Suede brought luscious swagger and hooks sharper than their cheekbones to the '90s Britpop boom. But their effortless glamour belies the fact that Brett Anderson and co. were studious types who knew which moves to cop from their heroes. They took notes on the theatricality of David Bowie and Kate Bush. From The Smiths they absorbed the lesson that there's no such thing as too much, and Echo & The Bunnymen taught them what "epic" could mean.