YouTube video by Trash Theory
Ocean Colour Scene: Always On The Outside ["The Riverboat Song"] | New British Canon
NEW VIDEO: Though a critical punching bag, Ocean Colour Scene were huge in Britain, adopted by the Oasis-loving masses as their second favourite band, their 90s anthems imbued with equal parts nostalgia and sadness. But their most lasting legacy may be a specific critical barb aimed their way.
21.02.2026 16:05 β
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The Birmingham Rock and Metal Tour | Birmingham self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap
Trace 50 years of Birmingham rock in the birthplace of heavy metal with this self-guided tour of Birmingham, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide app with auto...
Hey! So I wrote and voiced an audio tour of Birmingham, UK. It's a leisurely two hour headphone-based walk-and-talk around the city centre, talking about the city and its place in rock and metal history, the venues, bands and songs that make it so important. Link for more details:
05.02.2026 20:48 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The WHY and HOW of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Alt Hit Wonders
NEW VIDEO: A potential start to a new series, a look at the hows and whys of oddball 90s modern rock hits. This time a dive into the Swedish band Whale, their wordily titled Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe and its unforgettably weird music video. Take a look!
youtu.be/6ANdT88ToIo
30.01.2026 17:07 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The WHY and HOW of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Alt Hit Wonders
NEW VIDEO: A potential start to a new series, a look at the hows and whys of oddball 90s modern rock hits. This time a dive into the Swedish band Whale, their wordily titled Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe and its unforgettably weird music video. Take a look!
youtu.be/6ANdT88ToIo
30.01.2026 17:07 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The 8 Songs To Blame For Britpop
NEW VIDEO: Britpop was a weird moment. Indie music was topping the pop charts. Bands were newly fascinated by Britainβs pop history, magpieing the best bits and reshaping them into anthems. But it soon became tired, with an overemphasis on the union flag. Here is who to blame.
youtu.be/_WQBHboYFj4
12.12.2025 18:37 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The 8 Songs To Blame For Britpop
NEW VIDEO: Britpop was a weird moment. Indie music was topping the pop charts. Bands were newly fascinated by Britainβs pop history, magpieing the best bits and reshaping them into anthems. But it soon became tired, with an overemphasis on the union flag. Here is who to blame.
youtu.be/_WQBHboYFj4
12.12.2025 18:37 β
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I had assumed no one was listening anymore now that there's episode specific playlists. It has now been updated
16.11.2025 12:07 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
Exploring Tricky & Maxinquaye: The 90s Bowie? | New British Canon
NEW VIDEO: Circa 1995, Tricky was perhaps the coolest individual in Britain, separate from the retroism of Britpop, but getting glowing press, dating Bjork and having David Bowie himself gush over how awesome he is. The reason for all this was his debut, Maxinquaye. Here is its story:
15.11.2025 17:03 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s
Did you watch the last video I put out? As comparatively few people watched its possible it got restricted - maybe Mr Blobby is just too raw for YouTube. It's a good time! If you haven't already, give it a watch, share it about. And new video out tomorrow!
youtu.be/YYDv6uHNv6Y
14.11.2025 10:10 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s
NEW VIDEO: The second in the series of weirdo UK chart-toppers, here is a look at the 90s. Elsewhere there was the mainstreaming of grunge and gangsta rap, but in the UK we had the giant pink and yellow pear-shaped thing that scared children and other odd things. Take a look!
10.10.2025 16:05 β
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YouTube video by Lost Media Archive
Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks (Demo Version) (HIGH QUALITY)
The demo version is on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmze...
30.09.2025 10:12 β
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Sabrina Carpenter is a gen x lounge singer trapped in the body of a Polly Pocket. Sabrina Carpenter is countryfied britpop. Sabrina Carpenter is a paper machΓ© Ann Margaret. Sabrina Carpenter is David Foster Wallace in a peignoir set. Sabrina Carpenter is postmodernism itself. Sabrina Carpenter is.
25.09.2025 05:19 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The 7 Songs To Blame For Stomp Clap Hey
NEW VIDEO: After MySpace, but before Spotify truly took hold, a bunch of waistcoated indie folk groups were stomping, clapping and hey-ing their way into our hearts. Just over a decade later and it's considered the worst thing to happen to music since Simon Cowell. Here is who to blame.
19.09.2025 16:02 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight & That Drum Fill | New British Canon
NEW VIDEO: Do you ever think about how aggressively uncommercial In The Air Tonight is? It's glacially slow, its first lyrics don't appear until a minute and a half in and its powered for the most part by a drum machine: yet debut single of perhaps the most famous drummer ever.
youtu.be/U0kCxNj_4hs
22.08.2025 16:03 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
How The Offspring Popped Punk: From Smash to Pretty Fly For A White Guy
NEW VIDEO: If you were a US punk band in the 80s, you weren't doing it for the money. Punk rock was a calling. There were no material rewards. And that's what The Offspring thought too... until they became one of the biggest selling rock bands of the 90s. Hear their full story:
youtu.be/Pfi8iX3Y938
25.07.2025 16:01 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1980s
NEW VIDEO: Have you ever wondered how Shaddap You Face got to number one in the UK? How about the electro-documentary of 19, or the wonderfully goofy Star Trekkin'? Here are the "how" stories for these songs, plus 7 more. The Most Bizarre UK No.1s of the 1980s. Check it out!
05.07.2025 16:32 β
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from the writer of GUY RITCHIES ALADDIN
GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS
Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte
28.06.2025 06:31 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
Tragedy, Togetherness & Rock Lobster: The B-52's Story
NEW VIDEO: The B-52's are known for many things: Wigs, Rock Lobster, that Tomacco episode of The Simpsons where they reworked Love Shack into Glove Slap. This might make you think them slight, a novelty, but they are more important than you think.
youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo
06.06.2025 16:12 β
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The second instalment in the βalt-rock horror comicsβ series - Mudhoneyβs Touch Me Iβm Sick.
06.06.2025 15:18 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
The Cult, SHE SELLS SANCTUARY & Living Life Loud | New British Canon
NEW VIDEO: My timing is terrible. TEN DAYS AGO The Cult's unifying rock anthem She Sells Sanctuary had its 40th birthday. YESTERDAY was World Goth Day. Either would've been a great day to release this video. Instead it's National Taffy day, watch a video on The Cult.
youtu.be/LEuRBQo-QEY
23.05.2025 16:07 β
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The 7 inch sleeve of The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary
The 7 inch sleeve of The Cure's Inbetween Days
The 7 inch sleeve of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Just Like Honey
The 7 inch sleeve of Killing Joke's Love Like Blood
What is your favourite British "alternative" single of 1985?
21.05.2025 08:57 β
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May 10th 1994
One of the greatest days
10.05.2025 16:16 β
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If you canβt handle me at my Dance Yourself Clean 0:00-3:05 you donβt deserve me at my Dance Yourself Clean 3:06-8:56
09.05.2025 16:35 β
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SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
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FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?
01.05.2025 20:26 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
When Paul McCartney When Synth-Pop ["Temporary Secretary"] | New British Canon
NEW VIDEO: Paul McCartney is pretty well known as a musician. But even as familiar as the former Beatle is, he still has moments in his back catalogue that hit you from out of left-field. For example learn the story of McCartney II, his 1980 homemade dive into Synth-Pop.
youtu.be/yNLGbGJLzcU
26.04.2025 16:03 β
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A celebration of the discography of PJ Harvey via a bunch of loose, doodly sketches of album covers.
24.04.2025 15:31 β
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This is all going to get harder, but they literally cannot legislate you out of existence. When tomorrow arrives, you will still be here, you will still be who you are, and we will all still be here with you.
16.04.2025 12:14 β
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Each video from the past year has Spotify and YouTube Music playlists. They're linked in the pinned comment on their respective videos.
06.04.2025 18:14 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop Revisited
NEW VIDEO: Well kinda... Here is my revisit of the development of Synth-Pop video I made four years ago, now twice as long with a bunch of bands and artists I forgot about including Stevie Wonder, DEVO, Sparks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, John Carpenter, and many many more.
youtu.be/NLuSOMzSy9k
05.04.2025 16:04 β
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YouTube video by Trash Theory
"Blister In The Sun", Violent Femmes & The Band Out of Time
NEW VIDEO: This time we look at Violent Femmes, their legacy as a building block in alternative rock, folk punk and alt country, βBlister In The Sunβ not being a song from the 90s, and the weird moment where the band showed up on Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Check it out!
youtu.be/8XP706O7uzY
14.03.2025 16:50 β
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