Suede

Suede kick-started the Brit-pop revolution of the 1990s, reviving the romance and drama of glammy guitar rock for an era that got mired in the swirling neo-psychedelia of shoegaze and Madchester. Despite their enormous influence, Suede always seemed to exist on the margins of Brit-pop, never indulging in the laddish behavior that wound up defining the scene by the mid-'90s. Part of this was due to a matter of taste: Suede didn't favor the brightly colored sounds of the swinging '60s, they preferred the seedy, arty styles of proto- and post-punk. It proved to be the foundation ...