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| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | | The Young Knives |
The name is based on a misunderstanding of "young knaves", which was found by the band by rummaging through a book. [wikipedia]
| Basildon | | Depeche Mode |
| Bath | | Tears for Fears |
| Birmingham | | Black Sabbath |
| Birmingham | | Dexys Midnight Runners |
Kevin Rowland lead singer
| Birmingham | | Duran Duran |
| Birmingham | | Editors |
| Birmingham | | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Birmingham | | Fine Young Cannibals |
| Birmingham | | Judas Priest |
Formed by K.K. Downing and Ian Hill
| Birmingham | | The Moody Blues |
| Birmingham | | Musical Youth |
| Birmingham | | Napalm Death |
| Birmingham | | The Streets |
| Birmingham | | UB40 |
| Bolton | | Kinesis |
2000-2004. Announced they were splitting up on the day their second album was released.
| Bournemouth | | Embrace |
| Brighton | | Architects |
| Brighton | | The Go! Team |
| Bristol | | Massive Attack |
| Bristol | | Portishead |
| Camberwell | | The House Of Love |
| Cambridge | | Katrina and the Waves |
Formed in 1981 by Alex Cooper, Vince de la Cruz, Katrina Leskanich and Kimberley Rew.
| Cambridge | | Pink Floyd |
| Canterbury | | Bodyrockers |
| Colchester | | Blur |
| Coventry | | The Specials |
| Hemel Hempstead | | Porcupine Tree |
| Ipswich | | Cradle of Filth |
| Leeds | | Kaiser Chiefs |
| Leicester | | Cornershop |
| Leicester | | Diesel Park West |
| Leicester | | Gaye Bykers On Acid |
| Leicester | | Showaddywaddy |
| Leicester | | The Sinatras |
| Liverpool | | Atomic Kitten |
| Liverpool | | The Beatles |
| Liverpool | | The Boo Radleys |
| Liverpool | | Echo & the Bunnymen |
| Liverpool | | A Flock of Seagulls |
| Liverpool | | Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| Liverpool | | The Lightning Seeds |
| Liverpool | | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
| Liverpool | | The Zutons |
| Manchester | | Buzzcocks |
The name comes from a Manchester slang term "cock" meaning "youngster" and its use in the 1970s ITV television drama serial Rock Follies when the line "that's the buzz, cocks" or "give me a buzz, cock!" was heard. [wikipedia]
| Manchester | | The Doves |
| Manchester | | Elbow |
| Manchester | | The Fall |
| Manchester | | The Future Sound of London |
| Manchester | | Joy Division |
| Manchester | | New Order |
| Manchester | | Oasis |
| Manchester | | Puressence |
| Manchester | | The Smiths |
| Manchester | | The Stone Roses |
| Newcastle | | The Animals |
| Newcastle | | Dire Straits |
| Newcastle | | Maxïmo Park |
| Newcastle | | The Pet Shop Boys |
| Northampton | | Bauhaus |
| Oxford | | Hurricane #1 |
| Oxford | | Supergrass |
| Sheffield | | All Seeing I |
| Sheffield | | Arctic Monkeys |
From High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.
| Sheffield | | Cabaret Voltaire |
| Sheffield | | Def Leppard |
| Sheffield | | Human League |
| Sheffield | | The Human League |
| Sheffield | | The Long Blondes |
| Sheffield | | The Longpigs |
| Sheffield | | The Thompson Twins |
| Stoke on Trent | | Motörhead |
| Sunderland | | The Futureheads |
| Surrey | | The Stranglers |
| Surrey | | The Yardbirds |
| Teignmouth | | Muse |
| Wolverhampton | | Babylon Zoo |
| Wolverhampton | | Slade |
| Worthing | | The Ordinary Boys |
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