Best 90's British Rock Band?

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  • dogmatt
    dogmatt Napa, CA Posts: 128
    Radiohead
    2003 - Las Vegas
    2006 - Las Vegas    ,  San Francisco 1
    2013 - Oakland
    2022 - Oakland 1
    2024 - Sacramento    , Napa
    2025 - Nashville 2
  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,181
    Oasis
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tino_11 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    How does a band like The Verve get in this conversation?  The only song I've ever heard from them wasn't even theirs...

    Cranberries?  Close enough, lol.
    Radiohead?
    Front 242?
    Bush?
    Garbage?

    Maybe you should check them out. The Verve were amazing, History, Sonnet, Lucky Man, On Your Own, Space and Time, Drugs Don't Work etc etc all classics.
    "classics"
    Maybe it's a UK thing but The Verve are very highly regarded here. 
    'F*** the pessimists. F*** 'em.' Eddie Vedder
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,787
    The Verve
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tino_11 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    How does a band like The Verve get in this conversation?  The only song I've ever heard from them wasn't even theirs...

    Cranberries?  Close enough, lol.
    Radiohead?
    Front 242?
    Bush?
    Garbage?

    Maybe you should check them out. The Verve were amazing, History, Sonnet, Lucky Man, On Your Own, Space and Time, Drugs Don't Work etc etc all classics.
    "classics"
    Just because you don’t like them / haven’t heard them, doesn’t mean they’re not classics 
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Stone Roses
    East 17 lol
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    Blur
    Bush (1992-2002 & 2010-present)
    Cranberries (1989-2003 & 2009-2018)
    Arab Strap (1995-2006 & 2011 & 2016-present)
    Portishead (1991-1999 & 2005-present)
    Prodigy (1990-present)

    P.S: Radiohead (1985-present)
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,161
    Pap said:
    Bush (1992-2002 & 2010-present)
    Cranberries (1989-2003 & 2009-2018)
    Arab Strap (1995-2006 & 2011 & 2016-present)
    Portishead (1991-1999 & 2005-present)
    Prodigy (1990-present)

    P.S: Radiohead (1985-present)
    They formed in '85 they didn't put out anything though until '92
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    Blur
    eeriepadave said: They formed in '85 they didn't put out anything though until '92
    Technically, you're right. Since all their demo releases from 1986-1991 were under the On a Friday and Shindig monikers. :smile:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Magic_J
    Magic_J Uk Posts: 28
    edited July 2018
    I was all about most of these bands at the time, prolly more so than bands from the US at that time (heretical to say that here I know! ;) ) but now there’s few of them I can tolerate listening to much more than the odd song here and there with the exception of Radiohead I suppose. And Portishead and Massive Attack too as someone else has mentioned, but they’re not rock so wouldn’t have thought of them in the context of this poll. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,444
    Oasis
    goldrush said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tino_11 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    How does a band like The Verve get in this conversation?  The only song I've ever heard from them wasn't even theirs...

    Cranberries?  Close enough, lol.
    Radiohead?
    Front 242?
    Bush?
    Garbage?

    Maybe you should check them out. The Verve were amazing, History, Sonnet, Lucky Man, On Your Own, Space and Time, Drugs Don't Work etc etc all classics.
    "classics"
    Just because you don’t like them / haven’t heard them, doesn’t mean they’re not classics 
    Just because you like them /have heard them, doesn't mean they are classics 

    :)
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  • No Coder
    No Coder Brisbane Posts: 1,126
    Blur
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tino_11 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    How does a band like The Verve get in this conversation?  The only song I've ever heard from them wasn't even theirs...

    Cranberries?  Close enough, lol.
    Radiohead?
    Front 242?
    Bush?
    Garbage?

    Maybe you should check them out. The Verve were amazing, History, Sonnet, Lucky Man, On Your Own, Space and Time, Drugs Don't Work etc etc all classics.
    "classics"
    Just because you don’t like them / haven’t heard them, doesn’t mean they’re not classics 
    Just because you like them /have heard them, doesn't mean they are classics 

    :)
    Their second album, A Northern Soul,  is a great album and then after a break up and get back together, they released Urban Hymns. This album was MASSIVE in the UK at the time. I was living in Scotland the year this was released (Aussie on a working holiday) and these guys were everywhere. " The Drugs Don't Work" is an absolute GEM of a song and Bittersweet Symphony is a banger - who gives a shit if it includes 4 bars from a Stones song
    Plenty of people and critics have this album as a classic and whilst I don't think they are a better band than most on the list, they did release one of the best albums in the 90's IMO.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me

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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    The Verve
    No Coder said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    tino_11 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    How does a band like The Verve get in this conversation?  The only song I've ever heard from them wasn't even theirs...

    Cranberries?  Close enough, lol.
    Radiohead?
    Front 242?
    Bush?
    Garbage?

    Maybe you should check them out. The Verve were amazing, History, Sonnet, Lucky Man, On Your Own, Space and Time, Drugs Don't Work etc etc all classics.
    "classics"
    Just because you don’t like them / haven’t heard them, doesn’t mean they’re not classics 
    Just because you like them /have heard them, doesn't mean they are classics 

    :)
    Their second album, A Northern Soul,  is a great album and then after a break up and get back together, they released Urban Hymns. This album was MASSIVE in the UK at the time. I was living in Scotland the year this was released (Aussie on a working holiday) and these guys were everywhere. " The Drugs Don't Work" is an absolute GEM of a song and Bittersweet Symphony is a banger - who gives a shit if it includes 4 bars from a Stones song
    Plenty of people and critics have this album as a classic and whilst I don't think they are a better band than most on the list, they did release one of the best albums in the 90's IMO.

    A Northern Soul was a trippy album. it was totally overlooked in the US at the time.

    Most Americans probably consider them a 1 hit wonder although they had been playing long before they had a hit with Bittersweet Symphony. and the fact that the Stones sued them makes me hate Mick and Keef a little bit more.

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    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Pulp
    I voted for Pulp because I felt bad for them. That song from Trainspotting is pretty groovy. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Oasis
    The Verve is fucking fantastic!
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • dades
    dades Posts: 336
    Stone Roses
    Stone Roses. Just fantastic.  =)
    Glasgow Cathouse 1992
    Glasgow S.E.C.C. 2000
    Shepherds Bush 2009 - M.E.N 2009 - London O2 2009
    Boston 2010 - Newark 2010 - MSG1+2 2010 - Dublin 2010 - Belfast 2010
    London 2010
    Manchester 1+2 2012 EV Manchester 2012 EV London 31/7/2012
    Philly 1+2 2013 - Hartford 2013
    Berlin 2014 Leeds 2014
    Fenway 2 2016
    EV London 1+2 2017
    London 1+2 - Berlin 2018
    Manchester 2024 - Boston 1+2
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    edited July 2018
    Oasis
    Sixteen stone by bush is still one of my favorite albums of all time.  Alien is a top three song for me  so my vote goes to Bush. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Oasis
    mcgruff10 said:
    Sixteen stone by bush is still one of my favorite albums of all time.  Alien is a top three song for me  so my vote goes to Bush. 
    Sixteen Stone kicks ass! They’ve honestly never made a bad album.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • TFlyer
    TFlyer DMV (dc,md,va) Posts: 881
    Stone Roses
    How anyone could vote for anything other than The Stone Roses is beyond me. I will just chalk it up to the fact that they never really found the proper audience in America that they deserved.... 

    Oasis and The Stone Roses are two of my all time favourite bands and the question of which is better seems to constantly come up. It's such an easy and obvious answer in my eyes though because without SR there would be no Oasis. Not only have Liam and Noel worked/toured with SR but they have also cited their music specifically as direct influence as to why they started playing. Liam even cites one specific moment in time to when he heard a SR song as the moment he decided to become a musician. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    I the poll said U.K. instead of just England I would say you'd have to include My Bloody Valentine.
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  • SP145555
    SP145555 Cardiff Posts: 39
    All of these options are wrong. The correct answer is The Wildhearts. They are still great live too, you leave their shows after singing along to every word. 

    Earth Vs The Wildhearts is possibly the best British album of the 90s
  • SP145555
    SP145555 Cardiff Posts: 39
    Bec88 said:
    No Stereophonics or Manic Street Preachers love? 
    None for the Stereophonics, plenty for the Manics though. I bumped into James Dean Bradfield in Cardiff a few days after I got back from France for Euro 2016. I had my daughter with me, I stopped him to say I had been a big fan for 25 years and he stooped straight down to say hello to my daughter. Real down to earth, great guy.

    Kelly Jones is a cock though

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