Out of my top ten favorite bands, seven are British, the remaining three are American, but out of, say, my top fifty, more of them are American. So... British artists or American artists?
BQ: Favorite American band?
BQ2: Favorite British band?
BQ3: Favorite Canadian band?
BQ4: Favorite band from anywhere other than the already asked?
BQ5: Favorite folk artist?
BQ6: Favorite band with a number in the name?
BQ7: Southern rock?
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Favorite Answer
Most of my favorites are American.
BQ: Tool
BQ2: The Cure
BQ3: The Tea Party
BQ4: Karnivool (Australia)
BQ6: Sevendust aka 7D
BQ7: I dig it. ;)
Bobby A
Definately British; My top Bands are 1. Oasis, 2. Beatles, 3. Stones, 4. The Who, and love Rod Stewart, The Kinks, etc.
BQ: The White Stripes
BQ2: Oasis
BQ3: Barenaked Ladies
BQ4: AC/DC (Australian)
BQ5: Bob Dylan
BQ6: U2
BQ7: The Black Crowes
King Crimson
If you don't venture much outside the Western popular canon, then you're likely to say British, and indeed they had a great scene going there in the late 60's/early 70's with the diversification of pop/rock music.
I'd go with American though, mainly because of jazz. It also has the blues, soul/r&b/funk, etc.
BQ: Miles Davis (Kind of Blue lineup)
BQ2: King Crimson
BQ3: Harmonium
BQ4: Beethoven, Germany
BQ5: Fairport Convention, not counting prog-folk like Jethro Tull and Strawbs
BQ6: 10cc
BQ7: The Allman Brothers Band
Anonymous
1. The Doors
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Rush
4. AC/DC
5. Simon & Garfunkel
6. Third Eye Blind (close to a number)
7. .38 Special
And I'd choose British even though there are still some very key bands that were American.
♫Bliss♫
Out of my top 10 only three of them are American. The rest are Canadian and French and British. My top 3 bands are British! I love music from both countries but I tend to favor the british bands.
BQ: Owl City
BQ2: Muse
BQ3: Wolf Parade
BQ4: Phoenix
BQ5: Sufjan Stevens
BQ6: Deadmau5
BQ7: Ehh...
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