Genre · Britpop & UK Indie
Britpop
UK guitar bands reclaim sixties pop lineage on the nineties charts.
Britpop answers Grunge's US radio dominance with bright melody and British identity. It looks back to Beatles/Kinks lineages and returns nineties UK rock to mainstream press and charts.
Downstream
- Leaf for now
Pioneer acts
Acts that opened or crystallized this sound—fused landmarks, not a separate encyclopedia.