if you ask someone walking down the street about the smiths chances are they might not know who they are...
but if you ask someone who is really into music they would...
sadly, music in the phils is really more influenced by the US rather than the british.. (most house club music though come from the brits) but we do get some of the bands you mentioned.. but not all filipinos know them at heart.. hard core music lovers would definitely do...
this might be the radio station you wanna hook up when you get to manila
http://www.nu107fm.com/