She also liked the television series "Downton Abbey" and the British rock band Muse.
British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, a member of the band Ten Years After, has died aged 68.
In his DNA you'll find Japanese Kabuki theatre, British rock and roll, and late 1960s dystopian sci-fi.
"Let It Go" echoes the sunny, carefree folk sounds of '60s-era British rock.
Wilko Johnson, former guitarist with 1970s British rock band Dr Feelgood, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas.
BBC: Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson diagnosed with cancer
For those who miss the days of The Who and other Brit rock bands, the British Rock Symphony offers a remedy, sort of.
British rock band Muse - who have had the biggest-ever download track with their single Stockholm Syndrome, are also included in the deal.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Festival firm plans download site
The fans are being enticed on board by the lure of sharing a trip with musicians from a number of veteran British rock bands.
He's made two CDs of piano arrangements of songs by the British rock band Radiohead, and one each of songs by Nick Drake and Elliott Smith.
American blues has held a fascination for British rock bands ever since Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton heard their first Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf records.
Musician Marilyn Manson is an obvious example of someone who was influenced by the case, as well as British rock band Kasabian, who draw their name from Manson Family member Linda Kasabian.
The Teds were the first British rock'n'roll fans.
CNN: Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years of raucous rock'n'roll
In a year when the music press has bemoaned the lack of new British rock bands breaking into the mainstream, The Vaccines told the BBC their nomination was proof it was possible for guitar bands.
The first band on stage during the tour, The Mull Historical Society - who are also signed to Rough Trade - should not be ignored, and could be in line for the British rock throne currently occupied by Travis and the Stereophonics.
But a lack of popular recognition, combined with the increasing fragility of his health, led Syd Barrett to abandon the music industry altogether and, despite a couple of abortive attempts to re-ignite his career, Barrett remained, for more than 30 years, British rock music's greatest recluse.
Although he was not a household name, Johnson was considered one of the most influential guitarists for his signature choppy guitar playing style - thought to have been one of the major influences for British punk rock.
BBC: Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson diagnosed with cancer
He looked a bit like an aging member of a British progressive-rock group.
Lawyers working for the British bank Northern Rock threatened court action after the site published an embarrassing memo, but they were practically reduced to begging.
As its name suggests, opening act Does It Offend You, Yeah? doesn't take itself terribly seriously: The British electro-rock band infuses its ambitious and chaotic music with bass slaps, cowbells, and signifiers of '80s pop, not to mention healthy doses of electronic screeching.
That was the case with Northern Rock, a British bank that grew explosively before failing in 2007.
The presence of two icons does not represent a deliberate move away from younger headliners, rock bands or British stars, the pair say.
Mr Peston was hardly shouting from the rooftops before Northern Rock, a British bank, went bust in 2007, a scoop that won him a journalistic award.
The drying up of liquidity has bought down firms such as Bear Stearns, an American investment bank, and Northern Rock, a British mortgage lender, with devastating speed in the past year.
But rather like Northern Rock, the British bank that became too dependent on the wholesale markets for funding and collapsed in 2007, countries such as Greece and Italy have discovered that investors can suddenly withdraw their favours.
But the current economic crisis facing the West, which has hurt British banks like Barclays and Northern Rock, could see Brown reading his predecessor's memoirs for tips on how to win elections in the midst of a catastrophe.
But the Northern Rock fiasco has tarnished the British agency's image.
Other British successes included Mumford and Sons who topped the rock, alternative and folk album artist categories, as well as scoring the honour in each of the genres for their album Babel.
Alt-J and Mumford And Sons are also up for best British group, a shortlist that also takes in stadium rock with Muse, teen pop with One Direction and atmospheric indie with The xx.
The group takes traditional bluegrass and roots-rock and modernizes them with a little bit of British Invasion and even a little bit of punk.
In 1992, the British designer Vivienne Westwood, who used to dress the Sex Pistols and once sold bondage gear out of a shop she ran with rock manager Malcolm McLaren, received an Order of the British Empire from the Queen.
FORBES: From Punk Provocateur To High-Fashion Priestess: Vivienne Westwood In The '80s
应用推荐