Mykesbass Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Following @Barking Spiders Norway thread, which towns/cities have been most productive with local talent? I'm going for Sheffield, but per capita, again, some of the Scottish towns can stake a claim with Dunfermline (55,000) leading the charge with Nazareth, Skids/Big Country, Ian Anderson and Barbara Dickson. Where else has grown more than its fair share of talent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Perhaps a bit of a cheat as it's a part of a much bigger city, but Brixton (population 78,000). Has a long list of musicians, including: David Bowie Alabama 3 Skin Dillinja Maxi Jazz Don Letts Stereo MCs La Roux Ty Linton Kwesi Johnson Basement Jaxx Carter USM .... and 50% of the Clash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I’d say Liverpool has to feature in this, too many artists/groups to list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Sticking with Scotland, possibly Glasgow? Lot of bands and musicians came from Glasgow. There’s probably hundreds but off the top of my head there’s: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Teenage Fanclub Donovan Altered Images Belle & Sebastian Primal Scream Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) The Pastels Maggie Bell (Stone The Crows) The Blue Nile Del Amitri Texas Mogwai plus there’s Jack Bruce, and Angus and Malcolm Young from AC/DC, Mark Knopfler, one of Franz Ferdinand, maybe two of Orange Juice, couple of Simple Minds, a couple from The Jesus And Mary Chain, a few from Lloyd Cole And The Commotions (even though Lloyd is English), I mean there’s probably loads more but my memory is not on top form tonight... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowDown Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I'd say Manchester. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 8 hours ago, SumOne said: Perhaps a bit of a cheat as it's a part of a much bigger city, but Brixton (population 78,000). Has a long list of musicians, including: David Bowie Alabama 3 Skin Dillinja Maxi Jazz Don Letts Stereo MCs La Roux Ty Linton Kwesi Johnson Basement Jaxx Carter USM .... and 50% of the Clash I'm not making any rules and would say this is a good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Surely London? Or LA/NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just now, Supernaut said: Surely London? Or LA/NYC. Problem with these places (and Nashville) is knowing which bands are local. Then taking per capita into account I don't think they would rank so highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Isn't Birmingham famous where famous musicians came from? Black Sabbath for example. And the list goes on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeEvans Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Per capita calculation is essential... Also, for somewhere like Brixton, how many of those musicians actually grew up there and how many moved in as adults already involved in music? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Well it's certainly not Nottingham. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I’m going to vote for Coventry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, bartelby said: I’m going to vote for Coventry. Frank Ifield - now I didn't know he was from Coventry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Being the pedant I am, you'd have to qualify whether your mean a city proper or the greater metropolitan area. Fr'instance do you only include the inner London boroughs or do you also add on the outer ones? Any road, pound for pound I'd say Sheffield. Def Leppard, Arctic Monkeys, Human League, ABC, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17, Joe Cocker, Pulp, Bring Me the Horizon, Comsat Angels, the beginnings of the Warp label (home for Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada ..), Jilted John, Thompson Twins... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Being the pedant I am, you'd have to qualify whether your mean a city proper or the greater metropolitan area. Fr'instance do you only include the inner London boroughs or do you also add on the outer ones? Any road, pound for pound I'd say Sheffield. Def Leppard, Arctic Monkeys, Human League, ABC, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17, Joe Cocker, Pulp, Bring Me the Horizon, Comsat Angels, the beginnings of the Warp label (home for Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada ..), Jilted John, Thompson Twins... Sheffield definitely has a hell of an output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: Being the pedant I am, you'd have to qualify whether your mean a city proper or the greater metropolitan area. Fr'instance do you only include the inner London boroughs or do you also add on the outer ones? Any road, pound for pound I'd say Sheffield. Def Leppard, Arctic Monkeys, Human League, ABC, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17, Joe Cocker, Pulp, Bring Me the Horizon, Comsat Angels, the beginnings of the Warp label (home for Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada ..), Jilted John, Thompson Twins... No problem with a bit of pedantry! And yes, Sheffield seems to be out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) Bristol must be up there, especially in the electronic dance music realm Edit - Wikipedia link added https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_Bristol Edited September 5, 2023 by BreadBin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeystrange Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 04/09/2023 at 08:44, BigRedX said: Well it's certainly not Nottingham. Nope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 04/09/2023 at 08:44, BigRedX said: Well it's certainly not Nottingham. But you had Pitchshifter, Fudge Tunnel and Iron Monkey!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 04/09/2023 at 01:18, TheLowDown said: I'd say Manchester. Mad fer it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeEvans Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 1 hour ago, BreadBin said: Bristol must be up there, especially in the electronic dance music realm Edit - Wikipedia link added https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_Bristol I live in Bristol and have done for years; I love it, but although the music scene is great, it does tend to include a lot of pretty niche bands and some very enthusiastic archivists, perhaps leading to over-estimates of its scale... If you take out Massive Attack, Portishead and Roni Size, there aren't many names in there that people outside the city will know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, JoeEvans said: I live in Bristol and have done for years; I love it, but although the music scene is great, it does tend to include a lot of pretty niche bands and some very enthusiastic archivists, perhaps leading to over-estimates of its scale... If you take out Massive Attack, Portishead and Roni Size, there aren't many names in there that people outside the city will know. Idles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stofferson Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Nottingham is ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 4 hours ago, JoeEvans said: I live in Bristol and have done for years; I love it, but although the music scene is great, it does tend to include a lot of pretty niche bands and some very enthusiastic archivists, perhaps leading to over-estimates of its scale... If you take out Massive Attack, Portishead and Roni Size, there aren't many names in there that people outside the city will know. I'm going to respectfully disagree, there's loads in that list that are fairly common knowledge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Supernaut said: Idles? Yep and Yola Carter Edited September 5, 2023 by tegs07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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