A Field Guide to Britpop

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A Field Guide to delves into musics most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever.

In A Field Guide to Britpop, Steve Wide explores a scene fueled by northsouth rivalries, tribal fashion and a good cup of tea. Uncover the artists and albums, the whos who and hangabouts that defined the era. From Blurs jaunty pop, Pulps working-class poetry and Suedes dark tales of the elegantly wasted, to the pub sing-alongs of Oasis Britpop looked to the past to reshape the future, becoming the last true music scene of the 20th century.

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Steve Wide is a DJ and writer who has hosted a long-running British music radio show. He has run many legendary indie and retro club nights and DJd for acts including Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Johnny Marr, Saint Etienne and The Stone Roses. In his radio career, Steve has interviewed countless artists, from Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher to John Lydon and Bjrk.