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Im from north of the border and heard a Runrig tune on the radio and they were bad, not sure if they ever got past Gretna Green to inflict earache to the rest of the uk. Marrilion with lead singer Pish were bad too
Sting ... the teacher and bloke from The Police.
Not really sure the language he is singing with ... 😯
Babylon Zoo. I win.
EOT
Wurzels, anyone...?
Someone from Runrig used to live in my village, does that count?
The Levellers
The Levellers
What's wrong with the Levellers?
I saw them at a festival a few years ago and they were great. 🙂
Early Marillion were awesome!
Home town Wakefield - Black Lace
Live near Bradford now - Smokie
Northside.
🙂
The best 'local' band were probably the Chameleons.
Take your pic anytime from 1984 onwards. Especially any I played in. There were what seemed like 1000s of local bands on the West Mids thru the 89s/90s, many I've just read yet not head of. This [s]band list[/s] sacred document may spark a few memories for fellow Midlanders of a Certain Age. Or even further afield? JBs seemed to bring a lot of people in. Good times 🙂
[url= http://www.jbsbook.com/assets/jbs-band-list-(by-year).xlsx ]JBs Dudley entire booking list by year[/url]
I don't like naming names, so AFAIR any local band was super-great yeah alright 😉
From Ironbridge, in Shropshire... I give you...
CANCER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not actually embarrassing, but quite an odd name don't you think ? They had quite a lot of success in Europe and the US, gathered a following that was larger than you'd realise.
Good musicians, solid theme and a drummer that would quite literally break kit per song.
Lost Prophets .
What do I win?
Nothing, you've lost all your profit!
Kaiser Chiefs, the biggest average band ever! My dad was a big Runrig fan and I remember going to see them a few times. They weren't bad, just not particuarly great. I think the singer left to be a MSP?
john_drummer - MemberLive near Bradford now
Next door to Alice?
"from your area" - hm, not sure anyone from Moray really made it big at all!
Edit - Charlie McKerron from Capercaillie possible exception. hmm, maybe not 'big' then..
To be fair, I saw Runrig quite a lot in the mid late 80s, maybe not the strongest songwriters and crafters of tunes but as a show band for young Scottish folk, they weren't half bad, first gig I went to was at Glasgow Tiffanys ballroom, sprung dance floor that felt as if it was about to take off.. great times..
Jimbobo you must have been a bad child getting punished like that, some folk make nice vids of their epic walk up a jaggy munro and then make it un watchable because of the runrig music blaring away.
It should only be heard on the royal mile beside the see you jimmy wig and shortbread tin and not forgettin the piper
Donnie Munro stood for Parliament - both Holyrood and Westminster - for Labour. Pete Wishart is an MP.
Jive Bunny
This twunt.
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Most Liverpool bands are shite. Everything I hate about music. Floppy hair. Twangy guitars. I look at the music scenes in places like Bristol with envy. Most Liverpool bands sound similar and are resolutely stuck in the past.
Malvern Rider - that JBs list is great.
From Sep 89 I was at pretty much every tue/thur/fri gig...local venues now just play tribute acts 🙁
Next door to Alice?
Who?
Altern8
Climax blues band
Leicester's finest...
Showaddywaddy.
Engelburt Humperdink
Kasabian. (After I left so may not count)
Weren't napalm death from Brosely across the river? Breeding ground for death metal.From Ironbridge, in Shropshire... I give you...
CANCER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Not actually embarrassing, but quite an odd name don't you think ? They had quite a lot of success in Europe and the US, gathered a following that was larger than you'd realise.
Good musicians, solid theme and a drummer that would quite literally break kit per song.
Brought up near Peterborough.
Cola Boy ftw?
CaptainFlashheart - Member
"Next door to Alice?"
Who?
What's the matter?
Nicely done, Lifer.
You are absolutely right Sir, Napalm Death.. noted at being 25th best metal band "in the world" from Broseley, Shropshire (over the Ironbridge itself)
The drummer from Cancer I used to play Bass for, the big bushy haired guy in ND used to come watch us practice.. by the way I was shite and had absolutely no interest in Thrash Metal.
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erm... The Rolling Stones
Have been a Runrig fan since the early days. They are huge in Germany and very comfy millionaires now. I remember going to see a new Glasgow band in my local pub in Glasgow south side in, I think, '88 or so. They were good but a bit ragged......done ok now though... Texas 😀
Rusty Spanner - Member
The best 'local' band were probably the Chameleons.
No probably Pete, best band from my teens 🙂
loddrik - MemberMost Liverpool bands are shite. Everything I hate about music. Floppy hair. Twangy guitars. I look at the music scenes in places like Bristol with envy.
Yes often gets overlooked does Bristol, I was at school with Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack. Though he was in the year above me.
Ooh, good one copa - The Alarm even [i]looked[/i] bloody embarrassing.
I thought Smokie were from down here, must be thinking of someone else.
One of Tears For Fears was from Leigh Park where I grew up.
For some reason South Hampshire doesn't produce many bands (Renaldo & The Loaf and Pusherman were too good to be called embarrassing and my band, The Flatulent Brothers were amazing)
as - Rotherham lad?
MrOvershoot - Member
... best band from my teens
Still a lot of love for them locally.
Lodders, you must have gone to Quadrant Park?
Big scene in Liverpool from what I remember, all the same big names as Manchester, often on the same night.
But yeah, Bristol sounds like fun.
🙂
Ooh, good one copa - The Alarm even looked bloody embarrassing
That was the 80s for you, but at least they could belt out a bloody good tune. And they cracked America iirc
The Alarm are still playing now and still sound pretty good.
Edit - Charlie McKerron from Capercaillie possible exception. hmm, maybe not 'big' then...
What, exactly, is wrong with Capercaillie? Damn fine band and musicians, first folk band to do a remix of one of their albums with dance beats, although there's a certain irony in that much of what they play are jigs and reels, which are dance tunes, before music had to have an electronic beat added to it to make it 'dance music'.
Not been that active of late, sadly.
chewkw - Member
Sting ... the teacher and bloke from The Police.Not really sure the language he is singing with ... 😯
Probably the fact that English isn't your native language means you don't recognise it sung with a strong regional accent, in his case Geordie.
See also; Brummie, Cockney, Glaswegian*, etc.
*In this case, it might as well be a separate language, you need subtitles to understand anyone who speaks with a strong Glaswegian accent.
Oh, and embarrassing local bands? About the only one that might count is the Moody Blues, from Swindon, and Gilbert O'Sullivan, as a solo artist.
Anyone who says XTC will be tracked down and will have every pair of boots and shoes pissed in, is that clear?
Leicester's finest...
Showaddywaddy.
Engelburt Humperdink
Kasabian. (After I left so may not count)
You forgot the massive tosspiece that is Mark Morrison!
[i]Probably the fact that English isn't your native language means you don't recognise it sung with a strong regional accent, in his case Geordie.[/i]
You're talking about the fake Jamaican accent Sting used to sing with yeah? Never sung in Geordie that's for certain.
[i]they could belt out a bloody good tune[/i]
Massive lolZ!
A few Runrig fans come out the closet hope ive not offended my fellow Scots but i stand by what i think of them, they're like a band of daniel oddonels
Depeche Mode
Yazoo.
And half of Erasure, obviously.
C Z - I was trying to refer that C McK was someone from here that had made it big. I like Capercaillie, they're pretty quiet now, and have respect for Karen Mathieson and what she's done since, great collaboration with James Grant e.g. -- think my words taken wrong way..
Carshalton's finest, just down the road from Sutton
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Whitetown
But I liked Bivouac and The Beyond back in the day.
That's all I can think of from the Motherland. 😀
Mud!? Embarrassing?? First album I owned 😆
Oh, I forgot Ian Dury. He even wrote a song about my hometown.
Ian Dury was top notch
Quireboys? Bit of a funny one this one, local press seem to think they're local. Wikipedia seems to think Newcastle! (Only a few hundred miles up the A1)
The Runrig and Daniel O'Donnell reference is funny. Our youth worker at school (who was a top bloke) was the worlds biggest Runrig and Daniel O'Donnell fan in the mid 90s!
Rick f-in Astley.
Bee Gees? my ex-neighbour moved into their old house - 50 St Catherine's Drive - subject title of Robin's last album...
Quadrant park and music in the same sentence .... too many Persian rugs about at the time
@bikebouy. Small world. Cancer are old mates of mine. All the bands from the area used to hang out together. In fact they are back together again and touring. Only Shane from ND is from Broseley but he used to be in a band with Mitch called Unseen Terror from Broseley who influenced a lot of grindcore bands later. I wouldn't exactly say that any of these bands are embarrassing though. If you want embarrassing bands from the area look no further than T'Pau!
Quireboys? Bit of a funny one this one, local press seem to think they're local. Wikipedia seems to think Newcastle! (Only a few hundred miles up the A1)
It clearly say London?
Lindisfarne
Cheryl Cole
The Toy Dolls
the only famous musician i could find from devizes is simon may.
i think he did a soap opera theme song or something? i don't dislike his stuff i have to add (but have no interest in soaps).
there have been plenty of bands good/bad played in devizes though including some famous ones beatles/stones e.t.c.
p.s i play guitar terribly will that count 😀
Anyone remember Terrace? Darlings on the NME for a brief moment.
Non embarassing local bands the Manics, Reptile Ranch, The Oppressed (well one of their drummers)
About 200 yards from my house:
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