The 5 greatest british bands

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[DallasBiff]

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[T.B. Yoits]

Def Leppard is much farther down the list.

In no order; Queen, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Cream, The Yardbirds, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, The Police, Motorhead, and Deep Purple would be ahead of them.

[Omnivore-Dan]

OMG! How could I not mention Dire Straits? I’ve seen them many times, one of my favorites. Mark Knopfler has a very distinct sound, and his vocals and lyrics are very cool. Great backup band, I was communicating for a while with Guy Fletcher, multi-musician and all around nice guy. Elo were another great one, Van Morrison, Ten Years After, so many. Some awesome bands here also, late 60’s & 70’s. Then came disco crap and rap crap.

[HYPOCRACY]

Ha! Awful.

[Omnivore-Dan]

Didn’t Ginger Baker play drums for them for a while? I vaguely remember something like that.

[dfwgator]

Didn’t Ginger Baker play drums for them for a while? I vaguely remember something like that.

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Are you thinking of Lemmy?

[Dr.Deth]

Post-Syd and pre-DSOTM was a more interesting era than given credit for. The final Syd Vyd for Jugband Blues is just haunting. Some self-indulgent wankery to be sure, but some shimmering heights too: I reference Gilmour's solo on this low-rent live of Let The Be More Light. You could probably get the Floyd boys to play your daughter's sweet 16 for a few quid in that era. Man.

[Omnivore-Dan]

I don’t believe the Beatles had that much impact. We had some very good and much more talented bands then the Beatles. Allman Brothers, Hendrix, Joplin, Johnny & Edgar Winter, Dylan. I don’t think any of them were inspired by the Beatles. Same with a lot of the British Bands. Don’t get me wrong, I like a lot of the Beatle’s stuff, but I just don’t think they were great rock musicians, more pop than anything. Imho.

[Burma Jones]

Def Leppard?? That’s like a list of great political figures that includes:

1. Washington
2. Lincoln
3. Reagan
4. Trump

5. Lindsey Graham

[dfwgator]

You interview the guys from all those bands, and I would guess most of them would say that seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show is what inspired them to get into music.

[Seruzawa]

Def Leppard. Ha!

Roxy Music.
Humble Pie.
Bonzo Doodah Dog Band.

[crusty old prospector]

They can’t even beat out the likes of Cyndi Lauper or some obscure rapper to get in the RRHOF. But yes, I would prefer them over the first five. Throw in The Cure, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, and so forth.

[Skooz]

Rock n roll was dying a slow death when the Beatles showed up. Every band since 1964 was influenced, directly or indirectly, by the Beatles.

[Seruzawa]

Meddle and Momentary Lapse of Reason.

[mitch5501]

Huw, now there’s someone who was vastly under rated.

[Seruzawa]

Hawkwind! Listened last week

[Mariner]

Beatles
Stones
Sabbath
LZ
Humble Pie

[Fledermaus]

R and R was just getting started. The late 50s and early 60s was still syrupy pop.

Only a handful of bands (Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Elvis). But yes, the Beatles started a trend with the British invasion.

[mitch5501]

He did indeed. ‘79 ‘80 and then (according to Ginger himself) “the world’s best drummer was sacked by the world’s worst bass player “

[Sirius Lee]

1) Genesis

2) Emerson, Lake and Palmer

3) Yes

4) Pink Floyd

5) King Crimson

[mitch5501]

You shouldn’t do that 8-)