| 10cc | 1972 | — | — |
| 2.3 | 1977 | — | — |
| 801 | 1976 | 1977 | — |
| 999 | December 1976 | — | English punk rock band |
| A Certain Ratio | 1977 | — | English post-punk band |
| A.P.F. Brigade | 1977 | 1984 | — |
| Abrasive Wheels | 1977 | — | — |
| Accident on the East Lancs | 1976 | 1982 | — |
| Ace | December 1972 | July 1977 | 1970s UK rock band |
| Adam and the Ants | 1977 | 1982 | English new wave band |
| Addiction | 1977 | 1979 | — |
| Afraid of Mice | 1979 | — | — |
| Agnes Strange | 1972 | 1977 | — |
| Altered Images | 1979 | 1983 | — |
| Alternative | 1979 | 1986 | — |
| Alternative TV | 1976 | 1998 | — |
| And Also the Trees | 1979 | — | — |
| Angel Witch | 1977 | — | — |
| Angelic Upstarts | 1977 | — | — |
| Anti-Nowhere League | 1979 | — | — |
| Anti-Pasti | 1978 | 2022 | — |
| Any Trouble | 1978 | — | — |
| Aragorn | August 1978 | July 1983 | — |
| Art Bears | 1978 | 1981 | — |
| Artery | 1979 | 1985 | — |
| Aswad | 1975 | — | British reggae group |
| Atomkraft | 1979 | 1988 | — |
| Au Pairs | 1979 | 1983 | — |
| Automatics | 1977 | — | — |
| Average White Band | 1971 | — | — |
| A·Ⅱ·Z | 1979 | 1981 | — |
| Babe Ruth | 1971 | — | — |
| Bad Company | 1973 | 2023 | British blues-rock supergroup |
| Bad Manners | 1976 | — | UK ska band |
| Baker Gurvitz Army | 1974 | 1976 | — |
| Bananarama | 1979 | — | — |
| Bauhaus | 1978 | 2008 | UK gothic rock band |
| Be Bop Deluxe | 1972 | 1978 | — |
| Beggars Opera | 1970 | 1974 | Hard Rock / Progressive rock from Scotland |
| Berlin Ritz | 1978 | — | hard rock band |
| Big in Japan | 1977 | 1978 | — |
| Blackfoot Sue | 1970 | 1977 | — |
| Blancmange | 1979 | — | — |
| Blitzkrieg | 1979 | — | — |
| Blitzkrieg Bop | 1977 | — | — |
| Blurt | 1979 | — | — |
| Bourbonese Qualk | 1979 | October 2003 | — |
| Bram Tchaikovsky | 1978 | 1981 | — |
| Brand X | 1976 | — | UK jazz fusion band |
| Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express | 1970 | — | — |
| Broadside Outcasts | 1978 | — | — |
| Broken Glass | 1975 | 1977 | 70's blues rock band |
| Bronz | 1976 | — | UK hard rock band |
| Buzzcocks | 1976 | — | English punk band |
| Byzantium | 1970 | 1975 | — |
| B‐Movie | 1978 | — | — |
| Cabaret Voltaire | 1973 | — | — |
| Camel | 1971 | — | UK prog rock band |
| Cardiacs | 1977 | 21 July 2020 | — |
| Case | 1979 | — | — |
| Chaos UK | 1979 | — | — |
| Charlie | 1971 | 2015 | 70s–80s UK rock band |
| Chas & Dave | 1974 | 22 September 2018 | UK pop rock duo of Chas Hodges & Dave Peacock |
| Chelsea | 1976 | — | UK punk band |
| China Crisis | 1979 | — | — |
| Chron Gen | January 1978 | — | — |
| Clock DVA | 1978 | — | — |
| Cloven Hoof | 1979 | — | — |
| Cochise | 1970 | 1972 | — |
| Cock Sparrer | 1972 | — | — |
| Cockney Rejects | 1978 | — | — |
| Cold River Lady | 1970 | 1992 | — |
| Colosseum II | 1975 | 1978 | — |
| Cracked Actors | 1979 | 1981 | — |
| Crass | 1977 | 12 July 1984 | — |
| Crisis | 1977 | — | 1970s British punk band |
| Crispy Ambulance | 1977 | — | — |
| Cult Maniax | 1978 | — | — |
| Cultural Amnesia | 1979 | — | — |
| Curved Air | 1970 | — | — |
| CWT | 1973 | 1974 | Hard Rock, Heavy Psych, UK |
| Cymande | 1971 | 1974 | British funk group |
| Dalek I Love You | 1977 | 1985 | — |
| Dark Star | 1978 | 1987 | new wave british heavy metal, key track "Lady of Mars" |
| Def Leppard | 1977 | — | — |
| Deformed | 1978 | — | — |
| Delta 5 | 1979 | 1981 | — |
| Demob | 1978 | — | — |
| Denigh | 1978 | 1985 | — |
| Desperate Bicycles | March 1977 | 1981 | — |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 1978 | — | — |
| Diamond Head | 1976 | — | UK heavy metal band |
| Dire Straits | 1977 | 1995 | — |
| Direct Hits | 1978 | 1981 | — |
| Dirty Tricks | 1975 | 1977 | hard rock, UK |
| Discharge | 1977 | — | UK hardcore punk/d‐beat band |
| Discharge | 1978 | 1980 | — |
| Disguise | 1976 | — | — |
| Dislocation Dance | 1978 | — | English post-punk band |
| Disorder | 1978 | December 1980 | — |