List of music artists and bands from London

London has contributed much to the history and development of popular music, from the British Rock revolution of the 1960s to the punk rock explosion of the 1970s to the underground electronic and dance sounds of recent years. The city is often cited as the birthplace of classic rock. [1] Below is a list of music artists and bands from London. These are separated by genre. For Drum and Bass and UK Funky House, there are separate entries on Wikipedia.

Pop

Adele
Zak Abel (born 1995), English singer/songwriter, musician, and Cadet national table tennis champion
Adam Ant
All Saints
Another Level
small Brovaz
Bananarama
Breathe
Chad and Jeremy
Coldplay
Phil Collins
Culture Club
The Dream Academy
East 17
David Essex
Adam Faith
Climie Fisher
Five (stylized as 5ive)
Five Star
Samantha Fox
Nick Gilder
Girls Aloud
Haircut 100
Hot Chocolate
Murray Head
Elton John
Jonathan King
Level 42
Leona Lewis
Liberty X
Laurie London
George Michael
Hayley Mills
Matt Monro
Naked Eyes
The New Vaudeville Band
Peter and Gordon
Cliff Richard (born in India)
Julie Rogers
The Rubettes
Hurricane Smith
Spandau Ballet
Spice Girls
Steps
The Rubettes
The Style Council
The Tourists
Wham!
Wang Chung
Kim Wilde
Childhood
Dua Lipa
Zola Blood

Rock

Ace
After the Fire
America (members from America, band formed in London)
Argent
Asia
Atomic Rooster
David Bowie
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Bad Company
The Blockheads (also known as Ian Dury & The Blockheads)
Bush
Dave Clark Five
Cream
Curved Air
Cutting Crew
Deep Purple
Derek And The Dominos (with American members)
Dire Straits
Doctor And The Medics
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Faces
Fairport Convention
Foghat
Foreigner (partly formed in London, founded by English musicians with American members)
Marianne Faithfull
Fleetwood Mac (with American members)
Free
Genesis
The Groundhogs
Gryphon
Hawkwind
The Honeycombs
The Jeff Beck Group
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (English-American band)
King Crimson
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Manfred Mann
Marillion
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Motorhead
Mud
The Outfield
The Alan Parsons Project
The Kut
The Police
The Pretenders (English-American rock band, Chrissie Hynde born in Akron, Ohio)
Pretty Things
Procol Harum
The Quireboys
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Skunk Anansie
Small Faces
Status Quo
Strawbs
Squeeze
Rainbow
Rod Stewart
Roxy Music
The Shadows
Slash (born in London)
Supertramp
The Sweet (also known as Sweet)
T. Rex
Tom Robinson Band
UFO
Paul Weller
The Who
The Yardbirds
Yes
Young Guns
The Zombies

Famous London-born or based Guitarists

Jeff Beck (member of The Yardbirds, Beck was the founder of the London rock band, The Jeff Beck Group)
Ritchie Blackmore (grew up in Heston, Blackmore was a London-based session guitarist and co-founder and lead guitarist of the rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow)
Marc Bolan (founding member of the London band, T. Rex and pioneer of the glam rock movement)
David Bowie (guitarist, singer-songwriter and pioneer of the glam rock and punk movements)
Eric Clapton (member of the London rock bands Cream, The Yardbirds and Derek And The Dominos)
Ray Davies (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Kinks)
Peter Frampton (Guitarist, singer and songwriter born in London)
David Gilmour (lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, born in Cambridge)
Peter Green (blues guitarist born in London and co-founder of London band, Fleetwood Mac)
Steve Hackett (lead guitarist of Genesis from 1971-1977)
Jimi Hendrix (born in Seattle, career took off in London and he founded the London-based rock band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Steve Howe (lead guitarist of the London progressive rock band, Yes)
Mick Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Clash)
Mick Jones (founder and lead guitarist of the rock band, Foreigner)
Steve Jones (lead guitarist of the London punk band, The Sex Pistols)
Mark Knopfler (lead guitarist of London rock band, Dire Straits)
Paul Kossoff (lead guitarist of the London hard rock band, Free)
Hank Marvin (lead guitarist of the London rock band, The Shadows)
Brian May (lead guitarist and founding member of London rock band, Queen)
Jimmy Page (London born and based guitarist and member of London blues rock group, The Yardbirds and founding member of the rock band, Led Zeppelin)
Slash (lead guitarist of American rock band, Guns 'N' Roses, born in London)
Steve Marriott (London born and based guitarist of rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie)
Keith Richards (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Rolling Stones)
Mike Rutherford (guitarist and founding member of the London rock band, Genesis)
Pete Townshend (lead guitarist of London rock band, The Who)
Paul Weller (guitarist and founding member of the bands, The Jam and the Style Council)
Ronnie Wood (member of The Rolling Stones, The Faces and the Jeff Beck Group)