British Band Quotes

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.

Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

Babyshambles were offered some money to have a comeback. Good band, they were - amazing tunes.

I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The album is called 'Everything We Hold,' and you can hear my lyrics.

I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.

There's a band in the U.K. called Elbow. They're not that big in the U.S., but I think they're genius.

The Beatles are, first and foremost, my favorite band of all time.

Most of my influences aren't rap. I love Coldplay.

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the greatest pieces of modern art created by anyone. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here.

'The Yes Album,' of course, was the album that put Yes' name on the worldwide stage.

Badfinger were a great band

Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.

I'm a big Gorillaz fan.

I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.

Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.

From meeting Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, teaming up, rehearsing, playing selected gigs outside of Britain, coming back into Olympic Studios to record the first album, and then going to America, which we crack open like a nut with the debut record - all that happened, literally, within months.

I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.

I love the Arctic Monkeys!

I had Fleetwood Mac on, and Saido Berahino asked me if it was from a movie soundtrack.

I'm a giant Beatles fan.

I'm a huge Stereolab fan.

What I like about Kasabian is that it's melody driven.

Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love.

I myself am a huge Radiohead fan.

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.