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Stereophonics, The Cure, Republica, The Boo Radleys, Toploader, Travis, Theīeautiful South and Primal Scream are on the list of British bands that haven’tīeen included, even though they all had big hits throughout the decade. Furthermore the likes of The Lightning Seeds, Texas, Dodgy, There’s also no Radiohead, Ocean Colour Scene or Manic I haven’t included the big hitters of the Brit Pop scene either so There were another couple of big albums from lesser known artists, withĮxtreme releasing ‘Pornograffi’ and Ugly Kid Joe releasing ‘America’s Least There was also Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ arguably the biggest grunge album of the time.
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I may have been too young toĪppreciate it at the time, but there were some real gems, far too many for them all to be included here.įor a start some big bands from the 80s all had huge albums The big hitters of those genres are the ones that are best remembered. As the decade that gave us Brit Pop, Grunge and Girl Power, it is usually The 90s really is an underrated decade for music. Add to that the sizeable mosh pit and it was clear that the
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Knew how to work the crowd with plenty of interaction. Vocalists Laila Khan and Barny Boom certainly Apart from that, I have never seen a band play Showed their versatility with the noticeably gentler ‘Gary Got a Gun’. They even managed to fit a touch of reggae and With older crowd pleasers such as ‘Piggy in the Middle’ really getting theīand were enjoying themselves. On Believing’ and the fantastic ‘Virus’ were two of my personal favourites of Thisīenefited me as they played quite a bit off their latest album. I must confess I am only really familiar with their more recent stuff. You don’t know Sonic Boom Six, they are a real mixture of genres and sounds. Headline act Sonic Boom Six were on next, and they immediatelyīurst into ‘Kids of the Multiculture’. You'll want to check out their song 'Shark in the Water' below, as they’re a name to remember. Mainly because it was the only one I could remember the title of, but alsoīecause it was my favourite of their set. The stand out track for me was ‘Superstar’, Helped, really helped make their sound stand out.
Was very strong, and as a live act they were brilliant. Even though they were a support act, their set Interaction with the crowd helped keep the tempo up. The mixture of rap, strong guitar and big sing alongĬhoruses really got the crowd going. Once they got going, theirįusion of Hip Hop, Pop and Rock impressed even further. Played a song they had already made an impression. It certainly made me smile, so even before they had They came onstage to a humorous speechīy Peter Dickson (voice over guy on X-Factor), which was original and helped The third band on were Scottish outfit The LaFontaines, and Heard of either of them before, but they both did a good job of getting theĬrowd in the right mood for what was to come. They got the night off to a good start, both with decent sets. All the right ingredients for a fantastic night.įirst two bands on were Collisions and Under the Influence. It was a small venue with a great atmosphere and great This was my first gig of the year and I couldn’t have wishedįor a better night.