Best band not from US or England

[Gawain of Orkeny]

What are the best bands not from the US or England?

Off the top of my head

ACDC
ABBA dont laugh
INXS
U2
REO Speedwagon so much 4 the letter bands
Focus

Thats just few off the top of my head. Ill try to think some more and give you a real least. My brains hurting right now

[lars573]

The Tea Party
AC/DC
Thyrfing
Finger 11
Black sabbath

[Navaros]

definitely 54-40 should be on that list

[ichi]

ABBA dont laugh

of all the crazy things you've put forth on this forum, that is the wackiest

Waterloo goodness gracious what a goofy song

ichi

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Come on this one album alone has a ton of hits

1. (1) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

2. (2) Knowing Me, Knowing You

3. (3) Take A Chance On Me

4. (4) Money, Money, Money,

5. (5) Rock Me

6. (6) Eagle

7. (7) Angeleyes

Side 2:

1. (8) Dancing Queen

2. (9) Does Your Mother Know

3. (10) Chiquitita

4. (11) Summer Night City

5. (12) I Wonder (Departure)

6. (13) The Name Of The Game

7. (14) Thank You For The Music

I doubt you will find many groups who have sold more records than them. Besides the girls are real lookers to boot.

[Togakure]

In addition to INXS and AC/DC, YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra, from Japan: Haruomi Hasono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and co.), the Gypsy Kings, and Jean Michel Jarre immediately come to mind. I'm also a big Michael Schenker fan (UFO, MSG).

I've always liked ABBA--probably the only modern musical group that my grandparents and me both liked. I particularly enjoyed Erasure's technopop covers of Lay All Your Love on Me, S.O.S, Take a Chance on Me, and Voulez Vous (good spastic electronic dance music).

[Steppe Merc]

Bob Marley and the Wailers followed by U2.
And well I love Neil Young, but he's not a band.

[Orda Khan]

ABBA dont laugh

Won't hear me laugh at that. As 'Pop' music goes, probably the best ever

....Orda

[dessa14]

The Tea Party
Shihad
Silverchair (their early stuff)
Something for Kate
Air
thats all i can think of.
thanks,
dizzy

[Mouzafphaerre]

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[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

Rheinallt H.Rowlands (Wales)
Datblygu (Wales)
Super Furry Animals (Wales)
Oxymoron (Germany)
Jesus and Mary Chain (Scotland)

[JAG]

Arch Enemy (Sweden)
In Flames (Sweden)
Children of Bodom (Finland)
Blind Guardian (Germany)

Those 4 are awesome.

[Reverend Joe]

Pink Floyd.

They may have been born in England (I believe) but they were descended from gods, which both makes them natives of Mount Olympus and explains Roger Waters' gargantuan ego, hence they fall into your category.

...Sorry.

[GoreBag]

I'll do my normal thing and stick to metal (or metal affiliates/subsidiaries) for this one. I listen to too many bands to make a top 5, so I'll just list some I've been listening to lately.

Negligent Collateral Collapse - Czech Republic
Immortal - Norway
Waylander - Ireland
Cryptopsy - Canada
Skyforger - Latvia

If Texas counts as a different country, add Absu.

[Quietus]

ABBA dont laugh

Oh man, I can't believe you fronting me that roots reggae isn't rock and yet here you are dancing to ABBA!

< --Not laughing

What are the best bands not from the US or England?

Bob Marley & the Wailers, the best band ever.

others: Dennis Bovell Dub Band as well as Fela Kuti & Africa70/Egypt80 band.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Oh man, I can't believe you fronting me that roots reggae isn't rock and yet here you are dancing to ABBA!

Because the roots of raggae are not rock and roll as much as you would like us to believe, it does however have the same roots as rock and roll. That being R&B so the confusion is understandable. I never danced to ABBA but it was the first laser disc I ever bought. I hate disco with a passion. ABBA is definetly pop rock and probably the best pop rock band ever. There no raggae group , not even Marley who holds a candle to the British super groups. These guys are the gods of rock and roll.

[Quietus]

Because the roots of raggae are not rock and roll as much as you would like us to believe, it does however have the same roots as rock and roll. That being R&B so the confusion is understandable. I never danced to ABBA but it was the first laser disc I ever bought. I hate disco with a passion. ABBA is definetly pop rock and probably the best pop rock band ever.

ABBA is pop rock? OK, I'll give you that, just please don't call Reggae R&B. You're thinking reggae means

"Bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"

That's like saying Hootie & the Blowfish is the face of rock & roll.

There no raggae group , not even Marley who holds a candle to the British super groups. These guys are the gods of rock and roll.

Those 'super groups' wouldn't even get close to Burning Spear (my 4th favorite) let alone Bob Marley & the Wailers.

[Voigtkampf]

Seatbelts.

[Steppe Merc]

Quietus, RnB is awesome. You're thinking of Rythym and Beat (fake RnB, today's RnB), while the RnB that Gawain is talking about (real RnB) is Rythym (or Riddim ) and Blues. This is essentially blues... So yeah, it is RnB based, just as Rock is.