I looked back at my choices and sat scratching my head thinking I reckon I've missed a band out ? How the hell did I miss out my favourite bands ! Free and Bad Company FFS ! Must be a senior moment. Nurse get rattles his tablets.Where are Free in your picks BBR?
Had a conversation recently with a fellow music fan. He said the best British bands in his opinion came in the decades from the sixties up to the nineties, and then stopped. So this got me thinking about my " favourite" British bands from those decades. Breaking it down to top 6 in each category here's mine.
60's. Beatles- Stones- The Who- The Kinks- Small Faces- Cream.
70's. Deep Purple - Black Sabbath - Led Zeppelin- Queen-Hawkwind- Genesis.
80's. U2- Simple Minds- Big Country- Iron Maiden- Motorhead - Tears For Fears.
90's. Radiohead - Oasis - Manic Street Preachers- Stereophonics- The Verve- The Charlatans.
Not easy choosing six bands, as many bands carried on through all the decades. Pink Floyd for instance !
Just British bands !
Yes I know but I put them in the decade I think they were at their best.4 of your 70’s bands are from the 60’s!
60’s Manfred Mann,The Who,Stones,Small Faces
70’s Slade,ELO,Sex Pistols,The Clash,The Damned,The Specials,Tubeway army,10cc,Ian Dury and the blockheads
80’s Madness,Simple Minds,Stone Roses,Transvision Vamp,Adam and the ants
90’s The Charlatans,Oasis,Blur,The Verve.
Saw Transvision vamp live twice at Aston Villa leisure centre they were great live and I had a soft spot for Wendy Jamesthat's an interesting list, some unexpected selections, thinking particularly Transvision vamp and Adam and the ants.
Saw Transvision vamp live twice at Aston Villa leisure centre they were great live and I had a soft spot for Wendy James
Adam and the Ants probably made one of my fav albums Kings of the wild frontier!!
I rarely try new or different music!!! I’m still stuck with a group of bands I’ve always loved. Maybe I need to look at some different genre/stuff to see if it can add something to my music taste. I’ll have a look at who you have mentioned as a starting pointI've been Massively getting into prog and psychodelia through the pandemic .
Procal Harem ,Brian Auger and the trinity with Julie Driscoll have some great material on YT .
Sure there's more will come to me when I'm not so tired but they were humongous at the forefront of the movement IMO.
Had a conversation recently with a fellow music fan. He said the best British bands in his opinion came in the decades from the sixties up to the nineties, and then stopped. So this got me thinking about my " favourite" British bands from those decades. Breaking it down to top 6 in each category here's mine.
60's. Beatles- Stones- The Who- The Kinks- Small Faces- Cream.
70's. Deep Purple - Black Sabbath - Led Zeppelin- Queen-Hawkwind- Genesis.
80's. U2- Simple Minds- Big Country- Iron Maiden- Motorhead - Tears For Fears.
90's. Radiohead - Oasis - Manic Street Preachers- Stereophonics- The Verve- The Charlatans.
Not easy choosing six bands, as many bands carried on through all the decades. Pink Floyd for instance !
Just British bands !
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