The greatest rock bands beginning with F

Billy Whiz · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 5978

Someone's got to do it, and Achilles has either got run over by a bus, left fiso or can't stop listening to the new Chili Peppers album. And anyway, I can't wait to tell you about how great the Funky Chicken Shites are

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Actually there's no such band, sadly. So instead I'm going to go for Fairport Convention, who helped invent electric folk-rock, or if they didn't invent it they sure did it better than anyone else.

The other notable contender is Fleetwood Mac. OK so they turned into the ultimate AOR band, but Rumours was an amazing album (until we all got sick of it), and let's not forget the franchise also includes the old blues band headed by Peter Green, which gave us the Green Manalishi, Oh Well, Albatros etc etc.

blahblah · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 22:48

Struggling to think of rubbish ones.

Selective amnesia, or not a good letter for bands?

bluenosey · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 22:51

blahblah wrote:

Struggling to think of rubbish ones.

Selective amnesia, or not a good letter for bands?

Five Star

Foster & Allen

There's

The Fall
Foo Fighters
Feeder
Faithless
Four Tops
Fun Boy Three 8-)

and Freddie and the :oops:

Spinynorman · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 22:55

The Fall, Focus and the original Fleetwood Mac.

Steph · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 1008

Free maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuxb-m4-ng

perhaps not.

my vote goes to Frank Zappa - not rock, not an F really but definitely pretty 8-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8TM4CIk5g

ok seeing as its 'rock band'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFIMWRXW ... re=related

blahblah · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 23:01

Free are a good shout.

murf · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 23:03

A 3-way tie :shock:

:
Faith No More
Fun Lovin Criminals
Field Of The Nephilim
Also rans:
FGTH
The Four Of Us
Four Men and a Dog
Franz F (1st album anyway...)
Fuzzbox (although they were better in the early days when they were still a W)
The Fall (late 80s era only)

I've seen 4 Fs live :shock:

5 if counting Fuzzbox when still a W

Spinynorman · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 23:07

Our Lips Are Sealed by Fun Boy Three is one of my favourite ever singles.

Billy Whiz · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 5978

More recently, Florence and the Machine, and Feist. Even more recently, Fujiya, whose Ventriloquizzing album has been mentioned a few times on the 2011 thread.

Spinynorman · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2011, 23:58

Fairport Convention.

AkNotSpur · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 01:31

Fleetwood Mac

Both the Blues and Hollywood versions - driven by the true musical genius of Peter Green and Lindsey Buckingham, respectively.

Rumours 8-)

is still one of my Top 10 albums of all time - for those who've given it a decent rest, it's worth checking out the re-mastered version with Silver Springs.

sleuth · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03 2011 **Posts:** 2549

Fin Lizzy

Knulpuk · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 08:10

Inspired by no-one, other groups bore us
How can you say we sound like Frazier Chorus?

Moist von Lipwig · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 08:58

Faith No More
Foo Fighters

Ralfbergs · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 09:05

Foreigner - love their song cold as ice!

unc.si. · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11 2010 **Posts:** 1974

The Fall

The low points can be pretty low, but the high points are brilliant

primitive man · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 2362

It has to be Free!
The classic line-up of Rodgers, Kossoff, Frazier & Kirke have spawned innumerable tribute bands and a Convention which is running well into over 30 years. Next one in October.

Knulpuk · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 10:02

I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.

primitive man · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 2362

Knulpuk wrote:

I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.

Funny I thought their line-up was Pearson, Pearson, Pearson, Pearson & Pearson.

TheTon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 16 2006 **Posts:** 9910

The Foo's have to be up there.

Fightstar - side project of the kid from Busted :wink:

Funeral for a Friend

bluenosey · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 13:34

Spinynorman wrote:

Our Lips Are Sealed by Fun Boy Three is one of my favourite ever singles.

Got that on vinyl. Produced by Talking Head David Byrne, I think. Tunnel of Love and The Farmyard Connection are also FB3 classics.

bluenosey · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 13:35

Knulpuk wrote:

I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.

Already mentioned :wink:

I hope you didn't phone and abuse them on Saturday Superstore

bluenosey · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 13:40

Faith No More were great as rock/rap cross over band. Pre dated the Chillies in that genre. I've got "Midlife Crisis" on blue vinyl 8-)

Plus Epic - what a song

But they went too heavy after losing the original lead singer.

I'm sure back in the day the NME used to poke fun at Mike Patton - he had a certain preference for eating, styling and using a certain bodily substance. Not pleasant

blahblah · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 15:18

unc.si. wrote:

The Fall

The low points can be pretty low, but the high points are brilliant

The ultimate marmite band. A few high points, and a load of dross for me.

Weren't 5 Star mentioned at the top of the thread?

I'm still struggling to get past Free, with FGTH as a worthy footnote in the world of Politico Pop. I've always had time for Paul Morley :wink:

bluenosey · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 18:03

Critics love The Fall. I just don't get them

Somebody must though after 30 odd albums.

murf · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 20:00

bluenosey wrote:

Faith No More were great as rock/rap cross over band. Pre dated the Chillies in that genre. I've got "Midlife Crisis" on blue vinyl 8-)

Plus Epic - what a song

But they went too heavy after losing the original lead singer.

The original singer (Chuck Mosley) left after a couple of albums. Mike Patton then sang on the two songs you mention. They did get a bit too heavy after that IMO but still great.

[to be pedantic, there were various singers in early line ups but it was Mosley by the time they released anything]

blahblah · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 20:04

bluenosey wrote:

Critics love The Fall. I just don't get them

Somebody must though after 30 odd albums.

Most of them had been in the effing band :lol:

Alchemist · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2011, 22:00

Respect to Murf for mention of the "The Fields".....

On the basis that I can't have

Then I will go for.....

A Flock of Seagulls

I trust you will forgive a man his indulgences.......

Hogmeister · **Posted:** 11 Sep 2011, 21:37

Fleetwood Mac just edge it over Free on the basis they produced some great stuff over such a long period of time, such as the classics of the Peter Green era (man of the world was my personal fave), the Fleetwood Mac/Rumours/Tusk albums and Tango in the Night. Great songs and great production was a common theme and in the post-Peter Green era they had, in Stevie Nicks, one of the all-time great female vocalists.

Billy Whiz · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 5978

Stevie Nicks has a new album out this year, as it happens. It's called In Your Dreams, it's on Spotify, and it's surprisingly good - the best thing she's done in years, in fact

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