Though on UK TV nostalgia shows the entire decade is reduced crudely to Britpop + Blair (usually with that tired old image of Noel Gallagher sipping champagne with the Labour PM), the 1990s was arguably Britain’s most exciting era for music.
For starters, it had the best club scene in the world. The various tributaries from acid house - house, techno, rave, downtempo, big beat, drum 'n’ bass and more - all meant that mid-'90s UK dance music had a breadth and depth that was streets ahead of both Europe and North America. And yes, as well as all that, it also had a thriving guitar rock scene. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive…
