History Of British Rock Bands
Aug 30th, 2010 by Jim
British rock bands of all types soon followed in the Beatles’ wake. Perhaps the most famous (after the Beatles, of course) were and are still the Rolling Stones. The Stones fashioned themselves after great southern bluesmen like Muddy Waters and played a more aggressively bluesy style, heavy on distortion and power chords, than the Beatles did. Also coming out of Britain at that time were The Who, a band which in many ways originated two subgenres of rock: Punk rock and progressive rock. They were also the first of the British rock bands to make destroying the stage during the show a virtual art form.