bmgb, yer solidly in the college bands crowd... not that there's anything wrong with that, I admire it.
The Cranberries most definitely, preceded by the Sundays, which in turn reminds me of the whole Manchester scene which grunge extinguished. I was very heavily into that, and it did emerge about 89-90, to answer the hole left by the end of the Smiths.
So: Sundays, Charlatans, Lush, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Verve, Trash Can Sinatras. This is the movement that should have lasted IMO.
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