Top 10 English Songwriters
Cause you always know Lennon and Dylan are at their worst
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1. Mark E. Smith
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Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman and only constant member of the band The Fall.
His many writing influences are Colin Wilson, Arthur Machen, Wyndham Lewis, Thomas Hardy, M.R. James, Hunter S. Thompson, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Raymond Chandler, H.P. Lovecraft, William S. Burroughs, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Albert Camus, Guy Debord, Don Van Vliet, Damo Suzuki, ...
2. John Lydon
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John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL).
3. David Byrne
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David Byrne (born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-born American musician who was the founding member, principal songwriter, and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.
4. Ian Curtis
Chanteur et Parolier
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Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division.
His many writing influences are T.S. Eliot, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, ...
5. Frank Zappa
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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, actor, and filmmaker whose work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
6. Pere Ubu
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David Lynn Thomas (born 1953 in Miami, Florida) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.
He was one of the founding members of the short-lived proto-punkers Rocket from the Tombs (1974–1975), where he went by the name of Crocus Behemoth, and of band Pere Ubu (1975–present). He has also released several solo albums.
7. David Bowie
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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor.
8. Connor O'Brien
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Conor O'Brien (born ?) is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman of the indie folk band Villagers.
10. Iggy Pop
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James Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop (born April 21, 1947), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges. He has also released several solo albums.
His many writing influences are William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Michel Houellebecq, ...
