Posted by Rev. Jonny Fabulous at 194.165.165.129 on August 27, 2001 at 20:04:54:
In Reply to: He loses his point here though... posted by Keeyop on August 27, 2001 at 19:54:02:
: Our premier band I'd rate as Primal Scream...
: then we have...
: Manic Street Preachers
: Ocean Colour Scene
: Dodgy
: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
: Travis
: Pop Will Eat Itself
: Gash
: Stone Roses
: Blur
: Gomez
: The Beta Band
: ETC ETC ETC (back through time to the Beatles, kinks, Stones, Who, etc)
: Whilst Ireland has given us...
: U2
: Compulsion (not too bad)
: The Corrs
: Clannad
: Boyzone
: Westlife
: Um..
: er..
: Jonny Logan
: erm..
: ooh..
: Val Doonican
:
: So England wins that round
You seem to have forgotten to mention Take That, Hearsay, Steps, Five, etc. etc. etc.
Of all the English bands you mentioned, only Gomez are a truely excellent band. Gorky's Zygoti Mynci are ok, Travis are ok, I don't like Stone Roses, PRML SCRM are ok, Dodgy and Blur suck...
Irish Bands:
U2 - Best Band in the world - Official
The Frames - Best band in the world - Unnoficial
Ash
Turn
David Kitt
Therapy?
Wilt
The Would Be's
Etc
Etc
Etc