These British rock songs embraced American grunge and rejected the cultural dominance of Britpop in the 1990s.

Three decades on, it’s easy to forget just how mutually opposed the two movements were (Getty/The Independent) To kick off his recent tour in New York, grunge elder statesman Eddie Vedder opened with ...

What follows are some bands responsible for propelling the movement. A few of them made inroads in the States. Others couldn’t make a decent question on the Jeopardy! board. It would be very easy to ...

For most of its career, Suede assumed Britpop — the movement the band helped originate in the early ’90s — wouldn’t make a comeback. That assumption will be tested on Sept. 6, when Oasis plays the ...

The phenomenon known as Britpop took shape in 1993 after the success of Suede's self-titled debut album. Twenty years later, we look back at the... On Sept. 8, 1993, the London rock band Suede took ...

Born as a homegrown rejoinder to American grunge, Britpop dominated the UK charts throughout the mid-’90s with its witty, nostalgic and quintessentially English take on guitar rock. Here are the ten ...

Gavin Rossdale admits he thought Bush would "go down in flames" at the "height of Britpop". The post-grunge rockers - who formed in 1992 - have always been more popular elsewhere than their native UK, ...

Last names are very important for solo artists. They need to be catchy and memorable, there's almost an essence of predestination involved for those that have particularly unique family names, like ...