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Bands/artists from wales

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Los Campesinos, Mcclusky, Visage, Gethin Pearso, The Scenery, Amen Corner, Lost Prophets, Scritti Politti, Shaky, 60ft Dolls, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Tommy Cooper, Manics, SuperFurries, Dub War, Feeder, The Alarm (eek!), Anhrefn, Bullet for my Valentine, Funeral for a friend, Gene Loves Jezebel, Stereophonics, Cowboy Killers, Automatic, John Cale, Future of the Left, Goldie Looking Chain, Automatic, Demented are go, Gene, Catatonia, Julian Cope, Badfinger, Jarcrew, Tigertailz, Bonnie Tyler, Euros Child, Race Horses, Young Marble Giants, Duffy, Budgie, Man, Goldie Looking Chain, Committee, Lone Star, Red Beans and Rice, The Pink Fairies, Treorchy Male Voice Choir
 
Um, I don't think The Pink Fairies can be called from Wales. They were formed in and resided in Ladbrooke Grove, one of their incarnations may have had someone was originally from Wales, but by that recconing The Velvet Underground count as a 'Welsh band'
 
Does anyone remember a band called The Pier they used to be called Restless natives their lead singer Alison had a fantastic voice.
 
Um, I don't think The Pink Fairies can be called from Wales. They were formed in and resided in Ladbrooke Grove, one of their incarnations may have had someone was originally from Wales, but by that recconing The Velvet Underground count as a 'Welsh band'
Damn. I missed them off my list.

:D
 
Damn. I missed them off my list.

:D

if we are including bands with welsh members....
Alabama 3 (Larry love aka Rob Spragg from merthyr)
Scritti Politti (green gartside from caerleon)
Teardrop Explodes (Julian Cope born in Deri (near bargoed))
Visage (steve Strange from newbridge)
the damned (Roman Jugg and bryn Meryic from Maesycwmer and Cardiff)
 
My favourites on/in/of the Welsh scene (past and present):

SFA
Mclusky
Future of the Left
60ft Dolls
Manics
Gorkys
Sammo Hung
Derrero
Zabrinski
Cymbient
Melys
Sweet Baboo (sound bloke that Steve feller)
GLC
Terris
Catatonia
Gruff's solo stuff (Candylion is mint)
Kentucky AFC


We've got some shit-hot stuff!
 
A nomad of scots hungarian descent now living in the 'Diff by the name of cosmo

video for forthcoming single like (featuring sick note and kilnaboy as extras)
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bit of a bump but good place to put it
Steve Strange new record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21953106
The latest line-up features two new members alongside Strange and long-time bass player Steve Barnacle, plus contributions from ex-Simple Minds keyboard player Mick MacNeil and Dave Formula, the original Visage keyboardist.
"I wasn't going to be a rugby player and I wasn't going to go down the pit, so I ran away - I was a creative spirit ” - Steve Strange On leaving Wales


The new album, Hearts and Knives, released at the end of May, is Strange's statement on where he and his band are now. Born Steven Harrington, he was brought up in the south Wales valleys town of Newbridge, but as a teenager found local life too limiting.

"I was the freak of the village, long before Matt Lucas started doing those sketches. I was banned from school but I was a grade A student. It was ridiculous."I wasn't going to be a rugby player and I wasn't going to go down the pit, so I ran away. I was a creative spirit and I ran away."
 
I was saddened to learn that Morty from Racing Cars died last year. They were never a big band - punk cruelly elbowed them out after years of graft on the circuit, and their tone hit proved a millstone - but he was a great live performer.

Racing-Cars.jpg


Racing Cars' guitarist Graham Williams pays tribute to Morty

 
I remember Sassafras founded in 1970 I saw them at the Student Union in 73 or 4. I know nothing quibbling about them apart from what it says on Wikipedia.
 
I fucking hate Welsh music as it's normally sub Oasis stylehshite usually. Then again, if you look deep enough (as with any culture) you find stuff like Gwenno and R.Seiliog

 
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