Menswear (band)
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Menswear (sometimes styled Menswe@r) were a Britpop band formed in October 1994 from Camden in London.[1] They released a number of singles and an album, Nuisance, on the short-lived London Records subsidiary Laurel. A second album followed, which was released only in Japan; the group broke up in 1998. Menswear, made up of a new line-up in addition to frontman Johnny Dean, played their first show in 15 years in August 2013.
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Background information | |
Origin | Camden Town, London, England |
Genres | Britpop |
Years active | 1994–1998, 2013–2015 |
Labels | Laurel, Polydor |
Past members | Johnny Dean Chris Gentry Simon White Stuart Black Matt Everitt Darren "Tud" Tudgay Todd Parmenter Paul Fletcher |
According to AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Menswear met with numerous detractors, being "charming, handsome young men that wanted to be in a pop group more than they wanted to play music". They nevertheless became "one of the most popular Brit-pop bands of 1995".[2]