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Supergrass, The Bluetones: Caught By The Buzz

Report and Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 10 March 1995

Have you heard the new Maker motto? They're On The Cover On Tuesday, They're In The Chart On Sunday! First Portishead, then Sleeper, and now ...

The Bluetones: Feeling Supersonic, Here Comes 'Bluetonic'!

Interview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 23 September 1995

THE BLUETONES have neatly dodged 'new Stone Roses' tags to become the first, and arguably the best, Britpop band from Hounslow. EVERETT TRUE reckons they're the ...

The Bluetones: We Have Lift Off!

Interview by Ian Watson, Melody Maker, 10 February 1996

When Melody Maker first put THE BLUETONES on the front cover last September, most people wondered who the f*** they were. Now, of course, everybody ...

The Bluetones: Story of the Blues

Obituary by Susan Corrigan, i-D, March 1996

BRITPOP? NOT THIS YEAR, THANKS. THE NEXT BIG NOISE COMES FROM FOUR UNASSUMING HOUNSLOW LADS WITH NO BANDWAGON TO CATCH. THEY ARE THE BLUETONES AND ...

Britpop Football Special: Ooh-aah, Rossit-ah!

Report and Interview by Ian Watson, Melody Maker, 25 May 1996

Martin Rossiter as Eric Cantona? Liam Gallagher squaring off against Damon Albarn? Robbie Williams and Steve Pulp in the same footie team? No, you're not ...

The Bluetones: Return To The Last Chance Saloon (Superior Quality Recordings) ***

Review by Caitlin Moran, Select, May 1998

This album contains the immortal line, "Maybe the sky will fall/And maybe kill us all/Or just the very tall". ...

The X-rated Files: The Bluetones

Report and Interview by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 1 August 1998

MARK MORRISS lifts up his shirt and winces. It's not a pretty sight – a jumbled wash of red, black and blue, like a colour ...

The Bluetones: Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

Live Review by Stevie Chick, New Musical Express, 9 October 1999

UNHIP HOORAY! ...

The Bluetones: Bolt From The Blue

Interview by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 19 February 2000

Take one top Rottweiler, introduce it to an indie band, throw in some irresponsible comments about the "dilution of English culture" and await the inevitable ...

The Bluetones: Cockpit, Leeds

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 21 April 2003

WHILE BLUR AND OASIS can flit from mansion to stadium, fate has been less generous to Britpop's other leading lights. While many have abandoned pop ...

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