Best British bands ever

scrumhalf

HerrMetal said:

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.

Which Charlatans? The first band to have that name were one of the first American psychedelic bands.

Jason

Rocker said:

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...

Are you sure?

Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, England, and christened at St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham. His mother, Philomena Lynott, was born in Dublin and his father, Cecil Parris, was from Georgetown, British Guiana.

Same place as me

Philly_Q

As my attempt to claim AC/DC as British was shot down (in flames) - effectively because they're an Australian-based band - then I think there could be an argument that Thin Lizzy were a British-based band (although not in their early days).

We've sort of drifted away from the original idea of this thread, haven't we?

Jalapeno

Jason said:

Rocker said:

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...

Are you sure?

Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, England, and christened at St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham. His mother, Philomena Lynott, was born in Dublin and his father, Cecil Parris, was from Georgetown, British Guiana.

Same place as me

Which ? West Brom, Dublin or British Guiana ?

Jason

Jalapeno said:

Jason said:

Rocker said:

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...

Are you sure?

Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, England, and christened at St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham. His mother, Philomena Lynott, was born in Dublin and his father, Cecil Parris, was from Georgetown, British Guiana.

Same place as me

Which ? West Brom, Dublin or British Guiana ?

West Brom, it may as well be a foreign country ;-)

darthed1981

Amazed to see no love for Girls Aloud or the Saturdays in here.

proggy

darthed1981 said:

Amazed to see no love for Girls Aloud or the Saturdays in here.

I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed for farting......

rustneversleeps

YES AND TEN YEARS AFTER.

Hattigol

proggy said:

darthed1981 said:

Amazed to see no love for Girls Aloud or the Saturdays in here.

I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed for farting......

rustneversleeps said:

YES AND TEN YEARS AFTER.

Was that intended to be a response to whether you would kick Girls Aloud out of bed for farting? If so, same answer here...

proggy

Hattigol said:

proggy said:

darthed1981 said:

Amazed to see no love for Girls Aloud or the Saturdays in here.

I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed for farting......

rustneversleeps said:

YES AND TEN YEARS AFTER.

Was that intended to be a response to whether you would kick Girls Aloud out of bed for farting? If so, same answer here...

Yes, it was.

Reverend

LightB4sound said:

Maiden 
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden
Maiden

Not enough Maiden for my liking 

FelineGuitars

list of 10 is impossible 
beatles
stones
kinks
small faces
who
Fleetwood mac......original version
yardbirds
shadows
led zep
purple 
sabbath
t rex 
sweet
slade
bowie 
the faces
queen
genesis
tull
ELO
etc etc

MagicPigDetective

The Smiths
The Cure
Beatles
Led Zep
Sabbath
Verve
Maiden!
Teenage Fanclub
Manics
Pink Floyd

viz

Duran Duran
The The
Talk Talk
Showaddywaddy
Kajagoogoo
Wet Wet Wet
Bow Wow Wow
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Soul II Soul
Lulu
etc etc

Philly_Q

viz said:

Duran Duran
The The
Talk Talk
Showaddywaddy
Wet Wet Wet
Mr Mister

Rhyming and/or repetition is definitely the hallmark of a great British band.  Can we add Bow Wow Wow and Sigue Sigue Sputnik?

(I think Mr Mister are American though)

Cranky

Just an observation.  Nobody's mentioned Peter Frampton yet that I've noticed.  I'm not saying he should be on the list, but he seems more popular in the States than in the UK, particularly given the nearly ubiquitous presence of his English peers of that same era on the lists being offered, e.g. Zep, Beatles, Stones, Floyd, etc.  Maybe his music hasn't aged as well as theirs?

Also, ten years ago I wouldn't have considered The Who, but now they'd definitely be on my top 10.  I fucking love their energy.

Cranky

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

RHCP, Linkin Park and Steely Dan?  I feel trolled.

Blueingreen

Philly_Q said:

As my attempt to claim AC/DC as British was shot down (in flames) - effectively because they're an Australian-based band - then I think there could be an argument that Thin Lizzy were a British-based band (although not in their early days).

We've sort of drifted away from the original idea of this thread, haven't we?

Apologies if someone has already made the point and I missed it but a similar and possibly better case could be made that the Jimi Hendrix Experience was a British band. Definitely based here and 2/3 British.

Philly_Q

Cranky said:

Just an observation.  Nobody's mentioned Peter Frampton yet that I've noticed.  I'm not saying he should be on the list, but he seems more popular in the States than in the UK, particularly given the nearly ubiquitous presence of his English peers of that same era on the lists being offered, e.g. Zep, Beatles, Stones, Floyd, etc.  Maybe his music hasn't aged as well as theirs?

I like Frampton a lot, but he's not a band.

Philly_Q

Blueingreen said:

Philly_Q said:

As my attempt to claim AC/DC as British was shot down (in flames) - effectively because they're an Australian-based band - then I think there could be an argument that Thin Lizzy were a British-based band (although not in their early days).

We've sort of drifted away from the original idea of this thread, haven't we?

Apologies if someone has already made the point and I missed it but a similar and possibly better case could be made that the Jimi Hendrix Experience was a British band. Definitely based here and 2/3 British.

Yeah, they are mentioned somewhere in the thread.  You could say that Hendrix was very much the main man in that band and he was undoubtedly American, but on the other hand, would he have had anything like the same career if he hadn't come to London in 1966?  I guess I do think of the Experience as a British band.