The Brit Awards are a big deal. The nearest thing Britain has to the Grammys’, each year the pop-skewing side of the nation’s music talent gathers to see who is the best. While the awards and speeches are the point, what seems to stick in the British consciousness are the […]
Britain is known for its music. But it didn’t always used to be that way. During the classical period, while the rest of Europe was producing iconic composers, Britain trailed to the point that 19th Century Germany jokingly dubbed it “The Land Without Music.” Wrote German writer Georg Weerth in […]
The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/trashtheory4 British music in the first decade of the 2000s could be defined by many things. The New Rock Revolution. The emergence of Grime. The continuation of UK garage. Poptism and Talent Shows were […]
Cartoon bands as a concept had existed before Gorillaz. While The Archies, Josie and the Pussycats and Alvin and the Chipmunks had toyed with the medium, Gorillaz was the first time where it was more than a novelty. For the past two decades they have been pumping out weird and […]
The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/trashtheory5 Despite its influence, the timespan of Britpop was so very brief. From the release of “The Drowners” by Suede and “Popscene” by Blur, through Blur vs Oasis to its death knell with the […]
The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/trashtheory0820 If you were an indie kid in Britain in the 1980s, there were three main bands. The Smiths, obviously, with Morrissey’s Wildian wit and Johnny Marr’s iconic jangle. New Order, of course, continuing […]
Deftones may have come up during the nu metal explosion of the later 90s, but they always stood apart. “My Own Summer” and “Be Quiet and Drive” contrasted with Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie” or “Last Resort” by Papa Roach. While they loved Faith No More and Primus as much as their […]
For a limited time, use the link in my description to get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/trashtheory09201 Emerging in the late 80s, Shoegaze would go on to be one of most essential genres of the last thirty years. It was the moment where punk’s cacophonous noise gave […]
Grime is perhaps the most important British musical movement since Britpop. An electronic music formed from equal parts 2-Step Garage, Jungle and Hip-Hop, when it emerged in the early 2000s it was exciting, innovative and entirely the UK’s own thing. Grime had existed before Dizzee Rascal, with artists like Wiley, […]
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 […]
