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Despite the eager tagging of bands, what exactly Britpop ''was'' is difficult to define. Among the earliest adapters were [[The Stone Roses]] in 1989 (who themselves were part of "Madchester" a sort of halfway point between [[New Wave]] and Britpop), but they never lived up to the promise of their first album. Then there were The La's, who were either twenty years ahead of their time or twenty behind. [[Manic Street Preachers]], a Welsh group that was influenced equally by [[Glam Rock]], [[Punk Rock]] and American hard rock, were another early innovator of the Britpop sound (and actually wound up [[Long Runner|lasting longer]] than most of the bands that were directly influenced by them).
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Today, the genre survives in the form of Post-Britpop, an even ''less'' well-defined category occupied by groups like [[Stereophonics]], [[Elbow]] and [[Coldplay]].
* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: The lukewarm British reaction to grunge was what spawned Britpop in the first place. This worked both
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: [[Sophie Ellis Bextor]], lead singer for Britpop also-rans Theaudience became a superstar when she went solo in the early 2000's.
* [[Fan Dumb]] - much, especially surrounding the Blur vs. Oasis debate.
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