I could probably look it up, but rather...Why? Why were they banned?

They never got an official explanation.
The speculation of why they got banned ranged from 'on stage raucous behaviour', to Dave Davies being too young.

Well, The Who never had any huge success in the US either, should they be excluded in the poll too? I think we have to expand the definition of "British Invasion" to get a more interesting poll, otherwise it'd just be another "Stones vs Beatles" thread.

I'm not complaining. In fact I'd be happier if The Kinks were winning. ;)
And as for "Stones vs Beatles", interestingly enough, The Stones have yet to register one vote.

I think that's a classic example of the so-called "spoiler" effect. Beatles fans will stand by their group, but the Stones fans here probably prefer the Kinks and the Who, hence the Stones' miserable showing.

i know i fit in that category ^^^
i voted kinks cause i cant think of an album by any of the above i like or listen to more than the village green preservation society

it was closely seconded by beggars banquet though.

im gonna have to go with the who.

Voted Yardbirds, in the end it was a tough choice between them, The Who, The Kinks and the Animals, but I feel the Yardbirds have been more consistent in the british invasion era (ie if you disclude the Who's later stuff)

I'll have to abstain - voting for one would present me with a major moral dilemma!

I went Beatles. Am I the only one who has just never gotten into The Who?

I went with the Beatles. Out of the bands listed there, I could only make an informed judgement on the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Who, but I love the Beatles just cause of how their music progressed from being simple catchy pop songs to crazy experimental songs and back again.

No. I've never been able to get into The Who either. Looks like I was the only person to vote for The Animals on here so far.

I always really liked the kinks, and I'm surprised they have as many votes as they do...

I can`t get into them except for `The Who Sell Out.` Who`s next bores me.

Beatles

**** it. I'm picking The Stones.

I`m not alone anymore :D.

I was predictable and went The Beatles. However The Kinks and the Animals would follow closely behind...

Paint It Paint Panit It PAINT IT BLACK!

I voted for the Who ironically.

But it's probably a tie between them and the Beatles.

kinks always.

the who all the way!! they were the first to rock hard!

No.

yes they were. who do you think did it before them?

May I lodge a complaint that the Yardbirds and the Small Faces were listed in the poll, but the Zombies were not?

No, because there is an "other" option.

The Who!

My favorite is The Beatles, but I'm giving my vote to The Rolling Stones, because they deserve more than 2 votes.

I'm kind of surprised that The Rolling Stones are getting slaughtered in this poll.

The Rolling Stones are not as good as everyone acts like they are. They only have a few really good songs

The Beatles. The Kinks and Small Faces arent far behind though

The Kinks.

[poll] Favorite British Invasion Band?
 

This is just to see what everyone's favorite british invasion band is, and to spark debate on the merits of each of them individually.

The Who. The most physically talented, but also with plenty of songwriting abilities and creativity to back them up.

The Stones as Mick Jagger is hawt, lol XD.

:l

The Kinks.

The Who by a hair over The Beatles.

The Yardbirds, hell yes. Jimmy Page, indeed.

The Yardbirds didn't really make it in America though. A great band nevertheless.

I thought they did, on that Animals/Kinks '65 kind of level where they were the toasts of the Shindig! style shows. And Epic's exploitation of their music through those albums charted pretty good. they certainly were not Hermans/DC5 in The States, but The US knew about them pretty good.