11.   For the first time in recent memory, a new British band has come along that has something good to say about America.

12.   Fram remembers notoriously mercurial Noel and Liam Gallagher, the battling brothers who front the British band Oasis.

13.   He toured with Oasis, a British band notorious for drug use.

14.   In other new releases, the debut album from free-wheeling British band Gomez was issued this week.

15.   In the realm of pure silliness, the British band the Spice Girls dedicated their performance at the MTV Video Music awards show to Diana.

16.   Jones is especially pleased with the music scene at home, where British bands such as Oasis, Blur and Pulp have given the country something to root for.

17.   Joining them is the excellent Dandy Warhols, an American band that doles out light, flaky Britpop better than most British bands.

18.   Others -- notably Lanza and the British band Stereolab -- prefer to explore the unexpected affinities between mood music and underground rock.

19.   Poking fun at Oasis, the popular British band currently climbing the American charts, seems to be a cottage industry in England.

20.   Plus, many British bands had continued the tradition of the Kinks and Small Faces and were writing songs with specific English themes and lyrical content.