The Greatest British Rock Band

[KublaKhan]

I picked the Floyd, because there my second favorite band to Rush.

 

But, many on there ruled.

[nebbish]

Page, Plant, Jones & Bonham

[Hatchetaxe&saw]

QUOTE (nebbish @ Jan 26 2007, 10:12 AM)

Page, Plant, Jones & Bonham

They sorted out my income tax last year. Great firm.

[nebbish]

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jan 26 2007, 11:20 AM)

QUOTE (nebbish @ Jan 26 2007, 10:12 AM) Page, Plant, Jones & Bonham They sorted out my income tax last year. Great firm. Yeah..me too! I made a mistake on mine and they said it was Nobody's Fault But Mine

[Huck]

QUOTE (nebbish @ Jan 26 2007, 02:23 PM)

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jan 26 2007, 11:20 AM) QUOTE (nebbish @ Jan 26 2007, 10:12 AM) Page, Plant, Jones & Bonham They sorted out my income tax last year. Great firm. Yeah..me too! I made a mistake on mine and they said it was Nobody's Fault But Mine

[Skirmshander]

voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me....

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I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity

...anyway...

[Huck]

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM)

voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me.... . I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity ...anyway...

 

Weller's a god and his solo career is excellnet too. Saw him the other month live

 

Radiohead are one of the best British bands of modern times without a doubt

 

 

[Skirmshander]

QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 10:33 AM)

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM) voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me.... . I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity ...anyway...   Weller's a god and his solo career is excellnet too. Saw him the other month live   Radiohead are one of the best British bands of modern times without a doubt Thanks!   he's totally underappracited in the US, but he doesn't seem to care anymore (which is cool, aside from the fact that i nver get to see him anymore)

[Huck]

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:54 PM)

QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 10:33 AM) QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM) voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me.... . I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity ...anyway...   Weller's a god and his solo career is excellnet too. Saw him the other month live   Radiohead are one of the best British bands of modern times without a doubt Thanks!   he's totally underappracited in the US, but he doesn't seem to care anymore (which is cool, aside from the fact that i nver get to see him anymore)   Following his award at the Brits I read that Paul's playing at least one gig in the US this year, watch this space!!!

[EmotionDetector]

QUOTE (priest_of_syrinx @ Jan 23 2007, 04:56 PM)

Everybody will vote for The Beatles because they're The Beatles, but I'm going with Genesis.

Exactly Friend! I'm with you!

 

If we are discussing strictly 'impact' on the music scene, then everyone could make several arguements for The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and so forth.

 

You look at this list...and it's incredible. So many amazing bands came from the UK over the years, and there are still many great ones missing!

 

But...I'm going with one of my all-time favourite Prog-Rock bands:

 

GENESIS!!

 

PS. Listen to 'HOME BY THE SEA'...incredible epic, and one of the greatest songs ever written!

[Skirmshander]

QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 11:22 AM)

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:54 PM) QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 10:33 AM) QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM) voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me.... . I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity ...anyway...   Weller's a god and his solo career is excellnet too. Saw him the other month live   Radiohead are one of the best British bands of modern times without a doubt Thanks!   he's totally underappracited in the US, but he doesn't seem to care anymore (which is cool, aside from the fact that i nver get to see him anymore)   Following his award at the Brits I read that Paul's playing at least one gig in the US this year, watch this space!!! he's playing or has played a career retrospective in New York City.... Saw him twice on Illumination tour and once solo acoustic....

[Huck]

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 03:35 PM)

QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 11:22 AM) QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:54 PM) QUOTE (Huck @ Jan 26 2007, 10:33 AM) QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM) voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me.... . I think that The jam should have definitely been on the list.....critical favorites, and popular, genre bending, and Weller called it quits at the top of thier popularity ...anyway...   Weller's a god and his solo career is excellnet too. Saw him the other month live   Radiohead are one of the best British bands of modern times without a doubt Thanks!   he's totally underappracited in the US, but he doesn't seem to care anymore (which is cool, aside from the fact that i nver get to see him anymore)   Following his award at the Brits I read that Paul's playing at least one gig in the US this year, watch this space!!! he's playing or has played a career retrospective in New York City.... Saw him twice on Illumination tour and once solo acoustic.... Yeah I think that might have been it.   The Illumination album was not one of his best, "As Is Now" though is a very good album, a lot rawer and more up tempo. The retrospective tour was excellent with a good mixture of Jam and solo stuff.   Here's some pics my wife took at the gig...   http://usera.imagecave.com/Ignacious/weller7.jpg   http://usera.imagecave.com/Ignacious/Weller1.jpg

[softfilter]

OASIS, Just ask Liam and Noel....!

[mikeroach113]

PINK FLOYD is the greatest british band! And "The Wall" is the greatest album of all time!

[softfilter]

I think the strawbs should at least be mentioned, they had as many different members as YES one time or another..... ( including Rick Wakeman was a strawb!)

And Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention was a strawb. The strawbs a prog/glam band other times folk Very good probably not great. But always interesting with skilled musicians and song writers.

Edited February 1, 2007 by softfilter

[*Limelight*]

For me it's either the Creative Blues Rock Of Led Zeppelin

Or The Prog Pysch rockers Pink Floyd.

 

Both bands have there share of great albums

And memerable songs.

 

Can't choose between them.

 

[D-13]

Brit rock and pop is my fav genre! So many good bands!

[PuppetKing2112]

QUOTE (Skirmshander @ Jan 26 2007, 06:30 AM)

voted for Radiohead...go ahead and mock me....

Now why the hell would I do that? Radiohead is the greatest currently-active band in the world.

[barchetta90480]

Ignoring the Beatles, as they're in a category they only fit themselves, it's nearly a tie between The Who and Deep Purple ...

 

 

... with the Who winning, as Moonie beats Paice (slightly), Daltrey beats Gillan (still by a slim margin, with both miles ahead of Plant), "Who's Next" beats "In Rock" (quite clearly), and Townshend beats Blackmore (by light years).

 

Whereas - "Rapture of the Deep" is far more agreeable and modern than last year's Townshend and Daltrey retirement home studio release.

[GeddyRulz]

The greatest was probably the Beatles, but if we're picking favorites I'd say either Led Zeppelin or the Who.

[GeddyRulz]

QUOTE

Townshend beats Blackmore (by light years).

 

As a songwriter, composer, and visionary... yes. But as a guitarist, Blackmore's got him beat. Townshend was essentially a rhythm guitarist; not much of a lead player, and certainly no wizard.

 

BTW, I'm presently reading a Townshend biography, "Behind Blue Eyes."

[treeduck]

QUOTE (barchetta90480 @ Feb 4 2007, 12:12 PM)

Whereas - "Rapture of the Deep" is far more agreeable and modern than last year's Townshend and Daltrey retirement home studio release.

Yeah I like that album, all the Morse-Purple albums are good...

[Stickman]

Iron Maiden

[barchetta90480]

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Feb 4 2007, 07:44 PM)

QUOTE Townshend beats Blackmore (by light years).   As a songwriter, composer, and visionary... yes. But as a guitarist, Blackmore's got him beat. Townshend was essentially a rhythm guitarist; not much of a lead player, and certainly no wizard.   BTW, I'm presently reading a Townshend biography, "Behind Blue Eyes." A pretty good biography, as I recall ...   Still, I even think Townshend was a "wizard" superior to many, including Blackmore (yet not Morse or Clapton). Some sounds on Live At Leeds or other live recordings are simply amazing and technically high class.

[wide angle watcher]

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