“Marc is criminally underrated as a guitarist. All rock ’n’ rollers love T. Rex, and there’s a little bit of T. Rex in every rock ’n’ roll band”: When T. Rex opened the floodgates of glam rock with the riff-driven groove of Get It On

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One of the most memorable moments during the world tour undertook by the resurrected Oasis this year, has been the anticipation-stoking, nightly ritual where Liam Gallagher commanded the tens of thousands of assembled fans to turn away from the stage, put their arms on the shoulders of the people next to them, and bounce in unison to the growing, growling chug of the central riff of their 1994 monster, Cigarettes & Alcohol.

Also known as the ‘Poznań’ (after a traditional backwards-facing football celebration), this ritual of connectivity is locked tightly to the retro-flavoured rock 'n' roll groove defined its bluesy E-major-pentatonic riff.