The Verve: Biography, Albums, Essential Songs and Legacy
The Verve from Wigan: Richard Ashcroft, Urban Hymns, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, and where to start.
The Verve from Wigan: Richard Ashcroft, Urban Hymns, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, and where to start.
Oasis from Manchester: Liam and Noel Gallagher, Definitely Maybe, Morning Glory, Wonderwall and the 2025 reunion tour, and where to start.
College rock in a nutshell: what the term means, how 1980s campus radio created it, how it sounds, the bands that defined it and how it led to alternative rock.
Grunge explained in plain English: where the Seattle sound came from, what makes a song grunge, the essential bands and albums, and why it still shapes rock.
Talking Heads from New York: David Byrne, Remain in Light, Stop Making Sense and Once in a Lifetime, the art-punk band that shaped alternative music, and where to start.
Sonic Youth from New York: Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Daydream Nation and Teen Age Riot, the noise-rock band that shaped indie and alternative, and where to start.
The Stone Roses from Manchester: Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni, the 1989 debut, Fools Gold and I Wanna Be Adored, and where to start.
The Replacements from Minneapolis: Paul Westerberg, Let It Be, Tim, Alex Chilton and Bastards of Young, the college rock legends, and where to start.
Beck from Los Angeles: Loser, Odelay, Sea Change and the Album of the Year Grammy for Morning Phase, the genre-hopping alternative star, and where to start.