Scally Rock

During my time as a student, a friend of mine invented a genre of music called Scally Rock. During this time, 1996-2000, there were a lot of post-Britpop bands who fitted into the sub-Oasis lad rock category, dubbed Scally Rock, as in Rock music played by Scallies for Scallies.

Key bands in this scene were The Charlatans, Shed Seven, Northern Uproar, Oasis, Embrace, Cast and Ocean Colour Scene. More recent examples would be Stereophonics, Kaiser Chiefs and Snow Patrol.

I recently postulated the theory that you can define such bands by their inclusion on football adverts or MotD "Goal of the Month" segments. This opens the genre up to include U2, Coldplay, Muse and The Lightning Seeds, which I'm perfectly happy with.

However, I recently saw an advert for Sky's football coverage which had Interpol's "Hands Away" as the soundtrack. This is, unfortunately, a nail in the coffin to my theory.

(Thanks Scott)