Gene
Gene's singer, Martin Rossiter, sounds an awful lot like Morrissey. Guitarist Steve Mason obviously takes the heft of his influence from Johnny Marr. That said, it's impossible to imagine a future in which some famous musician sits down with a journalist and confides to him the profound impact that Britpop band Gene has had on his songwriting. There isn't anything that is very profound about Gene, and anyone who likes Gene will probably like The Smiths a lot more. But at the very least, they were admirable, choosing to wear their influences on their sleeves and doing the best with what they had. Rising to near-fame status in the mid-nineties as part of a large crop of new British bands, Gene released four albums in their ten years together. Over... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie, Brit-Pop
- City Of Origin:
- London, England
- Formed Date:
- 1993
