As Oasis return to music, it begs the question: where have all the other British rock bands gone? And what happened to the UK rock scene?
Is the return of Oasis all sunsheeeeiiiiine and roses? In case you didn’t hear: Oasis are back. Manchester’s most celebrated band – comprised of Gallagher brothers Liam and Noel – split in 2009 amid fall-outs and fights, waged a cold war in the press for 15 years, and have ostensibly put their differences aside.
Tom Clarke, frontman of indie outfit The Enemy – who enjoyed major chart success in the late 2000s – revealed to BeffShuff in 2018 that a group of rock kids being able to go over the top was no longer possible just a decade after their heyday. As The Buggles once sang: ‘Austerity killed the British rockstar…’ He said: ‘Before there was , a manager, an agent, a promoter, a record label, a publisher.
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