Trawlerman
Well-Known Member
I got to thinking last night about the artists and bands from my area.
With that in mind I made up a list of those that I could remember coming from Yorkshire and came up with quite a list. I didn't realise we had so much talent in this area.
These are from Hull - my home town.....
The Housemartins
The Beautiful South
Paul Heaton
D.J. Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim
Everything But The Girl
Mick Ronson - guitarist with David Bowie.
The Rats - band that went on to become the Spiders FromMars with David Bowie
Roland Gift of Fine Young Canibals - studied at Hull University
Kingmaker
David Whifield
Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle lived in Hull in the early 1970s
Stewart Mathewman and Andrew Hale of SADE - from Hull
My Dying Bride - from Cleckheaton
Shed Seven - from York
Terrovision - from Bradford
The Mission - from Bradford
John Barry
Keith Emerson
Tony Christie
Kaiser Chiefs - from Leeds
Soft Cell - from Leeds
Mekons - 70's punk band from Leeds
Sisters Of Mercy - from Leeds
The Beat - from Wakefield
Robert Palmer - from Batley
Thompson Twins - from Sheffield
Pulp - from Sheffield
Def Leppard - from Sheffield
Joe Cocker - from Sheffield
Human League - from Sheffield
Chumbawumba - from Leeds
Kate Rusby - folk singer from Barnsley
Clare Teal - jazz singer
Lesley Garret - opera singer
Joe Longthorne
Martin Carthy - folk singer
Aliza Carthy - folk singer
Norma Waterson - folk singer
Saxon
ABC
Heaven 17
Paul Carrack of Mike + the Mechanics
Cabaret Voltaire - from Sheffield
Arthur Brown of "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown"
Manowar
So... who hails from your area?
With that in mind I made up a list of those that I could remember coming from Yorkshire and came up with quite a list. I didn't realise we had so much talent in this area.
These are from Hull - my home town.....
The Housemartins
The Beautiful South
Paul Heaton
D.J. Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim
Everything But The Girl
Mick Ronson - guitarist with David Bowie.
The Rats - band that went on to become the Spiders FromMars with David Bowie
Roland Gift of Fine Young Canibals - studied at Hull University
Kingmaker
David Whifield
Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle lived in Hull in the early 1970s
Stewart Mathewman and Andrew Hale of SADE - from Hull
My Dying Bride - from Cleckheaton
Shed Seven - from York
Terrovision - from Bradford
The Mission - from Bradford
John Barry
Keith Emerson
Tony Christie
Kaiser Chiefs - from Leeds
Soft Cell - from Leeds
Mekons - 70's punk band from Leeds
Sisters Of Mercy - from Leeds
The Beat - from Wakefield
Robert Palmer - from Batley
Thompson Twins - from Sheffield
Pulp - from Sheffield
Def Leppard - from Sheffield
Joe Cocker - from Sheffield
Human League - from Sheffield
Chumbawumba - from Leeds
Kate Rusby - folk singer from Barnsley
Clare Teal - jazz singer
Lesley Garret - opera singer
Joe Longthorne
Martin Carthy - folk singer
Aliza Carthy - folk singer
Norma Waterson - folk singer
Saxon
ABC
Heaven 17
Paul Carrack of Mike + the Mechanics
Cabaret Voltaire - from Sheffield
Arthur Brown of "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown"
Manowar
So... who hails from your area?
