Menswear (sometimes written "Menswe@r") were a short-lived Britpop band in the mid 1990s from Camden in London. They signed their record deal after their fifth gig and were paid £500,000 as a publishing deal by Island when they had only written 7 songs. They were featured in a Select article about the mod revival when the project was still purely in the imaginations of Chris Gentry and Johnny Dean. They later appeared on the cover of Melody Maker before they had released any material. Their dress sense was Mod (tight fitting suits etc) whilst their music was influenced by both Blur's second album Modern Life Is Rubbish and Elastica. They generated so much publicity that they appeared on Top of the Pops a week before their first single had even been released. This made them the first band to appear on the show without releasing a record. Their first single "I'll Manage Somehow" was a limited release and a minor hit. Their second

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