Formed in Glasgow in 1995, Belle and Sebastian were initially brought together to complete singer-songwriter Stuart Murdoch’s music course at Stow College. They became one…
Browsing: Music – 1990s
Formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Ben Folds Five (who were actually a trio, despite the name) achieved success in the alternative, indie…
Blending folk, psychedelia, electronica, and trip hop, the highly experimental Beta Band formed in Scotland in 1996 around core members Steve Mason and Gordon Anderson.…
Steven Clark (Sci-Fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin) formed Bis in late 1994 while Rin and Disco were at Woodfarm…
In 1990, as The Black Crowes released their debut album, American rock was in the midst of change. Heavy Metal was now well into its…
Britpop wasn’t just about the vanguard of brand new bands spunking forth from Camden’s Good Mixer pub. It was also about older acts tweaking their sound…
Combining incredibly fast, catchy, melodic punk rock with a trademark sense of juvenile, irreverent toilet humour, Blink-182 formed in Poway, California, in 1992 amidst the…
Originally called The Bottlegarden, The Bluetones formed in Hounslow, London, in 1994. In 1995, they released two singles, Are You Blue or Are You Blind?…
Formed in London in 1988 via Colchester, Essex, Blur (initially called ‘Seymour’) started on the lower rungs of the gig circuit. Within a year they…
Five years after forming as shoegaze wannabes in 1988, The Boo Radleys issued their third album, Giant Steps (1993), which took them into the Top 20 and…
Boston leader and guitarist Tom Scholz got a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as a researcher and product…
The 80s had seen the New Jack Swing sound of R&B acts like New Edition and Keith Sweat sell massively, but it took Boyz II…
Founded in 1993 by aspiring music mogul Louis Walsh and composed of five Irish vocalists, Boyzone embraced a pop style similar to Take That’s, whose breakup in…
Formed in 1990 when Kim Deal was still the bassist for The Pixies, The Breeders gave her an outlet to play the guitar and write…
Always a little bit different, Leeds band The Bridewell Taxis (named after the slang term for a police van) featured a trombone player and were…
On record, The Cardigans followed in the exalted Swedish rock & roll tradition of fellow countrymen ABBA: bubbly smooth Euro-pop buoyed by the breathy vocals…
Formed in South London, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine began in 1987. Guitarist Fruitbat (born Les Carter) and singer Jim Bob (born James Morrison), then…
Cast was formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power after he left The La’s. Emerging from the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, Cast signed…
Welsh band Catatonia formed in 1992 when singer Cerys Matthews and guitarist Mark Roberts began dating and writing songs together, eventually busking and recording demos…
The Charlatans came into existence after Jon Baker and Martin Blunt (ex-Makin’ Time) were crushed between Morrissey and Marr’s monitors at a Smiths gig in the 80s.…