Best band from your Town

[cheadle hulme]

Middleton - The Wedding Present. Also, the Mock Turtles (and Steve Coogan)

 

[mangaman]

I'm originally from Upminster and Ian Dury used to live about half a mile from my dad, think he had left the area by the time i was born

He came to High Wycombe (where I'm from) although quite rightly he hated it. He did go to the same school as me though.

As did Howard Jones (sorry)

 

[ianrauk]

And the mighty Macc Lads of course

macclesfield - joy division

 

[gbb]

Peterborough has Andy Bell from Erasure...
Probably Peterboroughs only claim to fame

 

[Lisa21]

All we've had was Carol Vorderman

My Mum knew her Mum tho so does that count as a claim2fame??!!

Oh, and my friend went out with Gaz Top-the mohicanned kiddies tv presenter in the 80's!!!!!

AND... Iv been in the SAME SHOP at the SAME TIME as Wayne Hussey

 

[tosbert]

Wolves - Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Slade

 

[radger]

User482 beat me to it, so I shall name the honourable runner-up, in Tricky (ok, not really a band, but shh).

 

[Noodley]

Well, not bad so far I suppose. But I kick all your arses.

.....ladies and gentlemen, I give you Bon Scott the greatest front man ever:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxS1n64UBE


Ok, so the band were formed in Australia, but he was born in Kirriemuir. If it hadn't been for Kirrie there would never have been AC/DC....

 

[gavintc]

Banbury (adopted home town) - Gary Glitter*




*sorry

Presume you don't stand at the school gates in support of your music champ.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Middleton - The Wedding Present. Also, the Mock Turtles (and Steve Coogan)

completely wrong. the chameleons and (latterly), the courteeners. nowt wrong with the wedding present though (even if gedge was from leeds).

 

[ComedyPilot]

http://www.youtube.com/user/tricky5282#play/all/uploads-all/2/WmC71iihNzM

Not a 'famous' band, but could be one day, and I used to work with the lead singer.

Here they are practicing in a mate's grain store, ha ha

 

[Baggy]

From my current neck of the woods, MUSE, from Teignmouth.
From near where I used to live, Bauhaus, Northampton.

 

[cheadle hulme]

completely wrong. the chameleons and (latterly), the courteeners. nowt wrong with the wedding present though (even if gedge was from leeds).

S'not - Mock Turtles were from Middleton, even though I completely forgot about the Chameleons .

I remember when they used to play Swamp Thing at 42nd street - happy days!!!!

 

[ColinJ]

Coventry - The Specials.

They used to drink in our local and told us that they were going to make it big. Yeah, yeah - sure, thought I...

 

[scook94]

Glasgow.

Has to be Simple Minds or Jesus and Mary Chain


So from your town, what is the best band(s) to come out of it?

Simple Minds are ****ing shite and isn't it "The Jesus and Mary Chain"?

Anyway, coming from Largs (for the most part) that leaves me with Gallagher & Lyle...