Shampoo

Blending indie subversiveness and nagging pop hooks with plenty of shouty attitude, Shampoo was a dazzling flash in the pan with a remarkably long-lasting impact. South London teens Carrie Askew and Jacqui Blake cut and pasted punk, pop, rap, glam-rock, and dance-pop with zine-like flair and moved from their lo-fi 1993 debut "Blisters & Bruises" to the slick anarchy of 1994's signature hit "Trouble" -- which also appeared on their debut album We Are Shampoo -- with ease. Shampoo's influence on pop music was felt as soon as 1996, when the title of their album Girl Power became a catchphrase that Spice Girls took to stratospheric heights; with the online-only release of 2000's Absolute Shampoo, they remained trailblazers. Acts like the Ting Tings, Charli xcx, and Hannah Diamond carried on their brand of irreverent, proudly artificial pop, a legacy that was finally given its due with 2024's Complete Shampoo.