Favourite Scottish band / artist

[WoreTheGreen]

For a daft country wee have produced some great signers/bands AWB
Gallagher & Lyle Gerry Raffety Big country Part of AC/DC and many others and of course The Proclaimers . Any others

[Hiber-nation]

All those you mentioned plus off the top of my head..

Nazareth
SAHB
The Skids
The Rezillos
Orange Juice
Hue and Cry
Aztec Camera

Thats up to the early 90s, hunners more 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Lancs Harp]

The Beltanes
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Associates

[The Modfather]

Scotland does indeed punch above its weight in terms of bands. Some bands I like not yet been mentioned.

Teenage Fanclub
Belle & Sebastian
Camera Obscura
Sons & Daughters
Mull Historical Society
Franz Ferdinand
Travis
Del Amitri
Texas
Neon Waltz

Should also shout out to We Were Promised Jet Packs as they’re decent and I play football with them.

[Billy Whizz]

Just a few from me

70’s Pilot
80’s Hipsway/Blue Nile/Hue and Cry

And let’s not forget Rod😀

[Hiber-nation]

Scotland does indeed punch above its weight in terms of bands. Some bands I like not yet been mentioned.

Teenage Fanclub
Belle & Sebastian
Camera Obscura
Sons & Daughters
Mull Historical Society
Franz Ferdinand
Travis
Del Amitri
Texas
Neon Waltz

Should also shout out to We Were Promised Jet Packs as they’re decent and I play football with them.

And not forgetting The Delgados.

[WoreTheGreen]

Just a few from me

70’s Pilot
80’s Hipsway/Blue Nile/Hue and Cry

And let’s not forget Rod😀oj

[patch1875]

Gun
Teenage Fanclub
The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Vaselines

[J-C]

Primal Scream
The Cinematics
Buffy Clyro
Hue and Cry
Annie Lennox
Simple Minds
Big Country
The Skids
Ultravox

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Wet Wet Wet
TTF
Horse
Callum Beattie

[Just_Jimmy]

idlewild

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[Lancs Harp]

Bay City Rollers, obviously.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEFNFsFrgE

Classic from Jim Diamond.

:aok:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRs9ZfLj4

Belter fae the Corries.

:aok:

[Peevemor]

Edinburgh born genius

https://youtu.be/dmSZ4gdv4KA

[Peevemor]

I remember watching this.

https://youtu.be/FGT0A2Hz-uk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfaZuIM3Ehc

Andy Chung singing a well known scots folk tune.

[WeeRussell]

Anyone but Biffy f***ing Clyro for me 😁

Plenty already mentioned but:
The snuts
Deacon blue
Runrig
Emilie Sande

I won’t count Rod Stewart 😉

[Key West]

Dick Gaughan
Kevin Gore
Rabbie Burns
Kris Drever

Not in any order.

[Geo_1875]

If you're old enough you might remember the Incredible String Band, Donovan, Maggie Bell, Marmalade, Maggie Riley. More recent favourite Love and Money.

[CropleyWasGod]

All these posts and no David Byrne? 😮

Personal favourites would be James Grant, Roddy Frame, the Cocteau Twins, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie . More to follow....

In terms of influence, Bert Jansch (without whom there might not have been Led Zeppelin) and Ian Stewart (ditto for the Stones)

[Key West]

Forgot Michael Marra.

[Santa Cruz]

No particular order

Deacon Blue
Gerry Rafferty
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
Marti Pellow
Annie Lennox
Texas

[Hibrandenburg]

Fags n Matches

[Peevemor]

Forgot Michael Marra.I have to lump in Rod Paterson & the late Davy Steele & Andy M Stewart (RIP the pair of them).

[Key West]

I have to lump in Rod Paterson & the late Davy Steele & Andy M Stewart (RIP the pair of them).

I plead ignorance, I’ll give them a listen.

[Key West]

Kevin Gore, a friend and an excellent Edinburgh singer/songwriter and a good Hibby, very talented and extremely underrated.

[Peevemor]

I plead ignorance, I’ll give them a listen.Rod

https://youtu.be/5EjdptVBFdE


Davy

https://youtu.be/-5NQX9KvMT4

Andy M. Stewart

https://youtu.be/Pu2pz1qc1uc


Dougie McLean merits a mention too.

[CmoantheHibs]

The View

[Stairway 2 7]

The View

The view the view the view are on fire. Unbelievable band

A fair amount of guff above, I think we've underperformed as a nation, compare us to London or Liverpool or Manchester and its a massacre. Sensational Alex Harvey were great tbf and obvious class like procs primal scream but nothing earth shattering. Our intentions and literature make it not matter though

[SteveHFC]

Big Country
Chvrches
TTF

[Geo_1875]

The view the view the view are on fire. Unbelievable band

A fair amount of guff above, I think we've underperformed as a nation, compare us to London or Liverpool or Manchester and its a massacre. Sensational Alex Harvey were great tbf and obvious class like procs primal scream but nothing earth shattering. Our intentions and literature make it not matter though

When you consider what a backwater Scotland was in the post-war years it's hardly surprising that London, Liverpool, Manchester and even Birmingham had huge musical movements in the 50s and 60s while we had Kenneth McKellar and Lulu. Anybody who wanted to do anything had to move south and their Scottishness was diluted or even ignored. Guys like Jack Bruce and John Martyn were huge names in London in the early 60s but they weren't lauded as great Scottish musicians, just great musicians. Even now people like Jesse Rae are more appreciated around the world than in their own country. The Fire Engines are still influencing musicians 40 years after their last album. I think we've produced a lot of great musicians and great music. It's just that most people haven't heard it all.

[lord bunberry]

Fags n Matches
Haha legends. :greengrin

[lord bunberry]

Ultra Sonic
Q Tex
QFX
The Frattelies
The View
The Proclaimers.

[Northernhibee]

Arab Strap
Kathryn Joseph
Mogwai
Idlewild
Belle & Sebastian
Ballboy
Camera Obscura
Meursault
King Creosote

[Pretty Boy]

Bert Jansch (and Pentangle)
Cocteau Twins
Jesus and Mary Chain

Think they may have all been mentioned before but they would be my personal favourites. Also The Proclaimers are massively underrated by a lot of people. They seem to have been dismissed as almost a novelty act by some but they are anything but.

[Bridge hibs]

The Silencers

[The Modfather]

The view the view the view are on fire. Unbelievable band

A fair amount of guff above, I think we've underperformed as a nation, compare us to London or Liverpool or Manchester and its a massacre. Sensational Alex Harvey were great tbf and obvious class like procs primal scream but nothing earth shattering. Our intentions and literature make it not matter though

:hmmm:

[Stairway 2 7]

:hmmm:

First three albums were tremendous, only a shedload of the wally dugs stopped them from being more productive. Sung in Scottish also which should ban half of the above from the list.

https://youtu.be/oBEa7MgwiR8

[Bridge hibs]

The 10:04s (think thats what they are called) Edinburgh band with a couple of hibs fans in the line up, wonder if they are still on the go

[J-C]

Memory cells kicking in again

Average White Band
Del Amitri
Marmalade
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Water Boys
Belle and Sebastian
Lewis Capaldi
Garbage
Paolo Nutini
Frightened Rabbit
Fish
Colin Hay (Men at Work)
Stiltskin
The Supernaturals
Geneva
Pilot
The Soup Dragons
We were Promised Jetpacks
Josef K
The Delgados
Fatherson
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
OK Social Club

I used to do an internet radio show a few years back doing Indie/Rock and alternative 80's, had to get the old grey matter working to remember most of these.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The Proclaimers are massively underrated by a lot of people. They seem to have been dismissed as almost a novelty act by some but they are anything but.

The Proclaimers Live at Stirling Castle is on BBC Scotland @ 2230 tonight.

[Hiber-nation]

Geneva



Tranquillizer is a classic.

I used to know Andrew the singer through work when he was temping to get some extra cash after Geneva had split. Nicest guy you could meet but put him on a 5s pitch and he was a crazed lunatic, don't think there was a single game where ne never got into a scrap!

Don't think The Scars have been mentioned, I was never a big fan but knew Paul and John at at school. Very influential band.

[Dalianwanda]

Mogwai
The Beta Band
Arab Strap
Boards of Canada
Proclaimers
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie
Silencers (well 1st album anyway)
Lanark Artefax (live more than recorded)

[Frazerbob]

Marillion Fish era, for me, released 4 perfect albums.

[easty]

Memory cells kicking in again

Average White Band
Del Amitri
Marmalade
Sensational Ale Harvey Band
The Water Boys
Belle and Sebastian
Lewis Capaldi
Garbage
Paolo Nutini
Frightened Rabbit
Fish
Colin Hay (Men at Work)
Stiltskin
The Supernaturals
Geneva
Pilot
The Soup Dragons
We were Promised Jetpacks
Josef K
The Delgados
Fatherson
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
OK Social Club

I used to do an internet radio show a few years back doing Indie/Rock and alternative 80's, had to get the old grey matter working to remember most of these.

The View not make the cut?

Dogs Die In Hot Cars...not thought about them for a long time. Good album they had, dunno if they had more than one though. I’m going to listen to them today 👍

Men at Work - Who can it be now? is a great song. Play it all the time.

[J-C]

The View not make the cut?

Dogs Die In Hot Cars...not thought about them for a long time. Good album they had, dunno if they had more than one though. I’m going to listen to them today 👍

Men at Work - Who can it be now? is a great song. Play it all the time.


The View was mentioned earlier in the thread, I was just trying to think of ones not been mentioned yet, there's so many more too like the Rising Souls, singer has a brilliant voice, he's from Penicuik but I think they've split now, seen them in LA Belle Angele a couple of years ago.

[Billy Whizz]

Memory cells kicking in again

Average White Band
Del Amitri
Marmalade
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Water Boys
Belle and Sebastian
Lewis Capaldi
Garbage
Paolo Nutini
Frightened Rabbit
Fish
Colin Hay (Men at Work)
Stiltskin
The Supernaturals
Geneva
Pilot
The Soup Dragons
We were Promised Jetpacks
Josef K
The Delgados
Fatherson
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
OK Social Club

I used to do an internet radio show a few years back doing Indie/Rock and alternative 80's, had to get the old grey matter working to remember most of these.

My cousin was the guitarist in Geneva. They are reforming, but he can’t join as he now lives in California

[Northernhibee]

Lewis Capaldi
Garbage


A very apt review 😂

[J-C]

A very apt review 😂
haha

[Hiber-nation]

The View was mentioned earlier in the thread, I was just trying to think of ones not been mentioned yet, there's so many more too like the Rising Souls, singer has a brilliant voice, he's from Penicuik but I think they've split now, seen them in LA Belle Angele a couple of years ago.

A couple of bands from the 90s that made cracking first albums and pretty dreadful follow-ups - The Big Dish and The River Detectives.

[O'Rourke3]

A few tenuous connections there. Couldnt claim Ultavox were Scottish just because Mijure joined, as well claiming Thin Lizzy. [emoji6] Slik, however, no mention. If the Waterboys are in then Another Pretty Face are missing, Scott's Edinburgh Band. The Fire Engines missing off the Postcard set. Mowgli and the Doughnuts, Bilbo Baggins had no hits but were around for ages. M&TD had a get together on the death of a member a couple of years back. The Poets had hits in the 60s. Lonnie Donnegan kicked it all off. Not sure I saw (Meet) Danny Wilson in the list or Gary Clark as himself or King L.. Apart from a few solo, almost novelty hits, Brian (BA) Robertson has eked out a huge career as a songwriter.

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[O'Rourke3]

A couple of bands from the 90s that made cracking first albums and pretty dreadful follow-ups - The Big Dish and The River Detectives.I still love Saturday night and Sunday morning. Gets a regular rotation

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[Hiber-nation]

I still love Saturday night and Sunday morning. Gets a regular rotation

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Yep me too, still love it.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Primal Scream
Teenage Fanclub
BMX Bandits
The Pastels
Cocteau Twins
Shop Assistants

There are probably plenty of good indie/punk bands I've never heard of.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Mogwai
The Beta Band
Arab Strap
Boards of Canada
Proclaimers
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
Silencers (well 1st album anyway)
Lanark Artefax (live more than recorded)

Cracking


https://youtu.be/92DLh1WJUY4

[Hibernia&Alba]

Was it the Shop Assistants who did the original, or was theirs the cover? Quality Edinburgh band.


https://youtu.be/ZSJs9SO1nEw

[Hibby70]

The 10:04s (think thats what they are called) Edinburgh band with a couple of hibs fans in the line up, wonder if they are still on the go

Not forgetting The Nature Boys - "they look like the Clash, but sound bloody terrible" I think the lyrics were.

[lord bunberry]

This thread just seems like an exercise in naming the most obscure band you can think off.

[1875godsgift]

Was it the Shop Assistants who did the original, or was theirs the cover? Quality Edinburgh band.


https://youtu.be/ZSJs9SO1nEw

Shop Assistants originally.

[J-C]

A few tenuous connections there. Couldnt claim Ultavox were Scottish just because Mijure joined, as well claiming Thin Lizzy. [emoji6] Slik, however, no mention. If the Waterboys are in then Another Pretty Face are missing, Scott's Edinburgh Band. The Fire Engines missing off the Postcard set. Mowgli and the Doughnuts, Bilbo Baggins had no hits but were around for ages. M&TD had a get together on the death of a member a couple of years back. The Poets had hits in the 60s. Lonnie Donnegan kicked it all off. Not sure I saw (Meet) Danny Wilson in the list or Gary Clark as himself or King L.. Apart from a few solo, almost novelty hits, Brian (BA) Robertson has eked out a huge career as a songwriter.

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You're correct about Ultravox, when racking my brain Midge Ure popped into my head and I immediately wrote down Ultravox, funny though as I put down Annie Lennox as her musical partner Dave Stewart wasn't Scottish.

[Bostonhibby]

Blue Rose Code.

Good Hibby as well as a talented guy. Do not a bad Sunshine on Leith.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hEAqShvKHNg

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[patch1875]

Don’t think we have had Altered Images yet.

Also Young Fathers

[H18S NX]

Sensational Alex Harvey band
The writing on the wall
Three's a crowd
Stone the crows

[Ayrshire Hibee]

SkidS
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
Big Country
Simple Minds
Idlewild
Proclaimers

[WeeRussell]

Rod

https://youtu.be/5EjdptVBFdE


Davy

https://youtu.be/-5NQX9KvMT4

Andy M. Stewart

https://youtu.be/Pu2pz1qc1uc


Dougie McLean merits a mention too.

I’ve actually met and blethered with Andy M Stewart in his later life. Sort of a friend of friends. Always remember him scoffing at my appreciation of North Sea Gas, who I always liked, and did a great rendition of Andy’s ‘ramblin’ rover’ which I didn’t realise he’d wrote at this time. In fact, I didn’t know who the guy was when we sat, had a drink and he gave us a song or two. Believe he was good pals with Dougie McLean too.

[Peevemor]

I’ve actually met and blethered with Andy M Stewart in his later life. Sort of a friend of friends. Always remember him scoffing at my appreciation of North Sea Gas, who I always liked, and did a great rendition of Andy’s ‘ramblin’ rover’ which I didn’t realise he’d wrote at this time. In fact, I didn’t know who the guy was when we sat, had a drink and he gave us a song or two. Believe he was good pals with Dougie McLean too.He was a great talent. His voice was a wee bit too nasal for my liking but it's power, range and accuracy more than made up for it.

He wrote some great songs and as part of Silly Wizard he influenced a whole generation of traditional musicians - still does in fact.

[J-C]

Just remembered another one

We Were Promised Jetpacks

[Dalianwanda]

Don’t think we have had Altered Images yet.

Also Young Fathers

Good call, i’ll add Young Fathers to my list..Especially live.

[Hiber-nation]

Mull Historical Society
Admiral Fallow
The Trashcan Sinatras

[Peanut Shaz]

I have to lump in Rod Paterson & the late Davy Steele & Andy M Stewart (RIP the pair of them).

I worked with Davy Steeles Son for a few years. He was very proud of his Dad.

[Peevemor]

I worked with Davy Steeles Son for a few years. He was very proud of his Dad.I knew Davy pretty well but don't think I ever met his son, although one of my pals was best of mates with him when he arrived in Edinburgh from the states in the mid 80s.

I could listen to Davy singing all night - and sometimes did. We had some fantastic lock-ins/sessions at folkie events all over the place and he could sing everything from Burns to AC/DC, passing by Sinatra. One of my favourite ever voices.

[Peanut Shaz]

I knew Davy pretty well but don't think I ever met his son, although one of my pals was best of mates with him when he arrived in Edinburgh from the states in the mid 80s.

I could listen to Davy singing all night - and sometimes did. We had some fantastic lock-ins/sessions at folkie events all over the place and he could sing everything from Burns to AC/DC, passing by Sinatra. One of my favourite ever voices.

His Son David now lives in the Wirral and is a teacher.
Occasionally comes up to Prestonpans to see family.We keep saying we should meet up but it never happens.

[degenerated]

Primal Scream
Teenage Fanclub
BMX Bandits
The Pastels
Cocteau Twins
Shop Assistants

There are probably plenty of good indie/punk bands I've never heard of.Early Soupdragons stuff is really good, heavily influenced by the buzzcocks. The hang ten compilation album picks up most of that stuff from around 85/86.

In terms of punk, there's plenty. Toxik Ephex, the Threats, Newtown grunts, Distorted Truth are all worth checking out.