Pick your Top 5 British Rock bands

[triplets_93]

Just the Top 5....

• The Beatles
  
• Led Zeppelin
  
• The Rolling Stones
  
• Pink Floyd
  
• The Who

 

[Hardline]

Just the Top 5....

• The Beatles
  
• Led Zeppelin
  
• The Rolling Stones
  
• Pink Floyd
  
• The Who

Pretty much what you have unless British heavy metal bands can be listed. It's a shame Queen can't be squeezed in there.

 

[triplets_93]

Pretty much what you have unless British heavy metal bands can be listed. It's a shame Queen can't be squeezed in there.

I would say we're using the RRHOF 'definition' of Rock...for this thread.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Tough call, in no particular order.
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath

 

[Vtwin]

Zeppelin
Jethro Tull
The Who
Black Sabbath
Rolling Stones.

Honorable mention:
Humble Pie

 

[mrmojo]

Just the Top 5....

• The Beatles
  
• Led Zeppelin
  
• The Rolling Stones
  
• Pink Floyd
  
• The Who

Spot on. Sabbath , Queen and the Clash honorable mention.

 

[Sarek]

Stones
Zeppelin
The Who
Floyd
Yardbirds

Agree with the Clash honorable mention, maybe even #5
The Cult very underrated would be somewhere in my top 10

You know your awesome when your in the same top 5 twice!

 

[CouchCoach]

Since the headline is British Rock and not British Invasion, I need either era or genre.

Need to fit bands like The Moody Blues, Yes, Black Sabbath, The Yardbirds, Queen, ELO and Kinks in there.

Not my thread so it's not my rules but don't have to play either. I also don't like being limited to 5 unless we're playing the Marooned on a Deserted Island game, that just happens to have electricity and a damned good sound system because if I am there alone, I am letting it rip wide open

The OP's 5 are a fine selection but would I put Zep in with those bands? Only because he wouldn't let me do genres.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Beatles
Rolling Stones
Dave Clark 5
Led Zeppelin
Wings

 

[cityochamps]

"Just the top five" Sorry OP I was born to break rules-unfortunately

My FAV top 5 main stream

Who
Moody Blues
Coldplay
Genisis
Yard Birds

My GOAT top 5 (not necessarily my favorites but like them all)

Beatles
Zep
Queen
Pink Floyd
Stones
Who- yeah thats 6 but know way i leave out my fav

Notable Brit Favs

Oasis
Clash
Fleetwood Mac-although not entirely British they formed in London in 67
Radio head
Police
I'll throw Sir Elton in this group although not really a band

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I noticed one band who hasn't been listed yet, Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Led Zeppelin
Cream
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Dire Straits

 

[CouchCoach]

OK, if I have to.

Beatles
Stones
Yes
Moody Blues
Led Zepplin

 

[Shinaoi]

Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The cure
David Bowie

 

[CouchCoach]

Speaking of Zep, and I was, doesn't it just piss you off when they call them a Heavy Metal band and even give them credit for the genre?

Jimmy Page addressed this one time and said they were closer to a Blues or Progressive Rock band than metal. And he wasn't slighting metal, just didn't like them being labelled wrongly.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Speaking of Zep, and I was, doesn't it just piss you off when they call them a Heavy Metal band and even give them credit for the genre?

Jimmy Page addressed this one time and said they were closer to a Blues or Progressive Rock band than metal. And he wasn't slighting metal, just didn't like them being labelled wrongly.

Zeppelin metal?
They were a wonderful mix of blues, hard rock, acoustic material and maybe a pinch of progressive rock.

 

[triplets_93]

Speaking of Zep, and I was, doesn't it just piss you off when they call them a Heavy Metal band and even give them credit for the genre?

Jimmy Page addressed this one time and said they were closer to a Blues or Progressive Rock band than metal. And he wasn't slighting metal, just didn't like them being labelled wrongly.

Jimmy once describes the ABC connection to LZ.
Arabic
Blues
Celtic

 

[Sarge]

The Faces.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Beatles
The Moody Blues
Rolling Stones
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
The Who

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

The Wildhearts
Therapy?
The Levellers
Gun
Bowie (As a 'band' in ZS period).