List of music artists and bands from London

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London has contributed much to the history and development of popular music, from the British Rock revolution of the 1960s to the punk rock explosion of the 1970s to the underground electronic and dance sounds of recent years. The city is often cited as the birthplace of classic rock and the popular music industry. Several genres of rock and pop emerged from London's music scene including British rhythm and blues, psychedelia, mod, prog, glam, hard rock and punk rock. This page includes bands formed and based in London. [1] Below is a list of music artists and bands from London. These are separated by genre. For Drum and Bass and UK Funky House, there are separate entries on Wikipedia.

Pop[]

Main article: Pop music

Rock[]

Main article: Rock music
  • AC/DC (Formed in 1973 in Sydney, Australia, they were largely based in London from 1976)
  • Ace
  • After the Fire
  • America (members from America, band formed in London)
  • The Animals (originally formed in Newcastle in 1962, relocated to London in 1964)
  • Argent
  • Asia
  • Atomic Rooster
  • The Beatles (formed in Liverpool in 1960, relocated to London in 1963, helped establish the city's early rock sound)
  • David Bowie
  • The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
  • Bad Company
  • The Blockheads (also known as Ian Dury & The Blockheads)
  • The Boomtown Rats (originally formed in Dublin in 1975, relocated to London in 1976)
  • Bush
  • Dave Clark Five
  • Cream
  • Curved Air
  • Cutting Crew
  • Deep Purple
  • Derek And The Dominos (with American members)
  • Dire Straits
  • Doctor And The Medics
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Faces
  • Fairport Convention
  • Foghat
  • Foreigner (partly formed in London, founded by English musicians with American members)
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Fleetwood Mac (with American members)
  • Free
  • Genesis
  • The Groundhogs
  • Gryphon
  • Hawkwind
  • The Honeycombs
  • Iron Maiden
  • The Jeff Beck Group
  • Jethro Tull (originally formed in Blackpool in 1967 and relocated to London the same year)
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience (English-American band)
  • King Crimson
  • The Kinks
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Manfred Mann
  • Marillion
  • John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
  • The Moody Blues (formed in Birmingham in 1964, based in London)
  • Motorhead
  • Mott The Hoople (formed in Hereford in 1969, based in London)
  • Mud
  • The Outfield
  • The Alan Parsons Project
  • The Kut
  • Pink Fairies
  • Pink Floyd
  • The Police
  • The Pretenders (English-American rock band, Chrissie Hynde born in Akron, Ohio)
  • Pretty Things
  • Procol Harum
  • The Quireboys
  • Queen
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Small Faces
  • Status Quo
  • Strawbs
  • Squeeze
  • Rainbow
  • Rod Stewart
  • Roxy Music
  • The Shadows
  • Slash (born in London)
  • Supertramp
  • The Sweet (also known as Sweet)
  • T. Rex
  • Thin Lizzy (originally formed in Dublin in 1969, relocated to London in 1970)
  • Tom Robinson Band
  • UFO
  • Whitesnake
  • Paul Weller
  • The Who
  • The Yardbirds
  • Yes
  • Young Guns
  • The Zombies

Famous London-born or -based guitarists[]

Main article: Guitarist
  • Jeff Beck (member of The Yardbirds, Beck was the founder of the London rock band, The Jeff Beck Group)
  • Ritchie Blackmore (grew up in Heston, Blackmore was a London-based session guitarist and co-founder and lead guitarist of the rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow)
  • Marc Bolan (founding member of the London band, T. Rex and pioneer of the glam rock movement)
  • David Bowie (guitarist, singer-songwriter and pioneer of the glam rock and punk movements)
  • Eric Clapton (member of the London rock bands Cream, The Yardbirds and Derek And The Dominos)
  • Ray Davies (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Kinks)
  • Peter Frampton (Guitarist, singer and songwriter born in London)
  • David Gilmour (lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, born in Cambridge)
  • Peter Green (blues guitarist born in London and co-founder of London band, Fleetwood Mac)
  • Steve Hackett (lead guitarist of Genesis from 1971-1977)
  • Jimi Hendrix (born in Seattle, career took off in London and he founded the London-based rock band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
  • Steve Howe (lead guitarist of the London progressive rock band, Yes)
  • Mick Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Clash)
  • Mick Jones (founder and lead guitarist of the rock band, Foreigner)
  • Steve Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Sex Pistols)
  • Mark Knopfler (lead guitarist of London rock band, Dire Straits)
  • Paul Kossoff (lead guitarist of the London hard rock band, Free)
  • Hank Marvin (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Shadows)
  • Brian May (lead guitarist and founding member of London rock band, Queen)
  • Jimmy Page (London born and based guitarist and member of London blues rock group, The Yardbirds and founding member of the rock band, Led Zeppelin)
  • Andy Powell (Guitarist and founder of 70's hard rock band, Wishbone Ash)
  • Slash (lead guitarist of American rock band, Guns 'N' Roses, born in London)
  • Steve Marriott (London born and based guitarist of rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie)
  • Keith Richards (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Rolling Stones)
  • Mike Rutherford (guitarist and founding member of the London rock band, Genesis)
  • Pete Townshend (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Who)
  • Paul Weller (guitarist and founding member of the bands, The Jam and the Style Council)
  • Ronnie Wood (member of The Rolling Stones, The Faces and the Jeff Beck Group)

Alternative rock[]

Main article: Alternative rock

Punk & ska[]

Main articles: Punk rock and Ska

Metal[]

Main article: Heavy metal music

R&B, soul & reggae[]

Main articles: R&B and Reggae

Dance[]

Main article: Dance music

Rap[]

Main article: Rap

Folk and singer-songwriter[]

Main article: Folk music

House and electronic[]

Synth-pop[]

Main article: Synth-pop

References[]

  1. ^ Schuermann, Michael (11 June 2013). "Five Mythical Places from Rock Music History in London's West End". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

Further reading[]

  • Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.).
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