MUEN Readers Pick the best ever Manchester band

[badmash]

What a surprise with The Roses love in at the moment.

To mark the Heaton Park weekend, we invited readers to vote for the best-ever Manchester band and the Stone Roses topped the poll.
We also asked our audience to vote for their favourite Stone Roses song, and I Am The Resurrection topped the poll. Full results here: Best-ever Manchester band

1 The Stone Roses
2 The Smiths
3 Joy Division
4 New Order
5 Oasis
6 Happy Mondays
7 Morrissey
8 James
9 The Verve
10 Elbow
11 Chemical Brothers
12 The Bee Gees
13 The Hollies
14 10cc

 

[johnny on the spot]

Not even a mention for the Durutti Column. Wankers.

 

[Barcon]

Yeah right, Buzzcocks not even in it? Where did they do the poll, canal street?

 

[Silvercloud]

The Verve? Great Manchester band they were!

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Yeah right, Buzzcocks not even in it? Where did they do the poll, canal street?

Why?
Are all those bands gay?
And if it was conducted on Canal Street,they may well have chosen Buzzcocks,seeing as Pete Shelley is gay.

 

[DANNY O'B]

So many good bands there

 

[jimharri]

The S****s at two and 10cc at 14?

Riiight.

 

[There is a Light]

The S****s at two and 10cc at 14?

Riiight.

That is right actually!

 

[johnny on the spot]

The Verve? Great Manchester band they were!

Just spotted that. Fucking hell.

 

[BWTAC]

No Sad Cafe? And the last time I looked, Morrissey wasn't a band.