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While We Were Getting High: Britpop and the '90s

2020

Synopsis

Remember the rise and fall of Britpop - the seminal UK-based music and culture movement of the 90s - through its most striking images, with many never published before. Also featuring interviews with the heroes of Britpop, including Noel Gallagher.

Hundreds of photographs taken by renowned photographer Kevin Cummins, chief photographer at the NME for more than a decade, showcase Britpop's greatest stars at their most creative and iconic.

Artists photographed include:

- Oasis
- Blur
- Pulp
- Kula Shaker
- The Verve
- Suede
- Elastica
- Happy Mondays
- The Stone Roses
- The Bluetones
- The Boo Radleys
- Dodgy
- The Charlatans
- Echobelly
- Gene
- Kenickie
- Mansun
- The Divine Comedy - Supergrass
- Sleeper
- Menswear
- Marion
- The Seahorses
- Shampoo

...and many more.

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