“At the time we were into Britpop and crimes of a similar nature: baggy, shoe-gazing, grunge, dad-rock. If the NME could pigeonhole it we would listen to it. For young men such as ourselves, the desirable head gear at such time and at such a place as V97 was, and still, is the ‘Reni’ hat, so called after their principal model Reni of the Roses (that’s Stone Roses to you.) It has a mature edge to it; it says “Spike Island yeah, yeah man, best gig of the nineties.”

The Twat In The Hat@ithouhgtitwastuesday.com
Reni Hat@Wikipedia.org
Alan “Reni” Wren Bio@Drummers Republic.com