Research into the music genre and it's influences

Although Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are considered as an alternative rock band, I feel that they incorporate many features of Britpop into their songs.

Britpop is a British alternative rock movement that begun in the 1990s, it developed through the appearance of bands who borrowed influences from the 1960s and 1970s.

Britpop restored the patriotism in the aftermath of Grunge when British Indie pop bands decided it was the 60’s and 70’s again. Suede kick-started it, Oasis and Blur made the most money from it.

One of the key factors that led to Britpop’s growth was Grunge. In 1990 to about 1992 the wake of the American invasion were led by grunge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

Grunge and Britpop bands differed greatly in styles; they ranged from the massive guitar roar of Oasis and the defiantly British pop of Blur to the disco/glam-rock pastiche of Pulp and progressive rock of Radiohead.

The influences of alternative rock came from the early forms of rock from the 1950s to the 1980s. Rock 'n' Roll and Punk were the main influences to how Alternative Rock sounds today.