FEATURE:
The Lockdown Playlist
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Some Awesome Classic and Modern Grunge Cuts
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THERE has been so much talk lately…
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about the Battle of Britpop that took place between Blur and Oasis in 1995 – twenty-five years since Oasis’ Roll with It lost in a chart battle with Blur’s Country House. In fact, Britpop was at its peak in 1995 and, thinking about that movement, I wanted to concentrate on an American scene that sort of gave rise to Britpop: Grunge. One cannot credit Grunge entirely for the antithesis of Britpop, but I think it played its part. I love Grunge, but the more introspective, angry and darker music was contrasted by this bright, cheerier and more inclusive Britpop wave. As I have already put out a Britpop Lockdown Playlist, I want to nod to Grunge, as it is a genre that has survived and has continued in various sub-genres – it is less common than it was in the late-1980s and 1990s, but one still hears artists inspired by Grunge, for sure. Here is a collection of classic and newer Grunge tracks (and some that splice other genres into a Grunge core), that should get the weekend…
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KICKING right off!