Monday, 06 October 2008
The big list of 581 bands
4D Jones website 5150 late 80's early 90's heavy rock covers band 59 Reasons Abbababes website tribute band (can you guess to whom) The Aborts late 70s / early 80s punk Abyss The Acme Blues Company original R&B in the early 1990s Action Jacks website Adrenochrome website dark metal with samples The Afterburners formed for a summer with players from The Four Stanleys plus others The Afterthought website Quirky guitar and synth duo now based in Norwich Agent Orange website Modern pop & rock covers, with a bit of Marxist/Leninist Gardeners World Funk (so I'm told) Airbridge early 80's - progrock All Cats are Grey All Mighty Whispers website alpha seven website creator of Great Lift Journeys of Norwich Alto 45 website lo fi pop Angel 1997/1997 formerly Slinky Minx Angelou website Army of one website Avid info Sampled downbeat drumloops and soulful vocals The Avons Axis 70's band Bad to the bone The Badger Famine website slightly barking three piece - recommended! Michael Bailey website gigging up and coming singer songrwiter Bang goes my stereo later to become the Farmers Boys Baptism of Fire The Bardots Basti late 1980s / early 90s - big, noisy and exciting - released an album and string of 12" singles Bearsuit website Bedford The Beef blink covers and original (split at end of 2004) Bejebus website original indie/synth/rock The Bell website edgy indie/alternative Benn's little rebellion website heavy grunge Phil Betts Big and Beautiful featuring Neil Dyer of Screen Three amongst others Big Bang Theory later became The Midfield Generals and then Starfish
The Big picture website The Big Slinky website ecelectic, funky porn groove rock BIGSISTER website covers of classic songs from female artists Binary Bird website original material and covers from Blondie to Led Zeppelin The Birmingham International website genre crossing funk Bizzumble bizarre folk thing - late 90s Black Shuck website Norwich garage rock Blag website ska core gangster punk from Norwich and North Walsham Blister website indie-rock covers and original material Bluescript B-mer Bob Hope to die The Bondage Boys website Boomerang early nineties outfit Boys will be boys 1984 - 1994 Distinctive pop - glam rock covers band Braindance Break It Gently Bright Spark website 60s-style harmony rock'n'roll trio - original material and covers Bronte Brothers Ray Brower website likened to a bass driven guitar implosion in a shadowy nightclub and LCD sound system meets The Fall The Brownies website tuneful irresistible punk excellence The Browning version Bucket website young ska rockers with 2 EPs under their belts already Bucket Brigade original R&B around 1994 Roger Bunn Buster James website rocking East Anglia since the late seventies Buswood website Canis Strange info Britpop before it was called Britpop Capitalist Music website Circa 1980 - new wave rock/pop Captain Swing early 80s indie pop Caramel Funk Carl Gustav and the 84's new-wave rock/punk - an early 80's incarnation of the Kamikaze Pilots Cary Grant's Wedding Casino website Catalogue Catherine Wheel Caz Carnaby 5 Amazing lounge pop around in the late eighties Celtica website 7 piece psychedelic techno folk band The Chase website Chasing Red website accurate pop rock covers and energetic originals Simon Chatterton website Currently in the Aftershave, Simon was in the seminal Norwich group - The Higsons. Cheek website Chibber website rock - and fun The Chief Lickers Childe 70's band Children of The Revolution Chisel website The Chocolate Fireguards Choked on a worm Cineclub website guitar indie - well worth a listen Cleaving Heevages website entertaining, tongue in cheek musical madness Clench ska, punk and serious rock N roll The Clynics info website Circa 1978-1980 The Collective website 7 piece, classic and contemporary soul, funk and rock covers Compact Pussycat website four piece female pop punk - loved by the Damned and the Skulls Cord website rock music in a Muse/Radiohead vein Cortez website inventive indie rock four piece The Council of Ancients goth/indie from Wymondham college in late 80s The Crabs all female outfit - Peel Session around 1983 Crest Crone website Norfolk three piece punk gigging in the area Crow early incarnation of the Buster James band CTHRU27 website Lowestoft / London based alternative experimental Hip - Rock Culverhouse acoustic three piece Cydonia website Heavy Metal from The Fine City d.p.f. (son records) respected mc and mover and shaker in the hiphop scene Daisyhead The Darkness ok - they're from down the road in Lowestoft but these glam rockers ooze quality Days of power website classic rock band Dead Stars website infectious elements of emo, hardcore, pop punk and ska Decadent Herbs Deep switch website def tex website hip hop since 1987 Defective machine young heavy metal band with influences from machine head, avenged sevenfold and metallica DEKOY - mix ska and punk with a little bit of rock Delta Radio Den of Iniquity info website heavy metal with pop and punk influences Cathy Dennis early 90s popster - now a writer of number ones for other artists depoprovera website Des Lynam Allstars Deviant 1987-91 power/thrash metal Deviated instinct anarcho punks released a number of albums Deviator website late 70s / early 80s Dig those heels circa 1985-87 - formed by Fez (Fire Hydrant Man) and Kevin Revell (4D Jones) Digital Bitch 1983-1986 Heavy Rock act playing Festival House and Whites Digital Frog Digital Snakes The Disrupters Dissolute youth info early 80s costessy snotty punk DiVE The Divide website original rock playing around Norwich and Norfolk DJ78 website One man, a suit, two wind-up gramophones and a collection of 78s. Genius Doctor Fondle and his love unlimited orchestra Doolittle Doomweasel info Dr. Space Toad D-void website Beccles/Lowestoft-based metal Earthstone website Eat The Survivors Eat the peach mid 80s (formerly Last of the midnight gardeners) Eclipse Terry Edwards website Former Higsons member and now a solo artist Egg Egypt website heavy blues/rock (ex Groundhogs) formed late 80s Eighteen Yellow Roses The Elephants mid to late eighties pop/rock outfit often seen at Premises (NAC) The Elevators website classic four piece covers from the 60s to the 90s ElsuB Emulsion Enchillico Endless Drone around from 1990 - 1993 - mix between Grunge and Shoegazing/Indie stuff of the day Endoka info website post hardcore with progressive influences English Electric The Era website guitar rock Eva Valve excel info short lived electronic pop in the early 90s F*ck dress website alternative weird compelling and interesting with a somewhat rude name Fabulous Kitchenware Face 1st info website rock blues and boogie Faceless big beats from big blokes - run Club Fatboy Faintest idea website a punk rock band from the lovely county of Norfolk Faith website slightly mad rock - originals and covers The Fallen Ideal website Alternative / Emo / Post Hardcore Fallen Ikarus website four piece rock covers The Falling Men info early 80's band, big on synth Fantasia website seven piece, Beccles-based function band The Farmers Boys info website Norwich's most famous pop combo? Farrah Fat Alice / Poontang featured probably the greatest local guitarist of his era, Bob Walker. 70's -90's Hendrix, ZZ Top, Blues Feersum Enjin website Fetish11 website North Walsham mix of punk rock/post hardcore Fickle Youth website 3 piece punk Fiel Garvie website The Filter Queens Fran Glendiing and Jon Baker (Neutrinos) The Finals The Fire Hydrant Men featuring The Fabulous Fezettes info The Fire Thieves Fireball XL5 rockabilly excellence Firehouse 7 mid 80s Firewire website rock covers band First family of f*ck Fishermans Friends jokey 'folk' singers Fleece flickatheswitch website five piece riffing trumpet blowing ska-core from within the city walls of Norwich Flikker post millenium rock The Floating Greyhounds website 1992 - present, one of Norwich's best loved Rock covers bands The Flygarricks info rhythm and blues Flyover 1992-1994 -chirpy Smiths/ Buzzcocks influenced indie pop with
poor dress sense
Fountain of love early attempt at Beastie Boys style rapping and sampling The Four Dimensional Scientists wacky popsters in labcoats The Four Stanleys Fourplay website blues-rock in the style of George Thorogood, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Elmore James and others foxholski website all-grrl band playing *alternative* The Frame Pretty boy rock band from the mid eighties. Like a cross between Adam and the ants and Wham! but with attitude! Fresh Full Circle website Fully grown men three man scratch DJ outfit - competed in world DJ finals Fur Garden of Delights info early 80s Gee Mr Tracy info Pioneering techno poetry Generator website three piece rock with ex Samson drummer Bill Fleming, originals and covers Get Carter website formed in 2002 - female fronted rock/indie/britpop covers band The Gift now known as gingafuzz gingafuzz website formerly known as the Gift - this 4 piece now have a new website with MP3s Those Glam Rockers website Globo Go ask Alice God's Acre Golden Dawn Goober Patrol Lee Gordon website up and coming singer/songwriter and guitarist Gorgeous info mid 80s Dexys meets Costello Gothic girls info early 80s Graeme Fulchers' Electric Blues Band late 80's early 90's Great Dominions The Great Outdoors website Green Beach ~1986-90 Smiths-esque combo led by Malcolm Birtwell GRiDLoCK website original rock Gudvil mid eighties indie pop strangeness Halcyon Days Half cut HalfCREAM website catch them around Norwich pubs such as the Blueberry, Brickmakers etc HalfDrawn website five piece indie Halflife The Halftime Oranges formed 1993 but not up to much now (their words)! The Happy Few info website did two tracks on the Norwich a Fine City LP amongst other things
Harralulu Heading For Europe Original Garage band in the punk sense, 1982 - 1984 HEADUP website funky, heavy, hi-energy, hardcore Heatrae Heave The Hellfire club North Walsham early 80s drum machine goth, reminiscent of The march violets and The sisters of mercy
The Herman Herd made up of future members of BASTI High Vinyl website tuneful indie four piece with witty lyrics and acoustic leanings The Higsons info One of the more famous Norwich bands - circa 1980 The Home Service info Experimental electronica circa 1981 The Honey Buzzards info Horace Goes Skiing website Catchy power pop Horses Brawl website experimental trio perform on Fiddle, Recorders, Crumhorn, Guitar and Cello Hotwired website punk music Huck website indie/rock/pop Hunky Dory Hunter 70s Icarus Vision website Melodic four piece rock from Norwich Iceni website Idoclast Impact (1984-1988) - Duran Duran meets Wham! Indecision website rock - original material with the odd cover independentthoughtalarm website dark stuff The Inertia Movement The Infinity Country Music project Martin from Waddles new project Insaniac website The Intensive breeders early 80s punk The Ire late 1980s / early 90s The Israelites website electro new wave rock pop kind of thing The Ital Selection website Itch techno pop - early 80s Ivy Jellystone website Punk pop rock covers plus a few originals since 2003 Jliat website Internationally known electronic experimentalist Job lot of parasols info early 80s punk pub rock The Joeys Jomarl website acoustic - ranging from acousto hip-hop to soulful tunes Josh Weller & the Availables website elegantly crafted pop songs Joyland JR Hartleys guitar pop Ju Ju late 70's funky bass, jangly guitar - Claire-Groganesque singer June recruits J
jangly guitar pop Just website raw emotion and powerful performances The Kabeedies website irresistable punky popsters The Kaiser's advisers - 1985 - 1988 fantastic, serious / funny punk pop - eventually became Republic. Kaito website Norwich/Brighton quartet (eh?): noisy and tuneful at the same time Kaleidoscope website three piece performing covers from the 40's to the present day The Kamikaze Pilots very odd new wave rock Kev Kane website The Kaotixx website hardcore punk Karma Kanix guitar feedback maestros Neil Keeler Kenley's Padlock website old style rock/blues three piece Keno Kings info original R&B since 1996 The Kickshaws Rachel King website pop/rock/jazz/acoustic influenced singer/song writer Kneehigh website Knight Moves website wide ranging covers duo or trio The Krazy 88 website High energy rock covers band with music from the 70's to 00's KunK website Alternative Rock four piece hailing from the Norfolk/Suffolk border around 2002 Lahost Lapsed Pacifist Lardy website The Last men standing website covers and orginal rock from the 60s to the present The Last Straw website hyperactive folk Laugh away Rain mid 80s Laughing Out Loud The Lee Vasey Band Left hand of god around 1987 - did a great version of The Passenger The Legendary Gazelles info website Lemon Tiger Grrr - brilliant, moving and melodic - and now sadly split (2006) LemonGrowers The Lemons bizarre Nivens spin-off Lena Black Band popular Norwich based RnB/Soul big band and singer, who founded the Rhythm Club with years of residency at the Ferry Boat Inn in the nineties. Now run the Crosswinds Barn-Rhythm Club(supporting/publicising Norwich bands/musicians)
Leonard website progressive rock Let's Scare Jessica to Death surf stuff circa 1990 Little Mark website blues flavoured hard rock gigging around Norwich A Little Uneasy website semi-acoustic, jazzy, rock'n'roll, bluesy, Latin, folk-rock duo Littlemink website alternative, experimental and quite lovely Lizzie's Peaks website rock band LOGICBRAKE website The Long time promise website melodic guitar rock Lost? website punk rock/emo The Love Explosion circa 1985 Lucas and his Soul Band excellent covers band Lure Luxx Lycanthropy website Machinable (1996) - were mentioned in NME The Macoys early 80s country punk from Diss The Mad Arabs various members of Choked on a Worm Madder than the inmates Madigan Magic Folk website gorgeous contemporary folk stylings Magic Johnson Magoo website sonic scientists of the most playful order Map of Tasmania website Country/Irish/Folk - covering the likes of The Pogues/Steve Earle/Waterboys/Levellers and more Mary Jones and the sCanDal website indie punk masterplan for failure website 4 piece from Norwich - well worth a listen Mechanical Star Melanie's Red Fleece website 60s/70s blues/rock covers band - from the Animals to the Zombies The Mid Field Generals Miffy and The Martians info short lived electronic pop project Milk info 1988-1994 def beat jangle Mind the gap Mister Pink website Raunchy funky rocking all over East Anglia Modest Jonny new for 2003 - gigging in the Woolpack (Muspole St) Moggy The Mohair Twins Molten Monkeys in Human Suits Summer 98 ambient post rock Moog The Morags mid 80s' Battle of the bands winners More Trouble with Girls website ex Silent Noise Morty McVicar Mother Black Cap website prog rock - currently gigging around Norwich Moving Fingers website 80s /early 90s pop outfit signed to Mute Records Mr Buss website Rock covers from the 60s, 70s and 80s The Mustard Bandits Mutley and the dogs punk My visor website difficult to describe - indie - melodic - thought provoking - lovely N.F.L. Naked Naked Dave blend of Ska/Punk/Reggae/Funk/Rock Navigator Neatishead The Neutrinos website one of the most exciting new bands of the new millenium (Steve tells me) The New High website Norwich based indie/rock 'n' roll act with emphasis on sound, style and soul The new reversal website guitar rock New York scumhaters anarcho punks NFL Nick Allen and The Blues Prophets website Nick Hall website singer song writer and all round musician Night Train website 9 piece blues soul funk and rock and roll covers band - parties, weddings and gigs around Norwich
The Nivens website retro pop - big in France I'm told No Frills website The No Nonsense Blues Band Nobodaddy website The Nolan Brothers Circa 1980 - 82. Among others featured Fez (ex Clynics before the Fire Hydrant men) Norwich City Concert Band website a committed group of woodwind, brass and percussion players Nuclear Sockets - 1980 ish O Nechushtan website oil red o website three piece instrumental since 1998 Oil Seed Rape noisy One Horse Race website The Oppenheimers website signed to Matchbox - 5 piece rock songsters Orchid fixation website Atmospheric metal The Ordinaires Ostracoda website radio friendly yet hard and surly songs your momma wouldn't like The Ouagadougous Our Last Hero website Ovahead Overreal website Currently actively gigging around Norwich Oz website P.M.T. Palo Alto website Paparazzi (1990 - 1993) Parney Passchendaele info The Passengers retro pop - later to transform into the Nivens The Passing Clouds formed around 1991, becoming name to Fiel Garvie a couple of years later. Wilde Club regulars. Peacenik Pearl info website finely crafted indie with a sharp edge and acoustic slant - formed 2003 Pelt Penguins Go Pop People Connection The Peppermint men website sixties showband including members who played in the sixties - that's authentic! The Persuaders Acid-Jazz outfit, 1993 - 1995. Several members now play as Speedometer. Pet Hates The Phantom Cowboys website Pit early 1990s grunge guitars with a sense of humour
The Pitkins The Pits late 70s early 80s punk - featured on the Crass compilation "Bullshit Detector" Plan Nine website Beccles based and up and coming. Rock and roll! The Plastic Sandwiches info PMT all girl punk outfit Poacher 70s Polak Popfish 1987-1989 played Premesis, Labour club, Festival House, Jacquard... Popular Voice PostaLowa website Preacher Early eighties Heavy metal act. Pressure Primary Products of the Entity classic hip hop supported Ice T, HiJack etc.. Profane website New metal outfit Project Mork website a bit like NOFX or Red Hot Chilli Peppers or something completely different Protective Measures Punch the vicar website fab all-girl pop/ska/punkettes from Yarmouth Pure Passion website The Railway Children Rake the shingle website Traditional Ceilidh band from Norfolk Ranata Spirit Rasputin and His Mad Monks website Raw deal 70s Rawkas website 595 gigs in 5 years Ray Speedway and the devils of pace Razor Sharp website covers Real website prog rock Real Universal Rebel Truce Red Harvest info prolific in the eighties Red Leaf website rock / indie / alternative Red Shift Red Star Belgrade The Redbirds Redford The Reindeers Rek website female fronted riot rock punks from the wilds of Harleston Reporter Repressed Desire website fast growing Metal act Republic Resistance The Restless Spirits website punkabilly from North Walsham Reviver website melodic rock/AOR covers Revulsion anarcho punks The Right Hand Lovers circa 1976 and featured Paul Whitehouse (yes that one) Rigo Jancsi website Foot-stomping, energetic, alternative indie Rigormortis info mid 80s The Rising website cool sounding, free flowing indie Risk Rockastella website pop/punk The Rockingbirds ok - not strictly a Norwich band but half the line up (Hackett, Sean & Patrick ) all had a rich Norwich musical heritage Rogues Gallery Ronnie Can You Hear Me? Hilarious video - nice song too - Farmers Boys spin off Roosters website Le Rouge et le Noir 80s electronic dance complete with dancers Route 66 allegedly played at the opening of the City wall Ruby Flipper Wilde Club Faves - featured Steve Little, had a Wilde Club single called Tiger Rider Rumble strips Running Dogs Rush Me Under info Saigon late 80s early 90s Saigon Kiss sleazy-trash-metal punk band,formed late 2003 The Saxophonics info website young and groovy sax outfit from Fakenham Scarabus Scratch the cat website Screen Three info website gorgeous poignant pop with soulful brass section Semtex website early 80's UK sound and no faffing, 2 minutes per song full on hard core aggression Serious Drinking Serious Risk info website 80's - 90's Rock / Blues Sevenate9 website fourpiece Ska-punk band from Norwich Sevendaystory website melodic punk rock with an edge Sex Und Metall website Shake The Nation website Nick Nation is back and he's on myspace. Be afraid... Shakeout website quality psychobilly from Norfolk SHE/SEZ four piece female-fronted indie/rock covers - 2004 The Sherbs Silas Silent Noise website Those Silly Vicars Skintight Jaguars website rock - all from Norwich but now lurking in London. Formerly Sneaking Fog Skunk Skydust website Slinky Minx later renamed to Angel (1996-1997) Sloe Gin website Guitar pop/rock Slot Slyde website Smug Sneakin' Suspicion The Snords website So excited website professional and slick covers band Soft Solitude (aka Solitude in Numbers) website rock covers and original material on the way Sonic City Rocker Squad Sons of the east Sooner blues flavoured rock covers Soul Traders website Norwich band Souled Out info Southpaw website Speckled Jim info website eccentric rock covers Speedometer Spellbound Spike website original indie rock and covers Spine Wrench The Spinning Jennies Spiny Norman website mid 70s - did more support gigs for big name acts at West Runton Pavilion than any other band Splendid Lieutenant website 4 piece Ska/punk/reggae/funk band from Sheringham The Splendids indie rock - eventually sounded like Red Hot Chillis Spot website tongue-in-cheek, action-packed four piece Spot The Coyote Stare had a major record deal Starfish not to be confused with The Starfish The Starfish website play a variety of punk and rock Steam mix of rock covers and original material, currently gigging around Norfolk Steerpike info early 90s indie 5 piece The Steptones website Skacore The Stingrays late 1970s / early 80s Straight Furrow website first CD - Get Your Breath Back - released June 2002 The Streamlines mid 80s rockabilly/psychobilly Stripes 1984-1989 Heavy metal/rock covers band featured Butty on drums, later with floating greyhounds.
Stylophone Skinny Subvert website SuperNoiseGod website ex subvert members move in a new direction to create a sound from the gods, fun and also very evil Sweaty Leicester Blues Band website Sweet and Innocent Swiss Miss website punk/emo System info Mid seventies Rock band The Tall Boys new romantic meets rock 'n roll around 1981/83 Tattooed lies website formed mid 90s and currently gigging The Tealeaves Psychedelia, funk, electropop Teknikov website gratifying, beautiful, crazy keyboard-clashing indie TenEx website rock - formerly Ten Times Fast. Website under construction. Tesco Deaf surrealist art pop Testcard F info promising, pioneering electronic pop pundits pipped at the post Then kame silence website five Norwich based guys with backgrounds ranging from funk rock to underground death metal This machine website Thomas and the Tank Engines Louise and David Thompson website Those Silly Vicars Throb website classic and glam rock covers The Toads website Toke Zappa meets Faith No More (88-92) Ton Ton Taboo The Tower info Toxic Frequency info Trees Lounge Project website nu-jazz, modern soul, funk, fusion Tribe of Ssenkrad Trivial Pursuits 1980s covers band - became The Sue Brooks band The Turkey Molesters website Tweeky's Wind website Twelfth Century Drawing machine info The Uh Ohs website Norwich disco punk mayhem The UH OHs website heavy pop 3 piece from Norwich - debut single 'CHEAT-CHEATER!' out in September 2008 on NRone Records Ulterior Motive 1979/80 punk Uncle Undercover 1998-1990 Underground Zero website Rock Unity Series 2 blokes, an echo pedal and an ironing board The UnScene GaGas website The Unsung Heroes website up and coming band with CD out May 2005 Up in arms website UXB info Vampire Festival house favourites in mid eighties - heavy metal The Veil info website Norwich rock band Velvia La Ville ordinaire info early 80s forerunner to The ordinaires Violet Violet website shouty, catch all girl punk - formed 2003 Virtually Fat Freez Vista info website stonkingly good electro pop with that most rare quality - a decent tune The Vital Disorders website Volcanic Waddle War party Great Yarmouth/Gorleston area Dick Welsby Whats Up? website Rock/pop covers band, been playing around Norfolk since 2000 White water website Who's The Band info Wiley Fox metal band - typical of the Festival House in the late 80s The Window Test Lisa Wolfe Yoghurt Belly Your Loss website innovative and retrospective rock, since 2001 Zeus website innovative British dark metal band Zilch Zorro probably the most well known rock band to come out of Norwich in
the late '70s.
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