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Music World History & Scenes

Choose a genre, move through countries and cities, then follow the scenes, artists, labels, releases, and contributors that shaped the sound.

Genre

Country

City

Rock / United Kingdom

Manchester Timeline

Manchester/Before late 1970s-1980s

Punk, art school networks, industrial cities, reggae imports, and independent retail set the conditions. Follow it through The Smiths, Blur and Pavement, labels like Rough Trade, Domino and Sub Pop, and releases such as The Queen Is Dead, Parklife and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. The producer and contributor trail runs through Peter Saville, while the later movement points toward Bristol Trip-Hop and Chicago House.

Manchester/late 1970s-1980s

Bands, flyers, small labels, industrial city texture, and independent retail turning mood into movement. The trail lives in rooms, sleeves, producers, zines, shops, and labels that let awkward ideas become local language. Follow it through The Smiths, Blur and Pavement, labels like Rough Trade, Domino and Sub Pop, and releases such as The Queen Is Dead, Parklife and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. The producer and contributor trail runs through Peter Saville, while the later movement points toward Bristol Trip-Hop and Chicago House.

Manchester/After late 1970s-1980s

Indie, dance-rock, Britpop, label-store culture, and guitar bands kept recycling the route. Follow it through The Smiths, Blur and Pavement, labels like Rough Trade, Domino and Sub Pop, and releases such as The Queen Is Dead, Parklife and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. The producer and contributor trail runs through Peter Saville, while the later movement points toward Bristol Trip-Hop and Chicago House.