bob_ferris wrote:are you counting yorkshire as the north east? if so, theres loads!

other than that maximo park are good and they are from billingham
local bands on my scene at the mo who are getting national attention are Dartz, Idiot Savant, Oxfam Glamour Models, We Start Fires
Black Wire are from middlesbrough too and they are on thier 2nd album and theyve toured america
and i like the wildhearts, they are from newcastle

Yorkshire isn't generally considered the North East is it? So no.

Oxford Glamour Models are fucking crap. Come on man.

The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

diego wrote: Switzerland gave birth to pretty good bands.

Illford

There's a band called Illford? In tribute to Ilford, Essex, no doubt. Is there one called Gaants Hill too?

lil old birmingham uk has these:

mills & boon
the arm
d.louis baker & friends
knives
yank teeth
noise noise allore
calvados beam trio
seeland
mike in mono
the ripps
mistress
haddonfield, illinois
esquilax
una corda
mistys big adventure
einstellung
chinook & the charged particles
formation flight
goddamn ox
broadcast
pram
the big bang
copter
the mobsters

golly....i may have missed other out who are either shit or i don't know..

bob_ferris wrote:maximo park are good and they are from billingham

I'm surprised anyone can think Maximo Park are a good band. If you think they are, start a crap/not crap poll about them, and see what people think.

chapter 2 wrote:The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

thank fuck! someone finally said it.

how is it the case that the english music press so consistently champion the wrong bands? i'm being good are a great band but you will not see them mentioned anywhere.

i remember a band called cat on form that used to play around brighton a lot. their gigs were incendiary. they had this profound effect on people which i'd imagine would be like people seeing rites of spring or the mc5 for the first time. you'd get people in the audience where you could see their perception of life had actually changed during a gig. songs would end and people would be shirtless and openly weeping. i swear people were actually concieved during their shows. yet, they were completely ignored by the press despite pretty consistent touring.

tommydski wrote:

chapter 2 wrote:The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

thank fuck! someone finally said it.

how is it the case that the english music press so consistently champion the wrong bands? i'm being good are a great band but you will not see them mentioned anywhere.

i remember a band called cat on form that used to play around brighton a lot. their gigs were incendiary. they had this profound effect on people which i'd imagine would be like people seeing rites of spring or the mc5 for the first time. you'd get people in the audience where you could see their perception of life had actually changed during a gig. songs would end and people would be shirtless and openly weeping. i swear people were actually concieved during their shows. yet, they were completely ignored by the press despite pretty consistent touring.

I don't recall them ever being ignored. I think they did not too bad out of the whole thing.

Guy Forks wrote:

bob_ferris wrote:maximo park are good and they are from billingham

I'm surprised anyone can think Maximo Park are a good band. If you think they are, start a crap/not crap poll about them, and see what people think.

i dont want to start a crap/not crap thread cause, unlike you, i dont care what other people think of them

honeyisfunny wrote:

tommydski wrote:

chapter 2 wrote:The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

thank fuck! someone finally said it.

how is it the case that the english music press so consistently champion the wrong bands? i'm being good are a great band but you will not see them mentioned anywhere.

i remember a band called cat on form that used to play around brighton a lot. their gigs were incendiary. they had this profound effect on people which i'd imagine would be like people seeing rites of spring or the mc5 for the first time. you'd get people in the audience where you could see their perception of life had actually changed during a gig. songs would end and people would be shirtless and openly weeping. i swear people were actually concieved during their shows. yet, they were completely ignored by the press despite pretty consistent touring.

I don't recall them ever being ignored. I think they did not too bad out of the whole thing.

yeah! they toured loads, had a couple of records out...they were everywhere actually!! unless you mean...THE press? having said that, ifthey had no press, it's probably cuz they were on Southern. aint their strong point really...

tommydski wrote:

chapter 2 wrote:The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

thank fuck! someone finally said it.

you are both wrong. i know they arent cool but they are good and thats all i'm really bothered about

tommydski wrote:

chapter 2 wrote:The Wildhearts suck dead dog's dicks and always have. Sorry but there it is.

thank fuck! someone finally said it.

how is it the case that the english music press so consistently champion the wrong bands? i'm being good are a great band but you will not see them mentioned anywhere.

i remember a band called cat on form that used to play around brighton a lot. their gigs were incendiary. they had this profound effect on people which i'd imagine would be like people seeing rites of spring or the mc5 for the first time. you'd get people in the audience where you could see their perception of life had actually changed during a gig. songs would end and people would be shirtless and openly weeping. i swear people were actually concieved during their shows. yet, they were completely ignored by the press despite pretty consistent touring.

The one time I went to Brighton my friend took me to see Cat on Form play with The Panthers. COF were great, really great. I didn't cry though, you puff.