The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory10201 Perhaps it’s the rain but Britain has produced its fair share of darkly-hued pop groups. From Black Sabbath to Bauhaus, The Cure through to Echo and The Bunnymen and Radiohead, we’re a […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory11201 British Electropop came down to four main ingredients: Kraftwerk, “I Feel Love,” David Bowie and Punk. With the latter it wasn’t so much the sound as the attitude, the DIY idea that […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory12201 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Courtney Love is a controversial figure. A complex individual who is equally adored and reviled. As much as Hole were a band, and […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory01212 It all happened during that magical summer of 2000, Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’” had somehow climbed to number one in the UK charts, Britney Spears’ “Oops I Did It Again” ruled the airwaves […]
It’s time to explore some fun facts that might surprise you about Pixies highly influential 1989 album Doolittle. Certified Platinum with over 1,000,000 copies sold, this record is often considered among the most influential albums of the 1980s, having influenced the likes of countless artists that followed including Nirvana, Arcade […]
In 1985 The Replacements had the potential to become the next big thing. After four years of producing quality pop-coated hardcore, their major label debut Tim was supposed to be their next step, their leap into the mainstream. As stated in the album’s Rolling Stone review: “Tim… sounds as if […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory02211 Between 1993 and 1997, music in Britain was dominated by the reign of Britpop. Copying the Small Faces and Kinks was back in vogue, everyone had a vested interest in championing either […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory03211 Portishead did not want to be pop stars, they didn’t do interviews, rarely wanted to play live, they didn’t play the game. Yet their debut album, Dummy, quickly became one of the […]
When you think of the first London wave of punk, most minds go to The Damned, The Sex Pistols and Clash. But just as essentially, there was also X-Ray Spex. They stood out, not least because of their saxophonist and the addition of reggae, pop and electronic flourishes to their […]
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory04211 British Pop at the turn of the century was in a state. Spice Girls had been and gone, All Saints were still on top, but for the most part the focus was […]
