Britpop and Beyond

Ash (www.ash-official.com) from Belfast -  A band less ordinary
Badly Drawn Boy (www.badlydrawnboy.co.uk) from Bolton - There’s a lot about the boy
Basement Jaxx (www.basementjaxx.co.uk) from London -  It ain’t a party until you go to the basement!
Belle and Sebastian (www.belleandsebastian.co.uk) from Glasgow - Scotland’s gentle rock giants  
Beta Band (www.betaband.com) from Edinburgh  - Manic and playful pop surrealists
Blur (www.blur.co.uk) from Colchester, Essex - There’s no other way
The Charlatans (www.thecharlatans.net) from Northwich, Cheshire - North Country Boys
The Chemical Brothers (www.thechemicalbrothers.com) from Manchester - The Brothers gonna work it out
Coldplay (www.coldplay.com) from London - In their place it’s all yellow
The Coral (www.thecoral.co.uk) from Wirral - Organic, rousing rock from Merseyside
The Delgados (www.delgados.co.uk) from Glasgow - Passionate and honest Scottish indie
Doves (www.doves.net) from Manchester - Ernest and earthy Brit rock
Elbow (www.elbow.co.uk) from Manchester - Leaders of the Free World
Fatboy Slim (www.fatboyslim.net/start.htm) from Brighton - Praise you like I should

Franz Ferdinand from Glasgow - Telling Terry Wogan how they’ve made it
The Futureheads (www.thefutureheads.com) from Sunderland - Urgent and energetic pop punk that sounds great
Idlewild (www.idlewild.co.uk/) from Edinburgh - A modern way of letting go
Jamie Cullum from London - Soulful, enticing jazz singer, or is he just frontin'?
K T Tunstall from St Andrews - Enchanting sing-a-long Scottish siren, you'll see!
Kaiser Chiefs from Leeds - I predict a riot
Kasabian from Leicester - Gritty and ardent rock set to invade the world
Keane from Hastings - You will be when you hear them
Lostprophets (www.lostprophets.com) from Cardiff -  Showing the world how to rock!
The Magic Numbers from West London - You'll count how many times you'll love them
Manic Street Preachers (www.manics.co.uk) from Cardiff - A design for life
Massive Attack (www.massiveattack.co.uk) from Bristol - Massively influential and unfinished sympathy
Mogwai (www.mogwai.co.uk) from Glasgow - Scottish rock action 
Muse (www.muse.mu/) from Teignmouth, Devon- Creating Hysteria wherever they go
The Music (www.themusicuk.com) from Leeds -  Soaring, fiery music from up north
Oasis (www.oasisinet.com) from Manchester - Feeling supersonic
P J Harvey (www.pjharvey.net) from Dorset - Girl from the West Country
Placebo (www.placeboworld.co.uk) from London - Nancy Boys
Portishead (www.portishead.co.uk) from Bristol - Nobody loves them like you do
Prodigy (www.theprodigy.com) from Braintree, Essex - You’ve got the poison, they’ve got the remedy
Primal Scream (www.primalscream.org) from Glasgow - Higher than the sun
Pulp (www.pulpclub.com) from Sheffield - Sheffield’s sharpest

Radiohead (www.radiohead.com) from Oxford - The karma police
Razorlight (www.razorlight.co.uk) from London - Sharp and edgy
Snow Patrol from Belfast -  After being out in the cold, they’ve finally broken the ice
The Streets from Birmingham - Energetic, lyrical poet with original pirate material
Super Furry Animals (www.superfurry.com) from Cardiff -  We are all susceptible to the incredible 
Supergrass (www.supergrass.com) from Oxford - They're young, they’re on green, keep their teeth nice and clean
Teenage Fanclub (www.teenagefanclub.co.uk) from Glasgow - Ain’t that enough?
Trashcan Sinatras from Glasgow - A forgotten gem  of a band you'll cherish
Travis (www.travisonline.com) from Glasgow - Why does it always rain on them
Tricky (www.trickyonline.com) from Bristol - The dark prince of Bristol beats
The Verve (www.richardashcroft.com) from Wigan - Northern Souls
The Wedding Present (www.westnet.com/weddoes/front.html ) from Leeds -  Better than a spice rack or toaster
Yourcodenameis: milo (www.yourcodenameismilo.co.uk) from Newcastle - Your mission is: to listen
The Zutons (www.zutons.co.uk) from Liverpool - Scouse psychedelic tunesmiths