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imitchellg5 · July 29, 2009

I don't know why, but all of the sudden I've been listening to some British rock/pop bands, and I am finding that I like it. I really enjoy bands like Muse and Snow Patrol. If I like these bands, what are some others that perhaps the UK based NNers would recommend? I would prefer these bands to be pretty clean, no eff this and eff that every other verse. Thanks in advance.

Jawbone54 · Apr 21, 2008 , 08:49 PM

Music at the top of the British charts is 10x better than the music on the top of American charts.

I'll be peeping in on this thread throughout.

imitchellg5 · July 29, 2009

Yes, I agree. Although I never understand why Rihanna is always on top of their charts too.

Jawbone54 · Apr 21, 2008 , 08:50 PM

You know what? I just checked the UK's charts, and it's not 10x better. Maybe 2x.

But at least their pop/rock is better.

Railroader · Apr 21, 2008 , 08:54 PM

oops... nm

imitchellg5 · July 29, 2009

It depends on the year really. 2005-2006 there seemed to be a good amount of original stuff on their charts. I just get tired of all the crap on the US charts, like Touch My Body, No Air, Love In This Club, Don't Stop the Music, etc. A lot of it is very unoriginal and quite frankly boring.

King Bob On The Cob · Apr 21, 2008 , 08:59 PM

Bleh, I am NOT happy that Muse became as popular in the states as it is.

How am I supposed to be elitist about them like I was 5 years ago?!

And I bet they're not going to stop by and play the Pagent in St. Louis anymore.

Damn yous!

scaught · Apr 21, 2008 , 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I don't know why, but all of the sudden I've been listening to some British rock/pop bands, and I am finding that I like it. I really enjoy bands like Muse and Snow Patrol. If I like these bands, what are some others that perhaps the UK based NNers would recommend? I would prefer these bands to be pretty clean, no eff this and eff that every other verse. Thanks in advance.

Mogwai. Start with "mr beast" and work your way back.

If you dig Snow Patrol, go find Belle & Sebastian and Reindeer Section. Belle & Sebastian has a ton of albums, and they're all good. Reindeer Section (basically a snow patrol side project) has only a couple albums, they're worth looking into.

- - e r i k - - · Apr 22, 2008 , 01:01 AM

You'll probably also like the Danish band Mew.

I asked Matt Bellamy if he liked Mew (as we had misheard "Muse is here" as "Mew is here" earlier at the party), and he said he liked what he had heard).

Peter · Apr 22, 2008 , 02:04 AM

Bloc Party?

Peter · Apr 22, 2008 , 02:05 AM

or Air Traffic.

cheruman · Apr 22, 2008 , 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by scaught

Mogwai. Start with "mr beast" and work your way back.

If you dig Snow Patrol, go find Belle & Sebastian and Reindeer Section. Belle & Sebastian has a ton of albums, and they're all good. Reindeer Section (basically a snow patrol side project) has only a couple albums, they're worth looking into.

Although I wouldn't exactly call Belle & Sebastian or Reindeer Section "Rock", I can wholeheartedly back up scaught's recommendation.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 22, 2008 , 02:34 AM

beatles

Paco500 · Apr 22, 2008 , 03:08 AM

Unfortunately, I'm not hip enough to know what is new and hot, or even if it is British, but some stuff I have enjoyed recently include The Fratellis, Regina Spektor and Duffy. I don't know that I could identify Snow Patrol, but I hear them mentioned alongside Arctic Monkeys and The Kaiser Chiefs a bit.

Of course, these may be old hat.

But as for the contention that the UK pop charts are 10x (or even 2x) better than the US pop charts, I'm thinking it's a case of the unfamiliar seeming more interesting. Pop music sucks here too. This is a country in which the Bob the Builder theme song reached number 1.

Doofy · Apr 22, 2008 , 03:25 AM

Good British rock?

OK, here we go...

Iron Maiden.
Black Sabbath.
Magnum.
Tygers of Pan Tang.
Saxon.

Ummm. That's about it.

Please stop devaluing the word "rock" by applying it to limp pop combos. Thanks.

- - e r i k - - · Apr 22, 2008 , 03:31 AM

The Klaxons if you want to move into british New Rave (worst genre label ever).

PlacidTubs · Apr 22, 2008 , 04:48 AM

I think British music is in a bit of a state at the moment. Although if you like Snow Patrol, how about bands like Keane and Ghosts? Or even Feeder. I don't massively rate any of these bands though to be honest.

Or buy my bands EP. Not the rockiest thing in the world though, but who knows, you might like it.

Butterflies On Strings
/shameless plug.

The only big current UK bands I really like are Bloc Party, Radiohead and Elbow. There may be a couple more but I'm struggling to come up with many.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 22, 2008 , 05:16 AM

could always listen to some T.Rex

Dakar the Fourth · Apr 22, 2008 , 07:25 AM

Franz Ferdinand.

Peter · Apr 22, 2008 , 09:48 AM

Elbow arent big, but are amazing.

2001pass-var · Apr 22, 2008 , 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Good British rock?

OK, here we go...

Iron Maiden.
Black Sabbath.
Magnum.
Tygers of Pan Tang.
Saxon.

Ummm. That's about it.

Please stop devaluing the word "rock" by applying it to limp pop combos. Thanks.

Don't forget UFO.

Chuckit · Apr 22, 2008 , 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Good British rock?

OK, here we go...

Iron Maiden.
Black Sabbath.
Magnum.
Tygers of Pan Tang.
Saxon.

Ummm. That's about it.

Please stop devaluing the word "rock" by applying it to limp pop combos. Thanks.

Not a Rolling Stones fan or they aren't British enough for you?