British band names

Famous British bands

Ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions cover each band.

1. The Beatles 1960 · beat · UK
2. Queen 1970 · art rock · UK
3. Motörhead 1975 · speed metal · UK
4. The Rolling Stones 1962 · classic rock · UK
5. Pink Floyd 1964 · experimental rock · UK
6. Iron Maiden 1975 · traditional heavy metal · UK
7. Coldplay 1999 · alternative rock · UK
8. One Direction 2010 · teen pop · UK
9. Black Sabbath 1968 · traditional heavy metal · UK
10. Duran Duran 1978 · art pop · UK
11. The Who 1964 · classic rock · UK
12. Deep Purple 1968 · classic rock · UK
13. Depeche Mode 1980 · synth-pop · UK
14. Dire Straits 1977 · blues rock · UK
15. Judas Priest 1969 · traditional heavy metal · UK
16. Spice Girls 1994 · europop · UK
17. Oasis 1991 · neo-psychedelia · UK
18. The Clash 1976 · post-punk · UK
19. The Prodigy 1990 · alternative dance · UK
20. The Cure 1976 · gothic rock · UK
21. Bee Gees 1958 · blue-eyed soul · UK
22. Arctic Monkeys 2002 · post-punk revival · UK
23. Joy Division 1976 · post-punk · UK
24. Fleetwood Mac 1967 · pop rock · UK
25. Genesis 1967 · progressive pop · UK
26. The Police 1977 · reggae rock · UK
27. Blur 1988 · lo-fi · UK
28. Uriah Heep 1969 · hard rock · UK
29. Franz Ferdinand 2002 · indie rock · UK
30. Take That 1990 · funk · UK
31. The Smiths 1984 · jangle pop · UK
32. Def Leppard 1977 · hard rock · UK
33. Florence + the Machine 2007 · art rock · UK
34. Gorillaz 1998 · art pop · UK
35. Pet Shop Boys 1981 · art pop · UK
36. Placebo 1994 · britpop · UK
37. Erasure 1985 · synth-pop · UK
38. Jethro Tull 1967 · art rock · UK
39. Keane 1995 · piano rock · UK
40. King Crimson 1968 · jazz rock · UK
41. Bullet for My Valentine 1998 · melodic metalcore · UK
42. The Animals 1962 · british blues · UK
43. Cream 1966 · jam band · UK
44. Bring Me the Horizon 2004 · deathcore · UK
45. Little Mix 2011 · contemporary r&b · UK
46. Venom 1979 · thrash metal · UK
47. New Order 1980 · synth-pop · UK
48. Eurythmics 1980 · blue-eyed soul · UK
49. Siouxsie and the Banshees 1976 · post-punk · UK
50. Whitesnake 1978 · blues rock · UK
51. Tears for Fears 1981 · new wave · UK
52. The Moody Blues 1964 · art rock · UK
53. Cradle of Filth 1991 · extreme metal · UK
54. Jamiroquai 1992 · nu-funk · UK
55. Massive Attack 1988 · electronica · UK
56. Portishead 1991 · electronica · UK
57. Status Quo 1962 · classic rock · UK
58. Wham! 1981 · new wave · UK
59. DragonForce 1999 · speed metal · UK
60. The Yardbirds 1963 · blues rock · UK
61. Blue 2000 · popular · UK
62. Sugababes 1998 · dance · UK
63. Kaiser Chiefs 2000 · power pop · UK
64. Mumford & Sons 2007 · folk rock · UK
65. Bananarama 1979 · dance-pop · UK
66. Bloc Party 2003 · indie rock · UK
67. Napalm Death 1981 · grindcore · UK
68. Supertramp 1969 · progressive rock · UK
69. Travis 1990 · post-britpop · UK
70. Bauhaus 1978 · gothic rock · UK
71. Girls Aloud 2002 · dance-pop · UK
72. Kasabian 1997 · indie rock · UK
73. Katrina and the Waves 1981 · pop rock · UK
74. Manic Street Preachers 1986 · alternative rock · UK
75. The Stone Roses 1983 · indie rock · UK
76. The Verve 1990 · space rock · UK
77. UB40 1978 · dub · UK
78. Anathema 1990 · death-doom · UK
79. Clean Bandit 2008 · electropop · UK
80. Porcupine Tree 1987 · psychedelic rock · UK
81. Slade 1966 · glam rock · UK
82. Atomic Kitten 1998 · pop · UK
83. Carcass 1985 · goregrind · UK
84. Echo & the Bunnymen 1978 · neo-psychedelia · UK
85. T. Rex 1967 · psychedelic rock · UK
86. The Pretenders 1978 · alternative rock · UK
87. Wings 1971 · pop rock · UK
88. Cocteau Twins 1979 · post-punk · UK
89. Hurts 2009 · synth-pop · UK
90. Mogwai 1995 · indie rock · UK
91. Nazareth 1968 · traditional heavy metal · UK
92. Spandau Ballet 1979 · blue-eyed soul · UK
93. The Kooks 2004 · post-punk revival · UK
94. The Shadows 1958 · rautalanka · UK
95. McFly 2004 · pop-punk · UK
96. Simply Red 1984 · blue-eyed soul · UK
97. Talk Talk 1981 · synth-pop · UK
98. The Human League 1977 · synth-pop · UK
99. The Libertines 1997 · indie rock · UK
100. Asking Alexandria 2008 · metalcore · UK
101. Bastille 2010 · synth-pop · UK
102. Culture Club 1981 · pop · UK
103. Lostprophets 1997 · pop-punk · UK
104. Pulp 1978 · britpop · UK
105. Smokie 1965 · pop rock · UK
106. The 1975 2002 · indie pop · UK
107. The Cult 1983 · gothic rock · UK
108. The Wanted 2009 · popular · UK
109. Brotherhood of Man 1969 · pop · UK
110. Bucks Fizz 1981 · pop · UK
111. Ladytron 1999 · synth-pop · UK
112. Saxon 1975 · heavy metal · UK
113. Suede 1989 · alternative rock · UK
114. The Alan Parsons Project 1975 · art rock · UK
115. The Ting Tings 2007 · synth-pop · UK
116. Marillion 1979 · neo-prog · UK
117. My Dying Bride 1990 · doom metal · UK
118. Soft Machine 1966 · canterbury scene · UK
119. Texas 1986 · pop rock · UK
120. The Hollies 1962 · beat · UK
121. The xx 2005 · indie pop · UK
122. America 1970 · folk rock · UK
123. Belle and Sebastian 1996 · indie rock · UK
124. Crass 1977 · anarcho-punk · UK
125. Madness 1979 · synth-pop · UK
126. The Jesus and Mary Chain 1983 · noise pop · UK
127. Traffic 1967 · psychedelic rock · UK
128. Ultravox 1973 · synth-pop · UK
129. 10cc 1972 · art pop · UK
130. All Saints 1993 · pop · UK
131. Camel 1971 · space rock · UK
132. Faithless 1995 · trip hop · UK
133. Paradise Lost 1988 · gothic metal · UK
134. Slowdive 1989 · shoegaze · UK
135. The Buggles 1977 · new wave · UK
136. The Darkness 2000 · hard rock · UK
137. The Jam 1972 · mod revival · UK
138. Years & Years 2010 · alternative dance · UK
139. alt-J 2008 · folktronica · UK
140. Cutting Crew 1985 · pop rock · UK
141. Foals 2005 · dance-punk · UK
142. Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1980 · electronic dance · UK
143. Primal Scream 1982 · alternative rock · UK
144. Skunk Anansie 1994 · alternative rock · UK
145. Small Faces psychedelic rock · UK
146. The Damned 1976 · psychedelic pop · UK
147. The Quarrymen 1956 · roots rock · UK
148. The Specials 1977 · ska · UK
149. The Sweet 1968 · bubblegum · UK
150. UFO 1969 · space rock · UK

British band names by genre

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Band name ideas with a British feel

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1. The Doorbells
2. The Underage Babysitters
3. The Ordinary Lullabies
4. June and the Peach
5. the little midnights
6. overgrown canyon
7. Tidewood
8. We Were Ultraviolet
9. Wistful Laundromat
10. Petals in the Lavender
11. concrete asteroids
12. The Galaxies
13. a deepwater called hazel
14. teddy and the sweet anniversaries
15. Nell and the Anchor
16. Sulfur Daydream
17. woodland marigold
18. jack and the crushes
19. Homemade Secret
20. Zenith Dandelions
21. Bramble for Streetlights
22. The Homesick Regrets
23. Diamond Vostoks
24. Archive Wish
25. cobalt wisteria
26. Brick Letterboxes
27. Wooden Bicycle
28. Garden Kettle
29. secondhand moths
30. Postcards from the Thistle
31. Cosmonaut Pollen
32. Pastel Apollo
33. Small Rocking Chairs
34. Graveborn
35. Dusk Tides
36. Dim Sleepwalker