New London Club Night Kicks Off With The Definitive Oasis Tribute Band

Rock, roll and Bowl to the sound of Britpop at new club night 'Bowl With It' which will feature a Britpop tribute band and Britpop anthems blasted out by 90's Mike and Cool Britannia. Expect plenty of Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Verve, Stone Roses, Pulp, all the very biggest and best Britpop anthems till 3am.

First are up are Noasis "live" plus 90's Mike and Cool Britannia DJ'ing till 3am.

Noasis is the definitive tribute band to Manchester's five piece super group Oasis with an obsessive attention to detail the band recreates the real Oasis experience with amazing energy playing all the classic songs as if they were their own.

Adv Q jump tickets £5 | £7 on the door

Advance tickets & info @ www.bloomsburybowling.com or  www.facebook.com/Bowlwithit

**To book bowling or karaoke in advance call 020-7183-1979 or e-mail info@bloomsburybowling.com. Some bowling can be booked on the night on a first come first served basis from 9pm-3am**

Address : Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Tavistock Hotel, Bedford Way, London WC1H 9EU

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Oasis Dominate 'Greatest Britpop Anthem Of All Time' Poll

Oasis have dominated a vote by NME readers to establish the Greatest Britpop Anthem Of All Time with the top five spots all being filled by songs from the band.

'Live Forever', the 1994 single taken from the bad's debut album 'Definitely Maybe', topped the poll and was closely followed by 'Don't Look Back In Anger', 'Supersonic' and 'Cigarettes & Alcohol', with 'Wonderwall' finishing in fifth spot. The Manchester band did not get any other songs into the top 20, however, with all of the remaining slots taken by songs from Pulp, Suede, Blur and Supergrass.

Pulp's 'Common People', which came top of the recent list compiled by NME writers and famous fans, finished in sixth spot. The Sheffield band proved popular with voters also selecting their songs 'Disco 2000', 'Sorted For E's & Wizz' and 'This Is Hardcore' in the top 20.

1. Oasis - 'Live Forever'
2. Oasis - 'Don't Look Back In Anger'
3. Oasis - 'Supersonic'
4. Oasis - 'Cigarettes & Alcohol'
5. Oasis - 'Wonderwall'
6. Pulp - 'Common People'
7. Suede - 'Animal Nitrate'
8. Blur - 'Girls & Boys'
9. Suede - 'Trash'
10. Blur - 'The Universal'
11. Blur - 'To The End'
12. Blur - 'Parklife'
13. Suede - 'The Drowners'
14. Blur - 'End Of A Century'
15. Pulp - 'Disco 2000'
16. Pulp - 'Sorted For E's & Wizz'
17. Supergrass - 'Alright'
18. Pulp - 'This Is Hardcore'
19. Blur - 'For Tomorrow'
20. Suede - 'The Wild Ones'

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis Up For Inclusion In Music Walk Of Fame

Camden Town is to get a Hollywood-style walk of fame, which will honour pop music greats linked with the area such as Pink Floyd, Oasis and Amy Winehouse.

Endorsed by the Los Angeles movie-star original, Camden's will honour music's greatest performers with a bronze and stone disc, presumably to mimic a vinyl record, set in the pavement. Each disc is set to cost about £500.

Those chosen will be split into five groups: influential artists; innovative artists; unsung heroes; and industry types. After a committee has come up with a shortlist, we all get the chance to vote on the Music Walk of Fame's website.

The shortlist hasn't been decided yet, but hints have been dropped that among those in the first tranche will be Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Doors, Marc Bolan, The Move, Cream, Hawkwind, Blur, Oasis, Pulp, Supergrass, Suede, Madonna, Radiohead and Public Enemy.

The list is to be announced in May.

Source: www.londonnet.co.uk

Gaz Coombes Thinks Noel Gallagher Will Be More Experimental Than Liam

Gaz Coombes reckons Noel Gallagher's forthcoming debut solo album will be more challenging than his brother's new band, Beady Eye.

Gaz Coombes reckons Noel Gallagher's solo album will be more challenging than Beady Eye.

The former Supergrass frontman is looking forward to albums from the ex-Oasis guitarist and his singer brother - who now fronts Beady Eye - but thinks Noel will be the more experimental of the two.

He told BANG Showbiz: "Beady Eye - it's very Liam, if there was anything you'd expect him to bring out, that sums him up. That hold on John Lennon is still very apparent.

"I think that's what's important really when you embark on a new project, to express what you want and how you sing naturally, and that's what he's done.

"But I think it's within Noel to kind of explore and to challenge himself as well, I'm a bit more open as to what Noel might do."

Source: www.contactmusic.com

Supergrass Singer Gaz Coombes Confident Oasis Will Reunite

Supergrass's Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey, who have a new band Hot Rats, say Oasis will reunite.

Danny told us: "You can't really split when you're brothers."

Watch the interview interview is at www.mirror.co.uk/celebs

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

The Five Most Overrated Britpop Bands

The Over/Under: Britpop

The Britpop phenomenon might have ended nearly 15 years ago, but it cast such a shadow over the U.K. music scene that its presence is still felt today.

Where would groups such as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys or the Killers be without Blur, Pulp and Oasis? Often maligned as a scene obsessed with fame and fashion, the mid-’90s saw a revival of British creativity and provided a pop-friendly rebuttal to the dominant American grunge sound. By looking backward to the Kinks and Beatles, Britpop set the musical standards for years to come. With Blur back together and Jarvis Cocker on tour, it’s the perfect time to examine the most overrated and underrated bands of the Britpop era.

:: The Five Most Overrated Britpop Bands

1. Oasis

In the Britpop trifecta of Oasis, Blur and Pulp, Oasis was the most successful and the least interesting of the lot. While the band made some good pop songs and had a genuine lunatic in Liam Gallagher, Oasis was the very definition of overrated. From overhyped 1994 debut Definitely Maybe to the NME covers it still graces, Oasis received more praise than it merited. Oasis is like the Quentin Tarantino of the pop world; its first two efforts showed real talent, but the band has spent so long rehashing the same formula that it’s damaged the very reputation those initial works established. How many other groups have soldiered on despite producing nothing of interest since 1997? In a way, it’s impressive. But in another, more accurate way, it’s just sad.“Roll With It”:

2. Supergrass

Sure, Supergrass was nice and loud. But as much as critics liked to peg the band as “eclectic” and “ambitious,” and even though Supergrass took on everything from psychedelia to house music, somehow the songs tend to blend together. Because Supergrass was ostensibly more thoughtful than Oasis, the critics hyped the group to high heaven, and a massively overrated outfit was born.“Alright”:

3. Elastica

Elastica was a perfectly fine pop group, but with only one decent album under its belt, it’s difficult to see just what has made the band so celebrated. Was it Justine Frischmann’s badass persona? The group’s legacy as one of the few female-friendly crews in Britpop? Upon closer examination, that statement doesn’t really hold: What about Salad, Sleeper, Echobelly, Lush, the Cranberries and other bands with female members that found success during the Britpop era? Elastica’s reputation has grown over the years, while many of those equally interesting groups have been forgotten.“Car Song”:

4. The Verve

The Verve has one—count it, one—great song, and that is “Bittersweet Symphony.” Not only that, but “Bittersweet Symphony” was immeasurably improved by a Jay-Z remix. The most impressive aspect of the Verve is how Richard Ashcroft has successfully tricked the world into thinking of him as a deep, insightful writer, despite penning lyrics as inane as “Are you invited/To the party of life?/Now you’ve decided/Do you live ’til you die?” The answer to that question is, by the way, yes. Despite having more high-profile break-ups than Jennifer Aniston, the Verve has endured both commercially and critically. While 1995 sophomore album A Northern Soul had its moments, 1997’s Urban Hymns (the band’s biggest success) is one of the most bloated, boring and overpraised albums of the ’90s.“Bittersweet Symphony”:

5. Manic Street Preachers

The Manics were always in an awkward position; sneering at Britpop’s success but benefiting massively from the scene it helped create, making hit albums such as 1994’s The Holy Bible and 1996’s Everything Must Go. Guitarist Richey Edwards’ mysterious disappearance in 1995 (his family declared him dead in November 2008) made him a martyr for the group, and while his loss is still felt by family, friends and fans, it doesn’t mean that we have to take self-indulgent trash like “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” as “art.” If the Manics had embraced their pop sensibilities, below all the condescending trappings (see “Faster” or “Revol” for a pop sound buried under layers of production) they could have been truly great.“Faster”:

Source: www.magnetmagazine.com