• Home
  • About Me
  • Selected Writings
    • News Features
    • Travel Articles
    • Music Writing
    • Film/Celeb Interviews
    • Sport Features
    • Miscellaneous
  • Photography
  • Video Clips
  • Blog
  • Contact/Links
Kris Griffiths

Battle of Britpop to return in soft drink form?

13/1/2014

1 Comment

 
I just read with interest that Blur bassist turned farmer/cheesemaker Alex James is to launch a new fizzy drink called 'Britpop' after applying to trademark the name. 

With Oasis juice already a big player in that market, the stage could be set for a repeat of the 1995 pop battle when Blur famously pipped Oasis in the race for #1, in the days when the UK Top 40 still held some significance.

If the other indie bands of that era also get involved we could have a proper Britpop V2 (also a drink) 20 years on, with the action switching to the groceries sales chart.

So, if Brett Anderson, Jarvis Cocker or Rick Witter is following the developments, how about trademarking these names and joining the fray:
> Suede-ade
> Shed 7 Up
> (insert fruit) -Pulp
> Bluetonic
> Mansun-ny Delight

Think of the promotional opportunities at your own gigs – you could put a fizz back into your merchandise sales and may even become the new Coke?

Say what you like about Alex James, he seems to be the only Britpop vet with true entrepreneurial spirit...
Alex James
links: Kris Griffiths BBC beers feature 
New video for Blur's Tracy Jacks

1 Comment
Paul
13/4/2014 06:58:22 am

That's just silly

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Journalism
    Life
    Music
    Photography
    Sport
    Technology
    Video Creations

    Archives

    January 2024
    July 2023
    September 2021
    April 2020
    February 2020
    June 2019
    April 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    July 2017
    January 2017
    July 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013

    RSS Feed

(c) Kris Griffiths 2020 
Proudly powered by Weebly