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The {{abbr|UK}} was, with the US, one of the two main contributors in the development of [[rock and roll]], and the {{abbr|UK}} has provided some of the world's most famous rock bands including [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Kinks]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[The Who]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[The Cure]], [[The Jam]], [[Iron Maiden]] and Judas Priest.

The {{abbr|UK}} has also been at the forefront of a succession of developments of rock, including [[punk rock]], with bands like [[The Sex Pistols]] and [[The Clash]], as well as Goth and [[Rave]] youth culture, folk rock, [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[progressive rock]]. The late-1970s and 1980s saw the rise of [[Post-Punk]] and [[New Wave music|New Wave]]. The so-called 'Second British Invasion' into the US popular music scene took place from 1982 to 1984 when {{abbr|UK}} bands flooded the US Billboard charts. In the mid to late-1990s, the [[Britpop]] phenomenon saw bands such as [[Radiohead]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] and [[Blur (band)|Blur]] attain considerable national and international success. The 1990s also saw the rise of major Welsh bands such as [[The Stereophonics]] and [[Manic Street Preachers]].

The {{abbr|UK}} has also at the forefront of [[electronica]], with British artists such as [[The Prodigy]] and [[The Chemical Brothers]] helping this mainly underground genre to cross over into the mainstream (having originated in the early-90's with techno bands such as [[Orbital]]). British pop producers [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] dominated the charts in the late-80s and early-90s with their instantly recognisable brand of pop.