Not bad. For that side of the pond.
The World's Top Five Rock Bands are all British?
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Here ya go. The Band needs to be added for sure.
1stpitch
Tele-Afflicted
Boston
KISS
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
KISS
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
buster poser
Doctor of Teleocity
Q: The World's Top Five Rock Bands are all British?
A: No lol
A: No lol
bottlenecker
Doctor of Teleocity
Rock and roll was american.
Rock was british.
There are american bands that could be called rock that I like better than that list, but they all end up with some other word before "rock" in their description.
I know it's going to be hard for many of you, but try to remember music is subjective. There is no top.
Rock was british.
There are american bands that could be called rock that I like better than that list, but they all end up with some other word before "rock" in their description.
I know it's going to be hard for many of you, but try to remember music is subjective. There is no top.
And it was the “going to school” on those cats by the Brits that then took it further.
If you look back at the crap that was on the radio/being sold in record stores (in America I mean*) immediately prior to the Beatles and the scene that they made happen, it wasn’t pretty.
* And as bad as the top music was in America during the four or five years before the Beatles came, I can’t even imagine the horror show that was popular music at that time in Britain. Well, probably very similar to the most commercial Paul McCartney, that you can think of…
Say say say…
“My” (British) Top 5.
Squeeze
Rockpile
Beatles
Stones
Kinks
Honorable mention:
Wishbone Ash
Pretenders (I think Chrissie deserves honorary Brit status!)
Squeeze
Rockpile
Beatles
Stones
Kinks
Honorable mention:
Wishbone Ash
Pretenders (I think Chrissie deserves honorary Brit status!)
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ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
There is this
The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd's 1973 album, has been voted the Greatest Album Of All Time by Classic Rock readers. Other albums making the Top 10 included the second and fourth Led Zeppelin albums, plus Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite For Destruction
The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd's 1973 album, has been voted the Greatest Album Of All Time by Classic Rock readers. Other albums making the Top 10 included the second and fourth Led Zeppelin albums, plus Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite For Destruction
ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd's 1973 album, has been voted the Greatest Album Of All Time by Classic Rock readers.
And, though not the original bassist, Cliff Williams is English.
If I’m very bad in life, and I go to a scary firey place for eternity, I’m sure dark side of the moon will be playing nonstop.
Falls under my category of “music I never want to hear another note of ever again”.
When I hear that little David Gilmore in his falsetto singing “us us us, and them them them” I burst out laughing or get angry.
No debate here! Surf music was invented specifically by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, in Balboa, southern Cal, '60/'61, intentionally to put a musical form and sound to the feel of surfing, which he loved. Instrumental rock tunes already existed but Dick put the reverb unit on 11 (which he supposedly invented with Leo) and Fender guitar/amp (heavy strings Strat/Showman) sound to them; and tunes reflected the Spanish/Mexican music present in the region. The heavy rhythmic drum sound was influenced by the likes of Krupa and Rich whom Dick admired. In just a brief period, Dick's crowds at beach ballrooms like the Rendezvous in Balboa grew to the thousands every weekend; loads of other bands followed suit and the Beach Boys were close behind with harmonious vocals added. By 1965, Motown and (getting back on topic here!) the first British invasion of great bands, as well as political and social changes, contributed to the demise of the first Golden Era of surf. (I culled these bits and pieces from the great book "Southern California Surf Music, 1960-1966" by John Blair)
But anyway .. the top/biggest bands that come to mind for me
This side:
Allmans
Dead
J Airplane
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Springsteen/E Street
Van Halen
The other side:
Beatles
Stones
Who
Led Zep
Fleetwood Mac
Queen
Drifting ... out in the mid-Atlantic, on a giant party cruise ship - JH Experience
Guitarteach
Doctor of Teleocity
Not heard of them. UK too?
loopfinding
Poster Extraordinaire
in 20th century music, the americans mostly invent stuff, and the british mostly respond to it and refine it. just a consequence of the US being the global top dog.
americans invented rock n roll and garage rock. the brits turned it into what most people call rock.
americans invented psychedelic rock. the brits turned it into prog rock.
americans invented punk. the brits turned it into post punk.
americans invented hardcore. the brits turned it into d-beat, crust and associated genres.
americans invented that sort of mainline "i'm over hardcore" indie rock and the irish and the brits turned it into shoegaze.
we could go on and on. it happens outside of rock too, like the americans inventing techno and house, and the brits after 87 making techno and acid more industrial (the modern techno sound).
an outlier is the brits invented metal, it was the americans who responded and refined it into the modern thrash/death "extreme music" template.
americans invented rock n roll and garage rock. the brits turned it into what most people call rock.
americans invented psychedelic rock. the brits turned it into prog rock.
americans invented punk. the brits turned it into post punk.
americans invented hardcore. the brits turned it into d-beat, crust and associated genres.
americans invented that sort of mainline "i'm over hardcore" indie rock and the irish and the brits turned it into shoegaze.
we could go on and on. it happens outside of rock too, like the americans inventing techno and house, and the brits after 87 making techno and acid more industrial (the modern techno sound).
an outlier is the brits invented metal, it was the americans who responded and refined it into the modern thrash/death "extreme music" template.
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Redheadlvr
Tele-Holic
Top 5 is a very subjective list. Most I agree with,a few I don't.
LZ and RS are overrated.
And why isn't Uriah Heep mentioned? imo they're certainly better than some mentioned here.
LZ and RS are overrated.
And why isn't Uriah Heep mentioned? imo they're certainly better than some mentioned here.
Tele-beeb
Friend of Leo's
I suppose that means, if you don’t count The Eagles, KISS, BÖC, Aerosmith, Styx, Lynyrd Skynyrd… etc….
Double Stop
Tele-Afflicted
3/5ths of your Top 5 British bands would also be in my overall Top 5 bands regardless of their country of origin. Those being The Kinks, Beatles, and Stones. Out of those three, The Kinks would be my favorite if push came to shove.
The other 2 slots are always a revolving door for me as far as British “Rock” bands go. Those 2 slots could be filled by bands such as The Small Faces, Squeeze, David Bowie, The Move, The Who, Procol Harum, King Crimson, The Clash, The Jam, Van Der Graff Generator, Queen, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Wire, The Pogues, The Waterboys, Cocteau Twins, Black Sabbath, The Soft Boys, Syd Barrett Era Floyd, New Order, The Smiths, James, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Chameleons, 10cc, The Blue Nile, Teenage Fanclub, Badfinger, Led Zeppelin, Killing Joke, Super Furry Animals, The Specials, Incredible String Band, Deep Purple, Fairport Convention, The Zombies, Cream, ELO, and literally tons of other great bands from the British Isles.
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Tele-beeb
Friend of Leo's
Oh… if we expand to Canadian, RUSH’s catalog and walk outside of pentatonic blues boosts them right under the Beatles <opinion> but, with the condition… entirely true.
Springsteen? No way! I have to disagree. He has had no effect on the direction of music. Nothing would be any different without him. There is nothing original about him. He made a living trying to rewrite Woody and Dylan.
