Are Supergrass Britpop?
Short Answer
Yes. Supergrass were the class clowns who smuggled mischief into the syllabus and made it fun for five minutes.
Long Answer
Supergrass were Britpop, no question. They had the look. The hooks. The energy. They bounced in just as the scene was getting self-important and reminded everyone it was supposed to be a laugh. I Should Coco was a sugar rush in Doc Martens. Loud. Fast. Giddy with its own brilliance. It didn’t care about being clever or cool. It just wanted to make a racket and nick your cider.
But here’s the thing. Supergrass were never quite like the others. They didn’t have Blur’s art-school snobbery or Oasis’s messiah complex. No politics. No posturing. Just three lads from Oxford with the kind of chops that made you forget they were singing about mansize tissues and weird little scooters. It was cartoonish. But never stupid. Energetic. But never empty. Like The Beano if it had a killer rhythm section.
They were Britpop’s youth. Messy. Bright-eyed. Not yet broken by the industry. The scene aged quickly. Supergrass didn’t. Not at first. Even when the spotlight moved on, they kept at it. Quietly brilliant. Criminally underrated.
So yes. Supergrass were Britpop. But they were the bit you actually liked.
