we sat at work last night trying to find 10 bands from our capital that are any good i think manchester should be the capital city of uk music
we only agreed on
1 sex pistols
2 clash
3 the who
4 small faces
5 the damned

is london really that bad ?

delusion

Santa Barbara, CA

March 2004

JUL 16, 2004 04:56 AM

never been to london but headstand is good and from there.

philz

Sweden

August 2003

JUL 16, 2004 05:13 AM

Manchester should be the Capital city of "Bands who've ripped off bands from Liverpool"

Ciel

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

JUL 16, 2004 05:16 AM

i can think of loads of bands, a lot them though you might nt have heard of, like route 215

[Edited on Jul 16, 2004 by Ciel]

hoisin

United Kingdom

April 2004

JUL 16, 2004 05:25 AM

and every other decent band moved to london with the smell of money and sex!

and don't forget my croydon homie Bowie!

gojason

San Diego, CA

October 2003

JUL 16, 2004 05:47 AM

Lucy's Fur Coat, Drive Like Jehu, Heavy Vegetable, Rust, 3 Mile Pilot, Fishwife, Boilermaker, The Rugburns, Sub Society, U.J.B.D.,

Oh London? I thought you said San Diego...

ratbastard

Frederick, MD

August 2003

JUL 16, 2004 05:50 AM

Pink Floyd

Gnarface_Killah

Denver, CO

January 2004

JUL 16, 2004 08:49 AM

THE SMALL FACES RULE ! !! ! ! ! ! !

BinkyMcQueen

Philadelphia, PA

December 2002

JUL 16, 2004 08:53 AM

NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

StGeorge

Korea, Republic Of

June 2003

JUL 16, 2004 08:59 AM

Iron Maiden came out of London

apathyactivist

Toronto, ON

OLD SKOOL

JUL 16, 2004 09:36 AM

StGeorge said:
Iron Maiden came out of London

but now they belong to the whole world!

scotty_bane

Fort Worth, TX

February 2004

JUL 16, 2004 10:06 AM

isnt carter the unstoppable sex machine from there?

Charley

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

JUL 16, 2004 10:20 AM

This is confusing FROM London as in born and raised or just generally from there?
.

The Slits
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Cure
The Headcoats
The Rolling Stones
The Libertines
Elastica
Stereolab
Blur
Dizzee Rascal
The Zombies
Razorlight

Ciel

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

JUL 20, 2004 10:22 AM

scotty_bane said:
isnt carter the unstoppable sex machine from there?

weren't they from new Cross?

They always used to play at teh Square in Harlow, near my dads. I think one of them was from Harlow maybe

blottobox

New York, NY

August 2002

JUL 20, 2004 10:35 AM

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

nick is from australia

BinkyMcQueen

Philadelphia, PA

December 2002

JUL 20, 2004 10:37 AM

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

nick is from australia

Lives in London...and has since 83.... split his time between London and Berlin ever since.....so sue me.
.

[Edited on Jul 20, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

blottobox

New York, NY

August 2002

JUL 20, 2004 10:47 AM

coldenginelogic said:

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

nick is from australia

Lives in London...and has since 83.... split his time between London and Berlin ever since.....so sue me.
.

[Edited on Jul 20, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

no, in the time since 83 he has lived in London to L.A. to Berlin to Brazil back to Berlin back to London and I have no idea where he lives now.

Charley

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

JUL 20, 2004 11:10 AM

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

nick is from australia

Lives in London...and has since 83.... split his time between London and Berlin ever since.....so sue me.
.

[Edited on Jul 20, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

no, in the time since 83 he has lived in London to L.A. to Berlin to Brazil back to Berlin back to London and I have no idea where he lives now.

Brighton, East Sussex and has done for about 4 years!

blottobox

New York, NY

August 2002

JUL 20, 2004 03:04 PM

1.(my personal fave) cockney rebel
2.the rolling stones
3.queen
4.the police
5.psychic tv
6.coil
7.23 skidoo
8.siouxsie and the banshees
9.television personalities
10. wire
11.the pretenders
12.the raincoats
13.nurse with wound and current 93
14.PiL
15. legendary pink dots
16. stereolab

there are loads more

as far as people being born in london, robyn hitchcock, mick fleetwood, peter gabriel

Fry

United Kingdom

December 2003

JUL 20, 2004 03:52 PM

Charley said:

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:

blottobox said:

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

nick is from australia

Lives in London...and has since 83.... split his time between London and Berlin ever since.....so sue me.
.

[Edited on Jul 20, 2004 by coldenginelogic]

no, in the time since 83 he has lived in London to L.A. to Berlin to Brazil back to Berlin back to London and I have no idea where he lives now.

Brighton, East Sussex and has done for about 4 years!

Really? I'm going Nick Cave hunting at the weekend.

Other london bands-

Hefner
Chris TT (well solo artist anyway)

Future possibilities -
Bloc Party are making great singles at the moment and the album is allesgedly very good.
Art Brut are incredibly funny.

Richie6Fingers

United Kingdom

July 2003

JUL 21, 2004 04:31 AM

coldenginelogic said:
NICK FUCKING CAVE...that counts as 20

er... isn't he Australian
besides which
he lives in Brighton

Richie6Fingers

United Kingdom

July 2003

JUL 21, 2004 04:32 AM

DOH !

Luis

Preston, ID

February 2004

JUL 21, 2004 10:57 PM

Where is/was Beta Band from?

EDIT: Nevermind, Dublin. Gah.

[Edited on Jul 21, 2004 by Luis]

deegee

I'm lost

July 2004

JUL 22, 2004 02:03 AM

have a dozen:

Madness
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Rolling Stones
Clash
Sex Pistols
Alabama 3
Billy Bragg
The Kinks
Squeeze
Small Faces
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

crazedlunatik

Portland, OR

February 2004

JUL 22, 2004 02:06 AM

Nope.... not that there isn't any. I just can never remember details like where people are from...

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