Editing Supergrass (section)

===Britpop years and stardom (1994–1998)===
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In mid-1994, Supergrass issued their debut single "[[Caught by the Fuzz]]" on the small independent local label Backbeat Records.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1153}}</ref> The song recounts lead singer and guitarist [[Gaz Coombes]]'s experience of being arrested by the police for possession of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref name="thebiographychannel.co.uk">{{cite web
 |title       = Supergrass
 |publisher   = [[The Biography Channel]]
 |url         = http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1284:1499/1/Supergrass.htm
 |access-date  = 5 November 2008
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090524000529/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1284%3A1499/1/Supergrass.htm
 |archive-date = 24 May 2009
|df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode
 | title = Going Underground 476
 | series = Going Underground on Gouwestad Radio
 | airdate = 11 July 2008
| number = 476}}</ref> The limited release of vinyl copies sold out quickly, thanks in part to support from [[John Peel]] on his [[BBC Radio 1|Radio One]] show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.co.uk/music/45_b1.htm |title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site |publisher=Strangeones.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/festive50lists.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405115334/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/festive50lists.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 April 2006 |title=John Peel's Festive 50's – 1977 – 2003 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> The [[Parlophone]] label signed the band and re-released the single in the autumn of the same year.<ref name="Larkin"/> It achieved the rare feat of being both ''[[NME]]'' and ''[[Melody Maker]]'''s "Single Of The Week" status in the same week.<ref name="thebiographychannel.co.uk"/>

"[[Mansize Rooster]]", released in February 1995, peaked at number 20 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and "[[Lenny (Supergrass song)|Lenny]]" was the band's first top 10 single.<ref name="Larkin"/> "Lenny" was followed soon afterwards by the band's debut album, ''[[I Should Coco]]'' (May 1995), which entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number one.<ref name="Larkin"/> It achieved half a million sales in the UK and over a million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/me990728.htm |title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site |publisher=Strangeones.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> ''NME'' reviewer Steve Sutherland gave the album a nine out of ten rating, writing, "These freaks shall inherit the earth."<ref>Sutherland, Steve. ''I Should Coco'' review. ''NME''. 13 May 1995.</ref> The album's fourth single, the double A-side release [[Alright/Time|"Alright"/"Time"]], stayed in the UK Top Three for a month, peaking at number two.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Supergrass followed ''I Should Coco'' with 18 months of heavy touring, appearing at festivals such as Scotland's [[T in the Park]] and the [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/titp/2000/stages.shtml |title=Line-ups – T in the Park 2000 |publisher= efestivals }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/+supergrassreplac/index.html |title=Supergrass Replace Libertines |publisher=Glastonbury Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018080603/http://archive.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/+supergrassreplac/index.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After Performing at [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]]'s ''Hollywood Rock Festival'' in April 1996, Supergrass met the train robber [[Ronnie Biggs]], and he apparently said to them, "I was frightened for my life when I heard there was a [[Supergrass (informer)|supergrass]] in the area."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.strangeones.co.uk/press/articles/mq960400.htm |title=The Strange Ones Supergrass Site |publisher=Strangeones.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> A photograph of Ronnie Biggs and Gaz together was subsequently included in the music video for their 1996 single "[[Going Out]]". Recorded at [[Great Linford Manor]] the single peaked at number five in the UK chart, but was the last song produced by Sam Williams. Supergrass returned to [[Sawmills Studio]] to co-produce follow up album, ''[[In It for the Money]]'' (released April 1997), with John Cornfield.<ref name="Larkin"/> The album was a huge success and went platinum in the UK, but confused some fans expecting something similar to ''I Should Coco''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.7digital.com/artists/supergrass/in-it-for-the-money |title=Supergrass – In It For The Money MP3 Downloads |publisher=7digital |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071433/http://www.7digital.com/artists/supergrass/in-it-for-the-money/ |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The single, "[[Richard III (song)|Richard III]]", reached number two. Subsequent releases, "[[Sun Hits the Sky]]" and "[[Late in the Day]]", reached numbers 10 and 18 respectively.

Around this time Supergrass also appeared on the front cover of ''[[The Big Issue]]'', interviewed for the magazine at [[Heathrow Airport]] by ex-[[drug smuggler]] [[Howard Marks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2002/supergrass.htm |title=Supergrass – guest program |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 August 2002 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>