Suede
October 25th 2007 21:30
Suede
Suede were one of, if not, the most popular and influential English rock bands of the early to mid 90's.
As one of the bands that helped kick start the Britpop movement, the band were hugely popular at home in the UK, Asia and Canada although success in the US were pretty hard to come by throughout the life of the band.
Their first album self-titled Suede combined the vocal and guitar talents of front man Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, culminating in a Mercury Prize win in 1993.
In 1994, work on a new album had started and the first single from that album, "Stay Together" charted at No.3 on the UK music charts. As the band's profile grew, so did tensions within the camp which eventually led to the departure of the talented Bernard Butler.
Critics were quick to write obituaries for the band after the departure of the influential songwriter but Brett Anderson remained as determined as ever to carry on the early success of the band by recruiting two new members, guitarist Richard Oakes and keyboardist and backing vocalist Neil Codling.
The band's 1996 album Coming Up proved to be the band's most successful mainstream effort, reaching No.1 on the charts and spawning five top 10 singles including "Trash", "Filmstar", "Beautiful Ones", "Lazy" and "Saturday Night".
The band's last three albums, Sci-Fi Lullabies, Head Music and A New Morning failed to capture the success of previous albums due to the waning popularity of Britpop. The band soon separated with Anderson's famous last line at the band's final concert at London's Astoria in December 2003: "See you in the Next Life".
Suede Discography:
Suede (1993)
Dog Man Star (1994)
Coming Up (1996)
Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)
Head Music (1999)
A New Morning (2002)
Singles (2003)
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