For all of the Punk, Garage Punk, Industrial, Post Punk, and whatever else I may be into, there seems to be room for Kim Wilde for all of the right reasons (I had a crush on her way back when) and Britpop. True, "Britpop" spawned a number of great bands which go beyond a trend like Blur and Pulp, but damn me as I seem to have this very crazy interest in the rise and fall of the scene beyond John Harris' excellent book, even the slight attempts to carry on a scene after all was said and done, even the bands who were only good for a single. It may have been all about catching the great stuff before it turned all into a brand name.
This certainly does not go for that brief New Wave of New Wave bit, but I will say that These Animal Men's final album is one of those under-rated happenings.
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