Tom Dunne: Britpop era is definitely worth another look 

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The Britpop era in the UK was about much more than music, suggests Dylan Jones.

Interesting game, should the chance ever present itself: ask any Britpop era band, about its part in Britpop. Suede will take credit for both inventing and ending it whilst never having been a part of it. Blur will cringe a bit, claim not to have noticed it, Oasis will just claim to have won it and Luke Haines will deny it ever existed.

It’s like Frank and Walters claiming to have nothing to do with Cork. “Never heard of it,” they say, “vaguely heard it mentioned, but we were always just The Franks, doing our own thing, getting on with it, being Frank.”