Your Top 10 UK Bands of All time

[Roobs321]

Begging You is fantastic, it’s like the best elements of what they could of been.

Driving South is another favorite, Breaking Into Heaven could of been trimmed about 4 minutes, and Ten Story Love song is quite lovely.

Much in agreement. Whilst music trends at that time had arguably veered away from this type of material anyway, it is tragic that they didn't refine and trim Second Coming into something more potent (like the tracks we describe above). They had an album's worth of strong material in there, diluted unnecessarily.

 

[Blue1980]

Much in agreement. Whilst music trends at that time had arguably veered away from this type of material anyway, it is tragic that they didn't refine and trim Second Coming into something more potent (like the tracks we describe above). They had an album's worth of strong material in there, diluted unnecessarily.

They weren’t too far away from what was popular at the time, still in the ballpark of it.

I know that the britpop trends of the era seemed a bit different, but the Stone Roses were hardly out of place.

If they had kept their s**t together after 89-90 and put out an album in 91/92 i think it would of been a lot stronger and they would of continued to power on through the 90s.

 

[Cleavy]

no love for Def Leppard at all, not even an honorable mention?

 

[JimDocker]

no love for Def Leppard at all, not even an honorable mention?

I couldn't name a Def Leppard song, or recognise them if I heard them, so a no from me.

 

[Lyttelton Ranger]

I don't agree with every band mentioned here, but this is a strong list (English artists only) from Steve Hughes

 

[charcoalchicken]

I couldn't name a Def Leppard song, or recognise them if I heard them, so a no from me.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Uk bands own rock, done it better than anyone else

 

[JimDocker]

I almost made the 2 minute mark. Not really my thing.

 

[JackOutback]

Off hand, it would look something like;

Beatles
Radiohead
Oasis
Stone Roses
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Coldplay (early)

Then I run out of steam. If we are including solo acts, then Bowie would undoubtedly be in there.

 

[R Chee Manning]

Depeche Mode
Yazoo
Erasure
Beatles
Stones
Whitesnake
Duran Duran
Aztec Camera
Stereophonics
Barry from Eastenders

 

[Big Fresh]

The Cure
The Beatles
The Zombies
ELO
The Smiths
Wild Beasts
Felt
Oasis
Arctic Monkeys
The Kinks

 

[Dan Moody]

some really good bands I'd long forgotten but in no particular order:

the The
The Beatles
Queen
Radiohead
Oasis
The Kinks
Massive Attack
Pink Floyd
The Cure
The Rolling Stones

 

[Present Not Past]

In no particular order.

1. The Beatles (Collectively and individually)
2. The Rolling Stones
3. The Who
4. Pink Floyd
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Black Sabbath
7. Queen
8. Dire Straits
9. Yes
10. U2

 

[Hoos]

It's nice to see quite a bit of love for The Kinks.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

This was definitely harder than I first thought it would be, but I figured I might as well just put down what I'm thinking right at this very minute:

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Supergrass
4. Queen
5. Radiohead
6. The Clash
7. The Kinks
8. Blur
9. Coldplay
10. Wire

 

[Damp Squarie]

Placebo (seem to be cruelly overlooked in these lists)
Joy Division / New Order
The Cure
The Smiths
Coldplay
Radiohead
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Radiohead

Seeing as how you have Radiohead listed twice, let me add SUPERTRAMP in its place.

1. Supertramp
2. Beatles
3. Queen
4. Deep Purple
5. Led Zeppelin

 

[hawkheart]

In no particular order

The House of Love
Simple Minds
Echo and The Bunnymen
The Verve
Slowdive
Pink Floyd
Roxy Music
Oasis
Primal Scream
U2

 

[Madtiger2006]

Queen and Stones were shite lol. They had about 3 decent tunes each

 

[Hoos]

Queen and Stones were s**t lol. They had about 3 decent tunes each

Which ones?

 

[Madtiger2006]

Which ones?

Have to search through their albums. I’d say 3 songs I like enough to be interested in. None that I like a lot though. Queen probably slightly better but both shockingly overrated

 

[Hoos]

Have to search through their albums. I’d say 3 songs I like enough to be interested in. None that I like a lot though. Queen probably slightly better but both shockingly overrated

Yeah, not by me. Well, not the Stones anyway. I don't mind Queen but I can take them or leave them. The Stones are at least in my all time top three. And the Stones up until the mid '70's were a very different beast to what came after.

I'm very interested in what albums you would look through.

 

[Dan Moody]

Have to search through their albums. I’d say 3 songs I like enough to be interested in. None that I like a lot though. Queen probably slightly better but both shockingly overrated

 

[revo333]

Camel-1973-81. Mellow, smart prog

I have just started my journey down the Camel rabbit hole.

I listened to Mirage and thought it was ok and then I listened to 'I can see your house form here' mainly because I like the album cover and I love it.

Guess I'm going to have to through all the albums now..

 

[stax on the mull]

Just a list of 10 UK groups that I enjoy listening to:

Wire
Spacemen 3
The Kinks
Television Personalities
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
The Raincoats
My Bloody Valentine
The Soft Boys
Wreckless Eric*
Dan Melchior*

* There's probably a distinction here between bands and solo artists, but as these two blokes front bands with various names so I've included them

 

[Eagle Of Destiny]

The Cure
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Pink Floyd
Tears for Fears
Genesis
Spandau Ballet
Pet Shop Boys
New Order