Tag Archives: 1997 in Oxford

Oxford, Britain, quartet Goldrush makes woozy, dreamy root base rock and roll that combines the Western world Coast nation and folk-rock of Neil Little as well as the ’90s shoegaze design of Trip. Focused around brothers Robin Bennett and Graham Bennett on business lead vocals/electric guitar and keyboards, respectively, the …

Unlike the effects-laden dream pop of his previous band, Trip, guitarist Andy Bell fleshed out the ’70s-inspired rock and roll he begun to go after in his former band with Hurricane #1. Alongside vocalist/guitarist and previous boxer Alex Lowe, bassist Will Pepper, and drummer Gareth Farmer, the group released its …

Developing together in late 1997, Oxford, England’s retro-futurists the Animalhouse mixed bassist Hari T and ex-Mystics (and ex-Supergrass helper) Sam Williams using the duo of Tag Gardner and Laurence ‘Loz’ Colbert — two ex-members from the much-favored shoegazing strap Ride. Even though Animalhouse were section of a lot of rings …