M*A*S*H (Round 2: James)

The Charlatans (Round 2: Super Furry Animals)

Menswe@r (Round 2: Elastica)

Jocasta (Round 2: Suede)

Shampoo (Round 2: Placebo)

Travis (Round 2: McAlmont & Butler)

Ride (Round 2: Catatonia)

Shed Seven (Round 2: Paul Weller)

Supergrass (Round 2: Lush)

Whiteout (Round 2: Stereophonics)

James (Round 3: Elastica)

Pulp (Round 3: Placebo)

Paul Weller (Round 3: Lush)

McAlmont & Butler (Round 3: Ash)

Echobelly (Round 3: Suede)

Republica (Round 3: Blur)

Catatonia (Round 3: Manic Street Preachers)

The Beautiful South (Round 3: Sleeper)

Strangelove (Round 3: Stereophonics)

The Divine Comedy (Round 3: Super Furry Animals)

The Flamingoes (Round 3: The Stone Roses)

Ash (Round 4: Placebo/Super Furry Animals)

The Stone Roses (Round 4: Manic Street Preachers)

Stereophonics (Round 4: Blur)

Sleeper (Round 4: Lush)

Elastica (Round 4: Suede)

Placebo (Round 5: Suede)

Lush (Round 5: Blur)

Super Furry Animals (Round 5: Manic Street Preachers)

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Channel Z: The Best of Vol. 1 2000 Alternative Rock / Nu Metal / Hard Rock / Alternative Metal / Rap-Rock / Rap-Metal / Pop-Punk / Big Beat / Reggae / Skate Punk / Industrial Metal

Can't say that I've ever really thought too much about what the alternative rock landscape might've looked like in New Zealand at the turn of the millennium, but this double-disc from the country's once-popular, but now-defunct Channel Z radio station has given me a much better idea. Apparently when the station first opened up its doors in 1996, it was far more alternative and local, but at some point, before the release of this comp, management decided to alter the programming and incorporate massive acts from outside of Oceania too, which led to some internal backlash and resignations.

But as a result, that means that with this particular release, whose selections were voted on by the general public through Channel Z's own website, we not only get a pretty ample and generic cross-section of such a weird time for mainstream rock music writ large on an intercontinental scale—when all of the awkwardly unnatural and transactionally rap-infused angsty discord of nu metal was somehow firing on all cylinders and duking it out with much more palatably poppy streams of formulaic alternative and self-awarely moronic punk—but we also get a bunch of stuff that never made its way outside of Oceania too.

And to that end, besides the sprinkling of lovely electronic big beat tunes from the likes of Moby, the Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim that close out both of these discs and provide a nice, little alternative to all the alternative, my favorite song on here is definitely "Calling On" by a New Zealand band who aren't around anymore called Weta. No idea what the rest of this group's output was like, but if this song's any indication, it seems that they had a good bit of that alluring Radiohead droniness to them. "Calling On" definitely doesn't start out that way, but after the splashy intro, I think you'll definitely hear it, as the chords shimmer and frontman Aaron Tokona goes harmoniously multi-tracked, with a clearly soft and high-pitched Thom Yorke affect that progressively grows in intensity as he keeps on repeating the song's two-word chorus, until the whole thing boils over with a cathartically noisy push towards the end 🤘.

So with this two-disc set, I suppose as a non-New Zealander, you come for the late 90s-to-2000 staples like Papa Roach's "Last Resort," Incubus' "Pardon Me," Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy," and Goldfinger's always fun cover of Nena's "99 Red Balloons," but you stay for some Kiwi rock education too. Just be sure to skip over Kid Rock's "American Bad Ass," because not even the ironic side of me that revels in terrible shit can find a way to stomach that one. I don't passionately hate every single thing that that guy has done *as a musician,* but I don't think that I'd heard that song in almost a quarter-century until I put this album on this week, and now I'm upset that I have to start my streak all over again, because that's really gotta be up there as one of the worst songs that's ever been made, period. It sucks that KR ended up occupying that sleaze-greasy midwestern trailer trash-blaxploitation crossover aesthetic all by himself too, because surely, someone or some band could've done something far less tackier and more enjoyably creative with it than he has 😒.

Highlights:

CD1:

Papa Roach - "Last Resort" Foo Fighters - "Generator" Goldfinger - "99 Red Balloons" Weta - "Calling On" Staind - "Mudshovel" P.O.D. - "Southtown" Goodshirt - "Green" Moby - "Bodyrock"

CD2:

Incubus - "Pardon Me" Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy" Slim - "Bullet in My Hand" Supergrass - "Mary" Betchadupa - "Empty Head" Sprung Monkey - "Super Breakdown" Chemical Brothers - "Out of Control" Fatboy Slim - "Build It Up, Tear It Down"

[javelinbk]

This is more like it...