Britpop: Birth of a Genre
The musical genre known as ‘Britpop’ exploded onto the scene in the early 1990s with the now-legendary bands Oasis, Pulp, and Blur.
Part of the ‘Cool Britannia’ movement, Britpop, known for bright and catchy guitar riffs, was a reaction to the darkness and cynicism that characterized America’s ‘grunge’ scene at the time.