POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE '90S BRITISH MUSIC SCENE: "THE BATTLE OF BRITPOP"

This article focuses on the Britpop Era, analysing the fierce competition between two of the greatest bands in UK’s music history, Blur and Oasis, which remarkably led to a renewed promotion of the British culture worldwide, a revival that has had long-term consequences. This blistering rivalry impacted not only the music scene of those times, but also the social and political developments in both the South and North of England, regions which had already experienced a long history of artistic antagonism. There will be presented facts and opinions about these bands’ influence on the division of the upper-class and middle-class people in the UK and also the outcome of the legendary day known as “The Battle of Britpop”, which changed the artists’ prospects and the British music scene forever.