Talk:British rock music

message: The punk rock section is totally written from an American perspective.  I'm American and I know punk was more than just an underground movement in the UK.  Hell, the Sex Pistols topped the charts (according to what chart you looked at that year). WesleyDodds 02:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punk rock 

message: Shouldn't there be mention of such things as NWOBHM (the new wave of British Heavy Metal), new wave/post-punk, goth, Britpop/Britrock.  Led Zep, Genesis, Queen, U2, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead all deserve mention.
But there should be no mention of the Ramones !
Yes, I think this article, unless it is just supposed to be about the original British Invasion, has no reason to stop in the late 1970s. It should be expanded to have a brief summary of every major British movement in rock music which otherwise merits its own article. The punk section is poorly written, the new wave section strangely America-centric (wasn't "pub rock" the big deal equivalent in the UK-- Elvis Costello, Joe Cocker, Graham somethingorother). Then of course a post-punk section is needed, as these bands, especially in Leeds and Manchester, were highly innovative and influential in defining alternative rock on both sides of the Atlantic, and in influencing the British rock bands of today.
-- Beardo 09:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just a note to advise that U2 are not British (despite two of the members being from the UK). --82.2.5.153 (talk) 22:28, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  And after 

message: I was wondering about expanding the final mention of The Darkness to mention how punk looked back to early rock and roll, and was followed by the mod revival; later in the 80s, groups revisted glam; Britpop was revisting 60s music - including the mods again.  Or is this more like original research ?
-- Beardo 09:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cycles 

message: Seems odd to be that there is no mention one of the most sucessful British rock band of all time!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chump Manbear (talk • contribs) 20:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice POV you got there mate.  According to the BBC "Status Quo have had more hit singles than any other band in UK chart history" - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4259312.stm, so yes it is wrong that Quo don't even get a mention in this article.BoogieRock (talk) 22:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the problem is that Status Quo don't fitr neatly into any of the categories set out in this article.  Maybe as the most successful rock band they should have their own section? 80.7.228.223 (talk) 19:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - the biggest selling British rock band of all time after all.81.97.28.85 (talk) 19:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status Quo 

message: I have tagged this article for multiple issues. These include a complete lack of citations, outrageous POV and some fundamental errors. For example, the lead fails to do the basic job of defining what the article is about, is it British Rock and Roll as developed in the late 1950s and 1960s or everything that can be called rock produced in Britain?--Sabrebd (talk) 12:28, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yikes!  You've been busy...  At first sight this looks good, but peppered by a fair few highly debatable statements, and maybe omissions..  I will look through it over the next few days!  Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:44, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd appreciate it if you would, there are a lot of summaries here, so there is quite a lot taken on trust.--Sabrebd (talk) 22:00, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've had a quick run through, picked up a few things (Devo not British!) - will get back to it.  Hopefully we can agree on most things!  I'm very impressed though.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:19, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Multiple issues

message: Re-reading part of this article, I'm slightly concerned about the US-centric use of the term "British Invasion".  Obviously the term was used at the time in the US, and has later been used to describe the impact of that period on music later - but within the UK the music itself was not seen at the time as an "invasion", it was simply British-based beat music or pop music which the Americans had (belatedly) started to enjoy.  I'll make a few editorial changes and see how it looks.  I'm not criticising the content, just the way the term "British Invasion" appears to be being used as a neutral description, when it was only seen that way by those on one side of the Atlantic.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Its a fair point. We could go over to a section on Beat music, that mentions the rise of British bands to world prominence.--SabreBD (talk) 13:48, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I realised that we would not want to duplicate the earlier section on "Beat music" - the later "invasion" aspect is worthy of its own section in my view.  I've made a few changes now - what do you think?   Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:53, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of term "British Invasion" 

message: Your help and knowledge is needed in the improvment of the following articles:
* Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s)
* Music of the United Kingdom (1970s)
* Music of the United Kingdom (1980s)
* Music of the United Kingdom (1990s)
* Music of the United Kingdom (2000s)
TheCuriousGnome (talk) 17:53, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please help improve the following articles 

message: How the heck can anyone say Led Zeppelin gained "little critical acclaim"? Decades after their demise they are still considered at the pinnacle of the genre.  This is ludicrous.
Fmillard (talk) 05:14, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In their initial days... That's true. Read biographies and books about them. The idiotic critics hated them, but with time, same idiots hailed them as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Scieberking (talk) 06:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heavy Metal 

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message: This just seems oddly titled. Why not refer to the common phrase of "British rock" that has been used for decades? "Rock music of the United Kingdom" just seems unwieldly and bland. --82.2.5.153 (talk) 22:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK verus British 

message: The article only mentions Muse in passing in the Garage rock/Post-punk revival section. I think this is wholly unfitting for Muse who are much more of a neo-prog or nu-prog band than garage or post-punk. – Dyolf87 (talk) 12:11, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muse 

message: A group from England called the Robin hood's played on rush street for a while 2601:243:E80:2690:D870:FCEA:73D0:4D98 (talk) 18:46, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  A group from England mid 60s called the Robin hood's played in Chicago o rush street for awhile 

message: Perhaps someone can add some information (and photos) regarding the women of British rock - throughout it Opixel (talk) 02:39, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Have women been erased from the history of British rock?