10 Biggest Drop-offs In Rock History

No one was really expecting the drastic turn that rock music would take in the wake of the grunge implosion. After Kurt Cobain's tragic death, Oasis were one of the first to really blow up in England afterwards, making the old school flavors of rock and roll feel new and exciting again. Making one of the defining records of their generation with What's The Story Morning Glory, Oasis had hit the ceiling...only to find their way to the bottom of the barrel on Be Here Now.

Compared to the more spellbinding music on Morning Glory, these elongated songs feel half baked from the minute they start playing, as Noel Gallagher reuses some of the chord progressions from the band's older hits and tries to pass them off as something new. It's a wonder why they even bothered making this the proper followup, considering the amount of amazing B-sides they had at their disposal at the time.

Given that most of the final great Oasis songs would be released on the Masterplan a few years later, it stings that something like Half the World Away was relinquished to a B-side while something like D'you Know What I Mean was good enough to make it to the prime opening slot of this album. Just like grunge had done before it, Be Here Now might be the most glaring example of Britpop hitting a sudden brick wall.