List of music artists and bands from London
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 [ 1] [ 2] 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
Rock
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 Coldplay 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 Island of Love [ 3] 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)Motörhead 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 Thunder UFO Uriah Heep Whitesnake Paul Weller The Who The Yardbirds Yes Young Guns The Zombies
Famous London-born or -based guitarists
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)Jonny Buckland (guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Coldplay , born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn , Wales)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
Punk and ska
Dance
Rap
Folk and singer-songwriter
House and electronic
Synth-pop
References
Further reading
Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.).
