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Bloc Party are the best British band of the 21st century
Dunno why the Kaiser Chiefs get more recognition
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Muse
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LOL at the random mention of the Kaiser Chiefs. As for the Bloc Party statement, well its just a matter of opinion. It would be more fair to say they are "one of the best British bands of the 21st century".
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Both Bloc Party and Muse could be classed as among the best British bands of the 21st century imo.
The Kaiser Chiefs.......couldn't.
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One of the best.
![]() Also, special mentions to Coldplay, Muse & Kasabian. |
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Pretentious student tosh.
Elbow are the best of this decade for my money. 4 faultless albums. Followed by Kasabian, Doves and The Libertines. |
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Bloc Party are shite (IMHO of course)
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They are all rubbish, the best is McFly, obviously.
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Excluding Muse, all British bands 21st century have been poor. Hard to believe this is a country which churned out quality acts like Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Deep Purple, Queen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc.
![]() The Answer are a good 21st century rock band, but they're from Northern Ireland so while they are technically British, they don't really come from the British rock scene, so to speak. |
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Excluding Muse, all British bands 21st century have been poor. Hard to believe this is a country which churned out quality acts like Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Deep Purple, Queen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc.
![]() The Answer are a good 21st century rock band, but they're from Northern Ireland so while they are technically British, they don't really come from the British rock scene, so to speak.
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At least have the decency to use the the term 'so far'. We are NINE years in to the CENTURY.
And for the record, I disagree, but that's just my opinon and not the point I wanted to raise. |
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The thread title says "best british band" its not specific to heavy metal or hard rock. But that's all you like though aint it, nothing else is relevant to you. That first sentence in your post is such a sweeping statement. I mean if that's your opinion your either extremely fussy, have a very limited taste in music or are so in love with your 80's hair-metal you can't see any good in modern music.
![]() For a start, 80s hair-metal? I don't like hair-metal as anything other than the novelty which it was, so for you to claim I liked it as a "serious" genre just shows ignorance of either my musical taste or just what the hair-metal genre actually was. Furthermore, didn't I say Muse were a a good 21st century rock band? I don't know many bands who could be any further from the hair-metal style! ![]() As for the "best british band" idea, isn't it the case that all critically acclaimed bands play rock or metal music of some sort? Plus, the thread creator clearly is a big fan of indie, a genre which I absolutely cannot stand, so I was simply stating how today's "big" indie bands can't even hold a candle to the big scene bands that the UK produced 20-30 years ago. Damn right I'm fussy with my musical tastes; if I wasn't I'd be listening to any old crap they put on the airwaves. I always look back on the day I heard Linkin Park's Hybird Theory album; that one record single-handedly changed my perspective on what constituted good music. The ironic thing now is that I hardly listen to Linkin Park anymore, but at the time, there wasn't any band more important than them in my book. From them I went on to learn more about bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ozzy, GNR, and I've never looked back since. To think I used to listen to tripe like The Spice Girls before I heard Linkin Park for the very first time! ![]() And there's lots of good modern bands I like. Muse, Opeth, The Answer, Velvet Revolver, Airbourne, Angra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters etc. And then there's all the bands from the 70s-90s who are still going, like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Deliverance and many others. |
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It's Radiohead for me (Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows). Easy decision.
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Well, there's only been <9 years in the 21st Century.
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Better Than the Kaisers IMO, at least their third album wasn't complete tosh.
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For me The Coral are the best band of the 21st Century
notable metions also go to: Muse Coldplay Arctic Monkeys |
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Man, I don't even know where to begin deconstructing that one...
For a start, 80s hair-metal? I don't like hair-metal as anything other than the novelty which it was, so for you to claim I liked it as a "serious" genre just shows ignorance of either my musical taste or just what the hair-metal genre actually was. Furthermore, didn't I say Muse were a a good 21st century rock band? I don't know many bands who could be any further from the hair-metal style! ![]() Also I never compared Muse to a hair-metal band, I don't know what gave you that idea.![]() Quote:
As for the "best british band" idea, isn't it the case that all critically acclaimed bands play rock or metal music of some sort? Plus, the thread creator clearly is a big fan of indie, a genre which I absolutely cannot stand, so I was simply stating how today's "big" indie bands can't even hold a candle to the big scene bands that the UK produced 20-30 years ago.
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Damn right I'm fussy with my musical tastes; if I wasn't I'd be listening to any old crap they put on the airwaves. I always look back on the day I heard Linkin Park's Hybird Theory album; that one record single-handedly changed my perspective on what constituted good music. The ironic thing now is that I hardly listen to Linkin Park anymore, but at the time, there wasn't any band more important than them in my book. From them I went on to learn more about bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ozzy, GNR, and I've never looked back since. To think I used to listen to tripe like The Spice Girls before I heard Linkin Park for the very first time!
![]() I've taken all that with me and my taste in music now a days is so broad and varied, I often don't think of music by genres. I either like something or I don't. The only genres I'm not really into are Classical music, Opera and Jazz. I just love music new or old. Quote:
And there's lots of good modern bands I like. Muse, Opeth, The Answer, Velvet Revolver, Airbourne, Angra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters etc. And then there's all the bands from the 70s-90s who are still going, like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Deliverance and many others.
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Its Muse....enough said on that!
![]() Closely followed by Radiohead...no other bands come close from the past 9 years. |
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Never heard of them.
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I have to say Hope of the States are, in MY opinion, best british band of the C21 thus far. Muse have to be up there. Bloc Party WOULD be up there, if they stuck to music like Mercury, and lost the singer. Far better as an instrumental act I say.
Libertines Deserve a mention, and McFly are probably the biggest selling play their own instruments british band? Could be wrong, but it'd make sense. |
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I still like Oasis!
McFly have probably sold the most records so far which suggests they're doing well too. |
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Man, I don't even know where to begin deconstructing that one...
For a start, 80s hair-metal? I don't like hair-metal as anything other than the novelty which it was, so for you to claim I liked it as a "serious" genre just shows ignorance of either my musical taste or just what the hair-metal genre actually was. Furthermore, didn't I say Muse were a a good 21st century rock band? I don't know many bands who could be any further from the hair-metal style! ![]() As for the "best british band" idea, isn't it the case that all critically acclaimed bands play rock or metal music of some sort? Plus, the thread creator clearly is a big fan of indie, a genre which I absolutely cannot stand, so I was simply stating how today's "big" indie bands can't even hold a candle to the big scene bands that the UK produced 20-30 years ago. Damn right I'm fussy with my musical tastes; if I wasn't I'd be listening to any old crap they put on the airwaves. I always look back on the day I heard Linkin Park's Hybird Theory album; that one record single-handedly changed my perspective on what constituted good music. The ironic thing now is that I hardly listen to Linkin Park anymore, but at the time, there wasn't any band more important than them in my book. From them I went on to learn more about bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ozzy, GNR, and I've never looked back since. To think I used to listen to tripe like The Spice Girls before I heard Linkin Park for the very first time! ![]() And there's lots of good modern bands I like. Muse, Opeth, The Answer, Velvet Revolver, Airbourne, Angra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters etc. And then there's all the bands from the 70s-90s who are still going, like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Deliverance and many others. |
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I have to say Hope of the States are, in MY opinion, best british band of the C21 thus far. Muse have to be up there. Bloc Party WOULD be up there, if they stuck to music like Mercury, and lost the singer. Far better as an instrumental act I say.
Libertines Deserve a mention, and McFly are probably the biggest selling play their own instruments british band? Could be wrong, but it'd make sense. Definitely one of my favourite bands of the last 10 years. |
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You were doing so well until you mentioned Linkin Park.
My point was just that Linkin Park were the gateway for me to learn more about and appreciate heavier music. Once I discovered the miriad of bands out there who are better than Linkin Park then the transformation was complete! ![]() I'm sure there are plenty of people on these forums who used nu-metal as a gateway for the music they listen to nowadays anyway. |
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Another vote for Muse, sensational band
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