> 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?