American Reacts to British Music Geography!

[@tastyf1974]

So many great artists missed, probably due to his age. But Phil Collins, Kate bush, peter Gabriel, amy winehouse, genesis, Rod Stewart, Annie Lennox, Eric Clapton, Dire Straights, Fleetwood Mac, Ed Shearan, spice girls 😂 the list goes on

[@julianaylor4351]

Dire Straits.

[@benjames9158]

Doubt it’s got much to do with age?? Everyone knows those artists.

[@Davidishh]

You can't mention age when he mentions The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Animals 😂

[@johnord684]

Joy Division,Budgie(Wales) The Cult .

[@crimsonwizard2560]

@@johnnyboy-f6v I was gonna say that.

[@1320martyh]

No Scottish list is complete without a mention of Nazareth, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Primal Scream and Biffy Clyro. In Ireland you must include Rory Gallagher and Thin Lizzy.

[@AmethystDew]

In Northern Ireland please include the awesome Gary Moore, Ash, Snow Patrol, Stiff Little Fingers, Therapy?

[@ianoo23]

Rod Stewart was missed off the video and your list 😂😂

[@1320martyh]

He is a Londoner 😂@@ianoo23

[@DayVid2.0]

Word ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rickb.4168]

Thin Lizzy? Born in Birmingham, raised in Manchester to an Irish Mother and Guyanan Father. But no Scottish list is complete without The mighty Mike Scott (Waterboys) The Skids Big Country The amazing Beta Band The Aliens K T Tunstall Steve Mason A.k.a King Biscuit Time, Black Affair. Soup Dragons

[@johnreilly9452]

When he comes to Scotland the video ommitted the legendary Annie Lennox from Aberdeen .

[@i67x]

The best in my opinion!

[@davidkennedy6184]

For good or bad Annie is more exposed now due to the beautiful LOTR song, Into the West. I hope it’s helped more hear her unique and amazing voice.

[@johnreilly9452]

@davidkennedy6184 I'm not sure you can claim Into the West exposed her to more people now , that was 21 years ago in 2003 she had won 4 grammys prior to that and was awarded the Billboard century award in 2002 and her songs are still played globally. I personally think the creator of the video being reacted to did very little research apart from pull and album from their own collection . Simple Minds have always had a huge live following Travis barely made any impact Franz Ferdinand have faded but Annie has endured

[@davemack7577]

Big Country, Runrig and Capercaillie - You can't talk about Scotland and not mention them!

[@LordOfLight]

She's Nigerian.

[@unclenogbad1509]

Quick fact: it isn't called 'Great Britain' because it's Great - even though it is, obviously. There's also a 'Britain' (Bretagne/Brittany) in France, home to a Celtic people called the 'Bretons', close relatives of the Cornish and Welsh in the UK. Hence, they're the 'Little' Britain, and we're the 'Great' (as in Big) Britain. Meaningless fact, but hopefully clears up a question nobody ever asked.

[@Geese-farting-in-the-wind]

Yeah, it's really simple. The British Isles, are a collection of Islands. The big one is called Great Briton. Because it's the biggest.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Not just the cornish and welsh but every native englishman has briton ancestry

[@unclenogbad1509]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek I'd guess so, though the Saxons didn't turn up until later. Linguistically, Breton is most like Cornish and Welsh, in the Brythionic group. I'm more on the Goedelic side, myself.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@unclenogbad1509 english translates to land of the angles but its just a geographical term now.

[@unclenogbad1509]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Yes. 'Britain' if course comes to us from the Roman's - though technically that never included what is now Scotland,

[@TheCornishCockney]

Dire Straits,The Who,Genesis,Yes,Bowie,DeepPurple,Average White Band,Cream,The Clash,Alan Parsons Project,T Rex,Slade…….and many many more. Has Britain got talent? You can bet a years fucking wages we have!

[@mikekelly5869]

I don't get wages for fucking! Where do I sign up?

[@lemsip207]

Most of the bands I like are from the UK and then after that the USA and then after that other English speaking countries. Then the odd French act.

[@TheCornishCockney]

@@mikekelly5869 🙄

[@jamesgraham814]

Wales also produced Badfinger, The Super Furry Animals, Catatonia, World Party, Feeder, Catfish and the Bottle-men, 60ft Dolls, The Alarm, Scritti Polliti, The Spencer Davies Group, Duffy, Ricky Valance, Mary Hopkin, Underworld, Katherine Jenkins, Steve Strange, Pino Palladino, Charlotte Church, John Cale from the Velvet Underground, Roger Glover from Deep Purple… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@roseyperkins1058]

Thank you so much I have been scrolling for 5 minutes trying to find some to say about wales I was yelling charlotte church, Stereophonics, catatonia and I don’t care what people say I don’t like Tom jones

[@lemsip207]

Gorky Zygotic Mynci and Amen Corner as well.

[@lucetteketley9114]

World Party were Irish.

[@tonnaboy10]

Wales also produced Charlotte Church, Feeder, Catatonia, Super Furry Animals, Badfinger, Shakin Stevens and Ren amongst many more.

[@markyoungman148]

And you've still yet to apologise for Charlotte "hand-wringing-lefty" Church

[@matt-fh6hb]

Iron Maiden and the whole NWOBHM scene not mentioned again. Despite being hugely influential of music and some of the biggest selling artists worldwide.

[@unclenogbad1509]

Also missed out on the only real geographical link I can think of. Those pioneer Hard Rock bands mostly came from places like Birmingham and Sheffield, centres of heavy industry, where they grew up surrounded by the sound of steam hammers and shunting trucks. Tony Iomi (may Heaven bless him) recalled going to school and being able to feel the pounding of heavy forge hammers through the floor. I guess being quiet wasn't an option after that, and we're all the better for it. Rock on, fella.

[@hairywelder5188]

And Maiden did it with barely any mainstream media attention, I can still remember hearing Holy Smoke on Radio 1 in 1990 during the day and being amazed

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Also didn't mention Judas Priest in Birmingham... forgot joy division from manchester but mentioned oasis🤢

[@Codex7777]

Ren needs to be added to either the Wales or Brighton lists. The most talented British artist today! :) Other notable omissions... The Yardbirds, The Who, Cream, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, Free, Bad Company, Yes, Genesis, Phil Collins, Kate Bush, Rod Stewart, ELP, Yes, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Dire Straits, Culture Club, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Def Lepperd, Iron Maiden,Billy Idol, The Eurythmics, Yazoo, The Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Soul to Soul, The Prodigy... and many others too numerous to mention... :)

[@DeeDeeLowryLegs]

And Chinchilla, and the rest of the big push

[@fayesouthall6604]

Easily- he’s brilliant

[@SteveG-k8q]

Lol another renegade, 🤣 😅 We're spreading 😂😂❤

[@Giggirl]

💯 another #renegade here 😬🎶

[@CirTap]

​@@DeeDeeLowryLegsI was under the impression Daisy's originally from London .

[@alex-E7WHU]

Half man half biscuit. A fine British band indeed.

[@5imp1]

Joy Division oven gloves.

[@ftumschk]

99% of gargoyles agree.

[@mathuxley7264]

Welcome back my friends, to the song that never ends...

[@Jimdixon1953]

I could’ve been like Lou Barlow, but I’m more like Ken Barlow.

[@mericet39]

Your impression of Enya is..... indescribable. And - did you know Portishead were named after... Portishead? (A town about 10 miles from Bristol)

[@helencox644]

Just found your channel a few days ago. I live in England. I LOVE your reaction videos - great fun and you are such a cool chap. Binge watching your stuff whilst been ill on the sofa for a few days! All making me smile - also interesting and informative. Keep ai it 🎉

[@eddisstreet]

Not just music - these tiny islands have also produced Shakespeare, Donne, Rowling, Wilde, Austen. several Brontes, Dickens, Tennyson etc etc etc

[@richarddenman1413]

Not forgetting Ian Fleming, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Joyce, Conan Doyle, J. R Tolkien,

[@Robonord427]

@@richarddenman1413 Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, George Eliot, Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie, C.C. Lewis, Thomas Hardy & Chaucer.

[@mariachester950]

We are wonderful islands..rhe beauiful language.....

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@Robonord427sir tim Berners-Lee. Forgot his name for a sec and was about to just say the Internet bloke

[@tonnaboy10]

Dylan Thomas, Ivor Novello, Roald Dahl

[@DerekSuffolk]

You've got such a calm soothing voice. Love your appreciation of good British music.

[@cousingoober]

I have the belief that outside these islands we are looked at as a very staid group of people until we get drunk and turn into lunacunts. The truth is all classes have a code of conduct that we naturally learn. The Excentric is normally frowned upon in most other societies but here we have a natural talent for seeing the difference between a danger and a genius. I do believe it is an island thing.

[@mikekelly5869]

Top marks for best descriptive word of 2024. Lunacunts is perfect!

[@nicksykes4575]

Robert Plant is from West Bromwich, about 20 miles from where Bonzo was born, JPJ is from Sidcup in Kent (SE England), and Jimmy Page is from Heston, a suburb of London.

[@johnodonnell1506]

Dark Lord of Heston, Middlesex.

[@paulhanson5164]

Birmingham is the largest part of an urban sprawl called the West Midlands, there are a few notable omissions from this list, Stevie Winwood and Christine McVie are from Birmingham and John Bonham and Robert Plant are also locals. Quite a few other major artists from the area as well, UB40, The Specials and Judas Priest been amongst them.

[@annicecooper8105]

Coventry just down the road too was big on the SKA scene in the early 80's.

[@chrisofnottingham]

FYI, I'm English and 60 years old and I still haven't internalised it. What I can say is that when you go to any of the other countries, they feel like different countries, it isn't just a line on a map.

[@eddiehawkins7049]

I'm 66 and from Essex. Going across the Thames to Kent seems like going to a different country. 😂

[@johnvissenga328]

or North into Suffolk 😎@@eddiehawkins7049

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@eddiehawkins7049might be because you're not used to hearing people speak normally 😂

[@NurseTwoFeet]

One of the reasons I heard the UK has so many musical artists is because of the weather and that we spent too many hours in our youth bored indoors. Whether this is apocryphal I'm not sure but it makes sense to me, growing up on this rainy island.

[@jameslewis2635]

Some of the more influential bands that were missing from this list include Deep Purple (formed in London), The Stranglers (Cambridge), The Clash (London), The Sex Pistols (London), Budgie (Wales), The Cult (Bradford), The Sisters of Mercy (Leeds) and Thin Lizzy from Dublin, Ireland. Deep Purple, Budgie and Thin Lizzie were all had an influence on Metallica with all three having some of their songs included on Metallica albums. The Budgie tracks 'Breadfan' and 'A Crash Course in Brain Surgery' can both be found on Metallica's 'Garage Days: Revisited' album as can 'Whisky in the Jar' which was popularised by Thin Lizzy. The Deep Purples track 'When A Blind Man Cries' was included on Metallica's latest album, 'Hardwired... To Self-Destruct' The Sisters of Mercy and The Cult were both influential goth bands. The Clash, The Stranglers and The Sex Pistols are arguably the most successful bands of the punk era spanning the late 1970's to early 1980's.

[@fcnelson978]

When I was at school in the 70s/80s we had an English teacher that played jazz , art teacher that was into 40s music and maths teacher into pink Floyd that played guitar , and would teach you at lunch time if you were interested , last days before holidays they would play music in class good days

[@scotthooton7478]

The fact that you had to mention Joy Division and New Order & he neglected to speaks volumes - add to that 10cc the Hollies

[@LUTONTOWN1]

A Stunning amount of Bands left off this list.

[@grahamgresty8383]

Don't go looking for a beach in Bristol, it's slightly inland on a tidal river (Avon). 'Severn beach' is the nearest and this is a muddy stretch of the Severn estuary.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Weston super donkey is the nearest beach

[@grahamgresty8383]

Proper beach- yes, but still mud when the tide's out hence Weston-super-mud!

[@lisap6584]

An old work colleague from Germany, missed the beach so made her Bristolian husband take her to the nearest one. She had never been so disappointed in her life at her first sight of Severn Beach lol.

[@jamesbendle4235]

Didn't even mention the 'Surrey Delta': blues rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page all grew up within a few 10s of miles of each other in SW London (and surroundings) and were all playing gigs in the same pubs and small clubs in the early to mid 60s (with the Rolling Stones, Elton John etc all playing in the same pubs).

[@jamiegormer1010]

Newcastle,you missed out Mark knofler of dire straits also acdc ,Brian Johnston

[@unclehamish]

Mark Knopfler was from Glasgow.

[@valcavanagh9522]

Acdc were from Australia

[@anthonyh4745]

@@unclehamish his mother was a geordie.

[@stevecockburn1993]

Mark was born in Glasgow but raised in Blyth, he considers himself a Geordie as did Stan Laurel who was born in Ulverston.

[@janephilpott6565]

Loved your thoughts on this! Here is some extra detail.... When I was 14, I asked my mum (who is a subscriber to your channel!) to spend my pocket money on one of two singles: Hush by Kula Shaker (from the south east /London ) or One to Another by the Charlatans (apparently from West Midlands, but I always thought they were from Manchester). I asked her to choose which one to get and surprise me. She chose One to Another because she preferred it. I'm glad she did! Both cracking tracks, check them out if you don't know them already! One to Another means so much more to me these days because my mum picked it ❤

[@danielgardecki1046]

2:49 No. As he just explained, Van Morrison is from Northern Ireland, therefore he is British.

[@blackbob3358]

Depends if ya in east or west Belfast, mush. Have you asked him ? Sweeping statements, 1046, are imbecelic ?

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@blackbob3358 I don't need to ask him, as whatever he says is irrelevant. Like all the people born and raised in the UK who claim to be Pakistani, Jamaican, Nigerian etc... It doesn't matter what they say, they're British whether they like it or not.

[@peadarruane6582]

@@danielgardecki1046 Actually check up a little thing called the Good Friday agreement, and you'll find that people of the 6 counties have a choice. Secondly, even if they choose British citizenship politically, doesn't change that they are still Irish.

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@peadarruane6582 Except it does because they were born in the UK.

[@peadarruane6582]

@@danielgardecki1046 Under the GFA the Irish and British governments "recognise the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments and would not be affected by any future change in the status of Northern Ireland."

[@Danstarr69]

*Bradford's Noise Of The Valleys* Volume 1, 2 and 3 - Are books which document some of the 100s of *Bradford* artists from 1967 to 2009, although I suspect they mainly focus on our *Rock, Metal* and *Punk* acts, rather than our countless *House, Bassline, Grime, Hip Hop, Reggae, R&B, Pop* etc acts.

[@KirstinDisney1990]

I'm Scottish but lived in Bradford for nearly 20 years. I was so surprised at how many famous bands came from there and Leeds!!!!!!

[@danielgardecki1046]

@@KirstinDisney1990 There's 100s from Leeds and Bradford. The original website for the site now named *Music:Leeds* (originally a local magazine if I remember correctly) used to list of all the acts they knew about from Leeds... As expected, that list (which I only looked at a few times) contained some acts from Bradford, which Leeds tried to claim as their own as usual.

[@KirstinDisney1990]

@@danielgardecki1046 yes!!!!!

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Ah, The legendary (and tragic) Susan Fassbender!

[@jackjames3190]

The reason has to be education. We are surrounded by history and that can be thought provoking. In schools we are introduced to Shakespeare and other classics that themselves read like musical songs and poems. But I think good education is the main factor.

[@speleokeir]

I think there are several reasons Britain & Ireland produce so many great bands: 1) The celtic tradition for music and singing. Music being a compulsary part of the school curiculum. 2) The BBC. We had the worlds first broadcasting company of both radio and television. Popular music really took off in the 60s with a golden age of pirate radio stations playing popular music followed by BBC Radio 1 and 'Top of the Pops' on BBC1 which was watched by EVERY kid in Britain, many of whom dreamed of being on the show one day themselves. 3) A culture of encouraging music and bands, going to gigs and music festivals, etc. Being in a band is aspirational, the same as being a footballer. Plus it's a good way to get girls and if you're any good fame & money. It's not hard for a new band to get gigs at their local pubs. 4) A thriving record industry. There's a lot of money in it so record companies are always on the look out for the next big thing, so more opportunities than probably any other country. You could say the same for the US, however US record companies pressure bands to stick to tried and tested formulas and use well known song writers instead of doing their own material. In Britain whilst the big labels do that too there are also plenty of small independent labels who are prepared to let bands do their own thing which encourages creativity. It's notable that a number of big US bands and artists first became big in Britain before they made it in the States. e.g. Jimi Hendrix, Blondie, The Killers, Lana Del Rey, Green Day, arguably Paul Simon, etc. 5) Britain is a melting pot of different cultures including music, so we have access to lots of different musical influences, celtic folk, American rock, West Indian Regae and Ska, European electronic, etc, etc. N.B. A couple of famous Scottish bands that he didn't mention are Big Country and Simple Minds.

[@jimreid4367]

JJLA Reacts , Did you know ? Back in the 60s when Paul McCartney was forming The Beatles his younger brother Mike formed a successful band called The Scaffold and in some of their earlier recordings was Elton John . Their hits include Liverpool Lou , Lily the Pink , In my Liverpool home , Thank You very much . The band recorded lots of their songs at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London where The Beatles did their recordings .

[@irene3196]

Thanks! Now I can't get Lily The Pink out of my head!

[@jimreid4367]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂@@irene3196

[@neuralwarp]

Paul's nanna worked as the cleaner in my Nan's pub in Hornchurch, Essex.

[@nessiferum6200]

JJ I would love to hear more of your music business stories and just music in general, maybe a good idea for a second channel? Love from the UK!

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

He mentioned Birmingham briefly but missed out bands like Judas Priest (one of the founders of the Heavy Metal genre), and two-tone bands from nearby Coventry such as UB40, The Selecter, and The Specials, to name just a few. Two-Tone, a mix of SKA, Reggae and punk was developed in Coventry but taken up by other bands such as Madness, and Bad Manners from London. As well as some great individual artists from the region. I think that we produce such a number and range of artists is due to a number of factors, including a very rich musical history, including ecclesiastical and classical genres, and a strong musical industry in the form of instrument makers and music shops everywhere etc as well as being very influenced by early American Rock and Blues music especially.

[@seanspeed214]

Glad Echo and the Bunnymen got a mention as they are the second best band to come out of Liverpool after you know who.

[@vertigo10yearsago25]

Not much competition then , not saying they aren’t a great band , but nowhere near as much variety as the likes of Manchester and Birmingham

[@nicw5574]

I got confused at his explanation there at the beginning and I'm from Britain 😲 We had music lessons at school, but my musical talents only extended to playing the recorder badly. Love listening to music though. Great video, thanks for sharing. Wishing you well 😀

[@TheZackkary1]

I’ve watched loads of your videos now. What I really like is how nice it all is, to be honest the subject matters aren’t always mind-blowing or click-baity, but that’s what’s cool - just nice and chilled. And what a f*cking lovely voice! Seriously… I’m genuinely jealous of that voice!

[@Rasperdan]

Not sure how old this vid is but when it comes to Wales you have to include Ren. For the record he is taking the internet by storm. His song "Hi Ren" is a masterpiece.

[@TalisSolepsis]

Oh hell yeah - mind you, this is a pretty old vid.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Only discovered Ren after he covered Back On 74 by Jungle. He’s a genius. His video to Bitter Sweet Symphony might be my favourite. Hi Ren is heartbreaking 😢

[@SteveG-k8q]

I'm glad to see other renegades spreading the word on random videos, keep up the good work mate 👍 😂😂❤

[@SteveG-k8q]

​@@fayesouthall6604have you watched the tales yet?

[@jmillar71110]

Completely agree! Love Ren😊

[@advanced_ict]

They didn't mention Neil Tennant of the Pet Shops - not only is he also from Newcastle, but I believe that he went to the same school at Sting.

[@Padraig1916]

In the early 60s, I went to the American Folk-Blues tour and saw Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, Lightnin Hopkins and other greats. This was an annual show that toured England annually from 62 to 67. Richards. Jagger, Page etc etc all went and cited it as an influence. The performers all found the lack of colour based rules and mores refreshing. One had escaped a chain gang in the 30s and had hidden in swamp land for 30 years.

[@asylumgamingcartel6137]

im surprised with yorkshire list Chris Rea wasnt mentioned he was born in Middlesbrough, and newcastle how can you not add Lindisfarne to the list such a under rated group

[@damianstarr1696]

Middlesbrough is a tricky one, traditionally it’s Yorkshire, but the brief stint as county Cleveland muddies the waters and current unitary authorities makes it its own place atm. Culturally i would say the place has more in common with the North East than say Bradford or Hull. I’m from the top of North Yorkshire and the change in accent in the space of 20 miles is far greater than the difference in accents between Leeds and Barnsley

[@vernonbear]

Jethro Tull, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Cardiacs, Runrig, Capercaillie, Frank Turner, Pink Floyd, Massive Wagons, Levellers, Ferocious Dog, Jamie Cullum, Status Quo, Ricky Warwick, Marillion, The Darkness, The Police, Ozzy, The Hollies, Professor Elemental and that’s a two minute trip through my mind. Some of the slightly less popular musicians are producing some great stuff.

[@oneshak]

There's a hundred more artists just from London alone such from Amy Winehouse to Iron Maiden to Sade to MF Doom and the names just go on and on. This video is mainly focused on rock bands however.

[@jonronton]

Wet Leg are awesome! Also, agree with the mention of Ren (full name Ren Gill) from Wales/Brighton

[@richmorris2870]

I’m from Worcestershire and I love when Americans try to pronounce it 🤣 we pronounce it here ‘wuh-stuh-shuh’

[@neuralwarp]

And Birmingham is BOO-mig-ub.

[@CirTap]

Make this the World. I believe very few people outside the UK can pronounce it correctly despite they very likely have a bottle of Worcestershire Sauce in their cupboard 😂

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Wuh stah SHEER

[@richmorris2870]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek are you from here?

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@richmorris2870 yep

[@JedidiahRose1]

You're one of the softest spoken American's I've ever come across, particularly in these reaction videos.

[@adrianboardman162]

Music aside, the way he actually described the UK and Ireland is actually easier to understand than what I was taught in school. Just little bite sized chunks that are easy to take in and remember. Not 2 hour lessons trying to cram all of it in, in one go.

[@ckpalmeiras1318]

Though remember Ireland and its islands don’t view themselves as being part of anything called “the British Isles”. It will sound like something from a hundred years ago to them, like saying Belgium Congo or Prussia. British people will then say, it’s not political it’s just a geographical term, and then ten seconds later after being told off for claiming Cillian Murphy or whoever as British will say, well he’s from the British Isles…proving the Irish point that it is a British colonial and political term not simply geographical.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Portishead is a place near Bristol. It is pretty dark. 😅

[@StevenQ74]

Strange he did not mention Dire Straits(Formed in London, but Mark Knopfler was raised in Newcastle but born in Glasgow) and Genesis from Surrey

[@GeorgeKing-ms1vy]

Eric Clapton, Genesis and Peter Gabriel alone make Surrey worthy of a mention.

[@Ayns.L14A]

No mention of Brian Johnson from AC/DC? he's from Newcastle, (I'm showing my age here) Hank Marvin, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Ferry, The Lighthouse Family, Maximo Park, Neil Tennant, Angelic Upstarts.......................

[@scottmasson3336]

Don't forget the Scots guys in AC/DC.

[@Ayns.L14A]

@@scottmasson3336 the ones i mentioned are all from my area,... Newcastle

[@NDKY67]

The UK had a very dependable welfare system throughout the second half of the 20th Century, which really helped give bands time to rehearse and play gigs without have the annoyance of having to work. I’m sure this gave us the edge over other countries, bands had plenty of time to develop their sound and image, you could leave art collage and become a rock god without starving in the process.

[@Tykewarrior]

That’s a very interesting point.

[@DekkardBryon]

@@Tykewarrior I've heard it before, it was BS then and it's BS now. There isn't a single reason why there's so many 'big names' from Britain but if we insist on looking for one the British class system (which was MUCH more obvious pre-1990's) is the place to start. The very idea it's the welfare system is itself, classist.

[@jacob8565]

UB40 a British Reggae band is named after a welfare form

[@mikekelly5869]

To be fair, what else COULD you do after leaving art college?

[@lowri.williams]

Saw an interesting interview with Belle & Sebastian in Green Man festival a few years back where they discussed exactly this point.

[@waltbarratt200]

Birmingham was a big industrial area with steel works and engineering shops, the name “heavy metal” comes from Deep purple black sabbath all having worked or growing up listening to that sound 🤟🏻

[@BlueJay2929]

I live near Brighton, beaches get packed in Summer

[@abigail1st]

Scotland also has KT Tunstall, Donovan, Annie Lennox, The band Marillion, Lulu, Sheena Easton, Gerry Cinnamon, Midge Ure…….

[@iantrott9152]

An excellent video, you must check out a hidden UK gem, Marillion, who are based in Aylesbury :)

[@UsInSearchOfMeaning]

Runrig, from the Isle of Skye… Alestorm from Perth plus loads of folk and Celtic music…

[@pinkpolly88]

Because us Brits (especially us from Birmingham) are magnificently talented beings! It's just in our DNA.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

I have a feeling Birminghams horrible architecture, atmosphere, poverty and industrial damage was a big influence on heavy metal... then they all left for a nice place 😅l😂

[@mark-nm4tc]

Hi, I'm in Bristol...no beach but we do have a suspension bridge, gorge, colourfully painted houses etc 🙂

[@joshua.910]

Jeff lynne from ELO and Roger Taylor from Duran Duran grew up less than half a mile from each other. I love probably 100 metres from the house Roger Taylor grew up in.😅

[@annicecooper8105]

Love the fact that even after 30+ yes in the US Jeff Lynne still sounds like he's just popped in from Solihull 😃

[@lesh4357]

Skipped over my part of the world a bit, North East England. Half of Roxy Music, Dire Straights, one of Fleetwood Mac (Jerremy Spencer), Chris Rea, Brian Johnston(AC/DC), Neil Tennent(Pet Shop Boys), Trevor Horn (producer), David Coverdale, Paul Rogers (Free), Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and more.

[@phillipwatson9906]

It's well known that Britain is the centre of the music universe and you haven't made it until you make it here 👍🇬🇧

[@howardchambers9679]

Odd how many British bands don't think they've made it till they break the USA

[@blackbob3358]

Aye, if they're chasing the shillings, mr Chambers. T'was a dumb statement by mr watson, mind.

[@atinukeladipo2164]

Dude you’ve just casually been working with famous artists. Like just throwing that in there. I need a story time.

[@danielgardecki1046]

Here are some singers, rappers, composers, deejays, producers, and other musicians from *Bradford, West Yorkshire.* *Zayn Malik* (from One Direction). *Kimberley Walsh* (from Girls Aloud). *Ricky Wilson* (from Kaiser Chiefs. Former judge on The Voice). *Mickey Dale* and *Mike Heaton* (from Embrace). *Bob Hardy* (from Franz Ferdinand). *Tim Booth* (from James. Their single "Sit Down" appeared on the long walk trailer for "Game of Thrones" season 7). *Colin Gibb* (born Colin Routh) (from Black Lace) *Pauline Matthews* aka *Kiki Dee* (mainly known her duet with Elton John for the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"). *Gareth Gates* (mainly known as the runner up in the 1st series of Pop Idol). *Melissa Steel* (mainly known for the single "Kisses for Breakfast"). *Natalia Keery-Fisher* aka *Natalia Kills* and *Teddy Sinclair* (mainly known as the controversial former judge on X Factor Australia). *Tasmin Archer* (Brit Award winner mainly known for the song "Sleeping Satellite"). *Jake Brook* aka *Lunar C* (mainly known as a "Don't Flop Entertainment" battle rap legend. He's collaborated with a lot of the biggest names in Grime and Hip Hop music like Raekwon, KRS-One, DJ Hoppa, 360, JME, Ghetts, Mic Righteous, Scrufizzer, Ocean Wisdom, Skinnyman, Sway, Jehst, Manga Saint Hilaire, Orifice Vulgatron, Flexplicit, Black the Ripper, Shotty Horrah, Rizzle, Yungen, Labrinth etc X Factor winner James Arthur, world champion beatboxer Ball-Zee, and the KZbin star KSI. He supported The Game on his 2020 UK tour, and has supported people like Hopsin, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Hi-Rez, Lowkey etc in the past). *Heather Peace* (mainly known as an actress, but has focused more on music in recent years). *Thomas Sampson* aka *TS7* (mainly known as a Bassline music legend, and Kiss FM deejay). *Manjeet Singh Ral* aka *Manj Musik* and his brother *Surjeet Ral Singh* aka *Surj RDB* (from the RDB aka "Rhythm Dhol Bass" which they formed with their late brother Kuljeet Ral Singh. They've collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ludacris and T-Pain. They mainly work on Bollywood film soundtracks now at studios in Dubai and Hollywood). *Haq Nawaz Qureshi* aka *Aki Nawaz* and *Propa-Gandhi* (from Fun-Da-Mental and Southern Death Cult). *Tony Wright* (from Terrorvision. Mainly known for their single "Tequila"). *Robert Heaton* and *Stuart Morrow* (from New Model Army). *Scars on 45* (mainly known for the song "Beauty's Running Wild" which was featured on "CSI: New York", and "Heart on Fire" which was featured on "Grey's Anatomy"). *Unique 3* (mainly known for their songs "Musical Melody" and "The Theme"). *Faheem Ashraf* (mainly known as a Will I Am's fastest turn on "The Voice" where he finished in the knockout stages aka last 32, however he's finished 2nd "Open Mic UK" and got to the final stage of boot camp on "X Factor" too). *Bradley Johnson* and *Danny Colligan* (mainly known as runners up on "Let It Shine." Bradley is currently starring in Emmerdale as the son of Lisa Dingle). *Danny Tetley* (Finished 6th on "X Factor" in 2018. He was rejected in the early stages of countless reality TV competitions ie Pop Idol, Popstars: The Rivals etc before then. His cousin Darren Tetley is the former WBO European Welterweight boxing champion). *Zaen Lawrence* aka *Blazer Boccle* and formerly *Blazer Kid* or simply *Blazer* (mainly known as a rapper on Grime music channels, however he's appeared on BBC radio countless times in recent years, as well as a BBC Three TV series, and has had his song "Local" feature on "Ackley Bridge". *Dorian Smith* aka *Dorzi* (again like Blazer Boccle he's mainly known from Grime music channels, but again he's also appeared on a lot on BBC radio stations, and some TV shows). *James Sammon* aka *Pianoman* (mainly known for his single "Blurred" which features the female voice coach and the male choreographer from "Fame Academy"). *Bad Boy Chiller Crew.* *Darius Syrossian.* *Nathan Retro* aka *DJ Retro.* *The Cult.* *Southern Death Cult.* *Smokie* (mainly known for their single "Living Next Door to Alice"). *Marmozets.* *My Dying Bride.* *The Negatives* aka *The Negativz* (their song "We're from Bradford" can be heard in the TV series "Informer"). *Susan Fassbender* (mainly known for the single "Twilight Cafe" which she did with her partner Kay Russell). *David Blamires* (Grammy Award winner with the Pat Metheny Group). *Brendan Croker.* *John Verity* (from Argent). *Mike Turner* (from "Our Lady Peace" and "Crash Karma"). *Mark Davison* aka *Benson Taylor* *Phil Shoenfelt.* *Joolz Denby.* *Allan Holdsworth* (regarded as one of the best guitarists in the world, by the best guitarists in the world). *Chantel McGregor.* *Laura Groves* aka *Blue Roses* *I Am Future* (they've had other names over the years, but they're mainly known as the Life Church band who get broadcast around the world on religious TV channels). *Black Dyke Band* (known as one of the best brass bands in the world). *Frederick Delius.* *Harry Bramma.* *Fling* *Anti-System* *This Et Al* *Skeletal Family* *ISSIMO* and *Abi Uttley* *Normanton Street* *Random Hand* *Ti Amo* *1919* *White Light Parade* (their song "Riot in the City" can be heard in "Grand Theft Auto 4"). *Nick Compton* (best known for the line "England is my city") *Mr Blobby* aka *Barry Killerby.* *Simon Ellis* (producer and songwriter for the likes of the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Westlife etc) *Steve Chrisanthou* and *John Beck* (MOBO award winning songwriters) Plus many many more famous (or just well known) singers, rappers, composers, deejays, producers, and other musicians that I've either forgotten about, or don't know about yet (although I haven't mentioned most of the rappers as there's too many to mention).

[@stoneagepig3768]

Muse met in Devon but their families moved there when they were kids. The drummer is originally from Manchester, bassist is originally from Doncaster in Yorkshire and lead singer is from originally from Oxfordshire. And you are also absolutely correct - John Bonham is the best drummer

[@trevorpritchard1349]

OK I have tosay something. There is a small town just outside Birmingham that is my hometown, that town alone was the birth place of Judas Priest, Phill Lynott of Thin Lizzy, and Robert Plant of led zeppelin. West Bromwich only has a population of just over 100,000 and is part of an area known as the black country (As in Jason Bonham's band Black Country Communion) the black country also was the birth place of Glen Hughes of Deep purple. The 13000 km area at the heart of England is where rock was invented. You're welcome

[@mcculloch29]

With respect, EVERYONE associates Phil Lynott with Dublin, not West Bromwich. He was 100 % Irish in his heart. Also Dublin: Bob Geldof, Sinead O’Connor. Waterford: Val Doonican.

[@leehorrocks5253]

As a Mancunian musician, (parents were both pro musicians) there has always been a thriving music scene here in Manchester... Back in the 50's 60's it may have evolved from the plethora of dance halls and venues that were prevelant at time.. Since the 70s until more recently, Manchester had the highest concentration of students in Europe.. Aside from the youth and vitality that this regular influx of "new blood" brings to the region, a revolving door of fresh undergraduates arrive with instruments in hand,forming student bands (and semi seeking rock stardom, alongside a 2:2 in Art history) and providing the audiences for the many venues around the city... I think this regular influx has helped keep music fresh in Manchester and has ensured it's constant evolvement.

[@chrisnorman1902]

Portishead are from Portishead

[@thekaratekidpartii2169]

Portishead are from your mum

[@NyeJ]

well, no. they formed in bristol

[@rachellovell7332]

Bristol is a beautiful city with loads going on, no beach though

[@unclenogbad1509]

No, Brighton doesn't have nice beaches, it has bloody horrible ones formed of giant pebbles. Still, beggars can't be choosers, so as a South London boy, it's always been the place of choice for a trip to the seaside, famous for it's leisure piers and grand Esplanade. I actually love the place, and those up North can say what they like, but Brighton has the best (and freshest from the water) fish'n'chips in England.

[@bobclarke1815]

Didn`t mention Basildon, Essex with Depeche Mode, Alison Moyet and the Pinkies.

[@lubilou64]

Bas Vegas as we like to call it 😂

[@borkmcfink]

Bon Scott was Scottish. Thin Lizzy from Ireland. And Judas Priest and Slade from Birmingham.

[@TheIsatron]

Rod Stewart and Paolo Nutini also from Scotland

[@leighstreet8298]

​@@TheIsatronno rod Stewart dad was from Scotland, rod is born and bread in london.

[@PaulWilliams-xz3mz]

Wasn't Phil Lynott from England

[@mcculloch29]

The Welsh bands and artists mentioned were all from South Wales. Duffy is from North Wales and so are The Alarm. Gorki’s Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals and Catatonia (and lead singer Cerys Matthews) are from West Wales. Goldie Lookin’ Chain are from Newport, east of Cardiff. As well as Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church, Shaking Stevens and Andy Fairweathet-Low are from Cardiff.

[@althomas3168]

John Cale of the VU was from Swansea.. Ivor Novello from Cardiff.

[@Fudce]

I'm slightly disappointed at the minor almost footnote Birmingham got compared to Manchester and Liverpool, and no mention of Coventry at all despite it's key position as the home of two-tone. If you are able to find it, a good place to see some of the great diversity of West Midlands music in general was the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, which featured artists from Birmingham and around the wider Midlands regions: Dexys Midnight Runners, UB40, Panjabi MC (Coventry), Musical Youth, Goldie (Walsall), Beverley Knight (Wolverhampton), Apache Indian, Jorja Smith (Walsall), The Selecter (Coventry), Laura Mvula, and of course, Black Sabbath (including Ozzy & Iommi)

[@alex-E7WHU]

The groundhogs were from somewhere in the midlands.👍

[@garyross8661]

This video is full of errors. The guy who made it is a clown!

[@garyross8661]

It’s just your typical KZbin video made by someone who thinks they know about music, but obviously don’t. The entire video was derivative and cliched!

[@thehjmars]

For industrial cities like Birmingham, one of the only ways to escape life as a factory worker was to join a band. That's why it produced so many great bands like Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne actually joined bands because he really liked the Beatles and a work friend told him to give it a go.

[@OspreyChick]

He could have mentioned Soft Cell, The Wedding Present and The Sisters of Mercy for Leeds.

[@jamesroyle6888]

Why? You're lucky leeds even got a mention. You've given the world chomba womba and jimmy saville I suppose.

[@RabidJohn]

Can't believe they missed Dire Straits from the Newcastle bit... Also, David Bowie was from Bromley, which used to be in Kent back then, and the Spiders from Mars were all from around Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

[@alex-E7WHU]

I always thought Bowie was from Brixton?

[@shaunw9270]

I'm from Bristol...we don't have a beach lol 😅 You can't say Severn Beach because that's a dump that hasn't had any reason to visit for about 50 years . The next closest beaches are Portishead and Clevedon, both about 13 miles away and Weston-Super-Mare, about 21 miles from Bristol.

[@lisap6584]

More like Severn boulders stuck in thick mud.

[@timothyallan111]

We did have that fake beach down near the entrance to the Redcliffe Caves by Welsh Back 😂Perhaps that counts?

[@shaunw9270]

@@timothyallan111 😅

[@STDanny0018]

I totally agree with you that the arts can't be cut from curriculum, creativity is slowly being stifled more and more just so more and more children can just go find terrible jobs. Theres a line from my favourite band Enter Shikari "Crisis of creativity We've forgotten our ability" which is apt for this situation. Everyone has the right to study music, art and drama in their standard schools, I feel very lucky I grew up in the UK, studied music art and drama now I'm doing well as a musician

[@markflower8885]

Little known fact that although AC/DC are considered an Aussie band the founding members were all born in Scotland. Another British band that often gets overlooked but influenced so many other bands, especially in America is Killing Joke. Check out their documentary "The Death and Resurrection Show". It's an interesting watch.

[@paulhanson5164]

Did you know Bon Scott wasn't a founding member ? Angus and Malcolm young were the only Scots in the original line up, along with an American, an Aussie and a Welshman.

[@garyross8661]

Born in Glasgow!

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

And singer is english!

[@markflower8885]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek The original singer Bon Scott was born in Scotland. Brian Johnson who replaced him is English though.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@markflower8885 yeah hes the more famous one. Like gilmour/waters vs barrett

[@physicsmonkey2]

Reasons why: Rich: freedom to go into music. Individualist: more likely to create new music rather than follow the culture. English speaking: greater reach and an exchange/rivalry with America. Celtic music culture: big influence of Irish music culture. Lots of cities with rivalry and their own scene, maybe end of empire has something to do with it: rebelling against the old. There's probably other reasons, but those are some.

[@marktubeie07]

'Wet Leg' - 'Moist Arm' - Hmm, same thing... 🤔

[@jennyallinson9746]

I think the amount of bands/artists has a lot to do with how much time we spend in pubs, where there is often live music. In fact, live music is pretty common everywhere and it becomes influential. Maybe....

[@benabel7326]

Quite funny that he didn't even mention Black Sabbath the most famous band from Birmingham.

[@Pitcheyhwastaken]

14:46

[@benabel7326]

@@PitcheyhwastakenMy bad, missed that somehow!

[@MrNorbo95]

Except he did

[@Thrillhouse89]

For a tiny wee island, Scotland has invented so much for the world; Television, phone, refrigerators, ATM/Cash machines, contact lenses, flushing toilet, tarmac, steam engine, fried chicken and at one point was leading medical Country in the World. Also GTA/Rockstar were initially Scottish too

[@lailachopperchops9290]

Just the west midlands gave us Black Sabbath,ELO,The Moody Blues,Judas Priest,Traffic, and many more x

[@mauk2861]

Slade?

[@annicecooper8105]

​@@mauk2861yeah.... sorry about that one. 🤣😉

[@onecupof_tea]

Private schools have lots more students who can afford to learn a musical instrument, and have private music lessons which can be expensive. They form school bands, and are creating and writing from an early age. Many of the bands mentioned, like Genesis met and forned bands at school, and obviously had good music teachers.

[@markpfeeney]

Genesis and Phil Collins, Tears for Fears

[@duncanny5848]

By the way, love your casual musical history. Long may you continue.

[@fayesouthall6604]

He’s wrong about Wales and Scotland. We have our own parliaments, first ministers. Scotland has its own currency. Our own flags too.

[@logicfxtrading2280]

They have devolved powers to deal with local issues but they not sovereign states and are still part of the UK. Do you not learn British politics or History in school. May be you were off that day

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@logicfxtrading2280 be quiet. I’m Welsh, we are a country, with a parliament and a flag. Sooner we get rid of England we will be better off. You take our water and energy but don’t pay us for it.

[@GuyIncognitoOfficial]

You shook your head at Royal Bold. You've got to check them out. It's a two-piece band but the front man plays his bass through an octave pedal so it sounds like a guitar playing at the same time. 'Oblivion' is a great song, or 'Ten Ton Skeleton'.

[@scratchfox1958]

Yay I'm from Devon!!! Lots of cows!

[@DerekLangdon]

And wannabe Cornish.

[@dannyhaysom7587]

Somerset over all ❤️

[@steveshephard1158]

Some of my favourite bands, not mentioned in the video, are The Answer from Northern Ireland, Little Angels, a late 80s/90s hard rock/metal band that included a horn section on many of their songs, from Scarborough on the coast of East Yorkshire, The Darkness from Lowestoft in Suffolk, which is part of East Anglia (East Anglia is the bulge half way up the east coast of England) and up and coming classic rock band Bad Touch from Norfolk, also part of East Anglia.

[@iolog513]

Dissapointed that he didn't mention Nothing But Thieves from Southend, Essex. Had UK no.1 album in 2023 with Welcome to the DCC (their 4th album). Lead single from the album, also called Welcome to the DCC was Radio 1's Hottest Single of the year (2023) and their single Overcome was voted Single of the Year (2023) by the Radio 1 listeners. I probably prefer their 2nd and 3rd albums overall as the sound of their 4th album was a bit unexpected - but have come to love it too. They tour in many countries each year, and were back in the USA in 2023. Amazing live. Really diverse music over their 4 albums and great lyrics.

[@davidberesford7009]

I got the idea from somewhere that it was (used to be) easier to get into music here in the UKetc than in the USofA because folks wanted to promote bands rather than control them.

[@nighttimenailsasmr]

Can you do a deep dive into welsh bands and artists especially Tom jones pleeeeease

[@stephenhodgson3506]

The UK used to have a thriving pub and working men's clubs culture. Virtually all of these pubs and clubs had live music nights which gave artists a proving ground to develop their acts just as Rock and Roll began. Artists could hone their acts often in front of hostile audiences if they were not very good. There were thousands of these institutions and many artists from the 1950's and 1960's would have worked in them. This meant that there were thousands of acts that could create an impression on younger people encouraging them to follow the same path.

[@shaunlang8430]

Worcestershire is pronounced ‘Woostersheer’

[@drewnaylor635]

Nope, “Wustersher”

[@carolemoores2480]

Nope, Roy's sister sherie

[@diane9656]

I'm smiling at the comments on here. Its an undisputable fact that we churn out the best music in the world 🇬🇧

[@Danstarr69]

There's lots of nonsense in this video, like him claiming that "Manchester is England's 3rd largest city," yet it doesn't come close to being the 3rd biggest in any sense. Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield are bigger than Manchester by population. Bradford also had a bigger population than Manchester until 2015. Plus Carlisle, Winchester, Lancaster, Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Peterborough, Chelmsford, Wakefield, Canterbury, York, Birmingham etc plus around 10 more cities, are also bigger than Manchester by area.

[@cjr2131]

A little fun fact about van Morrison is he was enrolled in my school years ago and regularly came back to do stuff with the students. (Corpus Christi College)