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Top 10 Bands of this Century

This has been a great decade so far. Right up there with the best of them. How many of these would be on your list?

  1. The Libertines
  2. Killers
  3. Kasabian
  4. Radiohead (Best of the 90's tho)
  5. The Zutons
  6. Razorlight
  7. The Strokes
  8. Arctic Monkeys
  9. Coldplay
  10. Green Day

As someone who has always championed British Rock and Roll, it has come as a bit of a shock to me that I have included 3 American Bands on this list. In my mind, these are probably the first U.S. groups who would deserve a place on such a list since Nirvana.

I don’t have a problem with American music, or musicians as such. I just have a genuine belief that this is one area where Britain does it best. America does produce wave upon wave of high class, formulaic soft rock bands and there seems to be little room for the angst of a Radiohead, or the rebel yell of The Libertines.

For the uninitiated of you, The Libertines only lasted 2 albums before in fighting brought a premature end to proceedings. Up The Bracket especially is a masterful offering and I would advise all of you to pick it up along with its sidekick, The Libertines.

There are a lot of great acts out there and it promises to be an exciting decade

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Comments (8)
#1 by eric, Oct 30, 2006
This was, by a wide margin, the funniest thing I've seen all day! This is like The Onion of top ten band lists.
#2 by James, Oct 30, 2006
Yeah...um. Whatever. The Strokes? You must be stroking yourself while making this list.
#3 by Bandarran, Oct 30, 2006
What clever, witty little boys you two are. I'd place little Eric about 17 and little James (hilarious play on words btw. You should do something with a razor sharp wit like that) about 19.
When you grow up a little, you might learn to treat other peoples opinions with a bit more respect. This, in turn, will lead to a lot fewer LOYF.
Jog on
#4 by Mark, May 4, 2008
The Libertines!?!?

My Top 10:
1 Coldplay
2 The Killers
3 U2
4 Kasabian
5 Oasis
6 The White Stripes
7 Green Day
8 The Feeling
9 Kaiser Chiefs
10 Foo Fighters
#5 by john, Jul 3, 2008
the red hot chili peppers have been a band for 25 years....
had about nine hits
they are funk, punk, alternative, jazz, blues, and even some rap.
theyre new album stadium arcadium was the biggest sale in 2006
i dont know...
im just saying if you dont like them... then you dont like rock.
in my opinion they are the leading musical energy in this world.
#6 by Chris, Jul 25, 2008
YES JOHN finally someone who agress with me that red hots are the best bad ever!! i don't know why they're not really in loads of peoples top 10 after what they have accomplished really
i mean stadium arcadium ifyou roperly listen to it is amazing and by the way and calforniacation are amazing and BSSM is aswell i love them and everyone should to :) and if they dont tey're gay haha
#7 by Leslie, Aug 21, 2008
Queen defnitly at number one
#8 by Youre crazy, Oct 21, 2008
The Libertines? Kasabian? The Zutons? Razorlight? Arctic Monkeys? Those groups exist??? and, where is Metallica?!?!?!?! the worst top 10 list I've ever seen
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