Oasis

Oasis brought swagger back to British rock. Noel Gallagher's songs borrowed shamelessly from the Beatles and T. Rex and built them into huge, terrace-ready anthems, while his brother Liam sang them with a sneering, nasal snarl.

Definitely Maybe, with 'Live Forever' and 'Supersonic', became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK at the time, and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, with 'Wonderwall' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger', made them the biggest band in the country, playing to 250,000 people over two nights at Knebworth. The brothers' feuding split the band in 2009, before a huge reunion tour in 2025.