Whose your local band?

[DJL]

Had to look it up - turns out the Stones were discovered locally and Jeff beck was born/raised in the area, and actually lived-in the road of the first house I remember living in. Quite relieved as until then I was going to have to go with Bradley from S Club 7

Edited September 7, 2020 by DJL

[eFestivals]

10 hours ago, DJL said:

Had to look it up - turns out the Stones were discovered locally and Jeff beck was born/raised in the area, and actually lived-in the road of the first house I remember living in. Quite relieved as until then I was going to have to go with Bradley from S Club 7

Jeff Beck used to sometimes drink in my old local in Farnborough, after he hooked up with and then married a local 'page 3' model.

And Mega City Four used to drink in the pub (now a McD's) just down the road from that one.

[Padgey]

After thinking mine was going to be fairly poor with moany -arse James Arthur and Chris Rea I then did some research and it appears David Coverdale of Deep Purple, and then Whitesnake, was born in the next village to where I grew up.

Now living between Reigate and Crawley the best I can think of is Newton Faulkner (Reigate) and The Cure (Crawley). 

[wro_lap]

Edwin Starr died around 6 streets away from my house.

[Quark]

15 hours ago, wro_lap said:

Edwin Starr died around 6 streets away from my house.

He only had 5 more miles to go

[Cherry Tree]

On 9/7/2020 at 9:01 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Edinburgh is fairly sparse as well, though I can see the Pentland hills out the window at the minute and Boards of Canada are probably up there somewhere.

As someone originally from Glasgow I think you are doing Edinburgh a disservice. 

• The Proclaimers, 
• Finlay Quaye
• Josef K
• Fish
• KT Tunstall
• Edwin Collins
• Mike Scott/Waterboys
• Shirley Manson
• Steve Mason/The Beta Band
• Young Fathers
• The Rezillos
• and of course The Bay City Rollers

 

[gfa]

A spice girl, duran duran lead singer, lower than atlantis, KSI, rak-su (xfactor winners) and george fitzgerald. -- bit all over the place really for watford. I am actually closer to st albans though which has Friendly Fires and Enter Shikari so i'll claim that instead

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 hours ago, Cherry Tree said:

As someone originally from Glasgow I think you are doing Edinburgh a disservice. 

• The Proclaimers, 
• Finlay Quaye
• Josef K
• Fish
• KT Tunstall
• Edwin Collins
• Mike Scott/Waterboys
• Shirley Manson
• Steve Mason/The Beta Band
• Young Fathers
• The Rezillos
• and of course The Bay City Rollers

 

An absolute binfire compared to Glasgow, but then not really surprising for a city with fewer venues than Pyongyang.

 

[squirrelarmy]

11 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

An absolute binfire compared to Glasgow, but then not really surprising for a city with fewer venues than Pyongyang.

I watched the Eurovision movie. They’ve got that big sparkly arena with all the lights on the outside 😉

[CaledonianGonzo]

I was actually to be seeing Barry Manilow there the other night.

[Comfy Bean]

As an 18 year old I drank in the same boozer as Jim Prime from the keys in Deacon Blue.

Still remember sitting beside him in the bar after work one Thursday  when they came on TOTP on the pub tv.  Until that moment I had naively assumed it was “live”. 

Decent bloke he was. My young sis was a big fan and he sorted out loads of signed stuff for her 👍

Edited September 11, 2020 by Comfy Bean

[K2SO]

Wham!, Elton John, Frank Carter/Gallows, Lower Than Atlantis, Geri Halliwell, Simon Le Bon

[K2SO]

On 9/11/2020 at 4:33 PM, gfa said:

A spice girl, duran duran lead singer, lower than atlantis, KSI, rak-su (xfactor winners) and george fitzgerald. -- bit all over the place really for watford. I am actually closer to st albans though which has Friendly Fires and Enter Shikari so i'll claim that instead

I went with Watford, but I'm from Borehamwood. Not far from you!

[Mash2]

Current:

The National.  Many think they are from Brooklyn but they all grew up in Cincinnati.  The Dreesner twins went to the same High school as my kids.

Guided by Voices

Walk the Moon

 

Old school:

The Isley Brothers

Bootsy Collins

[squirrelarmy]

7 hours ago, K2SO said:

I went with Watford, but I'm from Borehamwood. Not far from you!

Watford has actually produced some good music. Other than Ginger Spice obviously 😂

[stt11]

I live in Bootle. There's a small hospital, just up the road in, Litherland. It used to be a venue, of sorts. The Beatles used to play there when they first started out.

One day, 2 years ago, I went to get an ECG there. I found they were choc-a-bloc, so had to go somewhere else. But I was convinced it was full, because everyone was a Beatles fan.

I had lost out in the rush!! 

[K2SO]

On 9/14/2020 at 7:34 AM, squirrelarmy said:

Watford has actually produced some good music. Other than Ginger Spice obviously 😂

Let's not knock The Spice Girls!

[squirrelarmy]

3 minutes ago, K2SO said:

Let's not knock The Spice Girls!

Quiet! And there’s a fresh one if you mouth off again. 

[Winslow Leach]

On 9/13/2020 at 11:42 PM, K2SO said:

Wham!, Elton John, Frank Carter/Gallows, Lower Than Atlantis, Geri Halliwell, Simon Le Bon

Not sure about the rest of Gallows but I can assure you Frank and Steph Carter aren't from Watford, they're Hemel Hempstead lads...

[chuckles07]

On 9/5/2020 at 1:41 PM, Tom Connolly said:

SK postcode so i guess Blossoms

I think you have missed Doves and 1975 😊

[squirrelarmy]

18 minutes ago, chuckles07 said:

and 1975

Who are they? Doubt they’ll ever be headliner material 

[chuckles07]

Mmm you might think that but I couldn’t possibly comment*...........local band innit  

 

 

 

* Not my preference have to say. 

[Crazyfool01]

10 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Who are they? Doubt they’ll ever be headliner material 

wind up merchant  

[Wellyboot]

9 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

wind up merchant  

Sometimes I like to pretend I don't see it 😂

[Tom Connolly]

4 hours ago, chuckles07 said:

I think you have missed Doves and 1975 😊

haha oh yeah of course, how’ve i missed my favourite band