REVEALED: London produces the best bands
Over the past 35 years, the UK has seen a swathe of iconic bands come and go. The likes of Oasis have hit the headlines once again with their reunion tour selling out venues up and down the country.
The Mancunian rebels have released some incredible songs over the past three decades. Alongside their London-based rivals, Blur, these two had an unforgettable rivalry that hit the front pages on many occasions.
With a plethora of groups entering the public eye at that time, where do you think the best bands hailed from?
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Want to find the best band? Look no further than London!
Oasis from Manchester, Pulp from Sheffield, Kaiser Chiefs from Leeds – there has been a real northern influence of Britpop bands over the past 30 years. Even the likes of Take That’s band members all hail from north of the Midlands. However, when asked where the best bands in the UK hail from, London came out on top with 38.41% of the vote, The North West, home of the Gallaghers, was second with 25.17% whilst the Midlands was third with 13.17%.
Want to join a band or group? Pick your Spice!
Surely everyone wants to join a band at some point in their lives, right? Well, we thought that we had to throw in a question relating to that so we asked which group or band would you like to be part of and the Spice Girls came out on top with 34.44% of the vote, with Oasis in second on 28.81%. A sixth Spice Girl would make an interesting addition moving forward, should the quintet have plans to reform!
Baby is the nation’s favourite
Keeping the Spice Girls theme going, we asked who everybody’s favourite Spice Girl is. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut hit, Wannabe, this year, it would be rude not to revisit those memorable days and ask a question relating to such a record-breaking group. The answers are in and Baby Spice has been crowned the nation’s favourite, getting 35.76% of the vote. Ginger came next with 20.53% and Sporty was third with 17.22%.
Wonderwall is a wonderful song
Oasis’ catalogue of songs is simply etched on anyone’s minds. The list is an endless array of legendary hits and dancefloor favourites that will live on forever. We put together a shortlist of some of the band’s greatest numbers to find out what is the best song from the past three decades and Wonderwall was an overwhelming winner with 30.46% of the votes. Second is the timeless classic Don’t Look Back in Anger with 21.52% and third was the mellow Champagne Supernova with 14.24%.
Would you make a good lead singer? A resounding no is the answer!
We all think we can hold a good tune, right? When it comes to singing out loud in the shower, whilst doing the cleaning or belting out a rendition of an iconic sports song at a football game, we all at some point are proud of our singing voices. However, when we asked the public if they would make a good lead singer, nearly 60% said they wouldn’t and would rather leave it and listen to the professionals. Now, that is a surprise!