Who is your favourite British Band?

[escobert]

Okay, The Stones suck. Seriously.

Fo shizzle.


Pink Floyd I guess? I dunno. Oh yeah, Queen.

[Cuchulainn]

Okay, The Stones suck. Seriously.


THE CURE

You should be banned from having opinions on anything ever

[escobert]

Okay, The Stones suck. Seriously.


THE CURE

You should be banned from having opinions on anything ever

The Stones do suck. Paint It Black is about their only good song. the rest are just retard garbage.

[Pheesh]

Carina Round and Led Zeppelin for me.

Honourable mentions go to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath,The Prodigy and Fatboy Slim.

[Criminally Vulgar]

I only really put The Smiths in there because a lot of my friends hold them in high regard. I have a lot of time for Johnny Marr as he is an excellent musician. Morrissey is probably the most unlikeable front man of all time. Overrated lyrics and quite possibly the worst voice in recorded music history.

I really can't sympathise with you there. I'll accept that Morrissey is an idiot who is becoming increasingly difficult to like, but I can't fault his singing (which is still at a bloody high standard) and his lyrics remain some of the best I've heard in music. People weren't writing lyrics in pop songs like Morrissey was in the 80s. There's nothing mediocre about The Queen is Dead or Meat Is Murder, and arguably the whole landscape of 90s britpop would have been different without them (although I give Marr most of the credit for that).

Apparently Blur's Hyde Park show was hindered by serious sound problems. Would be such a titty note for them to finish on if that's it.

I dunno why we're ragging on the Stones when we have Muse in front of us here. New album is looking painful.

[Slothy]

Okay, The Stones suck. Seriously.


THE CURE

You should be banned from having opinions on anything ever

The Stones do suck. Paint It Black is about their only good song. the rest are just retard garbage.

Yep, and their best song has been covered better by other bands.

As for my favourite: I'm always going to have a soft spot for Led Zeppelin. Bonzo was just too smurfing good.

[Mercen-X]

I would never admit to being a fan of a British band... the Beatles.

[Pike]

What are you guys on about; "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is one of the greatest songs of all time.

[escobert]

What are you guys on about; "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is one of the greatest songs of all time.

Ok so they had 2 MAYBE 3 decent songs. Other than that they're completely overrated.

[Madame Adequate]

Duran Duran
The Police
Gary Numan
The Human League
Everything Pike mentioned
Queen
David Bowie
Eurythmics
Adam and the Ants
Tears for Fears
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Spandau Ballet
Depeche Mode
Aneka

[Pike]

MILF is the most correct in this thread so far.

[Psychotic]

still gutted Oasis lost battle of the bands. I mean I like Blur don't get me wrong, but Country House? Really? Come on now. Mind you, Roll With It wasn't the best too. Wonderwall vs Song #2. Let's do that.

Aneka

this.

[Slothy]

MILF is the most correct in this thread so far.

I don't care how correct he is if he's not even going to mention Led Zeppelin.

No matter what else anyone can say about them, Bonzo was a beast of a man. Pretty sure I saw him wrestle and kill a bear during Moby Dick on the Led Zeppelin DVD.

[Shorty]

Bauhaus
David Bowie
The Cure
The Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen

[charliepanayi]

Some of the obvious choices already mentioned (and I'm just thinking about bands here, rather than solo acts) - Radiohead, The Beatles, The Smiths etc. I'd like to give a mention to Super Furry Animals and My Bloody Valentine, the former in particular are hugely underrated.