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What are your top 10 favorite?

 

Mine are..

 

1) Radiohead

2) Charlatans UK

3) The Cure

4) Blur

5) Elbow

6) Morrissey/The Smiths

7) Duran Duran

8) Depeche Mode

9) Echo and The Bunnymen

10) New Order tie with Oasis

 

* I don't have the Beatles, David Bowie, The Who, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Rolling Stones on here...I like em but don't even know how to rank them

 

I changed the title to clear confusion...English bands only! :guitar

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I was gonna say, BESIDES The Beatles?

 

The Kinks

Nick Lowe/Brinsley Schwarz/Rockpile

XTC

Martin Newell/Cleaners From Venus

Rolling Stones

David Bowie

Blur

John Cale

Wire

Bonzo Dog Band

 

And, if Scottish bands count: Belle & Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub would change my list a bit.

 

EDIT: how could I forget XTC?!?!

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LED ZEPPELIN

Beatles

Radiohead

The Who

Stones

XTC

Elvis Costello

PJ Harvey

Steel Pulse

Black Sabbath

 

and i like some Smiths, Cure, Squeeze, Clash, Bowie, Kinks, Peter Gabriel, etc... but never considered them among my favorites.

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The Beatles

The Kinks

The Zombies

The Rolling Stones

The Who

David Bowie

T.Rex

Small Faces/Faces (a bit of a cheat here)

Black Sabbath

The Move

 

10 ain't enough so a few more...

 

Nick Drake

Nick Lowe

Elton John

Badfinger

The Action

Radiohead

The Smiths

Joe Meek

The Creation

XTC

 

and if we're doing Irish/Scotish/Welsh:

 

Van Morisson

Thin Lizzy

Belle and Sebastian

Super Furry Animals

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Yeah, I forgot some of my favorites:

The Move/Roy Wood

 

And again, if Irish, Scottish, and Welsh count (I already mentioned a couple Scots):

The Pogues

Super Furry Animals

Thin Lizzy

Cate Le Bon

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As a lot of you seem unsure - 'Britain' actually means England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. Unless the topic-maker meant 'English Bands' and said that by a mistake.

 

Anyway, assuming it's correct:

 

The Beatles

Fairport Convention (including Sandy Denny solo, and early Richard Thompson with his wife - cheating, i know)

The Kinks

The Super Furry Animals (including solo Gruff - cheating)

The Incredible String Band

Van Morrison

Led Zeppelin

Bert Jansch (including Pentangle - more cheating)

Brian Eno (including early Roxy Music - and yet more cheating)

John Cale

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As a lot of you seem unsure - 'Britain' actually means England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. Unless the topic-maker meant 'English Bands' and said that by a mistake.

 

Eh, no it doesn't.

 

Britain is England, Wales and Scotland. You are confusing Britain with the United Kingdom (which is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

 

Spacemen 3

 

Wow, first time I've seen Spacemen 3 mentioned on this forum! Probably my favourite band ever.

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...and the ones that everybody knows but you can't ignore

 

...

Radiohead

...

Not a Radiohead fan.

They are not even in the same ballpark as the other ones that you mentioned, as far as I am concerned.

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Kind of surprised that King Crimson didn't show up here somewhere. If solo artists are being considered, then Jeff Beck must be added to the list; if not, then the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Nicky Hopkins will do. IF we're going UK, then I've got to add Rory Gallagher.

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