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Who do you think is the best 90s Britpop band? 

Hey! Got an hour free this Sunday afternoon and not yet experienced my new video? Why not take a step back to the 90s, a time when hip hop and metal merged, adolescent catharsis was achieved, and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst became one of the most decisive pop culture figures in recent memory. This is how Nu Metal Became Pop. 

Who do you think is the best first wave Nu Metal Band? 

Live Through This by Hole is 30 Years Old today. A vitriolic open wound of an album with a hell of an impact on modern rock music. If you haven't already, watch this classic episode on its creation. 

Today Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" is 25 years old. Learn the story of that burbling ever-shifting six-minute head-freak, as well as Mr Twin's career up to that point in this classic episode of New British Canon. As for the quotes, Richard D James might be winding you up. 

What genre would you want to see for the next "Before..." video? (past e.g. Before Bauhaus: How Goth Became Goth) 

If My Bloody Valentine are the number one 90s shoegaze band, who in your mind is number two? 

Can you believe that "Take Me Out" was first released as a single twenty years ago today? Watch this classic episode of New British Canon to discover the song's pretty out-there inspirations, as well as the band's high-minded manifesto to "make music girls can dance to". 

Which of these do you consider the definitive Pet Shop Boys single? 

DID YOU KNOW: Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence" was released 34 years ago today? Learn the story of how the band went from a NME punching bag to Modern Rock giants by watching this classic New British Canon episode.