Not one of them can be mentioned in the same breath as the SRs, Joy Division or the smiths I’m afraid. Kaiser chiefs ffsLeeds have some great bands. I would say Gang of Four - Entertainment, The Wedding Present - George Best(and others) and Girls At Our Best - Pleasure are as good as naything done in Manchester.
Leeds bands..................
Age of Chance
Chumbawamba
The Cribs
Cud
Delta 5
Eagulls
Gang of Four
Girls at Our Best!
Kaiser Chiefs
The March Violets
The Mekons
The Mission
The Music
Pale Saints
The Pigeon Detectives
Pulled Apart by Horses
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
The Rhythm Sisters
The Rose of Avalanche
Scritti Politti
The Sisters of Mercy
Sky Larkin
Soft Cell
The Three Johns
Utah Saints
The Wedding Present
Wild Beasts
Some of these were past your musical bed time though magic............
I think they have, to an extent, but few have caught the zeitgeist in the same way as the Manchester bands. They do have a knack for laying the foundations of emerging scenes.
Leeds had a pretty strong post-punk scene (Gang of Four etc) but not much else. Ditto Birmingham with Swell Maps and a few others. Obviously Ska has its roots in the West Mids and I believe it's a big player in the metal scene?
As for my hometown of Sheffield, where would we be without the new romantics? Some "boys with guitars" stuff recently as well but only the Arctic Monkeys who burst through at a national level really. Apologies in advance to any Millburn fans out there.
Not one of them can be mentioned in the same breath as the SRs, Joy Division or the smiths I’m afraid. Kaiser chiefs ffs
Read my post again. "I would say Gang of Four - Entertainment, The Wedding Present - George Best(and others) and Girls At Our Best - Pleasure are as good as anything done in Manchester." Thats my opinion of course. Its based on the fact I play those three albums more than any of the Manchester bands with possibly the exception of The Buzzcocks or Joy Division. I knew you would pick up on Kaiser Chiefs being on list but they were from Leeds and you dont have to like every band from a particular town or city. I would say that their first album has more merit than the second Roses album. I don't have the K.C but still have the Roses second.Not one of them can be mentioned in the same breath as the SRs, Joy Division or the smiths I’m afraid. Kaiser chiefs ffs
Yep, Millburn were before my time in Sheffield but have definitely gone down in local folklore. I think they're generally recognised as pre-dating the Monkeys (just) and that their style had a big bearing on Alex Turner's formative tunes.Human League and ABC would dispute that. Granted they are no longer at the peak they once were but both had big sellying albums at one time.
I love Milburn by the way. Possibly more so than A.Ms cetainly more so than there later stuff. Saw The Rentons at Stockton Calling they are very similar to Milburn.