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The Guess Who
Not everyone's taste but growing up in Cambuslang the Jesus & Mary Chain were from about 4-5 miles away. I like them still.
I quite liked the Jesus & Mary Chain!
The Chameleons.
I live somewhere between Guildford and Woking. So I'll offer The Stranglers and The Jam, both of whom are I think 'above average'
Hhmm The Wurzels- not even that close really
I win..
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Wings, Travelling Wiburys and Plastic Ono I recognise. Who's the other guy?
back in the punk days.....
more recently.....
I have very few.. Joe Jackson was pretty decent early on..
But I still listen to this band - didn't know any of them, but mates did and a girl I know went out with the singer. 2 of them died young, but they managed to produce a pretty decent album.
I used to hang out at Freuds in Oxford when Radiohead were more or less the house band, apparently they went on to do quite well for themselves
Perhaps not their best song, but certainly my fave. Damn shame, their label went busy and they never got the chance they? needed.
I'm from near Manchester
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The Verve !!!!!!
Not heard anything new from them for a while now, but OMD grew up in Meols (Wirral).
In Southampton, I can only think of Howard Jones and Craig David (not bands, I know).
Bad Beach.
Brilliant Leamington Spa based hardcore band from my youth.
Gary Barlow's done ok for himself
None from my village... but a few from my uni city:
Being a brummie I guess Led Zep and Sabbath would be a couple of pretty good bands 😀
The big guy from "goodbye mr Mckenzie" lived at the end of my street (Leith - Edinburgh)
Well, there was that little band from just across the river. Muse I think they were called. Currently the biggest band from the locale is probably Mad Dog McRae who do well on the festival circuit but there's an up and coming group of teens called Ethyrfield who have what it takes to be a big thing in the next couple of years.
Wakefield: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Bradford: New Model Army, Southern Death Cult
Who's the other guy?
The station master from Thomas?
From the general area where I live, mostly Bristol, there's the Blue Aeroplanes, Goldfrapp, Tears for Fears, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, XTC, Bananarama*, The Brilliant Corners, Climie Fisher, The Cortinas, **** Buttons, Glaxo Babies, Peter Gabriel, Nik Kershaw, The Korgis, Pigbag, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, The Pop Group, Propellerheads, Reprazent, Rip, Rig + Panic, Roni Size, Stackridge, Strangelove, The Wild Bunch, Robert Wyatt.
*Technically they were formed in London, but Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward are from Bristol and have been friends since the age of four and went to school together, so there's a strong connection to the city.
This is one scouser who agrees with the Bristol choices. Best music city after London without doubt.
Hhmm The Wurzels- not even that close really
Tommy Banner the accordion player lives a couple streets away from me, really nice guy & always says hello.
Not a band but Joss Stone was pretty local too, her mum owned a music venue in the town I grew up in.
Joss Stone of course!!!!..doffs cap^^
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Joy division's front man lived just round the corner. The virgin Mary's and Marion too
The guitarist from Judas Priest lived just down the road from where I grew up!!
Obviously The Wonderstuff, Neds and Poppies dont count as shit but anyo e remem er Fretblanket?
From hometown - Teenage Fanclub
From new place - Biffy Clyro
I used to deliver the paper to the drummer from Nazareth - he had a pool and everything !
Locally also would claim
The Skids - keyboard player ended up being my music teacher
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And of course the fine, mighty and exceptional Big Country who i had the absolute pleasure of playing with at a school concert (captured somewhere on VHS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxKePQd0Xew
Went to secondary school with the bassist of the Dub Pistols, -Dave Budgeon, (Easingwold)
Went to college with all the guys from Shed Severn.(York)
[quote=igm ]Wings, Travelling Wiburys and Plastic Ono I recognise. Who's the other guy?
Thomas the tank engine.
From hometown - The Verve. Starsailor. Kajagoogoo (well, Limahl anyway)
Back home:
Muse - Teignmouth. Same school while they were there, a few years below me.
Now live in Woking, so yeah, The Jam / Weller. Not much of a fan though. The Stranglers came from Guildford.
Not bands, but plenty of famous rock/pop people live in the mansions of Surrey.
The Jam.
I've delivered pizza to Paul Weller's old house on Stanley Road.
Don't think much has changed since he wrote Town Called Malice.
Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, but that's the "posh bit" compared to where I'm from...
Rick Wakeman
Jay Kay
The Magic Numbers
Jim Marshall (of amplifier fame)
Theatre of Hate (Started as The Pack)
The Adverts
Having been born in London with family in Newport can i count The Clash/ Joe Strummer links?
Colin Vercombe from Black went to my school.
Where I live now it's The Coral, still a great band.
All the pretty good bands are from my area.
Having lived in Liverpool and Devon I can safely say no decent music has come from either of those places.
I did briefly live in Sheffield so I will take [b]Def Leppard[/b]
Wakefield: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
What about Black Lace?
Garry Glitter's from the town I live in. Not sure that qualifies as good though.
Off the top of my head:
Where I was (Essex/Suffolk border):
The Prodigy.
Cradle of Filth.
Blur (Damon's dad was my head of art school)
Suzi Quattro
Steve Harley
Where I am now (IoW):
Mark from Level 42 lives pretty nearby...
Where my folks are from (west London – Ealing/Greenford/Perivale):
The Who (Dad's best mate at school was Pete Townsend's neighbour)
Elton John
Gary Numan
Jamiroquai
Brand New Heavies
The Stones weren't too far away either
When you gooooo will you send back a lettur frooooom america....
Went to my school did the proclaimers.
In Southampton, I can only think of Howard Jones and Craig David (not bands, I know).
the delays. ace band.
artful dodger.
Leeds - so pretty much the 80 goth scene. Sisters of Mercy, Mission and others. Quite a few of them were from the surrounding towns as well so it wasn't really a Leeds thing it's just it was a good night out. There was stuff going on around Leeds, like Futurama Festival in Bradford, but Leeds had The Phono, Chocolate Factory and The Faversham.
Used to see a few of the band members turning up for a pint in the Fav on a Friday night, even afetr some of them had minor success with US stadium tours.
I ran past the Barlow family farm just this week. It's on the Cheshire Stars and their Tractors celebrity trail.
Edinburghs finest although I'm guessing I'm in the minority.
Born in Liverpool. Did we have any bands?
It Bites, West Cumbria's finest.
Francis Dunnery, the lead singer, did alright for himself after they split up as well.
A few Mercury prize winners and shortlisters from Brizz and the surrounding area.
Portishead, Roni Size/reprezent and Massive Attack.
Lame Claim to fame
a, I sold Grant from Massive Attack a North Face down jacket XXL special order, the shop manager thought he was on the rob and he wore the jacket to accept an award in New York..
b, I used to work next door to the recording studio that New Forms was written in, I used to pop in for a smoke on my lunch break. Never saw Roni, though.
This may not surprise but Milton Keynes has a poor history for decent bands.... saying that I'm off to watch Jesus jones (remember them) tonight at my local a minute walk from house.
Best we had were:
Cap-down
Hactavist
Tesseract
Heart of a coward (also working in my local)
Also I would put Jim Marshall of amplifier fame in MK not London as he was here for years and built all his kit here.
A lot of metal here in mk.
Leeds - so pretty much the 80 goth scene. Sisters of Mercy, Mission and others. Quite a few of them were from the surrounding towns as well so it wasn't really a Leeds
I think the thing about the Leeds/West Yorks 'scene' in the early '80s was that it was pretty cohesive and mutually supportive (similar to some of the 'scenes' that came out of the likes of Manchester & Liverpool) - contrast this with Sheffield which has 'nurtured' loads of great bands over the years, but they tend to develop in isolation from each other.
Jarvis Cocker apparently attributes this to the supportive workforce culture of the docks and mills in Liverpool and West Yorks etc compared to the small independent 'little mesters' of the Sheffield steel industry. It's an interesting anecdote anyway ...
I did briefly live in Sheffield so I will take Def Leppard
Clearly you didn't live here long enough ... 😉
Cabaret Voltaire
Drenge
Heaven 17
Arctic Monkeys
The Human League
Pulp