The second greatest Scottish band of all time

[Lancs Harp]

Is?

After the Associates, obviously http://www.hibs.net/images/smilies/thumbs%20up.gif

[Pretty Boy]

Mogwai.

With Belle and Sebastian taking the title as the most underrated. That's not just Scottish either, I mean in general.

Honourable mention for The Vaselines as well.

[lord bunberry]

The view. End off :greengrin

[heretoday]

Nazareth.

[Hibrandenburg]

Bay City Rollers

[MSK]

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie/ The Filthy Tongues followed by The Silencers & Big Country 😃

[Mr White]

Biffy clyro or idlewild for me.

[Keith_M]

Bay City Rollers


+1



Shangalang!

[SON OF PADDY]

SAHB
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Vambo Rules ok !!

[bigwheel]

Average White Band

[Ronniekirk]

SAHB
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Vambo Rules ok !!

NEXT


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[KNBE]

The Blue Nile.

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[degenerated]

Toxic Ephex


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[stoneyburn hibs]

Simple Minds

[easty]

The View

[overdrive]

Biffy clyro or idlewild for me.

Same for me.

[Onceinawhile]

Do all members need to be from Scotland?

If not I'd say placebo.

[Colr]

Primal Scream

[Mr White]

Do all members need to be from Scotland?

If not I'd say placebo.

I would say the definition of a scottish band is one that formed in Scotland or consists mostly of scots. There are a few that blur that definition of course, like snow patrol for example. Formed in scotland by northern irishmen but always based in scotland and later to include Scottish members. You'd have a tough time arguing that they're Scottish in Belfast or Bangor though :greengrin

[Keith_M]

Does Texas count as a Scottish Band?

[Diclonius]

There isn't a single Scottish band I actually like.

[Just Jimmy]

Idlewild.
Biffy

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[Ronniekirk]

Franz Ferdinand although as a Teenager in the early 70 s it has to be Nazareth and The Alex Harvey Band


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[Glory Lurker]

The Skids, Big Country (earlier stuff only, though).

I like the reply to the question about what counts as a Scottish band. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions would fit in to that and Big Country need to rely on the rule to qualify! If we could stretch it all the way out, we could claim Talking Heads and (getting really desperate here) if the parentage rule applied we could argue White Stripes. Typical Scottish so-near-yet-so-far glorious failure - if we could claim those two we'd be world class!

[xyz23jc]

No 1: The Cocteau Twins. END OF. FACT. :greengrin:agree::thumbsup:

[Hiber-nation]

So so many to choose from and my choice would be different every day.

But since they haven't been mentioned:

Camera Obscura
Or maybe...The Delgados

[CropleyWasGod]

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie for me.

Closely followed by Love & Money.

Oh, and Aztec Camera.

And whatever band Rabbie Burns rapped with. :greengrin

[Jim44]

The Silencers.

[Mr White]

Teenage Fanclub also worth a shout.

[Alex Trager]

Waw.
This whole time no one has mentioned the proclaimers?
Or Travis?
The latter would be my choice

[Hibrandenburg]

Waw.
This whole time no one has mentioned the proclaimers?
Or Travis?
The latter would be my choice

:agree: Can't believe no one's mentioned the Fratellis.

[Sylar]

Or Runrig, particularly the Donnie Munro era!

Biffy or Idlewild for me too.

[YehButNoBut]

I would say the definition of a scottish band is one that formed in Scotland or consists mostly of scots. There are a few that blur that definition of course, like snow patrol for example. Formed in scotland by northern irishmen but always based in scotland and later to include Scottish members. You'd have a tough time arguing that they're Scottish in Belfast or Bangor though :greengrin

All Scottish band members I would go for Biffy Clyro

Based on Scottish born members

AC/DC - could say the most successful Scottish band ever due to Angus, Malcolm & Bonn being Scottish born
Talking Heads - David Byrne
Primal Scream
Dire Straits - Knopfler brothers

[marinello59]

The Rezillos.

[patch1875]

Gun
The Blue Nile

[patch1875]

I forgot Jessie Rae ;-)

[Frazerbob]

2nd best Scottish band would be Big Country, the best being Simple Minds......IMHO of course.

[MSK]

Cicero 😵

[jabis]

Runrig
Loch lomond
50,000 people party

End of


Apart from the associates bit !


10th at best.😇

[BroxburnHibee]

Surprised no mention of Glasvegas. James Allen is a bit of a **** but their music is superb.

[marinello59]

Jesus and Mary Chain

[Frazerbob]

One of our own, Fish, deserves a mention. The big man is a poet extraordinaire. Marillion's first 4 albums were masterpieces.

[heretoday]

Bilbo Baggins. Second only to the Bay City Rollers.

Hibs supporters too.

[matty_f]

I'm guessing that the inference in the thread title is that The Proclaimers take the top spot? If that's the case, then I cast my vote for Belle and Sebastian. Absolutely adore that band.

[Geo_1875]

Fire Engines

Stone the Crows

Ballboy

[The Green Goblin]

I'm guessing that the inference in the thread title is that The Proclaimers take the top spot? If that's the case, then I cast my vote for Belle and Sebastian. Absolutely adore that band.

Me too. :greengrin Good shout. :devil:

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

Me too. :greengrin Good shout. :devil:

Im a big fan of theirs too - very thoughtful and poignant lyrics

[Holmesdale Hibs]

Primal Scream get my vote with Garbage and some of the above also worth a mention.

[Peevemor]

Bilbo Baggins. Second only to the Bay City Rollers.

Hibs supporters too.
Isn't he a yam?

[Alex Trager]

I only just realised the title was the second greatest

[Babyshamble]

Captain America.👌

[Hiber-nation]

I'm guessing that the inference in the thread title is that The Proclaimers take the top spot? If that's the case, then I cast my vote for Belle and Sebastian. Absolutely adore that band.

He said after The Associates although that's not what my choices were based on! Liked some of their stuff but not hugely.

Belle & Sebastian are another matter though...been going all these years and seem to be getting better!

[Ergye]

Surprised no mention of Glasvegas. James Allen is a bit of a **** but their music is superb.



2nd best Scottish band is Edinburgh's own 10.04's, after the glorious Belle & Sebastian.

[The Green Goblin]

Mogwai.

With Belle and Sebastian taking the title as the most underrated. That's not just Scottish either, I mean in general.

Honourable mention for The Vaselines as well.


I'm guessing that the inference in the thread title is that The Proclaimers take the top spot? If that's the case, then I cast my vote for Belle and Sebastian. Absolutely adore that band.


Me too. :greengrin Good shout. :devil:


Im a big fan of theirs too - very thoughtful and poignant lyrics


He said after The Associates although that's not what my choices were based on! Liked some of their stuff but not hugely.

Belle & Sebastian are another matter though...been going all these years and seem to be getting better!


2nd best Scottish band is Edinburgh's own 10.04's, after the glorious Belle & Sebastian.

As some of you know, I am not unbiased when it comes to B & S :cb but I remember an interview Stuart Murdoch gave when Franz Ferdinand (who supported B & S on their UK tour in 2002/3) rocketed to international success with "Take me Out" and their first album in general. Murdoch was asked how he felt about this, given that they had been slogging away for years with limited chart success only to see one of their support bands woosh past them like that. He replied that he was delighted for them, but added "we'll see them at the finish line". And that was a neat summing up, I think. History and posterity will one day judge and value B & S's whole body of work for the enormous achievement that it is.

[Peevemor]

As some of you know, I am not unbiased when it comes to B & S :cb but I remember an interview Stuart Murdoch gave when Franz Ferdinand (who supported B & S on their UK tour in 2002/3) rocketed to international success with "Take me Out" and their first album in general. Murdoch was asked how he felt about this, given that they had been slogging away for years with limited chart success only to see one of their support bands woosh past them like that. He replied that he was delighted for them, but added "we'll see them at the finish line". And that was a neat summing up, I think. History and posterity will one day judge and value B & S's whole body of work for the enormous achievement that it is.

GG, if ever there was a time to post "the video" it's now. :greengrin

[Stax]

Fire Engines

Stone the Crows

Ballboy

This post made me smile, I played Fire engines candy skin to me 13 yr old son recently,.. WTF is that Dad? :greengrin
Loads of contenders, jesus & mary chain for me but not seen Hipsway, Orange juice or Close lobsters mentioned yet. The more I think
about it, we've produced some cracking bands over the years.

[The Green Goblin]

GG, if ever there was a time to post "the video" it's now. :greengrin

As grateful as I am and will forever be to you for designing my avatar Peevemor :not worth and for our historic bond of .net brotherhood forged in the fires of the Calendar Thread, :cheers: I regret that this is a step too far. :greengrin

Will this do as a compromise? :clapper:

[xyz23jc]

This post made me smile, I played Fire engines candy skin to me 13 yr old son recently,.. WTF is that Dad? :greengrin
Loads of contenders, jesus & mary chain for me but not seen Hipsway, Orange juice or Close lobsters mentioned yet. The more I think
about it, we've produced some cracking bands over the years.

Josef K, Orange Juice a good shout tae.:thumbsup:

[Hiber-nation]

Josef K, Orange Juice a good shout tae.:thumbsup:

Agree, early Postcard singles and 1st album only for me but they still sound fantastic.

[Geo_1875]

This post made me smile, I played Fire engines candy skin to me 13 yr old son recently,.. WTF is that Dad? :greengrin
Loads of contenders, jesus & mary chain for me but not seen Hipsway, Orange juice or Close lobsters mentioned yet. The more I think
about it, we've produced some cracking bands over the years.

I hope you slapped him round the head and played Lubricate Your Living Room. :wink:

[Stax]

I hope you slapped him round the head and played Lubricate Your Living Room. :wink:
No but that's not a bad shout :greengrin

[Ayrshire Hibee]

SkidS
Big Country
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
IDLEWILD
Simple Minds

My top 5

[Mibbes Aye]

It's only right that B+S got a good mention, they've repeatedly given us things of beauty.

As far as other bands go, I'm surprised, maybe it's an age thing, but no mention of Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.

Some exquisite songs and the excuse to indulge in referencing all the French poetry you never actually read and all the classic 50s Hollywood films you'd never seen :greengrin

Growing up in the 80s they were a lifebelt :agree:

[Mr White]

I'm surprised, maybe it's an age thing, but no mention of Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.



See post 24

[CmoantheHibs]

Dont see Del Amitri mentioned and think they were a pretty good band. There are a fair few good ones though.

[Mibbes Aye]

See post 24

Missed that, cheers.

If we are stretching the rules to the utmost, then Talking Heads skoosh it for me, but in the spirit of things they can't really be considered Scottish.

While I wouldn't put them up as contenders, Hipsway, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Love and Money were favourites in my younger days. Teenage Fanclub another.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Deacon Blue, I thought they were incredibly popular, in a sort of 'you wouldn't admit it' way.

[Mibbes Aye]

GG, if ever there was a time to post "the video" it's now. :greengrin

:agree:

Some of us are only lucky enough to play one instrument.

To straddle strings and percussion is a gift.

And you had a Hibs top on :greengrin

[The Green Goblin]

GG, if ever there was a time to post "the video" it's now. :greengrin


:agree:

Some of us are only lucky enough to play one instrument.

To straddle strings and percussion is a gift.

And you had a Hibs top on :greengrin


Ach...seeing as it's you guys, :greengrin and just this once. There's others (lots of them) but this is acceptable, I think:

https://youtu.be/cLBlmoQWgFQ

[matty_f]

Ach...seeing as it's you guys, :greengrin and just this once. There's others (lots of them) but this is acceptable, I think:

https://youtu.be/cLBlmoQWgFQ

:thumbsup:

[Mibbes Aye]

Ach...seeing as it's you guys, :greengrin and just this once. There's others (lots of them) but this is acceptable, I think:

https://youtu.be/cLBlmoQWgFQ

:aok: Great stuff

But we want the clapping - we know fine well you can play the violin :greengrin

FWIW I was an orchestral timpanist and de facto lead percussionist so I've spent many a piece waiting for that solitary moment when I struck the bloody triangle or clashed the cymbals :greengrin

Takes talent to provide the accompaniment :agree:

[cocteautwin]

No 1: The Cocteau Twins. END OF. FACT. :greengrin:agree::thumbsup:

Yup


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[green leaves]

Not the 2nd best but by far the best

Acdc

[ihibs7]

Seen billy McKenzie on totp last week. What a genius, and party fears two may well be the best Scottish single of all time. I particularly liked beyond the sun released just before his untimely death nearly 20 years ago.

I don't know about best band though - for sheer volume of brilliant music simple minds 77-84 is hard to beat.


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[MKHIBEE]

Best Scottish band has to be Stone the Crows

[Mikey09]

Biffy for me! Brilliant albums... Even better live. Going to see them on Saturday at Bellahouston so will miss the game.

[J-C]

Primal Scream or the Cinematics, the OK Social Club were a cracking band till they split last year.

[blackpoolhibs]

Slick, saw them what seems a lifetime ago in Clouds. :greengrin

[snooky]

Marmalade (aka Dean Ford & the Gaylords)

[Pete]

Biffy Clyro. Puzzle and Only revolutions are unbelievably nine and seven years old respectively which is scary.

The latter has some songs on it that will be remembered for decades to come.

[Pete]

Saying that I've probably thought of about twelve others :greengrin

What are Sergeant doing nowadays? Best thing to ever come of out Glenrothes.

[WeeRussell]

The Corries
North Sea Gas
The Proclaimers
Gaberlunzie
Deacon Blue

The View
Sergeant
Glasvegas
Travis

Cannae stand biffy clyro 😀

[KingFranck]

Can't choose between
The Skids
Big Country
Soup Dragons

[Hibrandenburg]

Simple minds, just because of their concert adverts and t-shirts when they played at Ibrox.

[Hamish]

Thread should have been closed after bigwheel's post in July. Best Scottish band by a country mile.

[Hiber-nation]

Thread should have been closed after bigwheel's post in July. Best Scottish band by a country mile.

Ah....Hamish...I see :greengrin

Saw them a few times back in the late 70s/early 80s, always very good.

[Frazerbob]

Can't choose between
The Skids
Big Country
Soup Dragons

The Soup Dragons! You've made me dig out my vinyls from the attic and a rather fetching picture disc of Majestic Head in particular. Magic!

[IrnBru22]

No 1: The Cocteau Twins. END OF. FACT. :greengrin:agree::thumbsup:

i really like Iceblink Luck by them.

[KingFranck]

The Soup Dragons! You've made me dig out my vinyls from the attic and a rather fetching picture disc of Majestic Head in particular. Magic!

Hang Ten was a favourite of mine and wore out that single and Whole Wide World