Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Who, Hollies are my 5 favorite 1960's British bands. Yours?

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Small Faces
The Who
The Yardbirds

For these purposes I'll consider Badfinger and Slade bands of the 1970's, despite the 60's start. (Or else I'd replace the Small Faces and Yardbirds with 'em.)

 

Yes (this list, not the band )

 

This is for the music produced through 1970

for listening pleasure:
1) Beatles
2) Stones
3) Kinks
4) Who
5) Yardbirds

For the influence that music has had
1) Beatles
2) Stones
3) Yardbirds
4) Who
5) KInks

 

Like how you presented that... the first category wouldn't suit me, but I agree wholeheartedly with the second category...

 

The second category is much much closer bunched than the first. For listening, Little Games doesn't hold up to things like Something Else or Sell Out.

 

I agree with that... but I spin Five Live far more than anything pre-Face to Face or post-Sell Out... it's all relative...

 

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Fairport Convention
The Who

 

Stones
Beatles
Who
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

 

Creation
Action
Blossom Toes
Small Faces
Kaleidoscope UK

Nirvana UK
Skip Bifferty
The Attack
Kinks
Animals

 

1. The Rolling Stones
2. The Who
3. The Beatles
4. The Yardbirds
5. The Kinks

 

the next five (and I'm keeping this first wave)
Zombies (in spite of their small catalog)
(Eric Burdon and the) Animals ( For their relatively large catalog)
Hollies
Manfred Mann (All of the guys call her Flamingo)
Dave Clark Five ( Consider them like KISS. They recorded a lot of dross but their best is among the very best)

and then there's Herman and his Hermits

 

The Kinks
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Zombies
The Small Faces


I never got the love for The Who.

 

A fair thought. This Ugly American didn't have a complete Five Live until the Yardbirds Story box came out. Plus ... as you can see with my second post I'm factoring in depth of catalog, The Yardbirds only had three albums. One for each guitarist. I love the Zombies but it's the same issue is they only came out with two albums and god knows how many singles.

 

Of every British band I've seen live since the Animals in '83, the Creation was hands down my favorite... "Through My Eyes" was the most psychedelic thing I've ever heard live except for some Pretty Things SF Sorrow cuts...

 

Beatles
Stones
Kinks
Cream
Traffic

 

Zep
King Crimson
Fleetwood Mac
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Donovan

 

The Zombies
The Beatles
The Hollies
The Moody Blues (I'm very fond of the Denny Laine-era Moody Blues)
Gerry and The Pacemakers

 

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Cream
Small Faces perhaps (that is if JH Experience does not count.)

 

1-THE ZOMBIES....2-THE ANIMALS....3-THE KINKS... 4-THE BEATLES.....5-THE SMALL FACES....In that order.

 

The Lovely Lads
The Originals
The New Originals
The Thamesmen
Spinal Tap

 

I can't rank 'em, but here are the 5:

Stones
Beatles
Kinks
Who
Small Faces

Small Faces barely edged out Floyd... actually, they change places in the top 5 depending on the day.

 

Beatles
Stones
Who
Kinks
Traffic

 

Yardbirds


Beatles
Who
Stones
Animals

 

Man, Traffic was great... so overlooked.