Madchester - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Madchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Madchester - Legacy
Madchester - Musical legacy. The immediate influence of Madchester was in inspiring the wider baggy movement in the UK, with bands from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acid House: Encyclopedia - Acid House
Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. It bega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acid House: Encyclopedia Ii - Acid House - Etymology
There are conflicting accounts about how the term "acid" came to describe this new style of house music. The explanations that have surfa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britpop: Encyclopedia - Britpop
Britpop was a British alternative rock movement from the mid 1990s, characterised by the appearance of bands who were influenced by Briti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom
Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doves: Encyclopedia - Doves
Doves are a British indie rock band from Manchester, England. The band is known for its large, epic sound, and has been compared with con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country Rock: Encyclopedia - Country Rock
Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. While such cross-pollination has occurred thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Rock: Encyclopedia - Alternative Rock
The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blur: Encyclopedia - Blur
Blur is the name of a British rock band. Originally called Seymour, Blur formed in London in 1989 from the remnants of a band called Circ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 24 Hour Party People: Encyclopedia - 24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchester's popular music community from 1977 to 1997, and specifically about Factory Records....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nightclub: Encyclopedia - Nightclub
A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. In most other languages, nigh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wagnerian Rock: Encyclopedia - Wagnerian Rock
Wagnerian rock is a musical genre that was created by Jim Steinman due to his love for the music of Richard Wagner and Phil Spector. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Dial: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Dial - History
The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-'80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myslovitz: Encyclopedia Ii - Myslovitz - Band History
Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek (born 1972) started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen", taking the initial name from the movie The Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nme - History
NME - 1950s. The papers first issue was published on the 7th March 1952 after the Musical Express was bought by London music promoter M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definitely Maybe: Encyclopedia Ii - Definitely Maybe - Charting Singles
Album - Billboard (USA) Singles - Billboard (USA) ... See also:Definitely Maybe, Definitely Maybe - Track listing, Definitely Maybe - P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Geography And Climate
Manchester is situated in a bowl-shaped land area, bordered to the north and east by the Pennine moors and to the south by the Cheshire P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Culture
Manchester - Nightlife. Like any large city there has always been a thriving nightclub culture here but Manchesters place in the histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Kinks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Kinks - History
The Kinks - Formation and first years 1963-1965. The musically inclined Davies brothers were born in Muswell Hill, London into a large ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glam Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Glam Rock - Progenitors
Credit for starting the Glam genre is often given to David Bowie or Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Proponents included Slade, Mud, Gary Glitter, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suede Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Suede Band - Early History
Suede were formed in London in 1989 by bassist Mat Osman, singer Brett Anderson and his then girlfriend, Justine Frischmann, on rhythm gu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses - History
Formed during the early-1980s from the remnants of a local Manchester band called 'The Patrol' (among other early names such as 'The Wate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glam Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Glam Rock - Progenitors
Credit for starting the genre is often given to David Bowie or Marc Bolan of T. Rex. The stars of Andy Warhol's play "Pork" are also cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Happy Mondays: Encyclopedia Ii - Happy Mondays - Quotations
"I grew up in New York in the Seventies, and I've seen a lot of people who live life on the edge, but I've never before seen a group of p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelic Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelic Music - History
The Beatnik counterculture included ideas of changed consciousness, shared with writers like Timothy Leary and Aldous Huxley, whose book ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manic Street Preachers: Encyclopedia Ii - Manic Street Preachers - History
Manic Street Preachers - Early years 1986-1991. The band - which was originally named Betty Blue (after the English title of French fil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pub Rock Uk: Encyclopedia Ii - Pub Rock Uk - Influential Pub Rock Acts
(please add names in alphabetical order); The 101er's Ace Bees Make Honey Brinsley Schwarz Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers Clancy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl Group - Early Girl Groups
Whilst the exact definitions are of course arbitrary, it can be argued that the girl bands have a considerably longer history than boy ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Verve: Encyclopedia Ii - The Verve - History
The Verve - Formation and early Years 1989-1992. The Verve (originally called Verve) were formed in the town of Wigan in Lancashire in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Situation Two: Encyclopedia Ii - Situation Two - Discography
Situation Two - Albums. 1981 BITING TONGUES - "Don't Heal" (SITU 1) THE ASSOCIATES - "Fourth Drawer Down" (SITU 2) NEW ASIA - "Gates" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano Rock - Notable Recent Piano Rock Achievements
Piano rock - Juno Awards. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (Album of the Year) (1998) Sarah McLachlan - "Building a Mystery" (Single of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - Folk Music
There are four primary components of the United Kingdom, each with their own diverse and distinctive folk music forms - England, Scotland...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britpop: Encyclopedia Ii - Britpop - History
Britpop - The Modfather and Modern Life is Rubbish 1991 – 1993. Weller in particular is praised as the founder and initiator of the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blur: Encyclopedia Ii - Blur - History
Blur - Roots and Influence. Blur were one of the British bands who appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses's eponymous album, mixing ps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses Album: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses Album - About The Album
The Stone Roses had been formed in 1984, yet 1989 saw their debut full length release (the band had released a handful of singles in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Power Pop: Encyclopedia Ii - Power Pop - Formative Years: 1960s - Early 1970s
The term was coined in an interview with Pete Townshend of The Who in 1967, in which he said "power pop is what we play". As early as 196...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Medieval Growth
Manchester was an unimportant market town during the Middle Ages, it was originally part of the Hundred of Salford. In 1223 Manchester ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Rock - Overview
In the late 1970s and early 1980s only CFNY, a commercial radio station in Toronto, Ontario, regularly broadcast alternative rock in Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nightclub: Encyclopedia Ii - Nightclub - History
In the U.S., the repeal of Prohibition in February 1933 sparked the revival of nightclubs, which had gone underground as speakeasies. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk-rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk-rock - The Roots Of Folk-rock
Folk-rock arose mainly from the confluence of three elements: urban/collegiate folk vocal groups, singer-songwriters, and the revival of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - 1970s: Rock Splinters, Jamaican And Indian Music
Main article: Music of the United Kingdom (1970s) In the 1970s, the United Kingdom saw intense diversification in both popular and folk m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glam Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Glam Rock - Subsequent Influence
Glam rock was a major influence upon the late 1970s UK punk rock movement, particularly the Sex Pistols. It was also an influence on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Foreign Consulates And Commissions
Manchester and its conurbation are home to a number of foreign consulates and commissions: - Australian Consulate: Chatsworth House, Le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Photo Gallery
City of Manchester Stadium Arndale Centre and Deansgate Manchester G-Mex and the Bridgewater Hall Exchange Square Queen Victoria statue a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Dial: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Dial - Discography
Sun Dial are noted for releasing limited-edition albums and singles on independent labels. The discs (often printed on vinyl only) become...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Government
Manchester - Greater Manchester. Main article: Greater Manchester The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is made up of 10 metr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glam Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Glam Rock - Glam Rock In Theatre And Cinema
Theatre and Cinema played an important role in the Glam rock movement. The stars of Andy Warhol's stage play "Pork" are considered influe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Religion
The Anglican Diocese of Manchester was established in 1847. Manchester lies within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford . Manchester is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Kinks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Kinks - Influence
The Kinks were never as commercially successful as their peers, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, or Led Zeppelin, mostly because...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nme - Nme Awards
The NME Awards is an awards show held every year to celebrate the best new music over the past year. The nominations and eventual winners...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nme - Nme.com
In 1996 under the stewardship of NME editor Steve Sutherland and then NME publisher Robert Tame, the NME started its website in what were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Kinks: Encyclopedia Ii - The Kinks - Line-ups
The band went through many line-ups over the years, with the Davies brothers and Avory remaining for most of the band's history. Ray says...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Power Pop: Encyclopedia Ii - Power Pop - Commercial Peak: Late '70s - Early '80s
Power pop - USA. However, in the late '70s and early '80s, spurred by the accompanying, contemporary success of New Wave and punk rock ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Power Pop: Encyclopedia Ii - Power Pop - Contemporary Power Pop: 1980s - Today
In the 1980s and 1990s power pop continued to be a creatively viable if commercially limited genre, as artists such as Marshall Crenshaw ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Verve: Encyclopedia Ii - The Verve - Line-up
The Verve - The Core Foursome. Richard Ashcroft - vocals (1989-1999) Nick McCabe - guitar (1989-1995)(1997-1998) Simon Jones - bass gu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses Album: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses Album - Track Listing
The Stone Roses album - 1989 release. "I Wanna be Adored" (4:52) "She Bangs the Drums" (3:42) "Waterfall" (4:37) "Don't Stop" (5:17) "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Places Of Interest
Manchester - Architecture. Manchester has a wide variety of buildings mainly from Victorian architecture through to modern. Much of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Greater Manchester
Before 1974 the area of Greater Manchester was split between Cheshire and Lancashire with numerous parts being independent county borough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Reform
In 1792, Manchester was still governed by a court leet on the medieval model but its first step towards democracy was taken by the establ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - The Industrial Revolution
Manchester remained a small market town until the late 18th Century, and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The myriad small val...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Industrial And Cultural Growth
The prosperity from the textile industry lead to an expansion of Manchester and the surrounding conurbation. Many institutions were estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Further Expansion
Expansion of the city limits was constrained westwards (with the borough of Salford immediately to the west, having been given a charter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Fin De Siecle
During the 1980s, with the demise of many traditional industries under the radical economic restructuring often known as Thatcherism, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Twentieth Century Reds And Blues
In the early 20th century Manchester's economy diversified into engineering chemical and electrical industries. The stimulus of the Ship ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Growth Of The Textile Trade
By the sixteenth century, the wool trade had made Manchester a flourishing market town. The parish church, now the cathedral, was complet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suede Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Suede Band - Middle History
In February of 1994, the band released the single Stay Together, which became their highest charting at the time, reaching number three. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - History
Manchester - Earlier history. The Manchester area was settled in or before Roman times. The Roman general Agricola set up a fort at Mam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glam Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Glam Rock - Subsequent Influence
Glam rock was a major influence upon the late 1970s UK punk rock movement, particularly the Sex Pistols. Glam rock also was reflected in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl Group - Later Girl Groups
Occasionally, the term is used to describe a conventional rock group in which all the members are female and who write, arrange, and perf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Culture
Manchester - Art. There are many art galleries in Manchester, notably: The Lowry in Salford Quays, which houses works by the Salford p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Media
Manchester - Television and radio. ITV franchisee Granada Television has its original headquarters on Quay Street in the Castlefield ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Commerce
Manchester - Shopping. Manchester is one of the main retail centres of the North. There are two large shopping centres; the Arndale Cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Education
Manchester - Universities. Manchester is home to two universities: The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk-rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk-rock - Elsewhere In Europe And The Mediterranean
In Romania Transsylvania Phoenix (known in Romania simply as Phoenix), founded in 1962, introduced significant folk elements into their r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk-rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk-rock - British And Celtic Folk-rock
The British style of folk-rock (in its early years, often called electric folk) was established by the band Fairport Convention, who form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - Early British Popular Music
Main article: Early British popular music Beginning in the 16th century, printed broadside ballads were the first genre of British popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britpop: Encyclopedia Ii - Britpop - Roots And Influences
Britpop groups were primarily influenced by the British guitar music of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the two Rock and Roll trends of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blur: Encyclopedia Ii - Blur - Discography
Blur - Studio Albums. 1. Leisure - 26 August 1991 || #7 (UK) Singles:"She's So High" (1 October 1990) UK #48, "There's No Other Way" (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - 1950s And 60s: Importation And Exportation
Main article: Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s) The 1950s saw most of the world that had access to records listening to America...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - 1970s: Rock Splinters Jamaican And Indian Music
Main article: Music of the United Kingdom (1970s) In the 1970s, the United Kingdom saw intense diversification in both popular and folk m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - 1990s: Britpop And Techno
Two genres that remained mostly underground throughout the 80s burst into the mainstream around the middle of the decade. Britpop was a f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United Kingdom - 1980s
Main article: Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) In the 1980s, the spirit of punk rock fuelled a gaggle of new genres that took stylisti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Commerce
Manchester - Shopping. Manchester is one of the main retail centres of the North. There are two large shopping centres; the Arndale Cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Sport
Sport and especially football are an important part of Manchester culture. Two major football clubs, Manchester United and Manchester Cit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Places Of Interest
Manchester - Architecture. Manchester has a wide variety of buildings mainly from Victorian architecture through to modern. Much of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suede Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Suede Band - Compilations
Sci-Fi Lullabies (B-sides compilation album) - (1997) - #9 Singles (Singles compilation album) - (2003) - #31 ... See also:Suede band, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suede Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Suede Band - Studio Albums
Suede (1993) - #1 Dog Man Star (1994) - #3 Coming Up (1996) - #1 Head Music (1999) - #1 A New Morning (2002) - #24 ... See also:Suede b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - History
Manchester - Earlier history. The Manchester area was settled in or before Roman times. The Roman general Agricola set up a fort at Mam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Media
Manchester - Television and radio. ITV franchisee Granada Television has its original headquarters on Quay Street in the Castlefield ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Transport And Infrastructure
Manchester - Air. Manchester International Airport, formerly Manchester Ringway Airport, is the third busiest airport in the UK in term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Sport
Sport and especially football are an important part of Manchester culture. Two major football clubs, Manchester United and Manchester Cit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Education
Manchester - Universities. Manchester is home to two major universities: The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan Unive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suede Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Suede Band - Late History And The End
Not long after the release of Head Music, Nude Records effectively ceased to exist. Like many of their labelmates, Suede ended up signing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Geography And Climate
Manchester is situated in a bowl-shaped land area, bordered to the north and east by the Pennine moors and to the south by the Cheshire P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Photo Gallery
Exchange Square Canal Street Old Pubs in Exchange Square Exchange Square Piccadilly Gardens St. Anne's Square Albert Square ... See als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses - Discography
The Stone Roses - Albums. The Stone Roses (1989) Second Coming (1994) The Stone Roses - Compilations. Turns Into Stone (1992) The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Government
Manchester - Greater Manchester. The metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is made up of 10 metropolitan boroughs: Trafford Tamesi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manic Street Preachers: Encyclopedia Ii - Manic Street Preachers - Discography
Chart positions listed are for the UK, they never had an album or a single in the US charts. Manic Street Preachers - Studio Albums. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Manchester - Transport And Infrastructure
Manchester - Air. Manchester International Airport, formerly Manchester Ringway Airport, is the third busiest airport in the UK in term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses - Personnel
Classic Line-up (November 1987 - March 1995) Ian Brown, lead vocals John Squire, guitar and backing vocals Mani (Gary Mounfield), bass R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Stone Roses: Encyclopedia Ii - The Stone Roses - Reformation?
In July 2004, Ian Brown surprised fans in Dublin, Belfast and Surrey by playing sets consisting mainly of old Stone Roses numbers from th...   » Read the article