American Reacts to Top 10 British Rock Bands!

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

There should be at least 50 bands in this Top 10. Black Sabbath, The Animals, Dire Straits, Iron Maiden, The Police, The Jam, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, The Clash, Happy Mondays, The Sex Pistols, The Cure, Blur, Procol Harum, The Smiths, The Sweet, Judas Priest, The Spencer Davis Group, The Moody Blues, Massive (Attack), The Specials, Roxy Music, Madness, Simple Minds, Gorillaz, The Stranglers, etc.

[@sydbarrett5]

The Buzzcocks, Wire, the Fall

[@leefr76]

The Small Faces, David Bowie, Donovan, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, Suede, Pulp, My Bloody Valentine, The Verve, Manic Street Preachers Edit: this is just a list of great British bands, not just rock bands.

[@sst6601]

Depeche Mode, Nazareth

[@Alex-lk5pf]

I would argue that a lot of these bands aren’t rock bands though. All are definitely worth a listen to, and you could definitely create a top 50 of great rock bands from the UK

[@MatiuPirihimana]

I never understand how Wings never get mentioned. Not purely rock, but they could.

[@vaudevillian7]

T-Rex are incredibly British You’re safer to assume a band is British unless you know for certain they are definitely not

[@frankmarsh1159]

The British invasion started in the early 1960's. Up until the 1990's British musicians made up somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of the American pop charts. And when it comes to what we now call "classic rock" they pretty much dominated the 1970's.

[@azzajames7661]

Children of the revolution😜

[@andreaseufinger4422]

In the genre of rock, that's absolutely correct.

[@musik102]

Yes! And, mainly because so many of them sing in fake American accents...i.e. they're pretending to be something that they are not. Plain phoney nonsense.

[@frankmarsh1159]

@@musik102 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p56uZKSieZx4ndE

[@cheryltotheg2880]

If I could see any band ever ever ever live it’d be Queen. Freddie was a bloody legend

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Queen is still around - with other musicians on keybord/piano, bass and drums. Roger still play the drums and sings , and Brian May on the ‘Red Special’ and singing. Since 2011 their fromtman have been Adam Lambert. They are still touring the. world.

[@bojo88]

I am lucky to have seen many bands but Queen at Wembley Stadium in 1986 was the best band I have ever seen live. They literally were fantastic and Freddie was every bit the best performer by far! The crowd interaction and engagement was incredible and you had the feeling that they were performing because they enjoyed doing it and they were doing it for you, not just because it was their job. It was a very unique experience.

[@susanvanderbilt358]

Yeah seen em live.. we wouldn’t let em off the stage🤣🤣.. they sang .. Liar.. could’ve heard a pin drop too! Bloody amazing!

[@JohanMeischke]

You missed a beaut. Queen, Mt smart stadium, Auckland, NZ in the early 80s. The first rock concert I ever went too 😂

[@nolajoy7759]

I was seeing a British guy who one day showed me a family photo..was pointing out family members and said "and of course, that's Uncle Jimmy" - and it was Jimmy Page. My jaw didn't drop; it nearly fell off! Loved Led Zep as a teenager..Immigrant Song my favourite.

[@Clavers1369]

Check out the performance of Immigrant Song by The Band From Far Away.

[@davidhuggan6315]

My wife's uncle knows Robert Plant well enough to call him Bob

[@rafezetter8003]

Everyone is born into a family. I'm friends with a Trump, an actual bona fide Trump, closely related to Donald. It happens.

[@stephenbrown4211]

I once bought Division Bell in a Sam Goody's in San Francisco and upon hearing my English accent the assistant asked where i was from. I just pointed at the album cover and said, "There" Then watched his jaw hit the floor. He was a huge Floyd fan and you'd think he just met Syd Barratt

[@davidwilson6577]

@@stephenbrown4211 Where is that bifurcated head statue thing anyway?

[@kristiedaniels9325]

Queen is hands down my number 1 always

[@greenspringy1]

I agree

[@tvhotties7836]

Easy

[@InsaneProf]

and mine.

[@BenceBori]

I see why Beatles is 1st... but Queen only at 4th?! Mad World!

[@stephen2d338]

It’s hard to make a top 10, because there will always be unfair exclusions. In my opinion, Dire Straits should be there.

[@katharinereynolds25]

Maybe they didn't sell their souls like all the rest

[@chrisshelley3027]

@@katharinereynolds25 they'd have sold their arse holes if they thought it would further their careers.

[@MrZombie999]

Black Sabbath should be in that top 3 and the beatles are not really rock no matter how much you like them and there are so many other bands that could take the top 5 or rearange that whole top 10 its impossible to have a real top 10

[@MGForums]

⁠@@MrZombie999Beatles not rock is exactly my thoughts too.

[@williamwilliam5066]

Naah, The Clash.

[@paulhanson5164]

Black Sabbath, ELO, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, The Small Faces, Slade, Sweet, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Smiths, The Specials, Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, Madness, Blur, Ocean Colour Scene, The Animals, The Hollies, Coldplay, The Police, Elvis Costello, The Bee Gees, Judas Priest, Motorhead, David Bowie, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton and Stevie Winwood in their various incarnations together and apart in bands such as The Yardbirds, Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Cream...Just a few of the top of my head. And just to annoy any Australians reading this🙃...of the 6 main members of AC/DC 5 were British.

[@lofi-guy]

Ocean Colour Scene? LOL

[@paulhanson5164]

@@lofi-guy We all have our own tastes but "LOL" to OCS is one I find surprising. Have you ever listened to them ?

[@lofi-guy]

@@paulhanson5164 Yes, you are right, we do. I used to hear them quite a bit during my student days, a couple of friends liked them. They are harmless enough, I suppose. Very regressive. TBH we could list band names forever. But maybe someone might google one or two, and get into them, which is a good thing innit, guv.

[@paulhanson5164]

@@lofi-guy People mentioning artists they think worthy of a mention is how I've found a few artists online that I now love. So I do the same. I bought some terrible albums back in the 70s and 80s based on good reviews and hearing a track or two by a band that I liked.

[@RascalMcascal]

Tbh the mojo list seems more like the most famous British bands... I feel blur are much better than oasis, the consistency is there with blur, oasis fell off after morning glory and there's a good handful of bands that could go over Oasis... Elo, dire straits, the jam...

[@phillipwatson9906]

Britain has always been the centre of the music universe,if you don't make it here you haven't made it 🇬🇧

[@andreaseufinger4422]

I would't say "always". In our life-time, yes, but who was in Britain during the time of Beethoven and Mozart ?

[@charlottehardy822]

@@andreaseufinger4422I agree to a point that the 18th century was a bit of a dry spot, except for Handel at its close, but the 16th,17th,19th &20th have all been quite well represented by musicians from our isles.

[@janolaful]

​@@andreaseufinger4422 there was an british musician around at tge same time infact he played with Beethoven he was called George Bridgetower. 😊

[@Englishmatt-i2p]

You might be right but the bulk of the best British music was a while ago now. I'm British and I love British music but I was heavily influenced by American music being born in 83 and most of my favourite music has come out of America

[@Mark-Haddow]

@@andreaseufinger4422 Can you paste their lyrics? Robert Burns laughs at Beethoven and Mozart 🤣

[@paullee3660]

The Kinks are a cruelly underrated band. So many great songs outside of the obvious ones like Lola, Waterloo Sunset, etc.

[@papalaz4444244]

nah they are a bit shite and old fashioned, m8

[@paullee3660]

@@papalaz4444244 yeah the sixties were old fashioned. That’s why we called them the 1960s and not the 2020s.

[@lynby6231]

What? London is in England??

[@sheilaheald2509]

Waterloo Sunset is my all time favourite song. There is just something about it!

[@DeclanShanahan-f7g]

They aren't underrated unless you're a div

[@FrankCastlesConscience]

The Police should be in that top 10, way more influential (and bigger) than Oasis amongst others. Stewart Copeland is widely regarded as top 3 all time pop/rock drummer, Sting’s career is astonishing and Andy Summers completely nailed a chorused Fender sound that was then repeated by tons of bands in the 80s for hit after hit.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Possibly because one member is American

[@Medusa13579]

​@@fayesouthall6604 Stuart Copeland is American 😊

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@Medusa13579 I know

[@Medusa13579]

@@fayesouthall6604 Oh OK, but you didn't say which one, you said one of them. I was just helping you out 😊

[@carissaf6909]

I thought they were all scandi.

[@gs8494]

The Kinks are so so good, in a time when there were some phenomenal British bands, the Who, the Stones, the Faces, the Beatles etc, they still stand out for me.

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

*Small Faces👍

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@bobwoolerOriGinal 'With Marriott and After Marriott'. Good DJ btw 😀

[@Mark-Haddow]

The Troggs?

[@markriobr]

Ten Years After

[@eddieb270]

​@@bobwoolerOriGinalboth are brilliant but i would say small faces was better

[@Ingens_Scherz]

This good fellow should do those calming audio things that you get on planes. With his voice, there'd never be any nervous flyers anywhere in the world ever again! So good.

[@WylderWytch]

Omg totally. I don't usually like these Reaction type things, but maaaan, what a mellow, considered voice. I like listening to and watching these when I'm cleaning 🙂

[@Rachel_M_]

He could be reading his shopping list for all I care, I'd still listen to his calming voice.

[@angieevans8844]

ASMR would be wonderful ❤️

[@philrob1978]

Hehe - I agree - his voice is lovely, so different from some of the hyperactive loud nature of these types of react videos. Just goes to show, less is more. So soothing - I subscribed on that basis alone!

[@Ingens_Scherz]

@@WylderWytch "Considered voice". That's such a lovely - and perfect - phrase.

[@willfreeman45]

How did black sabbath not make the list should be at least top 6 especially for their longevity

[@GrimlyFandango]

Black Sabbath easily over Deep Purple

[@JonEvans-st9kt]

​@@GrimlyFandangototally agree

[@glastonbury4304]

If Black Sabbath made it, then Iron Maiden and Whitesnake should of as well...

[@mariannetuite7411]

I would guess simply because it’s a “Brit rock” list, and Sabbath are the godfathers of Metal. I’d 100% put them in there though. Especially over the likes of Radiohead and Oasis

[@karldyke5029]

Sabbath are Metal

[@Sandysand701]

Duran Duran, Dire Straits, 10cc, The Clash, ColdPlay, The Jam, Level 42, Supertramp, The Police, Genasis, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, The Verve, Small Faces, Depeche Mode, Iron Maiden, The Specials.

[@glenbailey8356]

At a time when most reaction vids have super animated reactions, i gotta say a really appreciate your chill style..

[@WeskerXM96E1]

You could easily make a top 30 British bands. There has always been something in the water here musically. We punch at super heavy when it comes to the arts and culture.

[@richardgale1287]

Something to do with working class heroes and art school intellectuals in close proximity (sometimes in the same band), and maybe north/south rivalries only a day trip from each other.

[@WeskerXM96E1]

@richardgale1287 yes it's like a perfect melting pot for creativity.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Social engineering, everything is top down

[@ilikezappa3268]

Something in the water ? Tea !! Fancy a cuppa mate ?

[@WeskerXM96E1]

@@ilikezappa3268 haha, yes mate! ☕

[@flashcoatbean6965]

As a drummer you really should listen to some more Who, Keith Moon was amazing !

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool/Heavy!

[@exsappermadman25055]

Alice Cooper; "half of what you have heard about me is false, all that you have heard about Keith Moon is true and you haven't heard 10% of it"....Nutter!...

[@richardstewart6900]

@@exsappermadman25055 Thanks bud! Brought a smile to my face - reminded me of a story I heard about KM and Cooper's wife's car ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4PRqK2FhbV_mrM

[@deja-view1017]

Or Ginger Baker

[@Rayrae2269]

The Who are my favorite Moon was very unique he played in the music often following Roger Daltrey's vocals the whole dynamic was amazing, although I really love all the other groups mentioned they all contributed to rock.

[@williambell8282]

Drummer's drummer? Ginger Baker. He could play any genre of music with his own unique style..

[@primalengland]

‘Toad’ perhaps not technically genius, but just…. It’s just Ginger. Pressed Rat and Warthog with Ginger doing the vocals whilst keeping it tight on the skins. I was a drummer in the 70s and played alongside Pete Shelley pre Buzzcocks and Ginger was such an icon to me.

[@howardchambers9679]

Ginger should be on any drum fans list. I'd add Nick Mason to the list, another Ringo, perfect for the band if not as flashy as Pace and Bonham

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@howardchambers9679 I agree with most of what you say except I wouldn't say Paice was flashy. 😊

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Great great drummer - though I wouldn't have liked to have met him! Not the gentlest of people :) As far as top British drummers are concerned, though different style of drummer, Bill Bruford will always be near the top of my list.

[@eddhardy1054]

@@jamesdignanmusic2765 It's strange (or perhaps not so strange) how all the great drummers seem to come from a Jazz background. 🤔

[@nicw5574]

Led Zeppelin are my favourite band of all time. Four amazingly talented men that got together, perfection! My top three would be Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. The two best gigs I've ever been to my husband bought us tickets for, were number 1 Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters, to see Robert Plant sing Whole Lotta Love was my top musical moment. The second was Ray Davies from The Kinks, he sang all The Kinks hits, it was a real tingling hair on the back of the neck moment when he sang Waterloo Sunset. I agree with you about Oasis, they had some great songs, but Liam Gallagher 's attitude just put me right off them. Great reaction as always, sending peace.

[@petersmith6794]

I saw Zeppelin live in 1975.......

[@shemanic1]

I am old enough to have seen the Kinks (& many other) bands back in the 60's. It is gratifying to see the up there with the top bands, like Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath, all great bands live & studio.

[@rachelwebb2330]

i had a friend who used to go see The Who, gosh I bet you saw more than The Kinks you are very lucky!!

[@jonntischnabel]

It always amuses me when Americans think that because we drink tea, we dont drink coffee! 😂 Like it has to be one or the other lol.

[@warrenturner397]

Whatever the Yanks think they're drinking it's NOT coffee

[@mariannetuite7411]

Or that if you don’t drink tea (like me) you’re not really a Brit

[@giglet52]

Queen is always number 1 for me. But it's really nice to see you talk about music and you obviously know your music.

[@ENGBriseB]

Simple Minds.David Bowie. Peter Gabriel. ACDC.

[@IanDarley]

Pink Floyd is my number 1. I've had a bloody earworm in my head all week with Rodger's sinister voice from 'The Gunner's Dream' (Final Cut album) - Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma After the service, when you're walking slowly to the car And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air You hear the tolling bell and touch the silk in your lapel And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band You take her frail hand And hold on to the dream - *morphs into a spine-tingling sax solo*

[@vayres7512]

Agree with your take. Final Cut is a masterpiece.

[@pasqualemuzzupappa1991]

Why you British people don't evaluate Genesis as they really deserve a place in the TOP5 British band ever?

[@vayres7512]

@@pasqualemuzzupappa1991 Top 5, no. Top 10 yes. The Phil Collins era blew up the quality of the band.

[@BoyJapan-b3g]

Mick Jagger at the age of 80 not only did rock n roll but also danced on stage while singing.

[@emmajanewatts4388]

That’s nothing because Keith Richard’s didn’t join till he was 214 yrs old, still a bern

[@Claire-k5q]

Dark Side of the Moon was released when I was six. My sister bought it and we played it on a proper record player. If you look at the original LP it’s a single track. It should be listened to in one go. It’s a story and is my all time favourite LP.

[@petersmith6794]

I hadxat least 6 copies of Dark Side as I always had to buy a new copy when my one had a stratch on it .

[@suepoole8323]

I'm old, yes, Born at the start of the '50's but by heavens did I grow up with the BEST British bands ever, now I'm an old confirmed metal head... Oh so many of our great British bands missing from this list, many I still have the albums of, attended concerts, had the posters on the wall.. it was the most fabulous time in music history, not according to my parents, but my siblings and I thrived on it... still do

[@mariannetuite7411]

I’m jealous. Wasn’t born till 1980, but grew up on a lot of rock from the late 50’s onwards thanks to my dad (who was a ‘52 baby) and grandparents. You’re right, just the best time for British rock music

[@gillfox9899]

I still have a lot of vinyl from the 60s and 70s. Stopped listening to music when the New Romantics started

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@gillfox9899As someone born in 1980 New Romantics is where I started. I would say I stopped paying attention to popular music after ‘96

[@D1331D]

Number 1 is Queen! Freddie's vocals, John's base, Brian's Red Special played with a sixpence and Roger's Drums! You can't get better!!!

[@marijagligora2975]

Led Zeppelin

[@Arcadia61]

Of course, you could get better. But music is very subjective. And sometimes, one hasn't heard much to make a proper assessment.

[@MercuryCircuit]

The Stone Roses are legendary and inspired a whole generation of bands. Love the Beatles forever. What can you say?

[@jjjnettie]

John Bonham, performing "Moby Dick" at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970. Unforgettable, powerful, all the adjectives. That man had so much talent. His son seems to have inherited his genes for playing too.

[@bojo88]

Have you seen Ann and Nancy Wilson (of Heart) playing Stairway to Heaven as a tribute for Led Zeppelin on Dec. 2, 2012 at The Kennedy Centre? Jason Bonham plays the drums. I believe they collected an award and had asked Jason to join them in his dad's place, but he made an excuse as his performance was intended to be a surprise for them. If you find the video on KZbin entitled Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Centre Honors (Complete), you can see him come onto the stage at 13:50 and Robert's reaction to seeing him there. You can see him gesturing to them at the end and how emotional the band members were. It is well worth a watch, all of it is if you like their music.

[@RMBittner]

Thanks for this. This is the first video of yours I’ve encountered, and I really appreciate your calm, soft delivery-and openness to new music.

[@NeatBeatZone]

Nice reaction bud. The Beatles and Queen my faves. Total legends 😊

[@davidsmith8279]

You may well be one of the coolest guys on t'interweb. Whilst my musical tastes are very eclectic I just love how involved you get no matter the subject matter of your videos, and particularly your musical ones as your passion shines through when you talk. Keep it up pal 👍

[@craighughes4906]

I would add in dire straits Mark Knofler so under rated as a guitarist brought back rock music when you think everything was disco in the late 70's the clash anti establishment punk era.

[@apollomemories7399]

Everything was not at all disco in the late 70's! Lookit Craig, when 250,000 go to an aerodrome in 1978 to watch one Bob Dylan gig and when 225,000 went to Knebworth in 1979 to watch one Led Zeppelin gig, and another 120,000 again the following week, something tells me disco was not the most popular. It was popular for silly singles on day time radio and disco halls but nowhere else.

[@manfred747]

Here we go again. "Mark Knopfler is so underrated" "Jimi Hendrix is so underrated" "Mozart is so underrated" "Ringo is so underrated".

[@MercuryCircuit]

I saw Queen at the O2 with Adam Lamberth in 2022. It was amazing and it was worth the price to hear Brian's guitar and Roger playing drums. Brian May's guitar playing is amazing and worth the admission alone. Very touching moment where Brian performs love of your life in respect of Freddie. Brilliant.

[@davedoogan6650]

The singer was pretty shit though

[@denisebell8422]

Queen number 1 for me best band ever ❤❤❤

[@MichaelAyden]

A huge percentage if not most of the world renown rock bands were and are British and that’s saying a lot coming from quite small country compared to our cousins in the USA, and Australia, 😊

[@otterofdespair3387]

UK has 3X the population of Australia!

[@gi1kxsy908]

@@otterofdespair3387 damn its almost like people from other countries keep coming to our tiny island and our government isnt doing anything about it, the ammount of english people on britian is probably like half of the overall population even my neighbours arent british

[@christinecoombs3536]

Except Australia has a tiny population against Britain and America.

[@GBURGE55]

​@@otterofdespair3387Is there really only 25 million people in Australia?

[@Isleofskye]

@@otterofdespair3387 It is, clearly,not about the population but how many mountains and oxbow lakes.....hang on a minute...

[@mortified776]

The Kinks were the first band my Mum saw live. June 14, 1967 at the Swansea Top Rank Suite.

[@ukma55]

They were my first live band, as well. De Montfort Hall, Leicester in August 1966

[@Fallopia5150]

You're a drummer and no mention of Cream? Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker. Supergroup legends.

[@colingregory7464]

Status Quo - 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's and possibly the 00's (they were still touring), the Stones

[@ellet6560]

Queen and The Who are the only ones I’m not bored of listening to.

[@herenow6953]

You have such a calming voice - you should do audiobooks or something - maybe you do?!

[@nickhayes4169]

He's the reason I turned off.

[@GodlikeLFC97]

I've never heard anybody describe Roger and David's voices as so similar, mainly because they sound nothing like each other 😆

[@Polecat54941]

Almost like the ones that say men are just like women, they are the same.

[@IanDarley]

Yes, David always had the melodic/angelic voice and Rodger did the sinister parts like nobody else.

[@Davo-007]

Thought this too. The reason Floyd where so good is because you had the polar opposites of Gilmour vs Waters making the songs. Completely different personalities too. Even now the band doesn't really exist they still keep the back catalogue alive by constantly barrating each other - Two very clever men.

[@dickeymckay8289]

OMG when I heard him say that I was like what!? I am so glad I wasn't sipping coffee because I definitely would have spit it out. LOL. What the heck is he talking about. I guess Bob Dylan and Kurt Cobain sound too similar as well??? Holy cow what a schmuck, this guy. Ahahahaha.

[@TomFurr-uc1hj]

Damn my feelings exactly

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Dire straits as well. 😮😮. Not only British but Geordies like me.

[@bxf99999]

Your relaxed style in this presentation makes it easy to appreciate.

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

I have an original LP of the Beatles, Mono, Hard Days Night - I played it recently to some friends and they were blown out by the sound - it could have been published yesterday, the sound was so pure !

[@hplovecraft1402]

My top 3 bands are Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd & Deep Purple. My 3 fav songs (not just British) are Hotel California, Time , April. April from Deep Purples often overlooked Mark 1 line up is exquisite.

[@RabidJohn]

Wish You Were Here is the best Pink Floyd album, IMO. 'We miss you, Syd (and you're missing the fun)' is a beautiful, heartfelt concept for an album. Hangs together much better than DSotM for me. The 'secret' to Brian May's unique guitar sound is: make your own guitar!

[@apollomemories7399]

What fun? There was nothing remotely "fun" with the making of Wish You Were Here.

[@jammybadger6514]

Wasn't it an old church door? The wood for his guitar I mean.

[@alistairbolden6340]

Its insane that Iron Maiden were not in the upper half of this list.

[@RobBCactive]

It's biased against heavy, Mojo is a joke like that Hall of Fame, no Black Sabbath either. To be fair picking just 10 is nasty

[@daviebananas1735]

Iron Maiden is garbage.

[@leswalker4282]

What about elo

[@kevinodaly1545]

Love how you express your appreciation of the bands and their music,

[@gillfox9899]

Midge Ure is worth a look. Saw him doing a solo session a few years ago. Brilliant

[@peterbebbington3435]

I saw Ultravox just before Vienna was released. Fantastic gig

[@2war2bray]

Oasis In the Top 10 British Bands? Well, that has given me a good laugh for the day.

[@alemgas]

Exactly they are at best a pub band

[@Mark-Haddow]

Wet Wet Wet were more popular and successful than Oasis.

[@sathira_anuk5179]

Yeh , No black Sabbath

[@Nina5144]

Beatle cover group

[@Nina5144]

The Who are great -

[@Allison-p2c]

I can't believe motorhead didn't even get a mention! They were pioneers!

[@GSD-hd1yh]

Top 10's are always subjective, and hardly any two lists will be the same. So many groups never even made the honourable mentions list - Slade, Wizzard, T-Rex, Marmalade, Animals, Hollies, Tremeloes, Procol Harum, Dave Clark 5, Dire Straits, ELO, Genesis, Moody Blues and many, many more. The Tremeloes always sounded like they were making music because they enjoyed it, the Moody Blues put up a good case for the concept album kings, and as for ELO, well it's ELO, say no more. Genesis gave us Phil Collins, the Animals brought us Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison gave us two parts of the Travelling Wilburys. The list goes on.

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 Worked across the street from the studio, and got to see the 'Rooftop' concert live ! 🇨🇦

[@stevesonnyday]

If you like your drums and great British music, get some Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Claptons 'CREAM' in your record collection as well🤘

[@nickwalters5380]

Have loved your reactions since I came across your channel. You've gone up in my estimation ten fold with your musical taste, matches my vinyl collection. Keep up the good work.

[@jonhodges6572]

If you’re getting into Stone Roses music also check out Ian Brown’s solo work. The song F.E.A.R has, in my opinion, the most ingeniously written lyrics ever.

[@musik102]

Of course, without "Free" and "Cream", UK rock might have had a very different history.

[@ianjardine7324]

The fact they didn't mention Clapton at all invalidates the entire list the only artist to have been inducted into the Hall of fame three times for his work with the yard birds with cream and as a solo artist.

[@karlkuttup]

without steve marriot cream would not have there sound clapton and hendrix heard steve playing a box linked to his giutar made by a friend of his jimmy had 1 made and ramped the box up and clapton had 1 linked through a wah wah pedal and took it into cream

[@musik102]

@@karlkuttup Well, surely, wah-wah, in retrospect, sounds like a dreadful, bad taste, gimmick.

[@dickeymckay8289]

Seriously, Disraeli Gears is ahead of it's time. King Crimson, Led Zep and Sabbath didn't even have albums out yet. Cream set the tone for heavy crunchy fuzzy heavy rock. This guy is a total schmuck also. He says Roger and David sound too similar, Holy cow I couldn't disagree more. They are VERY easy to identify from one another. LOL. Watching this was so cringeworthy.

[@apollomemories7399]

@@karlkuttup Wrong. They, all of them, stole the idea from Dave Davies of The Kinks who had shredded his guitar amp's speaker with a razor blade in order to obtain a total distortion effect. The pedals came later, although had long been invented ten years earlier by Les Paul. Jimi Hendrix subsequently led the field in that respect, having teemed up with Roger Mayer, a former electronics technician with the Royal Navy, who made loads of effects stuff for Jimi throughout his career.

[@IssacharGR]

We Brits...Have a lot to be proud of....for our great contribution to popular culture...Not to mention the industrial revolution!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Can't really fault those ten but there is so much brilliant British music that there are a ton of bands that could have been shoehorned in there, from Dire Straits to XTC, Motorhead to Cream, Jethro Tull to Joy Division, Yes to Supertramp, Blur to T-Rex. (There's a second ten for you - and there are many more deserving of mention!)

[@PaulReardon-qh9fk]

Radiohead are like background music in the 90s, but that is actually the most amazing of all time. I adore them. The Bends is just genius.

[@RichieCowan-e9b]

The uk is the centre of the music universe.

[@davidgilbert9917]

T.rex singer Marc bolan was going out with Gloria jones American singer with a song Tainted love which was covered by Soft Cell.

[@KC-gy5xw]

Tainted Love, classic Northern Soul song!! I love pointing out original music to people.. Found an original the other day, Lou Johnson, Always Something to Remind Me.. Brilliant kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoqkfpydq7yBeZI

[@Howie57]

I go past Marc Bolans shrine in Barnes quite often

[@kylewilkinson2319]

I've met Lennon Gallagher (Liam's son). His band played in the bar i work at. he was delightful to meet :)

[@fayesouthall6604]

I know someone who met him and said exactly that. Most people are decent. I’ve met Nicky Wire out of the Manic Street Preachers a few times. He’s a slight wild performer in boas and sometimes in dresses. A lovely man.

[@john0597]

Hi there I'm John from England I love your Videos Carry On making them do you know what you are so laid back it's really good to see

[@RSXVPS]

My mother appeared on the Chorus for "Another Brick" :D

[@GBPaddling]

Pink Floyd should be number 2, no question about it. The depth and quality of their catalogue is amazing.

[@mariannetuite7411]

Floyd/Zep are joint #1 for me. Love the Beatles, and fully appreciate why they’re there, but yeah. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are just better imo, and I couldn’t choose one over the other on any given day

[@GayJayU26]

I bought the original 12 inch of Creep without actually listening to it. I also saw them when they were a small support band.

[@dilhani2]

T. Rex was my very first concert. I was 11 years old I'm now 62. My favourite live bands are Genesis, The Who and Pink Floyd

[@tanja9364]

Mine too! But I was 16!

[@isabelledrevet5913]

Genesis should be in the this top 10, they were amazing in the prog rock scene and produced many masterpieces in the 70’s... UK is the Land of music and creativity ! Very nice reaction ❤

[@apollomemories7399]

Somehow, I can't see this mother's boy listening to the best ever prog band King Crimson.

[@KC-gy5xw]

The Kinks came from near me. Great band... Jon Bonham - we used to go to the light shows in the Planetarium (London) in the 80's (I know, so long ago) I remember us all calling out Jon's name after he died. RIP JB

[@lynnejamieson2063]

I don’t know if you know much about early British Rock’n’Roll but from that genre there’s an artist called Billy Fury, who The Beatles auditioned for in the hope of becoming his backing band (he was a fellow Scoucer after all) but they were obviously unsuccessful. He was also amongst the first (if not the first) British recording artists in the rock and pop industries to write and perform their own material. He Lao did UK tours with the likes of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran and definitely worth a listen.

[@ianharrison3662]

According to the Beatles' first manager, Allan Williams, who was present when a dozen or so Liverpool bands auditioned for Billy Fury. Billy wanted the Beatles to be his backing group, However, Billy's manager, Larry Parnes (who managed a great many British singing stars of the time - Marty Wilde, Adam Faith etc ) noticed that Stuart Sutcliffe wasn't actually playing his bass guitar and rapidly deduced that the reason was that he couldn't play. So, Parnes told the Beatles that they were hired... BUT, they had to get rid of Stuart. Stuart's best friend John Lennon refused to fire Stuart and so the gig went to another band. As a consolation, Parnes did let the Beatles (Stuart included) back another of his singers - Johnny Gentle - on a tour of Scotland a couple of months later.

[@GabrielT17511]

Led Zeppelin will all ways be the best 🇬🇧

[@emmahowells8334]

Totally agree, always loved them. 😎👌🎸

[@sathira_anuk5179]

Nah , Black Sabbath

[@ponytrekker8996]

Purple were just as talented musicians as zeppelin.. and I love both.

[@0riole11]

Missing some huge one, Free, Cream, Thin Lizzy, Fleetwood Mac, Police, Small Faces, Sex Pistols, Cure, Clash, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and I'm just scratching the surface

[@murpho999]

Thin Lizzy are Irish and not British so not missing at all.

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

@@murpho999 well, two from Ireland, the rest NI, Scotland and England? Gary Moore, NI also. Can we agree on, Great Irish/British band?

[@guyincognito7518]

@@Daniel-deMerrivalethey were very vocal about being Irish man, interviews, song lyrics, everything. You have enough bands as it is, stop trying to claim Irish ones.

[@murpho999]

@@Daniel-deMerrivale No as the video is Top 10 British bands and Thin Lizzy are Irish. It’s very simple. No need to put together. Just like you wouldn’t put the band Trust in there and say the list is best British / French bands.

[@murpho999]

Also to add Thin Lizzy are Irish. They originated in Ireland. Northern Ireland is still Irish. No need for you to claim them.

[@lenaoxton8827]

For what it’s worth I would be happy to listen to you talk about the Beatles all day! Love seeing your passion for music, it would be great to have some music reactions on here one day- if we can find anything you haven’t heard before! Muse have some amazing live performances which you should definitely check out. Knights of Cydonia live in Rome is a tippity top live performance. Also maybe some David Bowie ⚡️

[@VintageMillyBooks]

Excellent taste in music. I am very much enjoying your music reaction videos. Mine are 1.Led Zeppelin 2. Beatles 3. Fleetwood Mac Wishing you a happy Christmas 🎄

[@0riole11]

I agree with Fleetwood Mac, but which version, for me it's always pre Buckingham/Nicks, Peter Green was one of the best, Black Magic Woman is a killer track

[@TheCornishCockney]

Where is Black Sabbath,where is ELO,where is Genesis,Yes,Bowie,Elton John? So many iconic British bands and artists.

[@susieq9801]

The Bee Gees too although they're not "rock". Rated in the top 5 all time for sales and as composers.

[@dave20thmay]

Also in there should be the Moody Blues. Not only Knights in White Satin, but beautiful stuff like Forever Autumn and much more besides. Best Dave

[@susieq9801]

@@dave20thmay - Procol Harum....Whiter shade of pale, Conquistador, Etc.

[@BeckyPoleninja]

Cozy Powell on drums Dance with the Devil...holy hot sticks, unbelievable !

[@ianlaker9161]

I'm British born and bred and I broadly agree with your order of the best British bands. How Oasis can be placed above Radiohead is beyond me. Radiohead are way more original and inventive. Oasis based their whole sound on a Beatles B side in my opinion. When the Beatles released Rain as a B side to Papertback Writer in 1966, they were breaking ground once more. but would move on to other masterpieces that were completely different. Oasis churned out that same old sound for years. Some great songs, but how they can even compare themselves to the greatest band of all time is an outragous concieit.

[@lynby6231]

How either of these bands is in the top ten British bands I’ll never know

[@julianaylor4351]

You have obviously never listened to any Oasis album tracks or Noel Gallagher's solo work.

[@ronaldr9911]

See how our tastes differ I remember where I was the first time I heard the Beatles & it was not a single but 1st Album at the top of my list 1. Pink Floyd 2. Led Zeppelin 3 Beatles 4 Queen. 5 Moody Blues. But have never been blown away like on the Day I heard Led Zepplin 1 & 2 , Pink Floyd can't go more than a couple of days without hearing them. I have never seen a group work the Auddiance like the Who, If they just stopped without smashing the gear there would have been a riot.

[@lewdar_]

The gallagher brothers aren't necessarily scary/intimidating. Sometimes being northern can come across as that to people, especially people who aren't british and don't get the attitude

[@alemgas]

Piss poor Beatles tribute band

[@mariannetuite7411]

They’re not intimidating, they’re just a***holes with minimal talent

[@warrenturner397]

Just a pair of wankers

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

Most of the bands that anybody is thinking about are probably British or memebers are born there. And it's impossible to do a top 10 British bands. There are so many....

[@leefylee73]

Speaking as a Floyd fan, you really need to listen to them again if you think Dave and Rogers voices sound the same. They are miles apart.

[@susanjones4904]

The Beatles forever, their music should be taught in high school, they so significant. Good list, Zeppelin second, again highly significant music. Enjoyed this video!!😊

[@eileenagnewe5134]

As a Liverpool lass I'm always so proud of the Beatles. When you come to Liverpool there are pubs still in existence that John Lennon drank in. You'll love it.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Led Zeppelin were the greatest ROCK BAND of all time. The epitome.

[@emmahowells8334]

Totally agree. 😎👌🎸

[@emmahowells8334]

Totally agree. 😎👌🎸

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@emmahowells8334 Cheers to you. Great taste ✌

[@alexhoffam4170]

Zepp in a league of their own.

[@emmahowells8334]

​@@lyndoncmp5751same to you and thx. 👍🏻😊

[@stephaniebarker9244]

You were right about Liam Gallagher, he is disgustingly confrontational. I had a right Barney with him in a pub a few years ago. He needs to grow up!

[@JonEvans-st9kt]

Mate of mine met him years ago and well he didn't have many nice things to say about him

[@rde4017]

A friend of mine worked with him and said, "It was like dealing with a f*****g r****d."

[@HearszAM]

Your mate must be a right a**hole then 😆 @@JonEvans-st9kt

[@RSXVPS]

Rolling Stones just put out a new bit of music - it's quintessentially them and awesome! I think they are going to tour it and then retire, Jagger being like 80+ years old! They are worth over £1 Billion between them all so it's definitely not a money thing - just a love of the industry!

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

1- Led Zeppelin 2- Pink Floyd 3- Stones 4- Beetles 5- Sabbath 6- Queen 7- The Kinks 8- Radio head 9- Dire straits 10- The Who Then the rest

[@mariannetuite7411]

1. Zeppelin/Floyd 2. Sabbath 3. T.Rex 4. Free/Bad Company 5. Beatles/Stones 6. The Kinks 7. Procol Harum 8. The Cure 9. The Who 10. Depeche Mode

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

@@mariannetuite7411 good List

[@PSN_MICKSTA]

70s British rock is just amazing 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@johnp8131]

How many times do we hear, "I didn't know they were British"? Could it be that people no longer have an album sleeve to read? An American recently said on KZbin, "I didn't know Iron Maiden were British and I have most of their records". Did he not have a clue in the lyrics?

[@fluorescentadolescent2640]

Or their lives shows dressed as british soldiers 😭

[@vallejomach6721]

@@fluorescentadolescent2640 Or never come across the acronym NWOBHM

[@mariannetuite7411]

It’s ignorance with a lot of Americans (though of course, not all). So many that I’ve personally come across just assumed certain artists were American because they were great 🙄

[@warrenturner397]

Bethca he doesn't have their "records"

[@jammybadger6514]

It can happen I'm English and found out a few days ago that Dire Straits were British. I honestly thought they were American and I'm 52.

[@richardgoddard37]

You might find Primal Scream interesting if you haven't heard them already. The went from one of the very best dance / rave albums to The Rolling Stones mkII in 2 albums ! They've covered MANY different genres, so you never know what you're gonna get from album to album.

[@apollomemories7399]

Total pish.

[@veroniquewolff8963]

A big British band that that got missed was Iron Maiden, although i am not a huge fan, should've at least had an honourable mention considering how big they still are.

[@mariannetuite7411]

I will never understand this one personally. I consider myself a big metal fan, grew up in the 80’s/90’s.. Maiden just never hit for me. So much of what they do sounds so samey

[@bmmaaate]

amazing how huge they still are and when they tour they tour. I was surprised to see that they played at least 10 arenas just in the UK on a recent tour and no one does more than 2 these days.

[@daviebananas1735]

Iron Maiden are a joke band to me. They wouldn’t be in the top 200.

[@bmmaaate]

@@daviebananas1735 I bet your top 199 is a load of crap.

[@daviebananas1735]

@@bmmaaate it’s a top 200

[@nathaliecunningham7987]

This guys voice. I could listen to him all day. What a calming voice. ❤

[@myoldmate]

Good reaction, buddy, thanks. Im British 68yo, and I'd have to say the Kinks were/are my choice. That doesn't mean to say I'm unappreciative of what followed, but they were superb.

[@BBaldwin]

I think the top 5 is spot on. The Beatles and Zeppelin stand at the top.

[@deborahdennehy9937]

.......I was a little disappointed you never mentioned Roger Taylor from Queen. Ofcourse Freddie was one in a million!🥰

[@josephmanzuni8593]

Actually Roger Taylor of Queen did mention that John Bonham is his mentor and the best drummer in the world during Led Zeppelin's induction into the Hall of Fame. I have to agree. Nobody could play drums like he did.

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@josephmanzuni8593This is the reason Roger is my favourite member of Queen. No one will ever match Bonzo

[@sandraback7809]

As you are a drummer, what’s your opinion of Roger Taylor?

[@henriettechristensen2135]

How can you forget about Kinks??? They are absolutely fabulous and criminally underrated!

[@ebonywatch]

Do Americans EVER look beyond their own backyard? If they did, they might learn there's a big world out there.