Top UK Super Band

[The Big East]

What was your favorite English Super Band ?
The Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otrH5hxJ2GE

Led Zepplin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bv_ALKkTjQ

The Kinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTsY-oz6Go

The Rolling Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os

The Who
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q&list=PLer6HEZnCnBtiZ8y7JNlbsk_vKin1pKFz&index=3

[JWags85]

Kind of wild to include the Kinks in here and not Pink Floyd or Queen. Very influential group, but not on the same level as the other 4 in my opinion.

I've never cared much for the Stones, the Beatles I appreciate their trailblazing but they've always been a bit repetitive for me. I liked The Who quite a bit for a time, but don't find myself revisiting them much.

Zepplin on the other hand I adore. I dabbled when I was younger but have gained so much more appreciation over time. And that's with thinking that Jimmy Page was probably the sloppiest soloist of the guitar icons of his day. But the brilliance of so many pieces of their songs, Bonham's insane drum fills (parts of When the Levee Breaks are just silly), and the ambitious dreaminess of their lyrics. They get my vote hands down

[Pakuni]

The correct answer is The Clash.

[Heisenberg]

How old do you have to be to fully appreciate this thread?

[Hards Alumni]

The correct answer is The Clash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krl-2hgFrJU

Though I'm partial to London Calling

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Absolutely Queen for me

[GooooMarquette]

Another vote for Zepplin, with Pink Floyd a photo finish away.

And yeah - Pink Floyd and Queen should definitely be on the list instead of the Kinks.

[GooooMarquette]

How old do you have to be to fully appreciate this thread?

My daughter is 24, and Queen is her favorite band. Makes her daddy proud. 🥲

[tower912]

U2.

[The Sultan]

U2.

Uh oh...

[The Sultan]

Zeppelin

[tower912]

Uh oh...

None of the aforementioned move me.   I could have gone with none of the above, I guess.

[hairy worthen]

Stones by a wide margin, then kinks and Super Tramp for me.

[Pakuni]

None of the aforementioned move me.   I could have gone with none of the above, I guess.

It's a geography thing

[Billy Hoyle]

Oasis. In the UK they were as big as the Beatles. 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see them at Knebworth in 1996.  The sold out the England Be Here Now tour dates in 10 minutes.

[MUfan12]

Zeppelin for me.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Floyd and Zep.

Stones for most overrated.

The Kinks?  GTFO.

[swoopem]

The Stones for me

Unless Europe 72 counts

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[MU82]

Herman's Hermits just can't get no respect.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

U2.

Then I guess my answer is The Pogues.

[hairy worthen]

Floyd and Zep.

Stones for most overrated.

The Kinks?  GTFO.

LaLaLaLa Lola

[JWags85]

Oasis. In the UK they were as big as the Beatles. 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see them at Knebworth in 1996.  The sold out the England Be Here Now tour dates in 10 minutes.

Oasis had a monster peak, but they were a shooting star. Their run was real only only 5 years from late 94 to the end of the 90s. By Standing on the Shoulders of Giants they lost 2 founding members and the album did ok by their standards, and then Heathen Chemistry was largely forgotten. They went from selling millions of albums outside the UK to 100-200K. And that was still early 2000s so streaming wars hadn't begun in earnest.

Compare that to The Who or Zepplin who lasted a decade plus at their heights.

[Jables1604]

Oasis had a monster peak, but they were a shooting star. Their run was real only only 5 years from late 94 to the end of the 90s. By Standing on the Shoulders of Giants they lost 2 founding members and the album did ok by their standards, and then Heathen Chemistry was largely forgotten. They went from selling millions of albums outside the UK to 100-200K. And that was still early 2000s so streaming wars hadn't begun in earnest.

Compare that to The Who or Zepplin who lasted a decade plus at their heights.

Saw Oasis on the Brotherly Love Tour with Black Crowes and Spacehog.

I've probably seen close to a thousand live shows and that sticks out as the singular loudest.

[real chili 83]

Yipes!