Great British bands?

Question

i'm making a compilation for my american friend and need classic british music.

Answer 1

A few for each important decade:

The Kinks.
The Who.
The Beatles (obviously).

Bowie.
Queen.
Slade.

Oasis.
Blur.
Suede.
Pulp.

The Kooks.
The Fratellis.
Razorlight.

Answer 2

Hank Marvin & The Shadows
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Animals
The Who
The Yardbirds
Cream
The Hollies
The Moody Blues
Savoy Brown
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
Van Morrison & Them
The Clash
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Procol Harum
The Move
The Kinks
Traffic
The Jam
Ten Years After

And you could add the early incarnation of The Jimi Hendrix Experience since Jimi emigrated to England to form his first band and Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding are British.

Answer 3

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Gorillaz, The verve, the stone roses, Travis, Manic Street Preachers, Family, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Suede, Pulp, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Huski, Soft Cell, The Jam, The editors, Roxy Music, The chameleons, T-Rex, Edgar Broughton band and The small faces.

Answer 4

The Rolling Stones, U2, Led Zepplin, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Pink Floyd, The Boomtown Rats, The Stranglers, The Who, Roxy Music, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, The Clash, The Darkness, Queen, Deep Purple, White Snake, The Police just to name a few great British Bands!

Answer 5

Muse, Radiohead, Blur, Stone Roses, XTC, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, The Fall, The Jam, The Kinks, David Bowie (nothing from the years '82 - 93 though!), Manic Street Preachers, Madness, The Specials, Roxy Music

Answer 6

Led Zeppelin,The Who,Rolling Stones,Queen,David Bowie,Deep Purple,The Jam,The Police,Simple Minds,Iron Maiden,UFO,Blur,Oasis,The Verve,Radiohead,Manic Street Preachers,Franz Ferdinand,Stereophonics.

Answer 7

Iron Maiden, The Beatles, The Who, Hawkwind, Whitesnake, Wings, Queen, Motorhead, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Sex Pistols, Tenpole Tudor, The Clash, Slade, T-Rex, Mud, Sweet, Sham 69, Yes, Manfred Mann, Pink Floydd, The Buggles, The Stranglers, Wizzard, Free, Cream, Status Quo, Uriah Heep, The Kinks, bad Company, Tom Robinson Band, Stiltskin, Rainbow, Buzzcocks, The Police, Dire Straits, Blur, Oasis, Judas Priest, UK Subs, The Darkness, The Freshies, The Jam, Bow Wow Wow, The Undertones, Roxy Music.

Answer 8

U2 are 100% Irish. They are a proud Irish Band and a dam good one also. Basically one of the best bands in the world!! They are not British.

The best British band has to be Queen.
Cannot beat them.

I love Queen. Absolutely brilliant stuff....

Iron Maiden are class also!!

Answer 9

Muse, Radiohead, Franz Ferdindand, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Suede, Queen, The Streets, Eurythmics, Manic Street preachers, Massive Attack. Good mix of old and new!

Answer 10

Pink Floyd
The Clash
The Cure
The Who
Oasis

Answer 11

OASIS!
The Who
The Cure
The Clash
Deep Purple
THE BEATLES!!
Travis
Radiohead
The Verve
Coldplay
David Bowie
Blur
Muse
Franz Ferdinand