Best English Band - The Sixties (the first of far too many)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

I'm not including the Beatles and the Stones, for reasons of fairness. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd will be in the Seventies Poll.
I considered Jimi Hendrix American, and yes, I forgot your personal favourites out of pure spite.

[flamingyouth]

1. Yardbirds

n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. I voted for the Small Faces, if you care about that.

[RandomKoolzip]

3. The Kinks....

That's my vote, but, there are so many others who were good-to-great from that decade. Procol Harum, The Pretty Things, The Downliners Sect, the Animals, Savoy Brown, Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull, The Creation, Traffic, Spencer Davis, The Action, etc.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. If there was any more space or justice, The Animals and Spencer would fit.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. That whole period was such a fertile time for great rock music.

So many febrile, inventive musicians came out of that milieu. Far too many dudes with freash approaches to their instruments....Waht Happened?! As Joe Carducci said, "The Brits simply can't drum for shit anymore."

16. I'm willing to bet

most people haven't heard the catalog of the Kinks and don't realize how diverse they are. Probably have only heard Lola, All the Day & You Really Got Me. I remember around the time Van Halen's version of that came out a lot of people had no idea it was a cover. The Kinks had kind of dropped out of the culture's consciousness. Also occurs to me that a lot of their great stuff was in the 70's also. That weird stuff like the Preservation Act combos.

4. I went with the Kinks

even though I suggested Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, who I think get overlooked often.

[wakfs]

7. Your poll makes no sense without the Beatles and Stones

n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. I'm letting the other guys get a shot. The Beatles would instantly win.

[bearfartinthewoods]

8. i went with the who because for some reason

the line. 'meet the new boss...same as the old boss' has been stuck in my mind lately

[HEyHEY]

10. I voted ANimals

ANd I'd do it again!

[Abaques]

11. You forgot Black Sabbath.....

A wholly unacceptable ommision in my humble opinion...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. No room, or else Deep Purple would've been there also

not to mention John Mayall et al.

[kodi]

12. THE RUTLES!

[Rowdyboy]

14. Okay, who else voted for Small Faces?

I'd really like to know...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. Me. That's who.

[Red_Storm]

17. I voted for The Who but..........

obviously it's The Beatles........there is no other choice........