This was the term used to refer to the time in music history when rock and roll performers from the United Kingdom dominated the scene. These artists and their unique brand of music became very popular across the United States, Australia, Canada, and other parts of the globe. The invasion began in the mid-1960s, marked by the appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. I was very young to remember the days of the Beatle-mania. My father only told me that after The Beatles broke up, there were other bands that sustained the phenomenon. The
British Invasion continued up to the 70s with bands like The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, and The Clash.
But the part of the Invasion that I was more familiar with is the era of the 80s and 90s. With the birth of
MTV in 1981, British bands were easily commercialized. I remember being a teenager as I sing and dance to the tunes of bands like The Police, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, and Culture Club. The 80s was known as the New Wave era, a term referring to a developed music trend born out of punk rock movement. British artists continued to become popular in the 90s. The Britpop movement in the mid-1990s was fronted by acts like Oasis, Blur, and even the Spice Girls. In the new millennium, we saw the rise of Coldplay and James Blunt.
