0
The Police
English rock band
1
Madness
English ska band
2
Level 42
English jazz-funk band
3
The Boomtown Rats
band
4
Strawbs
English rock band
5
The Alarm
Welsh alternative rock/new wave band
6
Skids
rock band from Scotland
7
Stiff Little Fingers
punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland
8
The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
9
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
English rock band
10
Cockney Rejects
British punk/Oi! band
11
The Undertones
Northern Irish band
12
Icehouse
Australian rock band (initially known as Flowers)
13
The Stone Roses
English rock band
14
Big Country
Scottish rock band
15
The Beat
British band
16
Greg Lake
English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer
17
The Music
British alternative rock band
18
Pulp
UK band
19
Status Quo
rock band from England
20
Eurythmics
British music duo
21
Faces
English rock band
22
It Bites
English band
23
Mott the Hoople
British rock band
24
The Who
English rock band
25
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
English indie rock band
26
The Jam
English rock band
27
East 17
English pop boy band
28
The Hollies
English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960s
29
Toy Dolls
English punk rock band
30
Genesis
English rock band
31
Paul Young
English pop musician
32
Anti-Pasti
British band
33
Nick Lowe
British singer
34
Anti-Nowhere League
British Streetpunk Band
35
The Boys
English punk rock band
36
Eddie and the Hot Rods
British band
37
Blondie
American rock band
38
Atomic Rooster
English band
39
Any Trouble
band
40
Steve Hackett
English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer
41
Kajagoogoo
British new wave band
42
The Motels
American New Wave band
43
The Go-Go's
American rock band formed in 1978
44
Jona Lewie
English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
45
America
Americo-British folk rock band
46
Split Enz
New Zealand band
47
EMF
band
48
Thin Lizzy
Irish rock band
49
The March Violets
50
The Exploited
Scottish punk rock band
51
Supertramp
British band
52
Electric Light Orchestra
British band
53
Doctor and the Medics
band
54
Graham Parker
British singer
55
Pere Ubu
American rock band
56
Chapterhouse
band
57
Kelly Johnson
Rock musician
58
Mungo Jerry
band
59
The Verve
British Rock Band
60
Dead Milkmen
American satirical punk rock band
61
Ultravox
British new wave band
62
Haircut One Hundred
British new wave/jazz-funk group
63
Ken Hensley
British musician
64
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
65
The Shadows
British rock group
66
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Canadian band
67
China Crisis
English pop and rock band
68
The Blockheads
Britsh Band
69
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
band that plays alternative rock
70
The Dykeenies
Scottish rock band
71
Bay City Rollers
Scottish pop band
72
Dr. Feelgood
British rock band
73
Shonen Knife
Japanese band
74
Showaddywaddy
British rock band
75
Clive Gregson
British singer-songwriter
76
Bucks Fizz
English pop group
77
10,000 Maniacs
United States-based alternative rock band
78
Allen Collins
American musician
79
The Vapors
British band
80
Larry Wallis
English guitarist, composer and producer
81
Cream
1960s British rock supergroup
82
Heaven 17
New wave synthpop band from the United Kingdom
83
James
British rock band
