Band introduction:
Pulp, a strange success in British Britpop. In 1978, the band's soul man Jarvis Cooker established the band. They have been silent for 14 years. It can be said that they should be musicians of the same generation as The Smiths, but it was not until the album "His And Hers" in 1994 that people noticed. It was "Different Class" in 1995 that really made them famous and became an important player in the Britpop movement. One of the bands.
When we talk about Pulp, we have to mention Jarvis Cooker, the soul of the band. He is a middle-aged man with bad teeth but red lips and black wide-rimmed glasses who pretends to be polite. In 1985, he jumped 30 meters off the roof of a building for a love affair with a girl. After being paralyzed for a year, he miraculously stood up and reorganized the band. He even jumped on the stage to imitate Michael Jackson's performance at the Brit Music Awards in February 1996, and tried to interrupt Michael Jackson's singing with exaggerated body movements. Afterwards, he simply said frankly that he liked Michael Jackson's early works, but "I am not a Christian, and I don't like to see people arbitrarily shaping themselves into the image of God." Jarvis Cooker's experience shaped him The gloomy yet playful personality also creates the soul of Pulp's music. Other members of the band include Russell Senior (guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass), Mark Webber (guitar and keyboards) and Nick Banks (drums).
Pulp actually comes from the British industrial town of Sheffield, and therefore, the band's music is more or less influenced by the electronic music of this city. At the same time, because the band was originally formed in the late 1970s, the influence of Roxy Music and David Bowie on electronic music and dance music can also be found in their music. The 1995 album "Different Class" is particularly bizarre and charming because of its clever blend of disco music. Pulp initially felt like a Neo-Romantic band, mainly due to the band's electronic synthesizer sound that resembled the 1980s, and the album also added a lot of sober dance beats, accompanied by With Jarvis Cooker's morbid, half-sung chants, the band is like a Glam Rock Ba...
People like to call SUEDE glam rock, because the band has created exquisite and fascinating songs. Intoxicating music. However, the punk style of the band itself seems to break people's previous understanding of glam rock. After all, it would be silly to categorize the profound rock music.
The band inherited the British band’s unique style of whining, life-weariness, weirdness and staleness, and was accepted by the majority of “defective” young people. And the band seems to be very different from most British bands. The band's lead singer Brett Anderson even believes that today's rock music is always repeating some endless nonsense and has been stagnant. Indeed, if rock music wants to continue to develop, it must innovate. After all, no matter how classic the music is, it must be in line with the aspirations of the contemporary public.
In 1989, the early SUEDE was composed of Brett Anderson, Matt Osman (bass) and Bernard Butler (lead guitar). Later, through advertising, Simon Gilbert joined as drummer. in completeness. The band's growth has not been easy. In the early days, SUEDE was not successful in the record company where they worked, and the record company did not like their music style at all. At the time, the band's style had always been incompatible with popular styles. But the band insists on performing live once a week to improve the band's presence. With the band's unremitting efforts, the band's first single.
The album "Be My God/Art" was released. Its unique style did not attract the attention of most people, but the band took a great step after all.
In 1992, the British economic recession contributed to the band's popularity. In May, the band's first album "The Drowners" was released by Nude and caused a sensation. "MELODY MAKER" magazine named them the best rookies in 1992. Next the band won a British Recording Industry Award. The gay men kissing on the record sleeve also seems to indicate that a war is about to begin. The entire album is filled with an atmosphere of terror and suffocating despair. Brett Anderson's bleakly beautiful voice is most vividly reflected in Bernard Butler's tearing guitar.
In 1993, the band released a VIDEOCD of a live concert called "LOVE & POISON", and the concert almost became a classic performance. This gay concert attracted almost all of Britain's cynical young people. Lead singer Brett Anderson's destructive performance is by no means inferior to that of the "Sex Pistols". In the same year, the band began the only way for a successful band to go on a global tour. The band held concerts in Europe, America and Japan in Asia.
As Brett Anderson said: I think it's definitely the best record we've ever made, in every way superior to anything we've ever done. Nearly every album the band released since then has been a success. However, the band's guitarist Bernard Butler left when the band was flourishing, and Richard Oakes took over as guitarist. (The latter's guitar style tends to be more mainstream) The album "DOG MAN STAR" released in 1994 further solidified the band's status in the hearts of fans. Since then, the band has released Stay Together (US EP).
The band's third album "Coming Up" once again caused a sensation in the European rock community. Of course, this album inevitably injected too many pop factors. This is a real rock What fans don’t want to see. However, this is impossible to completely resist for a band that is increasingly popular (obviously, the band's creation is influenced by the record company).
In 1997, the band released the double album "Sci-Fi Lullabies". Although this album is claimed to be composed of some B-SIDE songs, in terms of the performance and level of the album, the band has reached reached an unprecedented height (I personally think this album is the band's best album). Since then, the band released the album "Head Music".
During this period, the band released approximately 14 singles: "The Drowners", "Metal Mickey", "Animal Nitrate", "So Young", "Stay Together", "We Are The Pigs", "The Wild Ones", "New Generation", "Trash", "Beautiful Ones", "Beautiful Ones", "Lazy", "Filmstar", "Electricity"...
Now The basic composition of the band:
Brett Anderson (voice)
Richard Oakes (guitar)
Mat Osman (bass)
Simon Gilbert (drums)
Neil Codling (keyboards)
Justine Frischmann of Elastica also sometimes plays second guitar.
Supergrass Supergrass
Supergrass, this carefree, young band with a strange name, effortlessly entered the British pop scene in 1995.
Since then, they have released two best-selling albums - the number one I Should Coco and 1997's ironically titled In It For The Money. It's About Money) both achieved platinum sales in the UK and have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. At the same time, the band's sold-out tour concerts also conquered batches of fans.
When they were teenagers, Danny Goffey and Gaz Coombes organized a four-piece band called the Jennifers at the school they attended in Oxford, England. At that time, they signed a contract with Nude Records (the famous band Suede was also signed to it at the same time), but they only released one single. Later, Gaz met alumnus MIck Quinn who worked in a local restaurant, and then formed the band Theodore Supergrass with Danny. However, they dropped the first word from the team name. At this point, the official members of the band are fixed, they are vocalist and guitarist Gaz Coombes, drummer Danny Goffey, and bassist Mick Quinn. There is also an unofficial keyboard player, Gaz's brother Robert Coombes. The original audience of Supergrass was a cow next door to Mick's house. It was not until they recorded a demo at Sawmills Recording Studio in Cornwall (which is still used by the band today) that the band had the opportunity to perform in front of a large group of record company personnel. . Their first single, "Caught By The Fuzz", was aired in the summer of 1994 on Backbeat, a tiny independent station in Oxford, and released in a limited edition of 250 copies, largely thanks to Radio 1's John Peel strongly supports it, and the song was inspired by Gaz's arrest when he was 15 years old. After the band signed with Parlophone Records in October 1994, the song was re-released and became the "Single of the Week" for both NME and Mwlody Maker magazines in one week, which is rare. Several songs from the debut album became hits, such as "Mansize Rooster", "Lenny", "Alright" and "Going Out". Then he continued to tour and participate in various music festivals, the more famous ones include Scotland’s “T In The Park”, Rio de Janeiro’s “Hollywood Rock Festival”, Australia’s “Big Day Out”, and the UK’s “Glastonbury Music Festival”. These performances not only honed the band's live performance skills, but also established their reputation.
In the United States, their big fan Steven Spielberg even came up with the idea of ??filming a TV series based on Supergrass. In fact, Supergrass has become one of the most successful bands in the UK in the 1990s. It has also won the Brits Award for Best Newcomer, the NME Brats Award, Q Magazine, the Nordoff Robbins Award, and received the Best Newcomer Award from Ivor Novellos. Song Award, and the debut album was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Award.
However, while enjoying the joy brought by their first successful attack, Supergrass did not forget to stay awake enough, so they stopped all activities in the spring of 1996 and quietly retired, returning to the UK to recharge. Subsequently, the band's second studio album "In It For The Money", co-produced by John Cornfield, was released. The long period of adjustments greatly improved the band's playing skills. The album is more emotionally charged than its predecessor, from the gripping opening track "Richard 3" to the explosiveness of "Sun Hits The Sky" to the soulful "Late In" The Day” has been revealed. Although the album is generally quite somber, it still has a sense of humor and adventure that has clearly become the band's trademark.
The band also accepted a series of interviews for publicity and became the cover of many magazines such as "NME", "Melody Maker", "iD", "The Big Issue" and so on. As a result, the album quickly reached platinum sales.
At the end of 1999, the band's latest self-titled album "Supergrass" was released. It was still completed with long-term collaborator John Cornfield in their favorite Sawmill recording studio. It contains 12 brand-new songs. In order to be innovative, the band added many strange and wonderful instruments as early as the autumn of 1998, hoping to diversify the hard guitar rock style. It is obvious that the band has become more and more mature and its potential is gradually revealed. The early release single "Pumping On Your Stereo" reproduces the noisy Supergrass style humor and is full of edge, which is also fully reflected in the video. The record's opening track "Moving" is full of gorgeous string beauty, and the light and relaxed West Coast sound of "Shotover" also leaves a deep impression on people. Bassist Mick Quinn also performed many singing tasks (such as the lead vocal on "Beautiful People", a song that vividly describes the club culture of the late 1990s). The huge momentum, rocking rhythm, and heart-stopping power all appear in every song, such as the chaos in "Your Love" and "What Went Wrong (In Your Head)?" ” (What’s Up?), the rights and wrongs of “Beautiful People” and more. When the thunder at the beginning of the experimental work "Eon" (Eternal), which is full of deafening electronic sound effects, will definitely hit your still and sad feelings, and your heart will fluctuate to taste the sadness; when the weird country flavor When "Jesus Came From Qutta Space" (Jesus from outer space) played, all the cynicism was instantly resolved; at the end of the song "Mama & Papa", the band's usual frenzied style suddenly disappeared. Instead, there was a touch of melancholy, "I miss my mom, I miss my dad." Each lyric was very much like John Lennon's lullaby "Good Night", and every word was so moving. This song is the most perfect ending to the new album and the finishing touch to another level. In addition, the previous small tour held by Supergrass was a huge success, and the tickets were sold at high prices again and again. The last night performance of the "Five Nighy Stand" music festival held on MTV shocked London, and the band's live skills were fully demonstrated. Of course.
The album's careful production and proficiency in various musical styles can prove that Supergrass has easily torn apart the "radio guitar rock" label that once bound the band for 10 years. This fiery and passionate music group has enough capital that we can wait and see in the new century, just as they themselves are full of confidence in the future - the best is yet to come.
Happy Mondays
Filthy language, immorality, nihilism and happiness first, this is how Happy Mondays started the 1990s. They appear at the right time and place, wearing appropriate clothing, and the whole thing is perfectly integrated with the times. Perhaps, Happy Mondays is not a typical Manchester style band, because they are more closely related to clubs, drugs and fashion. They came out with a loose sound, and although they are often compared to The Stone Roses and the Inspiral Carpets and The Charlatans, the similarities between Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses are the same as between them and The Pixes, 808 State, Public Enemy. There seem to be as many similarities between them.
Happy Mondays are a group of outlaws, homeless people, midnight bums on the dole, who are just enthusiastic at parties.
The gang built their lives around a celebration of sedation, dancing and fleeting fears. Their music is futuristic. It broke the barriers and made guitar music fun again. They throw multiple musical elements into the furnace and wait to see what happens to it. But whatever comes out, they dance to it.
Happy Mondays stand out from this group of young people and instinctively celebrate life. Their first album, Pills'N'Thrills & Bellyaches, was their best record.
The mix of the Clash, New Order and Can becomes the music of Happy Mondays: fuzzy ACR guitar, muddy and heavy bass loop with northern style and typical acid house style drums. hit.
After this album, they still stick to their guns. But while they were recording their album Yes, Please, Bados was arrested. Shaun Ryder had become grumpy and threatened to destroy the master tapes if the money was not sent. As a result, "Yes, Please" was the most costly failure, ultimately declaring Factory's collapse. It was the most ignominious end for the band. But Happy Mondays didn't care, as Shaun Ryder said, they were just stuck in a different place.
In March 1999, in Manchester, the band Happy Mondays reappeared. The disbandment of Happy Mondays 6 years ago was an unpleasant event. With the help of the band's former concert agent SJM, the members of Happy Monda ys who were originally separated came back together. Even today, when dance music is very popular, Happy Mondays can still bring people a strong auditory impact. As the originators of acid house (psychedelic house) music, their dialogue in the two fields of dance music and rock music has made them among the important bands in the history of rock music, and they have become an indelible part of the history of rock music. Like other reorganized classic bands, they are just opportunists who return to the music scene to make a fortune, and they are simply playing for the money.
Leader singer Kelly Jones’s voice is magnetic, tense and sticky. I also like their other song "Dakota". The band Stereophonics was established quite early. Their style was influenced by Oasis, but they have never been very popular in the rock world. At the beginning of this year, "Dakota" suddenly topped the charts.