This is my take....
01. Led Zeppelin
02. Yes
03. Pink Floyd
04. Beatles
05. Rolling Stones
06. Black Sabbath
07. Deep Purple
08. Kinks
09. Who
10. Yardbirds
Yardbirds would have been a lot higher if they lasted longer.... but
then there would have been no Led Zeppelin. So it was good they broke
up. I personally enjoy then more than the rest of the British Invasion
bands.
I though about Jimi Hendrix Experience but they narrowly missed out.
And plus there is a problem of Jimi not being British. I find Cream a
bit overrated even though they are held in high regard.
Some would say why not a single British band which formed after 1970.
I just dont think any of them were as good as these 10. I like bands
like The Police, Joy Division, The Sex Pistols, The Clash quite a lot
but I still dont think they were ever as good as these 10.
Here is a list of Brtish artists if you are interested....
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_artists-int-eng.html
1. The Beatles (Liverpool)
2. Rolling Stones (London)
3. Led Zeppelin (London)
4. The Who (London)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (London)
6. Pink Floyd (London)
7. The Clash (London)
8. Cream (London)
9. Elton John (Middlesex)
10. Queen (London)
11. Black Sabbath (Birmingham)
12. David Bowie (Brixton)
13. The Kinks (London)
14. Emerson, Lake and Palmer (London)
15. Fleetwood Mac (London)
16. Deep Purple (Hertford)
17. Joe Cocker (Sheffield)
18. Iron Maiden (London)
19. The Yardbirds (London)
20. Dire Straits (London)
21. Jethro Tull (London)
22. The Police (London)
23. King Crimson (London)
24. Moody Blues (Birmingham)
25. Rod Stewart (London)
26. Sex Pistols (London)
27. The Animals (Newcastle)
28. The Cure (Crawley)
29. Status Quo (Minehead)
30. Paul McCartney (Liverpool)
31. Cat Stevens (London)
32. Eric Clapton (Riply)
33. Sting (Newcastle)
34. John Lennon (Liverpool)
35. The Faces (London)
36. Genesis (London)
37. Electric Light Orchestra (London)
38. Peter Gabriel (London)
39. The Smiths (Manchester)
40. Yes (London)
41. Jeff Beck (Surrey)
42. Radiohead (Oxford)
43. The Hollies (Manchester)
44. Peter Frampton (Kent)
45. The Pretty Things (London)
46. Judas Priest (Birmingham)
47. Small Faces (London)
48. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (London)
49. Uriah Heep (Walthamsow)
50. Motorhead (London)
51. Oasis (Manchester)
52. Ozzy Osbourne (Birmingham)
53. Phil Collins (London)
54. Whitesnake (London)
55. George Harrison (Liverpool)
56. The Nice (London)
57. Eurythmics (London)
58. Manfred Mann's Earth Band (London)
59. Def Leppard (Sheffield)
60. PIL (Andover)
61. Osibisa (London)
62. Procol Harum (Essex)
63. Blind Faith (Aston-Tirrold)
64. The Stone Roses (Manchester)
65. The Dave Clark Five (London)
66. UltraVox (London)
67. Coldplay (London)
68. Robbie Williams (London)
69. Blur (Colchester)
70. Herman's Hermits (Manchester)
71. Massive Attack (Bristol)
72. Placebo (London)
73. Prodigy (London)
74. Mandala (London)
75. Free (London)
76. Traffic (Birmingham)
77. Gravy Train (Lancashire)
78. Joy Division (Manchester)
79. Ten Years After (Nottingham)
80. Depeche Mode (London)
81. Porcupine Tree (London)
82. Robert Plant (Staffordshire)
83. The Zombies (St Albans, London)
84. The Jam (London)
85. Henry Cow (London)
86. T-Rex (London)
87. Wishbone Ash (Devon)
88. Gomez (Southport)
89. Morrissey (Manchester)
90. Muse (Teignmouth, Devon)
91. The Verve (Wigan)
92. Humble Pie (Essex)
93. Van der graaf Generator (Manchester)
94. Rick Wakeman (Middlesex)
95. The Groundhogs (London)
96. The Darkness (Lowestoft)
97. Jesus and Mary Chain (London)
98. The Herd (Manchester)
99. Richard Ashcroft (Wigan)
100. Marillion (Aylesbury)
What is your top 10 British bands?
