RANK these British bands

[the science eel]

Erasure
Cream
The Fall
XTC
The Hollies
Hawkwind
Oasis
This Heat

[sevendaughters]

Erasure
Cream
The Fall
XTC
The Hollies
Hawkwind
Oasis
This Heat

The Fall
Erasure
This Heat
XTC
Hawkwind
Oasis
The Hollies
actual cream
sour cream
chilled.cream.org
Cream

[Hex Triplet]

This Heat
The Fall (70s-80s)
Erasure
XTC
The Fall (90s onwards)
Hawkwind
The Hollies

Cream




























Oasis

[The Culture Bunker]

XTC
(big gap)
Erasure
The Hollies
(even bigger gap)
Oasis
The Fall
(mammoth gap)
Cream

Only know one song by Hawkwind, not sure I've ever gotten round to listening to This Heat, so can't comment. However, 'Silver Machine' on it's own probably puts them above Oasis.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

This Heat/The Fall
Hawkwind
The Hollies
Oasis
XTC
Erasure
Cream

[Brundle-Fly]

XTC
The Hollies
The Fall
Hawkwind

Don't really have an opinion on the others to put them in any order.

Nasty Eric Clapton etc but Strange Brew and Sunshine Of Your Love are absolute bangers so..

Cream

Erasure always left me cold but Vince Clark is clearly a real talent so next

Erasure

Nasty Lad culture etc I do like a few early days Oasis numbers (yeah? Sue me) so..

Oasis

To my shame, I can't say I've heard much of This Heat so they might even the best here which renders my list void.

[McChesney Duntz]

The Fall
XTC
The Hollies
This Heat
Hawkwind
Erasure
Oasis
Cream

[Stoneage Dinosaurs]

Why?

[the science eel]

The Fall

Cream



Oasis
The Hollies

Hawkwind

XTC

This Heat



Erasure

[Tokyo van Ramming]

Hawkwind

[Stoneage Dinosaurs]

Oasis
Erasure
Cream
Hawkwind
The Hollies
This Heat
XTC
The Fall

[non capisco]

Erasure - NOT RANK
Cream - QUITE RANK
The Fall - NOT RANK
XTC - NOT RANK
The Hollies -NOT RANK
Hawkwind - NOT RANK
Oasis - FUCKING RANK
This Heat - NOT RANK

[DrGreggles]

The Fall
XTC
Erasure

Not bothered about the others

[daf]

XTC
- - - -
The Hollies
Erasure
- - - -
Hawkwind
- - - - - -
The Fall [nuisance]
Oasis [daft]
Cream [racist]
- - - - - -
This Heat [Never heard of them]

[the science eel]

The Fall
XTC
Erasure

See....I'd say 'how can you like The Fall AND Erasure?' but that kind of statement usually brings out supercilious remarks along the lines of 'I'm equally comfortable with McDonalds fries as I am a five-course meal in a three-star Michelin restaurant'

but it IS strange that you like both. It IS

[the science eel]

Oasis = Cream + The Fall

[DrGreggles]

See....I'd say 'how can you like The Fall AND Erasure?' but that kind of statement usually brings out supercilious remarks along the lines of 'I'm equally comfortable with McDonalds fries as I am a five-course meal in a three-star Michelin restaurant'

but it IS strange that you like both. It IS

I also like Godspeed You Black Emperor and Showaddywaddy, if that helps.

[Stoneage Dinosaurs]

The Fall [frontman and lead creative force once beat his wife up so bad that the cops were called]

[the science eel]

Most odd.

I like Showaddywaddy quite a bit.

[DrGreggles]

To be fair, I'm unlikely to be listening to The Fall and think "I know, I'll put Erasure on next"* (or vice versa), but both have their place in my affections.



*but I might

[Mr_Simnock]

Ranking bands

[the science eel]

Ranking bands

squeavly peavly

[Brundle-Fly]

In many ways we're ...

[Captain Z]

1,2,3

[sutin]

Who the hell are 'This Heat'?

[sevendaughters]

Who the hell are 'This Heat'?

there's no way of finding out now

[Tokyo van Ramming]

Who the hell are 'This Heat'?

You people.

London band who were nearly 20 years ahead of their time.  I wouldn't feel safe calling it post-punk, it's a bit more evolved than that.

[Johnny Yesno]

No.

[idunnosomename]

Sorry i only listen to Tool and Radiohead

[Icehaven]

I too have never heard of This Heat despite them apparently being mentioned in Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem, which I've heard many times, although reading the lyrics I'd say I hadn't heard of half the other bands he lists either.