up the bracket does things to me that the strokes/kings of leon could never acheve

I think at the drive in is definately up there.
The Flaming Lips.
Converge.
Modest mouse
Ween
Franz Ferdinand.
I don't know
The music scene has had some amazing bands in the past 10 years.
But has also had some really really shitty ones in the past 10 years.
Hard to tell.

Shellac
Trumans Water

Radiohead by quite some distance.

Also: Super Furries, Manics, Pavement...

Well.... ten years is quite a while but i'd say

Radiohead

cant really think of anyone else in the last ten who's had the quality and fanbase quite like them...

Clearly The Wildhearts.......

The chili peppers!! The libertines.

HUM - definitely!!!

Modest Mouse (listen to Truckers Atlas, Out of Gas, Tundra/Desert, Trailer Trash, All Night Diner, Whenever I Breathe Out/Positive Negative, Baby Blue Sedan - & tell me they aren't the best band of the last 10 years!)


and Nirvana is the best band of all time.

i've got to say that even though they're NOT my favourite band of the last ten years, I just flicked through the replies to this post and couldn't see one mention of Oasis (I may have missed it of course?)
You'd be hard pushed t find a band who have had more of an impact on British music in the last ten years than them- like it or lump it? Blur are definitely up there for sure.

I know I'll INFURIATE people with this, but why is everyone mentioning ther Libertines? I mean, what have they ACTUALLY done in the past ten years? Released a good album?

In that case, let's add all of these- Vines, Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Longpigs etc. etc.

Oasis and Blur were almost single-handedly responsible for bring indie/rock music back into the charts and kicking out the crap like Take That. THAT'S an achievement.

And, to be fair, what about ASH- 1977 was amazing, and though nothing they've done since comes close in my eyes, they're been pretty consistently successful?

And before you think it, I'm not some indie MOR kid- I love At The Drive In, Mars Volta, Libertines, etc., but I just don't think any of them are the best bamd of the decade!

god damn! And I quite inexplicably failed to say Radiohead.

Amazingly talented, consistently successful, mainstream without going 'poppy'.

Amazing.

Best band in 10 Years IS 10 Years

clearly Radiohead. for basically doing what the fuck they wanted WHILE simultaneously creating much of the greatest, most moving, resonant and affecting music ever written AND bogglingly, having massive commercial success with it. nice one.

Frankly the list of suggestions could go on for miles, but as a few pointers:

Death Cab
Idlewild
Seafood
Mclusky
Manics (though barely any more - and has anyone read Nicky's "it's the Holy Bible for 35 year old's" comment re the new album - very worrying!
Radiohead
PJ Harvey

But... to stir it up a bit, we really should give thanks to the likes of Limp Bizkit, Green Day (who once were good, 1.039 smooth / kerplunk era), The Offspring, P Roach, Puddle of Mudd (**shudders**) and the whole tragic metal scene that kicked off a few years ago. The bands that rebelled against this pile of big-bucked shite-rock have given (continue to do so) us a really vibrant live scene right now. But you already know that!