Best New British Bands

[places38]

I'm seeing alot of those Franz Ferdinad type bands coming out now which is good even though Franz sucks. HAs anyone heard of The Servant?

[HoboFactory]

No, but I agree with your assessment of Franz Ferdinand.

[places38]

way over hyped and that always ruins a band for me

[saturnine]

best and british don't usually go hand in hand

[Ruettiger]

But what about S-Club 7?

[places38]

you are gay for even mentioning sclub7

[saturnine]

they had some hotties in the band

[BritSavant]

*sighs*

 

Franz are decent.

 

Besides, Britain's got a much better musical pedigree than Canada.

[calumania]

I think that Muse is british.

[no yu begin wher i end]

*sighs*

 

Franz are decent.

 

Besides, Britain's got a much better musical pedigree than Canada.

I wouldn't say so much better as more distinguished, for the most part. The biggest classic rock groups to come from here are probably The Guess Who, Neil Yound, and The Band, whereas Britain has The Who, Beatles, Rolling Stones etc. It's not always the big-name bands who provide inspiration for others.

 

I do feel the same way about Franz Ferdinand.

[Broken]

KEANE!!!!!!!!!!!

[BritSavant]

Keane are ass. Full stop.

[calumania]

UGH Keane = good for 5 minutes.

 

I bought their album and became totally sick of it. All of the tracks are very dry and very similar.

[thegoodnessofallthatisbad]

keane has a not too bad version of "with or without you" though, i was impressed

[calumania]

Its not that they're bad, they need to diversify, thats all.

 

I mispelt bad. I think I misspelt missspel too.

Edited March 15, 2005 by calumania

[thegoodnessofallthatisbad]

i have only heard the cover of u2 by them i havent heard anything else from them

[calumania]

Downlod any 1 song, don't look for any more, and you should be good.

[thegoodnessofallthatisbad]

i thought the muse cd was a pretty good listen

[Baby Faced Assassin]

Absolution is GREAT.. so id Origins of Symmetry.

 

showbiz in on the weaker side though.

[thegoodnessofallthatisbad]

but i still prefer the 90's for brit pop

[spiritofeden]

I have been digging the new Kasabian album

M.I.A (not a band, but a new dancehall artist)

The Futureheads (not really all that new)

[juanpe]

best and british don't usually go hand in hand

sorry to disagree but that's completely false... there are many many british bands which ARE actually very good... bands from all times (Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths...) and current bands like The Libertines, Muse, The Charlatans UK, Coldplay, The Cranberries, U2, The Dandy Warhols, Garbage, Interpol, New Order, P.J. Harvey, Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Placebo (do you need more bands?), etc. which are simply great...

 

not all good music comes from the US...

Edited March 22, 2005 by juanpe

[mofonik]

ACTUALLY, The Strokes are from the US. They rock the hizzous though. As for brit bands.....yeah, i like the older ones a bit more than the new ones. I still rely greatly on Britain to provide me with good music.

[juanpe]

yeah, sorry, you are right... guess i was influenced by the fact that i was listening to the strokes while writing my post...

 

in any case, the rest of the british bands are as good as some other ones from the States... i'm a bit sick of the idea that "good" music and good musicians just comes from the USA... it is simply a lie

[spiritofeden]

Interpol is from New York.

 

and Shirly is the only "British" link in Garbage. If you want to get technical, she is Irish.