Best British Bands of The 90s

A recent thread here on The Verve prompted me to revisit their catalogue and wow...I was always a fan but they were in another league. Overall it was an amazing decade for British rock event if many of these excellent bands couldn’t penetrate the grunge saturated States.

Sound off in the comments and let me know who I overlooked (I kept the list to a concise 20).

 

Oasis

 

The Sundays.

I was in love with Harriet

EG.

 

The Wedding Present
Cinerama
Snuff
Boyracer
Beatnik Filmstars
Hefner
The Fall

 

Oasis
Radiohead

HM: Blur

 

The Beatles.

Love those anthologies!

 

no particular order

Oasis
Radiohead
Blur
Travis
The Verve

 

In all seriousness (though I do love The Sundays' music), I'd nominate Saint Etienne as the best of the 90s.

EG.

 

In addition to Saint Etienne I'd have included Black Grape, Spiritualized

 

Stereolab for me, though I do like a lot of the bands on the list.

 

I love The Stone Roses, The Verve, Happy Mondays, James, Radiohead, Blur, Ride, Catherine Wheel, Oasis, Travis.....

missing:

Ocean Colour Scene
Dodgy
Kula Shaker
Black Grape
Spiritualized
The Bluetones
Embrace
Stereophonics

 

Well, The Stone Roses are the British band I like the most after The Beatles, so they tower over everyone else for me.

However, since they released one single in 1990 and one album in 1994, and that's it for the decade, they can't really be the answer.

So, of the people on your list I think I'd have to nominate Oasis (for commercial impact) and Radiohead (for artistic impact and influence on other artists).

 

Swervedriver

 

This is easy. The Mekons, followed by the Blue Aeroplanes and Spiritualized. Hello to Lush as well!

 

Gomez

 

Where’s Lush, Pale Saints, Kitchens of Distinction? My Bloody Valentine??