Brett Anderson Hated "Britpop"

Brett Anderson has revealed that he hated the term "Britpop" and having his former band Suede considered part of the scene.

During the Britpop era, Suede were associated with the scene along with the likes of Oasis and Blur, but Anderson is adamant that he and his band were never a part of it.

"I had always been fascinated by suburbia and I liked to throw these twisted references to small-town British life into songs. This was before we had that horrible term Britpop," he told The Guardian.

"We were never at the party, and Britpop was like a big party: people slapping one another on the back and getting beery and jingoistic. We could not have been more uninterested in that whole boozy, cartoon-like, fake working-class thing."

Despite saying that, Anderson went on to admit that he did go down the rock 'n' roll route.

"I was always surprised I made it to 30," he said. "I was on a collision course. But once you've made it beyond a certain point, you are faced with two choices: carry on and end up killing yourself, or change your life radically. I chose the latter."