radiohead by a country mile. england's had it's fair share of good bands, but radiohead has displayed versatility, inventiveness, and quality not seen since the days of the beatles.
if radiohead's next album is once again brilliant and totally different, it will be official. radiohead will be the best band in the world.
Radiohead...the most disgustingly overrated rock band in modern UK history. The British media always want a poster band to be the "greatest band in the world", and then all the critics jump on board. Radiohead were insightful enough and experimental enough a pop group to gain that honour at the end of the decade from most (not all) music critics (over the likes of Oasis, Blur and such). Great band no doubt...but overrated.
The best "UK" bands of 90s (in terms of sheer kick-ass-ness) were...Massive Attack, Leftfield, The Stone Roses (if they count), and Primal Scream . All 4 of them fresh, innovative, musical, and relevant (even today). Tons of other good bands, but these are just a cut above.
...oh, and Westlife!
There's a difference between being widely praise and heavily praised and being overrated.
Nobody smart calls Radiohead the best band in the world as if it's a fact, but they are easily deserving of the accolade if it's to be given out. Radiohead are a band that get namedropped by people, it's true, but that doesn't mean that the smart move is to run in the opposite direction just because.
I find it a bit odd that you said Massive Attack. You probably should have said Tricky.
-AC