Editing Rock music (section)

===Britpop===
{{Main|Britpop}}
[[File:Oasis Liam and Noel.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A color photograph of Noel and Liam Gallagher of the band Oasis on stage|[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] performing in [[San Diego]] in September 2005]]
Britpop emerged from the British alternative rock scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands particularly influenced by British guitar music of the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=Bogdanov2002UKAlternative/> [[The Smiths]] were a major influence, as were bands of the [[Madchester]] scene, which had dissolved in the early 1990s.<ref name="allmusicBritpop">{{Citation|title=Britpop |work=AllMusic |url={{AllMusic|class=explore|id=style/d2681|pure_url=yes}} |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5wRBeCas7?url=http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d2681 |archive-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}.</ref> The movement has been seen partly as a reaction against various US-based, musical and cultural trends in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly the [[grunge]] phenomenon and as a reassertion of a British rock identity.<ref name=Bogdanov2002UKAlternative/> Britpop was varied in style, but often used catchy tunes and hooks, beside lyrics with particularly British concerns and the adoption of the iconography of the 1960s British Invasion, including the symbols of British identity previously used by the mods.<ref>H. Jenkins, T. McPherson and J. Shattuc, ''Hop on Pop: the Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture'' (Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2002), {{ISBN|0-8223-2737-6}}, p. 541.</ref> It was launched around 1993 with releases by groups such as [[Suede (band)|Suede]] and [[Blur (band)|Blur]], who were soon joined by others including [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Supergrass]], and [[Elastica]], who produced a series of successful albums and singles.<ref name=Bogdanov2002UKAlternative/> For a while the contest between Blur and Oasis was built by the popular press into the "Battle of Britpop", initially won by Blur, but with Oasis achieving greater long-term and international success, directly influencing later Britpop bands, such as [[Ocean Colour Scene]] and [[Kula Shaker]].<ref>E. Kessler, "Noelrock!", ''NME'', 8 June 1996.</ref> Britpop groups brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British cultural movement known as [[Cool Britannia]].<ref>W. Osgerby, ''Youth Media'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 2004), {{ISBN|0-415-23808-0}}, pp. 92–96.</ref> Although its more popular bands, particularly Blur and Oasis, were able to spread their commercial success overseas, especially to the United States, the movement had largely fallen apart by the end of the decade.<ref name=Bogdanov2002UKAlternative/>