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“Forget grunge music. Get a pint of Guinness down your neck and pick that guitar up”: The rise and fall of Britpop, the Nineties’ other massive guitar movement

By Jon Wiederhorn published

The UK got its guitar mojo back in the ’90s with a new generation of rock and indie bands. This is the story of how it all got consumed by the rivalry between Blur and Oasis, and the catch-all category of Britpop

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon (left), Alex Turner

Are Arctic Monkeys “the last great guitar band”? Blur’s Damon Albarn sure thinks so

By Matt Owen published

That said, the Blur frontman voiced his optimism for a new age of guitar bands – and name-dropped the artists that he thinks are rejuvenating the genre

Joey Walker (left) and Stu Mackenzie perform onstage with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas on October 28, 2022

This week's essential guitar tracks: Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton's final collaboration is revealed, and psychedelic titans channel their inner thrash demons

By Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published

Hear fresh, vital new guitar work from Nita Strauss, Joe Bonamassa, Red Devil Vortex, R.L. Boyce, Bully, Creeping Death, and many more

Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon: “A big part of me wishes I had just kept everything simple with Blur and played Gibson Les Pauls for everything”

By Andrew Daly published

With his new project The WAEVE's debut album on the way, the British rock hero discusses how he sought to create a new guitar identity, the gear he'll be using for Blur's 2023 reunion shows and the song he's most looking forward to revisiting

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz chews his guitar when he writes music, apparently

By Sam Roche published

A Taylor GS Mini has been listed for sale in a charity auction, with teeth marks and a confession written in permanent marker

[L-R] Graham Coxon, Noel Gallagher, Jonny Greenwood and Miki Berenyi

15 Britpop guitar heroes who shook up the UK in the '90s

By Andrew Daly published

The '90s were a heady time for the British indie scene, aka Britpop – from the advent of Blur vs Oasis to the emergence of Radiohead, we run down the guitarists behind the genre's biggest hits

Matthew Bellamy of Dr. Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band performs during Rachael Ray's Feedback party at Stubb's Bar B Que during the South By Southwest conference and festivals on March 17, 2018 in Austin, Texas

Matt Bellamy and Graham Coxon supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club release debut single

By Richard Bienstock published

Members of Muse and Blur, Miles Kane and more band together for first-ever release

Flea and Blur’s Damon Albarn Form Rocketjuice and the Moon; Album Expected in March

By Damian Fanelli published