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Post-gig sweat steams off the shirt and a surreal, slightly elongated moment slowly passes before Luca and I turn to each other, and I mutter, “I should ask him for an interview”. Their final song Banned From The Roxy is still ringing in our ears, as we head off to Rebellion’s large but basic backstage bar.

I had no idea they would be so big' – John Robb on Manchester music, Britpop, and being the first to interview Nirvana". This gallery has an emphasis on inclusivity, social change, and the vibrant and diverse communities that make up Manchester. Bands that had enjoyed some success during the mid-1990s, but were not really part of the Britpop scene, included the Verve and Radiohead.He would go on about Lazarus rising from the dead, but just dissed Buddhism, he wouldn’t have anything to do with Zen.

The dominant musical force of the period was the grunge invasion from the United States, which filled the void left in the indie scene by the Stone Roses' inactivity. However, journalist and musician John Robb states he had used the term in the late 1980s in Sounds magazine to refer to bands such as the La's, the Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, [34] though many of these acts would be grouped under the Baggy, Madchester and indie-dance genres at the time.In 1997, Radiohead and the Verve released their respective albums OK Computer and Urban Hymns, both widely acclaimed. Justine Frischmann, formerly of Suede and leader of Elastica (and at the time in a relationship with Albarn) explained, "Damon and I felt like we were in the thick of it at that point . Both men have noted that they do not discuss their 1990s rivalry, [49] [50] with Albarn adding, "I value my friendship with Noel because he is one of the only people who went through what I did in the Nineties.