Music: Please rank these British bands on how much you like them

[Elvis P]

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The Clash
The Kinks
Black Sabbath
The Who
David Bowie

The Yardbirds, The Animals, Queen, Roxy Music, T. Rex, The Jam, Radiohead, The Smiths, Oasis, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Blur, Joy Division

Please rank these British bands on how much you like them. U2 is an Irish band.

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[Saturated Fats]

Sure, why not?

David Bowie
Pink Floyd
The Beatles

Joy Division
Radiohead
(Van Morrison)
Black Sabbath
The Clash

The Stone Roses
Queen
Led Zeppelin
The Cure
The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
The Kinks
Blur

T. Rex
Roxy Music
The Jam
The Who
Oasis

Can't fairly rank The Specials

 

[Shareefruck]

Tried to just do all British acts instead, based on personal appreciation. Probably something like this for me:

Genius/Absolute Favorite
1. Brian Eno

Brilliant
T2. The Beatles
T2. Joy Division
4. Robert Wyatt/Soft Machine

Great
5. Public Image Ltd.
6. Aphex Twin
7. Pink Floyd
8. Talk Talk
9. Radiohead
10. The Durutti Column

Very Good
11. David Bowie
12. Gang of Four
13. Autechre
14. New Order
15. Portishead

Good
16. The Kinks
17. The Fall
18. The Clash
19. Led Zeppelin
20. Wire
21. The Pop Group
22. The Who

Positive
Van Morrison
The Rolling Stones
The Sex Pistols
Orbital
John Cale
Roxy Music
The Stone Roses
Echo and the Bunnymen
Stereolab
The Chameleons
The Sound
Future Sounds of London
Burial

-- Anything below this point, I generally don't care to listen to much.

Neutral
XTC
The Smiths
The Cure
Black Sabbath
Nick Drake
PJ Harvey
Jethro Tull
The Zombies
The Raincoats/The Slits
King Crimson
The Buzzcocks
Fleetwood Mac
Squarepusher
This Heat
T.Rex

Negative
Genesis
Yes
Elton John
Queen
The Specials
Super Furry Animals

Bad
Oasis
Muse
The Arctic Monkeys
Keane
Coldplay
The Jam
The Libertines

Terrible
Gorillaz
Blur
Franz Ferdinand

 

[Shareefruck]

Oh right, for some reason I had it the other way around in my head for Hendrix.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Sure, why not?

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Joy Division
Radiohead
Black Sabbath
The Clash

The Stone Roses
Queen
Led Zeppelin
The Cure

The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
The Kinks
Blur

T. Rex
Super Furry Animals
Roxy Music
The Jam
The Who
Oasis

Can't fairly rank The Specials

imagine thinking Blur is better than the who.

 

[Rpenny]

Lot of strange rankings

 

[All Mod Cons]

Most influential bands (in no particular order)

Beatles
The Who
Rolling Stones
The Specials
Oasis
The Jam
Stone Roses
The Smiths
Kinks
The Clash
Joy Divison
Happy Mondays
Ocean Colour Scene
The La's
Charlatans

More recent bands
Milburn
Libertines
Courteeners
Kasabian
Hard Fi
Jamie T
Dogs
Rifles
Arctic Monkeys

Special Brit Pop mentions
James
Pulp
Supergrass
Shed Seven
Bluetones
Cast
The Verve
Dodgy
Seahorses
Stereophonics

Others mentions:
Small Faces
Sex Pistols
Buzzcocks
New Order
Richard Ashcroft
Elbow
Doves
Plan B
Madness
Inspiral Carpets

 

[Tuna99]

No Radiohead!!!

 

[Saturated Fats]

imagine thinking Blur is better than the who.

Imagine just criticizing someone else's rankings without posting your own for similar scrutiny.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

imagine thinking Blur is better than the who.

I’m sure there are a multitude of people who do. I listen to Blur a lot more than The Who, a band I’ve never been able to get into despite trying several times.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Most influential bands (in no particular order)

Beatles
The Who
Rolling Stones
The Specials
Oasis
The Jam
Stone Roses
The Smiths
Kinks
The Clash
Joy Divison
Happy Mondays
Ocean Colour Scene
The La's
Charlatans

More recent bands
Milburn
Libertines
Courteeners
Kasabian
Hard Fi
Jamie T
Dogs
Rifles
Arctic Monkeys

Special Brit Pop mentions
James
Pulp
Supergrass
Shed Seven
Bluetones
Cast
The Verve
Dodgy
Seahorses
Stereophonics

Others mentions:
Small Faces
Sex Pistols
Buzzcocks
New Order
Richard Ashcroft
Elbow
Doves
Plan B
Madness
Inspiral Carpets

If you’re talking influence, the Sex Pistols are easily one of the most influential acts to ever exist. I’d argue they’re just next to the Beatles in that respect. I believe several of the bands on this list started their band directly after seeing the Sex Pistols perform.

The Sex Pistols' 1976 Manchester "Gig That Changed the World," and the Day the Punk Era Began | Open Culture

 

[kihei]

Beatles
Radiohead
The Clash
David Bowie
(Talk Talk)
Roxy Music
Led Zep
Rolling Stones
The Who (if live performance were factored in, The Who leads the league)
The Kinks

Pink Floyd
(Portishead)
(Traffic)
(Bryan Ferry)
(Robert Plant)
(My Bloody Valentine)
(Cream)
(Pretenders)
Joy Division
(Durutti Column)

(Eric Clapton)
The Cure
(New Order)
(The Police)
(Public Image,Ltd)
(Genesis)
(Wings)
Queen
(Muse)
(Donovan)

(Squeeze)
(Dire Straits)
(Simple Minds)
(Elvis Costello)
(Wishbone Ash)
(Yardbirds)
Oasis
Stone Roses
(Gang of Four)
(XTC)

(Yes)
(Coldplay)
The Jam
The Animals
(Depeche Mode)
(Faces)
T-Rex
The Specials
Black Sabbath
Blur
The Smiths

 

[All Mod Cons]

If you’re talking influence, the Sex Pistols are easily one of the most influential acts to ever exist. I’d argue they’re just next to the Beatles in that respect. I believe several of the bands on this list started their band directly after seeing the Sex Pistols perform.

The Sex Pistols' 1976 Manchester "Gig That Changed the World," and the Day the Punk Era Began | Open Culture

Absolutely. I included them in the wrong category. Spawned Factory Records and the 2nd best movie (after Quadrophenia) ever made 24 hour party people.

 

[tacogeoff]

I will be ranking them on my own enjoyment and not commercial success as the OP didn't state on what merit to rate them.
Will not include those bands whom I have not listened to.

1 HM Coldplay (if we are including a 90s band in Oasis)
2 Black Sabbath
3 Queen
4 Radiohead
5 The Rolling Stones
6 Oasis
7 The Beatles
8 Led Zeppelin
9 The Who
10 Pink Floyd
11 Blur
12 David Bowie
13 The Cure
14 Joy Division

 

[San128dis]

1) Napalm Death
All the rest.

 

[Mescaleroman]

Well since you said please , here are my faves from the op. Will get around to a personal fave list later.
Love All Mod Cons list.

the Jam
Bowie
the Who
Stone Roses
the Clash
Joy Division
Roxy Music
Pink Floyd
the Beatles
the Kinks
the Stones
Led Zeppelin
the Cure
the Specials
Blur
the Smiths
Oasis
Queen
Radiohead
T-Rex
Black Sabbath

 

[WetcoastOrca]

The Beatles


Bowie


Pink Floyd

The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Joy Division
Black Sabbath
Roxy Music
The Who

Led Zeppelin
Queen
Radiohead
Oasis

The Clash
T. Rex
The Jam
The Smiths
The Cure
The Stone Roses
Blur

 

[peate]

Yardbirds? Really, no one thought of them?

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Joy Division is my favorite band on this list, but I can’t put them over the motherf***ing Beatles.

the Beatles
Joy Division
Bowie
Pink Floyd
The Clash
The Smiths
The Rolling Stones
The stone Roses
Oasis
Blur
Queen

The rest I haven’t listened to enough to accurately rank. I’m not gonna judge The Who for example on the 5 songs of theirs I listen to every couple of months

 

[Mescaleroman]

Yardbirds? Really, no one thought of them?

kihei mentioned them , I'm shocked no one has listed the Animals

 

[peate]

kihei mentioned them , I'm shocked no one has listed the Animals

Millennials.

 

[Chili]

Dire Straits
Simple Minds (from Scotland)

Edit: Didn't see those two mentioned above initially (now I do)

The Moody Blues

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I can't rank all these, too many bands I don't listen to and won't pretend I can judge fairly. What I can tell is that I have unconditionnal love for:

The Beatles
The Kinks
Cardiacs (haven't seen them mentionned yet - you need to get to know them)

And huge respect for:

XTC
Led Zep
David Bowie
Aphex Twin

 

[Pattysaurus]

The Beatles
Queen
David Bowie
The Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Joy Division
The Who
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Clash
The Cure
The Kinks
The Smiths
T. Rex
Radiohead
Oasis
The Stone Roses
Blur

 

[montreal]

for me from the ones I listen to it's,

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin

Queen
Radiohead

The Who
The Rolling Stones

David Bowie
The Kinks