The A-Z of Norwich bands

Norwich is a fairly compact city so you might expect the music scene to be of similarly limited dimensions. It's therefore a whopping surprise to encounter the sprawling, many tentacled, multi dimensional, madly talented thing that is the Norwich music monster. The number and indeed the scope of bands with a link to Norwich quite defies belief.

October 2011 - backlog cleared (I think)

Apologies if you've sent stuff in and it hasn't appeared. Please keep sending them and I'll update the site in the next few weeks.

Latest additions

SHE/SEZ - female-fronted modern pop/rock covers with an edge
The Claire Barker band - soul, disco, funk
Zilch - quirky new wave early popsters from the early 80s

The big list

4D Jones
5150 - late 80's early 90's heavy rock covers band
59 Reasons
Abbababes - tribute band (can you guess to whom)
The Aborts - late 70s / early 80s punk
Abyss
The Acme Blues Company - original R and B in the early 1990s
Action Jacks
Adrenochrome - dark metal with samples
The Afterburners - formed for a summer with players from The Four Stanleys plus others
The Afterthought - Quirky guitar and synth duo now based in Norwich
Agent Orange - Modern pop & rock covers, with a bit of Marxist/Leninist Gardeners World Funk (so I'm told)
Airbridge - early 80's - progrock
Alice - mid 80s Norwich scene
All Cats are Grey
All Mighty Whispers
alpha seven - creator of Great Lift Journeys of Norwich
Alto 45 - lo fi pop
Angel - 1997/1997 formerly Slinky Minx
Angelou
The Angels - 1970's to 80's heavy rock. Played Reading festival in 82, supported Iron Maiden a number of times
Army of one
Avid - Sampled downbeat drumloops and soulful vocals
Axis - 70's band
B-mer
The Badger Famine - slightly barking three piece - recommended!
Michael Bailey - 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 - new album out in 2010 - yay
Bedford
The Beef - blink covers and original (split at end of 2004)
Bejebus - original indie/synth/rock
The Bell - edgy indie/alternative
Benn's little rebellion - 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
The Big Slinky - ecelectic, funky porn groove rock
BIGSISTER - covers of classic songs from female artists
Binary
Bird - original material and covers from Blondie to Led Zeppelin
The Birmingham International - genre crossing funk
Bizzumble - bizarre folk thing - late 90s
Black Shuck - Norwich garage rock
Blag - ska core gangster punk from Norwich and North Walsham
Blind Tiger - 80's rock - covers and originals
Blister - indie-rock covers and original material
Bluescript
Bob Hope to die
The Bondage Boys
Boomerang - early nineties outfit
Boys will be boys - 1984 - 1994 Distinctive pop - glam rock covers band
Braindance
Break It Gently
Bright Spark - 60s-style harmony rock'n'roll trio - original material and covers
Bring the thunder - energetic rock
Bronte Brothers
Ray Brower - likened to a bass driven guitar implosion in a shadowy nightclub and LCD sound system meets The Fall
The Brownies - tuneful irresistible punk excellence
The Browning version
Bucket - young ska rockers with 2 EPs under their belts already
Roger Bunn
Buster James - rocking East Anglia since the late seventies
Buswood
Canis Strange - Britpop before it was called Britpop
Capitalist Music - Circa 1980 - new wave rock/pop
Captain Swing - early 80s indie pop - seemingly re-emerging...
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
Catalogue
Catherine Wheel
Caz Carnaby 5 - Amazing lounge pop around in the late eighties
Celtica - 7 piece psychedelic techno folk band
The Chase
Chasing Red - accurate pop rock covers and energetic originals
Simon Chatterton - Currently in the Aftershave, Simon was in the seminal Norwich group - The Higsons.
Cheek
Chibber - rock - and fun
The Chief Lickers
Childe - 70's band
Children of The Revolution
Chisel
The Chocolate Fireguards
Choked on a worm
Cineclub - guitar indie - well worth a listen
The Claire Barker band - soul, disco, funk
Cleaving Heevages - entertaining, tongue in cheek musical madness
Clench - ska, punk and serious rock N roll
The Clynics - Circa 1978-1980
The Collective - 7 piece, classic and contemporary soul, funk and rock covers
Compact Pussycat - four piece female pop punk - loved by the Damned and the Skulls
Console wars - dark synth indie pop
Cord - rock music in a Muse/Radiohead vein
Cortez - 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
Crow - early incarnation of the Buster James band
CTHRU27 - Lowestoft / London based alternative experimental Hip - Rock
Culverhouse - acoustic three piece
Cydonia - Heavy Metal from The Fine City
D-void - Beccles/Lowestoft-based metal
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 - classic rock band
Dead Red - Femme-fronted hard rock
Dead Stars - infectious elements of emo, hardcore, pop punk and ska
Decadent Herbs
Deep switch
def tex - 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 - heavy metal with pop and punk influences
Cathy Dennis - early 90s popster - now a writer of number ones for other artists
depoprovera
Des Lynam Allstars
Deviant - 1987-91 power/thrash metal
Deviator - 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 - early 80s costessy snotty punk
DiVE
The Divide - original rock playing around Norwich and Norfolk
The Dizzy Sharks - mid 80's indie
DJ78 - One man, a suit, two wind-up gramophones and a collection of 78s. Genius
Doctor Fondle and his love unlimited orchestra
Doolittle
Doomweasel
Dr. Space Toad
Earthstone
Eat The Survivors
Eat the peach - mid 80s (formerly Last of the midnight gardeners)
Eclipse
Terry Edwards - Former Higsons member and now a solo artist
Egg
Eighteen Yellow Roses
The Elephants - mid to late eighties pop/rock outfit often seen at Premises (NAC)
The Elevators - 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 - post hardcore with progressive influences
English Electric
The Era - guitar rock
Eva Valve
excel - short lived electronic pop in the early 90s
F*ck dress - alternative weird compelling and interesting with a somewhat rude name
Fabulous Kitchenware
Face 1st - rock blues and boogie
Faceless - big beats from big blokes - run Club Fatboy
Faintest idea - a punk rock band from the lovely county of Norfolk
Faith - slightly mad rock - originals and covers
The Fallen Ideal - Alternative / Emo / Post Hardcore
Fallen Ikarus - four piece rock covers
The Falling Men - early 80's band, big on synth
Fantasia - seven piece, Beccles-based function band
The Farmers Boys - 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
Fetish11 - North Walsham mix of punk rock/post hardcore
Fickle Youth - 3 piece punk
Fiel Garvie
The Filter Queens - Fran Glendiing and Jon Baker (Neutrinos)
The Finals
The Fire Hydrant Men featuring The Fabulous Fezettes
The Fire Thieves
Fireball XL5 - rockabilly excellence
Firehouse 7 - mid 80s
Firewire - rock covers band
First family of f*ck
Fishermans Friends - jokey 'folk' singers
Fleece
flickatheswitch - five piece riffing trumpet blowing ska-core from within the city walls of Norwich
Flikker - post millenium rock
The Floating Greyhounds - 1992 - present, one of Norwich's best loved Rock covers bands
The Flygarricks - 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 - blues-rock in the style of George Thorogood, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Elmore James and others
foxholski - 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
Fully grown men - three man scratch DJ outfit - competed in world DJ finals
Fur
Garden of Delights - early 80s
Gee Mr Tracy - Pioneering techno poetry
Generator - three piece rock with ex Samson drummer Bill Fleming, originals and covers
Get Carter - formed in 2002 - female fronted rock/indie/britpop covers band
The Gift - now known as gingafuzz
gingafuzz - formerly known as the Gift - this 4 piece now have a new website with MP3s
Those Glam Rockers
Globo
Go ask Alice
God's Acre
Godburger - punk (in the loosest sense of the word) 1985-91
Golden Dawn
Goober Patrol
Lee Gordon - up and coming singer/songwriter and guitarist
Gorgeous - mid 80s Dexys meets Costello
Gothic girls - early 80s
Graeme Fulchers' Electric Blues Band - late 80's early 90's
Great Dominions
The Great Outdoors
Green Beach - ~1986-90 Smiths-esque combo led by Malcolm Birtwell
GRiDLoCK - original rock
Gudvil - mid eighties indie pop strangeness
Halcyon Days
Half cut
HalfCREAM - catch them around Norwich pubs such as the Blueberry, Brickmakers etc
HalfDrawn - five piece indie
Halflife
The Halftime Oranges - formed 1993 but not up to much now (their words)!
The Happy Few - 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 - 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 on the Hog - Jazz fusion with original tunes and to be honest a bit weird
High Vinyl - tuneful indie four piece with witty lyrics and acoustic leanings
The Higsons - One of the more famous Norwich bands - circa 1980
The Home Service - Experimental electronica circa 1981
The Honey Buzzards
Horace Goes Skiing - Catchy power pop
Horses Brawl - experimental trio perform on Fiddle, Recorders, Crumhorn, Guitar and Cello
Hotwired - punk music
Huck - indie/rock/pop
Hunky Dory
Hunter - 70s
Icarus Vision - Melodic four piece rock from Norwich
Iceni
Idoclast
Impact - (1984-1988) - Duran Duran meets Wham!
Indecision - rock - original material with the odd cover
independentthoughtalarm - dark stuff
The Inertia Movement
The Infinity Country Music project - Martin from Waddles new project
Insaniac
The Intensive breeders - early 80s punk
The Interpreters - alternative indie/power/poppish
The Ire - late 1980s / early 90s
The Israelites - electro new wave rock pop kind of thing
The Ital Selection
Itch - techno pop - early 80s
Ivy
Jamma - Sunday nights at the Mischief will never be the same again . .
Jellystone - Punk pop rock covers plus a few originals since 2003
Jliat - Internationally known electronic experimentalist
Job lot of parasols - early 80s punk pub rock
The Joeys
Jomarl - acoustic - ranging from acousto hip-hop to soulful tunes
Josh Weller & the Availables - 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 - raw emotion and powerful performances
The Kabeedies - irresistable punky popsters
The Kaiser's advisers - 1985 - 1988 fantastic, serious / funny punk pop - eventually became Republic.
Kaito - Norwich/Brighton quartet (eh?): noisy and tuneful at the same time
Kaleidoscope - three piece performing covers from the 40's to the present day
The Kamikaze Pilots - very odd new wave rock
Kev Kane
The Kaotixx - hardcore punk
Karma Kanix - guitar feedback maestros
Neil Keeler
Kenley's Padlock - old style rock/blues three piece
Keno Kings - original R and B since 1996
The Kickshaw
The Kickshaws
The Killer Tomatoes - punkalicious high energy fun. Think I'm turning Japanese I really think so!...
Kneehigh
Knight Moves - wide ranging covers duo or trio
The Krazy 88 - High energy rock covers band with music from the 70's to 00's
KunK - Alternative Rock four piece hailing from the Norfolk/Suffolk border around 2002
Lahost
Lapsed Pacifist
Lardy
The Last men standing - covers and orginal rock from the 60s to the present
The Last Straw - 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
Lemon curve - Experimental , new wave , industrial
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)
Lena Black's 'Hokum' Swing Jazz n Blues Band - early 20's 30's 40's Red Hot Kansas City swing jazz n blues style music
Leonard - progressive rock
Let's Scare Jessica to Death - surf stuff circa 1990
Little Mark - blues flavoured hard rock gigging around Norwich
A Little Uneasy - semi-acoustic, jazzy, rock'n'roll, bluesy, Latin, folk-rock duo
Littlemink - alternative, experimental and quite lovely
Lizzie's Peaks - rock band
LOGICBRAKE
The Long time promise - melodic guitar rock
Lost? - punk rock/emo
The Love Explosion - circa 1985
Lucas and his Soul Band - excellent covers band
Lure Luxx
Lycanthropy
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 - gorgeous contemporary folk stylings
Magic Johnson
Magoo - sonic scientists of the most playful order
Map of Tasmania - Country/Irish/Folk - covering the likes of The Pogues/Steve Earle/Waterboys/Levellers and more
Mary Jones and the sCanDal - indie punk
masterplan for failure - 4 piece from Norwich - well worth a listen
Measures - hardcore screaming punk rock with melodic elements (and is that birdsong in No More Stars)?
Mechanical Star
Melanie's Red Fleece - 60s/70s blues/rock covers band - from the Animals to the Zombies
The Mid Field Generals
Miffy and The Martians - short lived electronic pop project
Milk - 1988-1994 def beat jangle
Mind the gap
Mister Pink - 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 - ex Silent Noise
Morty McVicar
Mother Black Cap - prog rock - currently gigging around Norwich
Moving Fingers - 80s /early 90s pop outfit signed to Mute Records
Mr Buss - Rock covers from the 60s, 70s and 80s
The Mustard Bandits
Mutley and the dogs - punk
My visor - difficult to describe - indie - melodic - thought provoking - lovely
N.F.L.
Naked
Naked Dave - blend of Ska/Punk/Reggae/Funk/Rock
Navigator
Ndx - noisy, epic instrumental electro 1 piece from Norwich
Neatishead
The Neutrinos - one of the most exciting new bands of the new millenium (Steve tells me)
The New High - Norwich based indie/rock 'n' roll act with emphasis on sound, style and soul
The new reversal - guitar rock
New York scumhaters - anarcho punks
NFL
Nick Allen and The Blues Prophets
Nick Hall - singer song writer and all round musician
Night Train - 9 piece blues soul funk and rock and roll covers band - parties, weddings and gigs around Norwich
The Nivens - retro pop - big in France I'm told
No Frills
The No Nonsense Blues Band
Nobodaddy
The Nolan Brothers - Circa 1980 - 82. Among others featured Fez (ex Clynics before the Fire Hydrant men)
Norwich City Concert Band - a committed group of woodwind, brass and percussion players
Nuclear Sockets - 1980 ish
O Nechushtan
oil red o - three piece instrumental since 1998
Oil Seed Rape - noisy
One Horse Race
The Oppenheimers - signed to Matchbox - 5 piece rock songsters
Orchid fixation - Atmospheric metal
The Ordinaires
Ostracoda - radio friendly yet hard and surly songs your momma wouldn't like
The Ouagadougous
Our Last Hero
Ovahead
Overreal - Currently actively gigging around Norwich
Oz
P.M.T.
The Painkillers - Dark, erudite and moody sub-punk guitar thrashers
Palo Alto
Paparazzi - (1990 - 1993)
The Papertiger sound - Transatlantic indie electronica - and very lovely
Parney
Passchendaele
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 - finely crafted indie with a sharp edge and acoustic slant - formed 2003
Pelt
Penguins Go Pop
People Connection
The Peppermint men - 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
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 - Beccles based and up and coming. Rock and roll!
The Plastic Sandwiches
PMT - all girl punk outfit
Poacher - 70s
Polak
Popfish - 1987-1989 played Premesis, Labour club, Festival House, Jacquard...
Popular Voice
PostaLowa
Preacher - Early eighties Heavy metal act.
Pressure
Primary
Products of the Entity - classic hip hop supported Ice T, HiJack etc..
Profane - New metal outfit
Project Mork - a bit like NOFX or Red Hot Chilli Peppers or something completely different
The Proposition - a very English take on acoustic-Americana
Protective Measures
Punch the vicar - fab all-girl pop/ska/punkettes from Yarmouth
Pure Passion
The Rachel Papers - early 90s regulars at NAC and supported Pulp at the Waterfront
The Railway Children
Rake the shingle - Traditional Ceilidh band from Norfolk
Ranata Spirit
Rasputin and His Mad Monks
Raw deal - 70s
Rawkas - 595 gigs in 5 years
Ray Speedway and the devils of pace
Razor Sharp - covers
Real - prog rock
Real Universal
Rebel Truce
Red Harvest - prolific in the eighties
Red Leaf - rock / indie / alternative
Red Shift
Red Star Belgrade
The Redbirds
Redford
The Reindeers
Rek - female fronted riot rock punks from the wilds of Harleston
Reporter
Repressed Desire - fast growing Metal act
Republic
Resistance
The Restless Spirits - punkabilly from North Walsham
Reviver - melodic rock/AOR covers
Revulsion - anarcho punks
The Right Hand Lovers - circa 1976 and featured Paul Whitehouse (yes that one)
Rigo Jancsi - Foot-stomping, energetic, alternative indie
Rigormortis - mid 80s
The Rising - cool sounding, free flowing indie
Risk
The Rizlas
Rockastella - 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
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
Running Dogs
Rush Me Under
Saigon - late 80s early 90s
Saigon Kiss - sleazy-trash-metal punk band,formed late 2003
The Saxophonics - young and groovy sax outfit from Fakenham
Scarabus
Scratch the cat
Screen Three - gorgeous poignant pop with soulful brass section
Semtex - early 80's UK sound and no faffing, 2 minutes per song full on hard core aggression
Serious Drinking
Serious Risk - 80's - 90's Rock / Blues
Sevenate9 - fourpiece Ska-punk band from Norwich
Sevendaystory - melodic punk rock with an edge
Sex Und Metall
Shake The Nation - Nick Nation is back and he's on myspace. Be afraid...
Shakeout - quality psychobilly from Norfolk
SHE/SEZ - female-fronted modern pop/rock covers with an edge
The Sherbs
Silas
Silent Noise
Sittin' Pretty - 1980s heavy melodic rock
Skintight Jaguars - rock - all from Norwich but now lurking in London. Formerly Sneaking Fog
Skunk
Skydust
Sleep arena - four piece post-grunge from Norwich
Slinky Minx - later renamed to Angel (1996-1997)
Sloe Gin - Guitar pop/rock
Slot
Slyde
Smug
Sneakin' Suspicion
The Snords
So excited - professional and slick covers band
Soft
Solitude (aka Solitude in Numbers) - rock covers and original material on the way
Sonic City Rocker Squad
Sons of the east
Sooner - blues flavoured rock covers
Soul Traders
Norwich band Souled Out
Southpaw
Speckled Jim - eccentric rock covers
Speedometer
Spellbound
Spidermilk - Multi instrumental, experimental folky types
Spike - original indie rock and covers
Spine Wrench
The Spinning Jennies
Spiny Norman - mid 70s - did more support gigs for big name acts at West Runton Pavilion than any other band
Splendid Lieutenant - 4 piece Ska/punk/reggae/funk band from Sheringham
The Splendids - indie rock - eventually sounded like Red Hot Chillis
Spot - tongue-in-cheek, action-packed four piece
Spot The Coyote
Stare - had a major record deal
The Starfish - play a variety of punk and rock
Starfish - not to be confused with The Starfish
Starpill - Indie song smiths, big on tunes and attitude
Steam - mix of rock covers and original material, currently gigging around Norfolk
Steerpike - early 90s indie 5 piece
The Steptones - Skacore
The Stingrays - late 1970s / early 80s
Straight Furrow - 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
SuperNoiseGod - ex subvert members move in a new direction to create a sound from the gods, fun and also very evil
Sweaty Leicester Blues Band
Sweet and Innocent
The SweetBeats - rocksteady ska superstars
Swiss Miss - punk/emo
System - Mid seventies Rock band
The Tall Boys - new romantic meets rock 'n roll around 1981/83
Tattooed lies - formed mid 90s and currently gigging
The Tealeaves - Psychedelia, funk, electropop
Teknikov - gratifying, beautiful, crazy keyboard-clashing indie
TenEx - rock - formerly Ten Times Fast. Website under construction.
Tesco Deaf - surrealist art pop
Testcard F - promising, pioneering electronic pop pundits pipped at the post
Then kame silence - five Norwich based guys with backgrounds ranging from funk rock to underground death metal
This machine
Thomas and the Tank Engines
Louise and David Thompson
Those Silly Vicars
Throb - classic and glam rock covers
Time and Mercy - Bluegrass with feet moving rhythms
The Toads
Toke - Zappa meets Faith No More (88-92)
Ton Ton Taboo
The Tower
Toxic Frequency
Trees Lounge Project - nu-jazz, modern soul, funk, fusion
Tribe of Ssenkrad
The Turkey Molesters
Tweeky's Wind
Twelfth Century Drawing machine
Twisted Routes - Acoustic folk / roots
The Uh Ohs - Norwich disco punk mayhem
The UH OHs - 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 - Rock
Unity Series - 2 blokes, an echo pedal and an ironing board
The UnScene GaGas
The Unsung Heroes - up and coming band with CD out May 2005
Up in arms
UXB
Vampire - Festival house favourites in mid eighties - heavy metal
Vegas Fame Index - garage influenced indie-rock'n'roll
The Veil - Norwich rock band
Velvia
La Ville ordinaire - early 80s forerunner to The ordinaires
Violet Violet - shouty, catch all girl punk - formed 2003
Virtually Fat Freez
Vista - stonkingly good electro pop with that most rare quality - a decent tune
The Vital Disorders
Volcanic
Waddle
War party - Great Yarmouth/Gorleston area
Dick Welsby
White water
Who's The Band
Wiley Fox - metal band - typical of the Festival House in the late 80s
The Window Test
Lisa Wolfe
Yellow Alert - turn of the millenium powerpop trio
Yoghurt Belly
Your Loss - innovative and retrospective rock, since 2001
Zeus - innovative British dark metal band
Zilch - quirky new wave early popsters from the early 80s
Zorro - probably the most well known rock band to come out of Norwich in the late '70s.

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