Brett Anderson and Mat Osman guide us through 30 years plus of catchy, dramatic alternative rock

£50, Thames & Hudson, hardback, 304 pages, ISBN: 9780500030646

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So, it’s 1997 again,” announces Robbie Williams to a crowd of hardcore fans at Camden’s sticky-floored, 600-capacity Dingwalls. Squint and you could take him at face value: there are no mobile phones