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.
2010: London 2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV) 2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2017: London II (EV) 2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II 2019: London (EV) 2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
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"
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.
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brianlux
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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.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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.
2010: London 2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV) 2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2017: London II (EV) 2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II 2019: London (EV) 2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
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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
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
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.
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
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
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.
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
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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
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.
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,717
I the poll said U.K. instead of just England I would say you'd have to include My Bloody Valentine.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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
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.
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2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV)
2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
All of that good nature seems totally Canadian.
2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV)
2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
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
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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.
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
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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1995- New Orleans, LA : New Orleans, LA
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
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
Earth Vs The Wildhearts is possibly the best British album of the 90s
Kelly Jones is a cock though