Your top 5 Manchester bands/ solo artists are?

[manimanc]

Let's not split hairs here. Fuck it, we're in lockdown. Let's split the atom; )

Ha ha right on cue..:)

 

[Blumooniac]

Would have to put Chris Sievey (Frank Sidebottom) on there as well with that bunch. Didn't he do all the accompanying music for JCC? He was a really talented musician and did some great songs off his own back.

Chris Sievey definitely on the list! Dunno his affiliation to JCC. My mate's dad ran Rabid Records (JCC, Slaughter and the Dogs, Jilted John, Ed banger and the Nosebleeds and more) in Withington when I was young. Also Factory's first office was in Withington. Used to see em all all hangin around. Great days.

 

[Corky]

How can you possibly keep it to 5?

Kavana
Kevin Kennedy
Peter Noone (solo pretty things era)
Noel Gallagher (twisting his face to a boring slow guitar song)
Tony Ferrino
Peter Kay (farting out Amarillo)

 

[jimharri]

Yes mate. I mentioned Bee Gees didn't I?

*Guilty gulp: /

You did. Humble apologies. I was never much good at speed reading.

 

[Blumooniac]

Barclay James Harvest.
Dare (featuring a young Prof Brian Cox)
Simon Wright (Ashton) ex drummer for AC/DC

 

[Ban-jani]

The Verve
The Smiths
Oasis
The Stone Roses
Joy Division

 

[johnnytapia]

There are absolutely loads mate. Groups like Cotton Club will never get a mention but they made loads of tunes that got hammered in the clubs. Groups like Ruthless Rap Assassins, Alfie and Sub Sub made quality tunes.

Out of all the bands mentioned, I will never know how Puressence and The Chameleons were not huge.

Edit - Got to add Electronic to the list. Manc super group with one top album and 2 pretty good follow ups.

The Ruthless Rap Assassins won't get a mention.

As title says. You can include bands and solo artists from Gtr Manchester.
Here's a list of our more famous artists. Quite an impressive list, second only to London in amount of artists from one city.

Here's a list of more famous artists to choose from, but small bands that didn't make it big is ok, your choice.

10cc, 808 State The 1975, Audioweb Badly Drawn Boy, Beady Eye, Bee Gees, Black Grape, Blossoms, Elkie Brooks, Buzzcocks, Chameleons, Courteeners, Doves, Elbow, Freddie and the Dreamers, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, David Gray, Gary Barlow, Happy Mondays, Herman's Hermits, High Flying Birds, the Hollies, inpiral carpets, James, Joy Division, Lisa Stanfield, M People, Magazine, Morrissey, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, New Order, Northside, Oasis, Puressence, Railway Children, Sad Cafe, the Seahorses, Simply Rag, Slaughter and the Dogs, the Seahorses, Slow Readers Club, the Smiths, Take That, the Verve.

1 Stone Roses
2 Joy Division
3 Oasis
4 James
5 New Fads

The New Fads and James in a top 5 that doesn't mention The Smiths. Are you on crack?

 

[Nightmare Walking]

MES is the man for Manc music history and knowledge.

 

[urban genie]

The Ruthless Rap Assassins won't get a mention.

The New Fads and James in a top 5 that doesn't mention The Smiths. Are you on crack?

Ruthless rap assasins were a great band, killer was a geat LP

Is it not all about personal opinion, the smiths are not everybodys cup of tea, both them and the new fads were in my top 5



Ps don't tell MES I said that I don't want a ban

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The Ruthless Rap Assassins won't get a mention.

The New Fads and James in a top 5 that doesn't mention The Smiths. Are you on crack?

I like quite a lot the Smiths and Morrissey stuff. He's a brilliant lyricist IMO. It's just that I find some of the tracks and his dreary voice depressing and mundane. A bit like eating porridge everyday with a razer blade in my hand.

*Awaits another ban courtesy of @Mad Eyed Screamer ; )