Best 90's British Rock Band?

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    edited July 2018
    The Verve
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush 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?

    Because ‘History’ is one of the greatest songs of the 90s. And Noel Gallagher wrote ‘Cast No Shadow’ about The Verve’s singer Richard Ashcroft, so he must have been doing something right!

    Out of curiosity, which song wasn’t theirs?
    The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony” Stolen From The Rolling Stones “The Last Time” The Verve biggest song ever “Bittersweet Symphony” is bittersweet to the band and singer Richard Ashcroft after a lawsuit ending up awarding all songwriting credit and royalties to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

    Yeah, I guessed that may be the song that tempo was referring to. Richard Ashcroft wrote the lyrics and music and they had negotiated to use a short sample of the strings from The Last Time. Then came the lawsuit and Jagger/Richards claiming songwriting credits and 100% of the royalties.
    It’s still a Verve song, it just uses a short sample of another song.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Pulp
    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?

    dankind said:
    No Coder said:
    I voted Blur, but Radiohead are streets ahead of everyone on the list. Oasis, James and The Verve are also high up
    James is British? For some reason, I always thought they were Canadian. Good band. 
    bluegrace said:
    I'd say Radiohead, and I also miss Garbage on there.
    Garbage is from Wisconsin. 

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Bec88
    Bec88 Posts: 9
    Oasis
    No Stereophonics or Manic Street Preachers love? 
  • Dirty Stuart
    Dirty Stuart Posts: 182
    Cooper Temple Clause
    Feeder
    Stereophonics
    OH: You need to stop buying Pearl Jam stuff, we have no room
    Me: How about we just get a bigger house?

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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,178
    Stone Roses
    Massive Attack
    Portishead
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,172
    Blur
    I love all these bands. 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,172
    Blur
    No love for Gay Dad?

  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,840
    thispureamericanriot said:
    Just watched the Made of Stone (Stone Roses) and Supersonic (Oasis) documentaries on Amazon Prime. Great stuff...forgot how many good bands from England came around the time. If I had to pick my favorite I'd go with Suede. Love Oasis and The Verve too, but Suede just killed IMO.
    Amazing how the Stone Roses can sell-out 4 shows at the Etihad in Manchester, yet they can't really draw too many people outside the UK/Europe.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,814
    Oasis
    dankind 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?

    dankind said:
    No Coder said:
    I voted Blur, but Radiohead are streets ahead of everyone on the list. Oasis, James and The Verve are also high up
    James is British? For some reason, I always thought they were Canadian. Good band. 
    bluegrace said:
    I'd say Radiohead, and I also miss Garbage on there.
    Garbage is from Wisconsin. 

    HA I always thought they were British because of Manson.  You learn something new everyday.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,814
    Oasis
    goldrush said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush 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?

    Because ‘History’ is one of the greatest songs of the 90s. And Noel Gallagher wrote ‘Cast No Shadow’ about The Verve’s singer Richard Ashcroft, so he must have been doing something right!

    Out of curiosity, which song wasn’t theirs?
    The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony” Stolen From The Rolling Stones “The Last Time” The Verve biggest song ever “Bittersweet Symphony” is bittersweet to the band and singer Richard Ashcroft after a lawsuit ending up awarding all songwriting credit and royalties to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

    Yeah, I guessed that may be the song that tempo was referring to. Richard Ashcroft wrote the lyrics and music and they had negotiated to use a short sample of the strings from The Last Time. Then came the lawsuit and Jagger/Richards claiming songwriting credits and 100% of the royalties.
    It’s still a Verve song, it just uses a short sample of another song.
    Yes that is the song.  I didn't care for that one.

    Never really heard anything from them here in the states after that.  Maybe they are good but I never heard them.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,887
    edited July 2018
    James and Radiohead
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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,193
    Oasis
    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.
    'F*** the pessimists. F*** 'em.' Eddie Vedder
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,646
    Oasis
    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"
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,483
    Oasis
    dankind said:
    No Coder said:
    I voted Blur, but Radiohead are streets ahead of everyone on the list. Oasis, James and The Verve are also high up
    James is British? For some reason, I always thought they were Canadian. Good band. 
    bluegrace said:
    I'd say Radiohead, and I also miss Garbage on there.
    Garbage is from Wisconsin. 
    Hahaha! Insert jorts wearing Packers fan jokes here. :lol:
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,887
    edited July 2018
    I wish James were Canadian - then I would have certainly seen them play.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Pulp
    PJ_Soul said:
    I wish James were Canadian - then I would have certainly seen them play.
    I think I thought that because they weren’t joyless like every other British band from the 1990s.

    All of that good nature seems totally Canadian. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    I would not say any of these bands are "bad" but if 90's British Rock and Pop bands were the only music in the world I would make my self play and sing a lot more than I do and start making records myself.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,887
    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I wish James were Canadian - then I would have certainly seen them play.
    I think I thought that because they weren’t joyless like every other British band from the 1990s.

    All of that good nature seems totally Canadian. 
    What a nice Canadian compliment, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Pulp
    PJ_Soul said:
    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I wish James were Canadian - then I would have certainly seen them play.
    I think I thought that because they weren’t joyless like every other British band from the 1990s.

    All of that good nature seems totally Canadian. 
    What a nice Canadian compliment, lol.
    Take off, you hoser!
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,887
    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    dankind said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I wish James were Canadian - then I would have certainly seen them play.
    I think I thought that because they weren’t joyless like every other British band from the 1990s.

    All of that good nature seems totally Canadian. 
    What a nice Canadian compliment, lol.
    Take off, you hoser!

    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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