Neil Collins with Gareth Potter Presents: International Velvet - How Wales Conquered the '90s Charts
Schedule
Sat Oct 19 2024 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
R/O 8-10 Mill Street, CF37 2SN Pontypridd, United Kingdom | Pontypridd, WA
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Join author Neil Collins as he presents his new book exploring the rise and rise of Cool Cymru in the 1990s.If the story of Wales in the 1990s was a movie plot, it would all seem so far-fetched. Thankfully, it was all true. The 1970s and ‘80s were a bleak time for much of Wales: the closure of steel works and coal mines led to mass unemployment while the country’s culture and language was disregarded by politicians and the music industry alike.
Some bands even travelled across the Severn Bridge to make sure their records arrived at the London offices sporting an English postmark. The 1990s changed everything. While Wales was already known for Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Male Voices Choirs, but bands such as Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics and Super Furry Animals exploded into the charts and showed the UK population the breadth of what this small but inherently musical nation could offer.
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R/O 8-10 Mill Street, CF37 2SN Pontypridd, United Kingdom, 109 Taff Street, Pontypridd, CF37 4UY, United Kingdom,PontypriddEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
