The British Music Experience is an open event that all members of the public can visit. It focuses on the history of music, and features most decades of popular music.
During the tour of the experience, you can explore the different decades such as the 50's through to the 90's and see fascinating pictures and interactive images associating with the different stars and bands of each generation, such as the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Nirvana.
50's: During the 1950's the most popular music was Rock and Roll. Lots of people, teenagers and adults all followed artists such as Elvis who was probably the most successful artist in the 50's. Elvis
60's: The first thing that comes to mind for me when thinking about the 60's is The Beatles.
The Beatles were the most incredible band during the 60's considering they came from so little, to become one of the most successful bands of all time. The Beatles were famous for songs such as Here Comes the Sun, I Saw Her Standing There and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Other bands such as The Who and The Doors came about in the 60's and it was these sort of bands that also introduced the drug scene, where teenagers thought it was appropriate to follow their idols by doing whatever they did - in this case drugs. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles was written under the influence of the class A drug LSD.
70's: The 70's seemed to have a completely different vibe to the 60's. Teens in the 60's caused a lot of problems with drug taking and violence but they seemed to calm down in the 70's significantly as the interest in Disco and Dance music was found by these teens. Most teenagers forgot the drug and violent scenes of the 60's and resorted to dance club and nights out socialising with friends. ABBA and The Bee Gee's were popular bands amongst the 70's with songs like Waterloo and Night Fever being extremely popular.
80's: One of the most amazing things about the 1980's was the start of MTV ! MTV allowed bands to get their music across to a wider range of people, quickly and more successfully. MTV was made simply to show band music videos every day all day. MTV is still extremely popular today but does cover a wider range of programs. Bands like Van Halen became popular quickly. One of Van Halen's most popular tunes was 'Jump' which is still very much loved by fans and has been introduced to the TV show Glee, which used the song and made a cover of it.
90's: In the 90's music changed a fair bit, with hip hop and rap becoming widely successful and played over radio very often. Although hip hop was successful, other genre's found a way to dominate with bands like Nirvana setting what was called a 'grungey' tone to music in the 90's. One of the most recognisable songs to me and a lot of my friends is the song 'Smells like Teen Spirit' which was written by Kurt Cobain from Nirvana. This is one of the best and most successful grunge songs of all time. Bands such as the Foo Fighters and the Goo Goo Dolls were also very succesful with these bands still being around today and still moderately successful just not as active. Dr Dre was a massive artist who influenced the hip hop and rap scene in the 90's.
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