[2025] A roundup of recommended UK bands, featuring many up-and-coming artists!
In Japan, both now and in the past, bands from the UK have been especially popular among Western music.
As fellow island nations, there’s a shared sensibility—those slightly damp, melancholic melodies and lyricism resonate perfectly with Japanese tastes, and many people are also drawn to the distinctly European worldview.
In this article, we’ve researched recommended UK bands.
The first half spotlights up-and-coming and new artists you should watch to understand the “now” of Britain, while the second half takes a broader look—centered on rock—at veterans and mid-career acts you ought to know.
It features plenty of bands that are great for beginners to UK rock and Western music alike, so be sure to check it out!
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[2025] A roundup of recommended British bands: plenty of rising acts too! (71–80)
Feel Like Makin LoveBad Company
Bands that debut in the UK usually score hits mainly in their home country, but this band also became popular in the United States, and several of their albums were major hits.
Perhaps thanks to his slightly sexy voice, this song even climbed as high as number 10 in the U.
S.
BanquetBloc Party
Bloc Party is a rock band from London, England.
Fronted by Kele Okereke, whose parents are Nigerian, they are a distinctive UK band that radiates a unique presence through a blend of characteristically Black rhythmic sensibilities and stylish, UK-flavored melodies.
One Step BeyondMadness
A cover song from the British ska band Madness’s 1979 debut album.
The original is by Jamaican ska singer Prince Buster.
It’s a classic that goes beyond the conventions of the genre, achieving a more classical and pop sound.
Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne
The first single released in 1980 by Ozzy Osbourne after leaving Black Sabbath in 1979.
Although the song is often thought to be about madness, there is a theory that it is actually about the Cold War.
A version paying tribute to Randy Rhoads, who died in a plane crash, is included on the 1987 live album “Tribute.
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Big City NightsScorpions
A song released as a single by Scorpions in 1984.
An orchestral arrangement was recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2000 album “Moment of Glory.” The track has also been covered by the heavy metal band Fozzy.
New StarTears for Fears
A British duo who produced many hit songs in the 1980s.
This is a rare track included on a 1996 album that compiles B-sides and non-album tracks.
It was used in a commercial for the Subaru Levorg.
GET IT ONThe Power Station
A track by The Power Station, a British supergroup formed in 1985 centered around Robert Palmer and Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor.
The original of this song is by T.
Rex, which is also well-known.
This version was used in a Honda (Honda Motor Co.
) Edix commercial.