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Are we counting longevity? If not, Dexy’s Midnight Runners. Bonus points for Kevin Rowlands considering himself Irish.
Ireland hasn’t been a “home nation” since 1921.
Anyways, here are my top 5 five English bands:
- Queen
- The Stones
- The Beatles
- ELO
- The Who
[QUOTE=“Boxtyeater, post: 933097, member: 246”]Rolling Stones.
Beatles.
Fleetwood Mac.
Led Zeppelin.
Kinks.[/QUOTE]
Fleetwood Mac are 40% American, unless you mean the earlier Peter Green incarnation of the band.
Nominations close at 5pm.
Listened to all of Revolver last week. A super album.
The Beatles
The Who
The Kinks
Madness
The Smiths
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Two members of U2 travel on british passports. If you ask them are they an Irish or british band, they will say Irish.
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What country would they say for tax purposes?
I just stuck The Pogues in to my list to see who would dance to my merry tune. I don’t rate them in my top 5 English bands
The Las
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
The Sundays
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull
Iron Maiden
Rolling Stones