Best British bands ever

McSwaggerty

HUMBLE PIE..... 

Blueingreen

I feel to make a top 10 list a band should have more than a handful of songs I really love, but honestly when I try to think of British bands meeting this criteria I struggle once I get past The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.  Solo artists would be a lot easier.

Philly_Q

EricTheWeary said:

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:

I'd cheerfully add Slade even if just to try increase the number of people from the West Midlands on there ( ooh, ELO, UB40, The Wonderstuff...). 

ELO did cross my mind, and presumably they were pretty successful too - but maybe that success was concentrated around the Out of the Blue period, not so much before and after?

If you want West Midlands you could chuck in Judas Priest too.

Glenn Tipton lives in Romsley so he’s somewhere about three or four miles from my house. Yet to bump into him at the pet store there. 

Loads of West Mids bands - Wizzard, Steel Pulse, The Moody Blues ( took their name from a Birmingham brewery), Diamond Head, Magnum, Traffic, Duran Duran, one third of The Goodies - although I suppose lots of areas can claim bands. 

Not many famous bands or artists from Swansea.  Bonnie Tyler, Spencer Davis.... and Badfinger.  Badfinger's a pretty good one.

slacker

1 Rolling Stones
2 The Beatles
3 The Who
4 Small Faces/Faces
5 Queen
6 Oasis
7 Blur
8 Roxy Music
9 Pink Floyd
10 The Police

Devil#20

Philly_Q said:

Devil#20 said:

In no particular order except the first one.

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Just a smattering of non-Brits there I'm afraid, old boy.

I should have read the OP properly really shouldn't I. 

OK. Take 2. 

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Uriah Heep
The Stranglers
Thin Lizzy
10cc

underdog

This is my random one and in order so you can all disagree 

1) The Beatles - not even a fan but they were amazing

2) Biff Clyro
3) The Stones - again not a fan, but greatness can't be denied
4) The Charlatans
5) Damien Rice (not a band I know)
6) James
7) The Beautiful South
8) Pink Floyd
9) Sabbath

10) Motorhead

LightB4sound

Maiden 
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Maiden
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markblack

In no particular order.

The wedding present
The Beatles
The streets
The Verve
Super furry animals
Gomez
Arctic monkeys
Blur
Squeeze
Primal Scream

(The Jam, Radiohead, death in vegas, the beta band, oasis and others should probably be in there as well)

And yes the kinks, the stones, the who, the police etc. But I'm an indie kid at heart

Barnezy

Can't believe how overrated The Beatles are.

Kilgore

 My list would include many of the usual suspects, based on influence, sales and personal preference.

So instead here are 10 honourable mentions that on any other day might sneak into my top 10.


The Animals
Fairport Convention
Squeeze
Bee Gees
T Rex
The Specials
Carter USM
Primal Scream
Pulp
Manic Street Preachers

Fretwired

Best British bands ever list .. impossible to compile. Is it based on albums or live?

This really is really a 'favourite' band thread.

Interesting there is no Jethro Tull, King Crimson, ELP, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Blur, The Clash, The Cure, The Smiths .. you all have no taste .. :-)

steveledzep

I was in my teens for most of the seventies.  These are the bands that I loved then and still do now (no particular order).

Black Sabbath
Man
Budgie
Wishbone Ash
Family
Caravan
Free
Groundhogs
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin

underdog

Barnezy said:

Can't believe how overrated The Beatles are.

Overrated by almost anyone with a passing interest in music? Maybe you're just wrong on this one   

Cols

Fretwired said:

Best British bands ever list .. impossible to compile. Is it based on albums or live?

This really is really a 'favourite' band thread.

Interesting there is no Jethro Tull, King Crimson, ELP, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Blur, The Clash, The Cure, The Smiths .. you all have no taste .. :-)

Maybe rephrase it to “10 British bands who’ve had the biggest global impact”.  My own list gets revised to;

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin 
Cream
Black Sabbath 
Queen
The Police
The Who
Iron Maiden

Barnezy

underdog said:

Barnezy said:

Can't believe how overrated The Beatles are.

Overrated by almost anyone with a passing interest in music? Maybe you're just wrong on this one   

I was being sarcastic.

One thing I will say though, is Harrison wrote the best song in my opinion and his Mrs led to Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, so double whammy. 

proggy

My favourites:

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Jethro Tull

Be-Bop Deluxe

Yes

Camel

Deep Purple

Rolling Stones

Bad Company

Whitesnake

HerrMetal

Devil#20 said:

Philly_Q said:

Devil#20 said:

In no particular order except the first one.

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Just a smattering of non-Brits there I'm afraid, old boy.

I should have read the OP properly really shouldn't I. 

OK. Take 2. 

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Uriah Heep
The Stranglers
Thin Lizzy
10cc

You might want to have another go to be sure.

Jalapeno

No love for Ned's Atomic Dustbin or Fred Rickshaw's Hot Goolies ?

axisus

OMG. Everyone is wrong. How did we not see that coming?

Rocker

Devil#20 said:

Philly_Q said:

Devil#20 said:

In no particular order except the first one.

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Just a smattering of non-Brits there I'm afraid, old boy.

I should have read the OP properly really shouldn't I. 

OK. Take 2. 

Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wishbone Ash
The Cure
Steely Dan
Deep Purple
Linkin Park
The Charlatans
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Uriah Heep
The Stranglers
Thin Lizzy
10cc

Err, Thin Lizzy - the classic lineup consisted of two Irishmen, an American guitarist and a Scottish guitarist.  They started out as three Irishmen.  At the end of their time, they had members from everywhere but Lizzy cannot ever be called a British Band.  And at their peak, they were top notch...