American Reacts to Top 10 British Rock Bands!

I'm afraid this collection barely scratches the surface...

The Kinks are so underrated. It terms of songwriting about observing normal life around them and telling a story, their influence goes right through to the likes punk in the 70s, New Wave in 80s, Brit pop in the 90s and even the likes of emo and pop punk in the 00s. And writing songs like Lola pushed the boundaries of that sort of topic like no one else of that era. The Kinks are so much more influential than the normal Joe on the street gives them credit for

Roger Waters recalled the Beatles' influence on Pink Floyd in an interview, "I learned from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison that it was OK for us to write about our lives, and what we felt... that we could be free artists, and there was a value in that freedom." That's why The Beatles will forever be #1

Not surprised they didn't make the list but as a teenager in England in the early 70's one of my favourite groups was Free. I love their blues/rock sound and the guitar of Kossoff, the bass of Fraser and the voice of Rogers.

Kinks, Deep Purple, The Who...those bands are real rock history. And without them the contemporary music would not be the same as it is today. And the Beatles must of course be the top of the tops because they were not only the first but also the most successful, most influencial and most high-quality band in history.

With Queen at # 4 all that is left is the Stones, Led Zep, the Beatles. It has been since the 60's really

England, the greatest music nation in history? Never has a country so small produced so many great singers and bands. The list just goes on and on.

That's the first time, in my 50-year-long life, that I've heard someone say "I've never heard of The Who, or Deep Purple"! I'm finding it to be a strange experience. hahaha!

I'm not even a big fan but Black Sabbath deserve a mention

Black Sabbath should have had at least an honourable mention

The original Fleetwood Mac with Pete Green before going soft. The Green Manalishi with the two pronged Crown live. Free, Paul Rodgers a brilliant singer went onto sing in band called Bad Company see that song by the same name performed live.

Joel you're doing very well because most of this stuff is at least twice your age. The beauty of British music is that we generally have had much more freedom of speech than most other countries and so, individuality and creativity have room to flourish. The down side of that is that many creative people working together in a group can clash. The differences of opinions from listeners reflects this. It's very subjective and that's the beauty of it. The important thing is that we have had the freedom to express ourselves. BTW loving your quips, you are developing your British polite sarcasm well 😂 Keep expanding your knowledge base. Everyone has their own opinion, the important one for you is yours.

Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Free, ELO, The Cult, Whitesnake (early) , Status Quo, The Stranglers, an endless list

Can't have a list of British rock without David Bowie. One of the best ever music artists . Watch the video Bowie-Heroes. A wonderful live performance in Berlin 2002.

Totally agree - and Waterĺoo Sunset for me is one of the most beautiful songs of all time

I reckon ELO well deserve at least an honourable mention here! 🙂

Black Sabbath is missing: the first heavy metal (as opposed to heavy rock) band.

UK rock bands have ruled the music world since the 1960's

During my 20's Dire Straits were my favourite band along with Cold Chisel. Im now a 59 yo Aussie Grandfather and still love 70's, 80's & 90's Rock Bands.

Queen and Pink Floyd would be my top two, but, having said that......... Darn it's hard, just so many good bands came out of our tiny island nation.