wham49: Greatest English Band

tempest-- 05.16.17	Priest are my fav
butcherboy 05.16.17	Stones, kinks, buzzcocks or pistols..
hasan 05.16.17	good bands of england on the page haha i like motor head
polyrhythm 05.16.17	steady on there granddad, Radiohead are the obvious choice
manosg 05.16.17	Great picks wham. My choices would be Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and for number 5 I am between The Beatles and Pink Floyd and choose The Beatles by a hair.
tempest-- 05.16.17	tbf people who dig radiohead could be grandads now too, OKC came out 20 years ago so kids conceived then could be having kids by now
bloc 05.16.17	Wham duh
theNateman 05.16.17	The Smiths. Or Radiohead. I vote Radiohead. Or the Beatles.
theNateman 05.16.17	Or the Clash. Damn, British music is pristine
wham49 05.16.17	I know, personal pref, and granddad or not, which I am for sure not, I think There are many years, genres that England just crushes regardless of your age or tastes
CalculatingInfinity 05.16.17	Shpongle.
TVC15 05.16.17	Too many damn bands to list. The Brits breed the best musicians
InFlamesWeThrash666 05.16.17	Bring me the horizon
Jeffrulesyou 05.16.17	I'll take my granddad music any day of the week, you can count on it. Beatles Stones Zep Floyd Sabbath Maiden Queen Who Clash Kinks I'll leave it at 10, but Christ there's way too many to count.
TVC15 05.16.17	^Exactly
Joeman82 05.16.17	Queen, Beatles, Sabbath
neekafat 05.16.17	When is one of these gonna be a vote?
guitarded_chuck 05.16.17	P I N K F L O Y D
DamnVanne 05.16.17	Yes
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Easily beatles
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Oh and Kate bu$h :D
Titan 05.16.17	this is soooo easy, random order Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Iron Maiden Yes Pink Floyd
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Genesis and priest
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Marillion anyone? Hawkwind? Aha?
butcherboy 05.16.17	A tournament would be amazing, except the Beatles will predictably slide to a victory
claygurnz 05.16.17	Sabbath Zep Radiohead Pink Floyd Beatles
Titan 05.16.17	fuckin brits man......killer tunes
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Hail to England
RLWFormula 05.16.17	Godflesh
Grimlin 05.16.17	First five Uriah Heep albums are essential
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Bolt thrower
bloc 05.16.17	Depeche Mode New Order Pet Shop Boys
JamieTwort 05.16.17	Tull
sonictheplumber 05.16.17	Nice
Koris 05.16.17	My personal favorite is Queen, but there are so many to pick from... Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Uriah Heep, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Yes, Carcass, Beatles, Napalm Death, the list goes on
Satellite 05.16.17	the clash>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
CompostCompote 05.16.17	Rizzle Kicks
Papa Universe 05.16.17	Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wire, Gang of Four, The Cure, Pulp yeah, I'm one of those fucks
xfearbefore 05.16.17	Is it still hip to discredit the Beatles? I thought that fad was over with. 1. The Beatles 2-5 - Not The Beatles
Artuma 05.16.17	brand new probably
xfearbefore 05.16.17	no but if i'm serious 1. Beatles 2. Rolling Stones 3. Pink Floyd 4. The Smiths 5. Led Zeppelin yeah yeah cliched classic dad rock mostly, whatever, I look at my personal ratings and those are the British bands with the highest marks from me, and I'm working close to 2500 ratings now. There are just too many amazing British rock bands to cut it down to 5 and not disagree with other people.
zakalwe 05.16.17	The Who Beatles Stones Sabbath Deep Purple Zeppelin Floyd Tull Pistols The Clash Joy Division Motörhead Maiden The Smiths Stone Roses KLF Massive Attack Boards of Canada Radiohead Sleaford Mods Mostly copying from the yanks since '62 and showing 'em how it's done.
zakalwe 05.16.17	Boards of Canada are sweaties but fuck it.
rockandmetaljunkie 05.16.17	Can't pick a top 5, maybe a top 10 is more viable. Not in a particular order: Pink Floyd Black Sabbath King Crimson Deep Purple Iron Maiden Led Zeppelin Judas Priest Cathedral Motorhead Cream
Azertherion 05.16.17	Q U E E N
rockandmetaljunkie 05.16.17	Also Hail to England [2]
anat 05.16.17	queen are shite
AlexKzillion 05.16.17	Sabbath or Maiden or Radiohead idk... I guess I don't really fuck with english bands too hard
CompostCompote 05.16.17	Rizzle Kicks
Ocean of Noise 05.16.17	Beatles, Floyd and Radiohead are the GOATs
wham49 05.17.17	this is soooo easy, random order Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Iron Maiden Yes Pink Floyd I used to say yes over Genesis, not at all easy for me, the metal, 60's mainstream, 60's psyche, punk, prog, 70's everything
Satellite 05.17.17	ctrl + f "clash" 1 of 4 this is why nobody takes this site srsly
wham49 05.17.17	sounds like a project neek, I do not have the time right now, but what, start with 50 English bands and break down by ten till you get top 10, then vote on those, couldnt do it, would be too hard of a decision to vote out of whatever would be in the top 10, maybe after school and golf and softball, during June I could do it
heck 05.17.17	The Cure
wham49 05.17.17	Satellite the Clash suck, and nobody takes it seriously because there are no right answers only per. pref. except "the Clash Suck" lol chill and enjoy the discussions
Avagantamos 05.17.17	autechre pink floyd if they don't count
Dylan620 05.17.17	Radiohead
onionbubs 05.17.17	cure, clash, beatles, radiohead, joy division, portishead, slowdive (i think)
Satellite 05.17.17	you have dogshit taste in music and i will not chill
wham49 05.17.17	lol, just messing with you, and my choices on here can not be denied clash are fine but not my top 25 british bands
JigglyPDiddy 05.17.17	The Raincoats hands down.
Satellite 05.17.17	respect tbf there's no shortage of valid choices
AlexKzillion 05.17.17	Alright guys here's a better question... Greatest English Band formed after like 1985 that isn't Radiohead lmao
Ocean of Noise 05.17.17	The Clash are amazing, probably top 20, but not the best ever
wham49 05.17.17	would duran duran count
Satellite 05.17.17	#theonlybandthatmatters
Satellite 05.17.17	@ocean lolz
Satellite 05.17.17	@alex that's so much harder. off the top of my head i'll go with leatherface.
Avagantamos 05.17.17	pretty much all the best electronic musicians are from england, but they're not really bands per se
wham49 05.17.17	gary newman, but he was 79
Dewinged 05.17.17	Beatles, Maiden, Floyd, pff too many... The Brits know the trade.
JigglyPDiddy 05.17.17	Thom Yorke & The Radio Heads omg duh Massive Attack, puñeta.
Satellite 05.17.17	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytxv6XPa3E actually i take it all back. this is the correct answer.
Deez 05.17.17	Portishead and sabbath
JigglyPDiddy 05.17.17	i'd tap that
wham49 05.17.17	hilarious Sat. Smell the Glove best album
Artuma 05.17.17	the ramones
Divaman 05.17.17	It's got to be The Who. Greatest band period, English or otherwise.
theNateman 05.17.17	I didn't realize the cure were British. Throw that on my list too then. So Radiohead Clash Smiths Cure Beatles Pj harvey?
Artuma 05.17.17	the national have a song about england, does that count?
Artuma 05.17.17	"Boards of Canada are sweaties but fuck it." they are also not english but yeah
Demon of the Fall 05.17.17	According to my last.fm all-time rankings it's 65daysofstatic, so them obviously...
zakalwe 05.17.17	Sweaties = sweaty sock = jock = scot.
Artuma 05.17.17	k my bad
zakalwe 05.17.17	The Jam The Small Faces Cream The Buzzcocks Dr Feelgood The Cure Wire The Stranglers Happy Mondays Talk Talk Spiritualized Depeche Mode The Fall
zakalwe 05.17.17	The Chameleons The La's The Orb Underworld Orbital Judas Priest Napalm Death Sunhouse
guitarded_chuck 05.17.17	P I N K F L O Y D
synthstreaks2 05.17.17	Creedence Clearwater Revival
NeroCorleone80 05.17.17	personal top 5 Black Sabbath Crass Joy Division The Fall Whitehouse
efk241 05.17.17	Beatles Pink Floyd Black Sabbath Deep Purple Depeche Mode Radiohead Judas Priest
efk241 05.17.17	and Iron Maiden ofc
Ryus 05.17.17	the smiths runners-up: the chameleons, talk talk, this heat
Cygnatti 05.17.17	talk talk, the beatles, joy division
dbizzles 05.17.17	zak, I had to look up KLF and while I don't really much interest in their music, the bio was great. They sound like the coolest fuckers ever.
butcherboy 05.17.17	NeroCorleone - fuck, I forgot The Fall!.. definitely my front-runner.. band are just about the most punk thing in existence..
TheSpaceMan 05.17.17	PF
zakalwe 05.17.17	Yeah biz dude, KLF were the business and to be fair 50% scottish as well.
dbizzles 05.17.17	That's awesome. Definitely going to read up on them some more.
Crawl 05.17.17	Not enough Radioheads.
zakalwe 05.17.17	My take on it is this. It doesn't get better than America to kick things off. They are the real deal innovators but fuck me it gets franchised within 5 seconds and everything is diluted within a week. That spark burns bright though and it registers. It registered to undernourished kids with polio who played in streets that still bore the signs of WWII. Air raid shelters, ruins and bomb craters hence the Brit rock bands of the 60s and 70s had balls the size of Birmingham and couldn't give the first fuck about how straight their teeth looked until America called and tried to mold it. Brit punk initially harnessed that fuck it spirit and why not given how shite 70s Britain was but you can't control it. It died before it could be sold. Your 80s alt bands always carry that piss taking tounge in cheek attitude underneath the gloom while your Roses and electronic pioneers were genuine kids pilled off their tits being euphorically engaged and experimenting with new gadgets as well as their old instruments. 90s brought with it the package it, augment it franchise it bullshit and it's never been the same since.
JustLikeBart 05.18.17	Britain has a lock on the bands, America on solo artists.
wham49 05.18.17	holy Christ this was featured, I was away at a golf tournament all day yesterday and did not see it, great comment Zak I agree, also justlikebart It is funny how geography changes perception, If Cream were American they would be top 5 and hailed up with the Doors as one of THE bands, but in Britain they are just another band
KILL 05.18.17	two mentions of the who, fucking hell the who though, yea the who
Insurrection 05.18.17	the beatles obv
guitarded_chuck 05.19.17	the who ew
deslad 05.20.17	My top 5 would be Queen, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and The Beatles.
onionbubs 05.20.17	"ctrl f: blur" "zero results" what the fuck
WoodeeX 06.20.18	not only are King Crimson the greatest English band, they're the greatest band to walk this earth.
dlbk03 03.25.19	I feel bad only seeing five. Here's my top 10: 1. The Beatles 2. Black Sabbath 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Pink Floyd 5. Deep Purple 6. Judas Priest 7. King Crimson 8. Cream 9. Genesis 10. Yes