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were ****ing brilliant.
just making a bit of a list for my ipod.
deacon blue
del amitri
bluebells
waterboys
big country
texas
all brilliant.
anymore i need to add.
A little later, formed in the late 80s, but can I recommend some Gun?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_(band)
Hipsway
Love and Money
Associates
Orange Juice
got the associates. party fears 2 is on my faves list.
jeez, you're gonna be wanting residency soon 😛
Jesus and Mary chain
Aztec Camera
Orange Juice
Joseph K
Bourgie Bourgie
Fire Engines
Win
Simple Minds
Associates
Scars
Oh and the Krankies
cocteau twins
Love and Money
Hipsway
Department S
The Normal
Lotus Eaters
I'll let you know if I think of anything else.
Oh aye, Simple Minds
jeez, you're gonna be wanting residency soon
retirement is not too far away........ 8)
got aztec camera........simple minds did not really float my boat.
can i pretend heaven 17 or the human league were jocks..... 8)
late 80's, lived in Battlefield, local pub was the Mission, Thursday night they had 'up and coming bands' some newbies called 'Texas' were on one night - pretty darned good. 😆 been a big fan since !!!
You forgot the most important one (culturally at least) - Runrig
Gaah, Associates. How could I forget the Associates? I've got everything they've ever done. On vinyl for Pete's sake.
Eurythmics ??
Marrilion
You forgot the most irritating one (culturally at least) - Runrig
You forgot the most important one (culturally at least) - Runrig
would it be wrong to say that they moved to a new level when Donnie jacked and Bruce came on board - have followed them avidly for 20+ yrs and the canadian is just leagues apart
recent - Amy McDonald
Skye music festival 1986
Bluebells
Battlefield Band
Runrig
Nazareth
loads more, was too pished to remember 😛
Ton,
Have a listen to
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[url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU&feature=fvst ]Edwyn Collins from Orange Juice[/url]
Eighties-tastic Daddy-o! (although the last one is from the Nineties)
Nazareth - brill band of my youth...
Proclaimers - esp. Sunshine on Leith
Too slow...
Christ almighty , someone just said Deacon Blue were "brilliant"! Shittest band ever! 😆
Anyway, Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie were very good.
Noticed Bay City Rollers not on your list......
No Teenage Fanclub either ?
Hue and Cry
Wet, Wet, Wet 8)
Trashcan Sinatras
Fannies or Captain America or Belle and Sebastian, Ok all 90's but come on.
"the boy with the Arab strap" is annoyingly good.
Slik 🙂
The Vaselines
The Rezillos
Glasvegas ---oops, forgetting OP '80's 😆
Love and Money
Hipsway
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie
The Silencers
And Runrig were and always will be shite druidh 😡
Managed to get Del Amitri to play the students union for a couple of hundred quid and a small rider. They signed about a week before appearing on stools on Top of the Pops.
Slik
think thats more 70's
although i think Midges tache might have had some
solo success in the 80's
aha, who forgot,,, The Blue Nile 😛
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and of cousre, Altered Images
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The Skids (maybe 70s)
Big Country - Mark Brzezicki (SP) is one of my favourite drummers
Altered Images (featuring the lovely Clare Grogan)
Simple Minds
Ultravox
Texas
Garbage (?)
didn't know Dept S were Scottish - we do a cover of their one hit, Is Vic There?
Big Country! supported Bowie at wembly ..sad ending however
1989 😛
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John Martyn did some good stuff in the 80s
I thought The Waterboys were Irish
I thought The Waterboys were Irish
Mike Scott is an Edinburgh boy. Band has had a cast of thousands over the years though.
The Alan Parsons Project
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ah, I didn't know that
I think I'm getting senile; wasn't Alan Parsons in The Animals? Geordie bloke, Geordie band
The Big Dish were pretty good too, just amazoned some cds earlier tonight...
Think they were from the homeland anyway!
Looks like I need a few hours on lime wire in the morning. The 80's seem such a long time ago...
got a pretty full ipod now............ 8)
and for the record............sharlene spitari is a godess..... 8)
Revolting cocks, Ministry, (Chris connely is from Edinburgh)
i'm Scottish and can't stand most of the bands mentioned in this thread
I think I'm getting senile; wasn't Alan Parsons in The Animals? Geordie bloke, Geordie band
Eric woolfson was a Glasgow boy
I take it you mean sharleen spiteri the annoying country music singer
gw................wgafs...... 😀
I saw texas at the barrowlands many moons ago on 23 dec 19??. It was some sort of glasgow homecoming / xmas bash supported by gun, but some of del amitri appeared on stage too. Superb night, texas used to turn up in fat sams in dundee quite regularly too way back...
Has anyone mentioned Primal Scram? Did they start in the 80's or am I in the wrong decade?
No one mentioned KLF??
are Marillion and KLF really classified as scottish?
the Fratellis - proper scottish name there 😉
would it be wrong to say that they moved to a new level when Donnie jacked and Bruce came on board
no it wouldn't, would completely agree iainc.
Have been a huge fan since first hearing Hearthammer when it was released as a single from The Big Wheel. They are massively better live with Bruce than with Donnie.
Rob
*slaps vast forehead*
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What about AC/DC? 8)
The Nyah Ferties 'Barassie beach' all time classic track, they were a bit local, Ayrshire based I think.
Much better than Deacon Blue, they were a load of pish, dignity my ass!
andytherocketeer - Member
are Marillion and KLF really classified as scottish?
Marillion weren't Scottish, they just had a Scottish singer, same with Ultravox. Neither had a 'Scottish' sound either!
Fish (ex Marillion) is still gigging.
Mike Scott is from Ayr. Went to Edinburgh Uni for a bit.
Friends Again were great too, and anyone remember The Painted Word?
Urusei Yatsura.
2 top indie label bands and favourites of the Late John Peel..
Edinburghs brilliant [url=
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who would go on to reform to [url=
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oh and punk band The Exploited from Livi 😈
Fannies
Early Texas
Goodbye Mr Mac
Blue Nile
80's Runrig
Hipsway
Gun
And....kevin McDermot Orchestra
And one hit wonders Win(you got the power 12")
Early Minds (up to and including Book of Brilliant things)
AC/DC...Bonn; Born in Kirrie,emigrated when 6 months old...
A little later, formed in the late 80s, but can I recommend some Gun?
I met Gun last year, fronted at the time by Toby Jepson of Little Angels fame. Great bunch of guys, Dante's off his rocker, Toby's shorter than you think.
Primal Scream...The KLF...The Boards of Canada...The Beta Band
1990's and mother & the addicts
What about a great rockabilly band The shakin' Pyramids
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Personal faves:
Aztec Camera
JAMC
James King & the Lone Wolves. Find yourself a copy of Texas Lullaby.
Josef K grossly over-rated.
matt.................she is delicious. 8)
Talking Heads(if we can claim AC/DC as Scottish)
Jesus and Marychain
Momus
Soup Dragons
You're all forgetting Lloyd Cole and the commotions. Lost weekend is a classic.
the shamen
the shamen! wtf good shout...
am geussing that MrC wern't Scottish,
but the man that drowned (RiP)
was eh?
I thought Lloyd Cole was from da burgh. Cba trying to google on my phone with a Pish WiFi connection tho.
Hipsway's 'Hipsway' album was outstanding.
[i]And one hit wonders Win[/i]
Good call. They were pretty good. Have the album somewhere. (where it will stay 😉 )