best "britsh" bands ever?

[isvicthere?]

The Pretenders.

Good one!

 

[mtbskalover]

christ this could take ages

aaaaaaaaaaaah

 

[Cheesypoof]

There is only one answer to this simple question:

The Libertines of course.

Drummer Gary Powell is American

 

[Major Tom]

Blondie

 

[Major Tom]

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[Major Tom]

Talking Heads

I assume you refer to the fact that David Byrne was born in Scotland?


The Breeders - surely at least one was English

 

[Sunspots]

Garbage (Shirley Manson's Scottish)

 

[Sunspots]

I assume you refer to the fact that David Byrne was born in Scotland?

Yep.

The Breeders - surely at least one was English

Josephine Wiggs

 

[stavros]

New Order? They did the England 1990 World Cup song featuring the legendary rap from Jamaica-born-and-bred John Barnes.

Can we say Ash? Northern Ireland is technically part of the UK but not Great Britain as I understand it, but Charlotte Hatherley is English.

 

[stavros]

Oh and as I remember neither Freddy Mercury nor Joe Strummer were born in Britain but in colonial Africa.

 

[Firky]

I assume you refer to the fact that David Byrne was born in Scotland?

Was he? Never knew that. Bloke's a fuckin' loon!

The Breeders - surely at least one was English

Aye, but I forget which one.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

The smiths.........tres fucking cool.....

And The Cure....

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

.

 

[bonjour]

Pink Floyd
The Kinks
The Libertines
The Beatles
Blur
Pulp
Led Zeppelin
Velvet Underground
Arctic Monkeys (I know they're recent but they do kick ass ALOT)

 

[onemonkey]

slash had the majority of the talent in GnR

 

[cyberfairy]

Bonzo dog doo dah band
belle and sebastian

 

[Tank Girl]

slash had the majority of the talent in GnR

ah damn you, beat me to it - I was feeling quite pleased with myself that no one else had mentioned it, today being guns and roses day, afterall

 

[Chamo76]

BRIXTON BORN BOWIE
and The KINKS: WaterLoo Sunsets fine

 

[Sweaty Betty]

Transvision Vamp

 

[Sunspots]

Maybe isvicthere? should've been a bit clearer, but I'm struggling to remember another thread where so many people have either misread, misunderstood or just plain disregarded the OP.

 

[Flashman]

It's gotten to the stage where I'm beginning to question my own sanity.

 

[Fledgling]

Joy Division

 

[JE:5]

Carcass
The Sisters Of Mercy

 

[isvicthere?]

Pink Floyd
The Kinks
The Libertines
The Beatles
Blur
Pulp
Led Zeppelin
Velvet Underground
Arctic Monkeys (I know they're recent but they do kick ass ALOT)

Read the OP! Which one of the Beatles (for example) was not British?!

 

[isvicthere?]

Maybe isvicthere? should've been a bit clearer, but I'm struggling to remember another thread where so many people have either misread, misunderstood or just plain disregarded the OP.

Thankyou!

If the OP was an inaccessible ream of cut and paste, the misunderstanding might be understandable. But one sentence!

 

[isvicthere?]

I name the guilty parties...

haylz
riot sky
dirtysanta
goldencitrone
mr nice
zenie
bonjour
chamo76
fledgling

I know some of you subsequently realised. The rest of you, kindly sign up to the editor's "reading the OP" special needs class.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Rancid - a yank band with a former Uk Sub

Feeder - have a yank guy in them

 

[POTBELLY]

PMSL at this thread

The KLF - Bill Drummond was born in S. AFrica
King Crimson - drummer Lee Mastelotto born in USA.

Both bands are

 

[kained&able]

Rancid - a yank band with a former Uk Sub

Feeder - have a yank guy in them

preety sure lars is american and born in california. not english.

and feeder have a jap innit?



dave

 

[Iam]

Lars Fredricksen is from Campbell, CA, as identified on the Bastards' first record.