The Scene That Celebrates Itself

Semi-forgotten British music of the 1990s

Fluffy - Nothing

No, I can’t quite believe they got on Top Of The Pops either.

Bang Bang Machine - Geek Love

The Family Cat - Colour Me Grey

In answer to your next question, yes it is.

The Stairs - Weed Bus

Not that 60s rhythm and blues/British Explosion had any influence on 90s Liverpool or anything.

Swervedriver - Duel

And if it’s not hundreds of baggy bands that are throwing a spanner in the works of covering the whole decade, it’s hundreds of shoegazing bands.

The Candyskins - Submarine Song

An offbeat guitar band from Oxford before we knew such things could exist in bulk.

35 Summers - Really Down

Liverpool janglers who ended up being more famous for their Bill Shankly-emblazoned T-shirts than their music.

Minty - That’s Nice

One purely for anyone reading (nobody) that was a regular listener to Mark Radcliffe’s Graveyard Shift Radio 1 shows in 1996. Minty were formed by the celebrated performance artist Leigh Bowery and after his death were taken to new relative heights by his widow Nicola and style-influential underground nightclub impresario Matthew Glamorre. They ended up touring Shepherd’s Bush Empire-sized halls with Pulp.

Sultans Of Ping FC - Where’s Me Jumper