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Genres
  
Labels
  
Polygram

Genre
  
Power pop

Albums
  
Junkfuel

Years active
  
1987 - ?

Active until
  
1998

Record label
  
PolyGram

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Members
  
Will Copley (vocals/guitar)Clive Powell (guitar/vocals)Dave Allsopp (bass)Matt Carey (drums)

Origin
  
Stourbridge, United Kingdom (1987)

Similar
  
Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Swervedriver, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wedding Present, Fun Lovin' Criminals

Fretblanket are a power pop band from Stourbridge, England.

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Fretblanket have had more success in the United States than in their native Britain, which the band put down to the attitude of the British music press. The band has been described as "one of the first British groups to reflect the worldwide influence of Nirvana's Nevermind", although Ride, The Wedding Present, and Swervedriver have also been identified as influences. The band signed to Polygram in 1993 and released their first album, Junkfuel, a year later. Fretblanket had a fairly successful hit in 1997 with the song "Into the Ocean". The video for that song had a short life in regular rotation on MTV the same year, and at the time was the highest-rated video ever on MTV's 12 Angry Viewers. The same year saw the release of a second album, Home Truths From Abroad.

Singles

  • "Better Than Swimming"
  • "Curtainsville"
  • Twisted EP
  • "Song In B"
  • "Into The Ocean" (1997)
  • Albums

  • Junkfuel (1994, Polygram)
  • Home Truths From Abroad (1997, Polygram)
  • Songs

    Song in BJunkfuel · 1994
    CurtainsvilleJunkfuel · 1994
    JunkfuelJunkfuel · 1994

    References

    Fretblanket Wikipedia


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