The Best Thing to Come Out of.......................???????

Bellycaster · January 2014

Insert Band/Artist from a Given Town or City in the U.K, (the smaller the place the better, but anywhere will do)

My go is, WHITBY.

ARTHUR BROWN.

What a great performance too, even if they did mime it.

Just a bit of fun, but I think this thread could "go places" ;-)

EDIT: It doesn't have to be your hometown ;-)

monquixote · January 2014

I'd post the same for my home town, but I can't decide between Nik Kershaw and Cradle of Filth

Bellycaster · January 2014

monquixote said:

I'd post the same for my home town, but I can't decide between Nik Kershaw and Cradle of Filth

Lol, surely it's Nik ;-)

I'm not from Whitby, btw. I love their Fish and Chips though.

Deadman · January 2014

To stay with my home town. DARLINGTON.

Mr Jim Moir, or Vic Reeves to the rest of you:

bertie · January 2014

Bellycaster said:

Insert Band/Artist from a Given Town or City in the U.K, (the smaller the place the better, but anywhere will do)

My go is, WHITBY.

ARTHUR BROWN.

what a crazy world you live in

RocknRollDave · January 2014

Birmingham is a tricky one, too many to choose from....So I'll go with my town of birth, which is Oadby in Leicestershire.

Only famous person I know of from Oadby is John Deacon of Queen..which is good enough for me!

thumpingrug · January 2014

Steve Rothery was also from Whitby.

I'm originally from Hull so the obvious muso is Mick Ronson.

Currently live in Poole so Greg Lake

EricTheWeary · January 2014

Glenn Tipton from Judas Priest out of Halesowen.
Temporary residents include Robert Plant and Bill Oddie but Glenn is/ was a proper local lad.

The23rdman · January 2014

Well, I'm living in Northampton so it HAS to be Alan Moore.

ICBM · January 2014

I grew up mostly in Worcester, which for a relatively large town seems to have produced almost no famous musicians… about the only one I can think of is Dave Mason of Traffic, who also played the 12-string on the intro to Jimi's All Along The Watchtower.

Although if you're going to go beyond rock music, there's a good one…

Edward Elgar. (Not quite from Worcester itself but very close.)

Chuffola · January 2014

Belfast so,...

Gary Moore - not one of my personal faves, but a great player

Van Morrison - pompous, overrated, self-obsessed twat

Stiff Little Fingers - greatest punk band ever.

EricTheWeary · January 2014

ICBM;123535" said:
I grew up mostly in Worcester, which for a relatively large town seems to have produced almost no famous musicians… about the only one I can think of is Dave Mason of Traffic, who also played the 12-string on the intro to Jimi's All Along The Watchtower.

Although if you're going to go beyond rock music, there's a good one…

Edward Elgar. (Not quite from Worcester itself but very close.)

without checking wasn't James Honeyman Scott from Worcester? My mate who knew him is.

axisus · January 2014

Best thing to come out of Luton ...... Paul Young. A good artist with a soulful voice, and a very hot (very shy) younger sister who was in my class at school!

Actually he's pretty much the only thing to come out of Luton.

EricTheWeary · January 2014

Checks: Hereford

lustycourtier · January 2014

Born in same village as Paul Heaton from Beautiful South. Work in Ellesmere Port, so Ill go with Russ Abbott from there, and Now live next door but one to Louise Woodwards Mum and Dad.

She was quite famous.

ICBM · January 2014

EricTheWeary said:
without checking wasn't James Honeyman Scott from Worcester? My mate who knew him is.

EricTheWeary said:

Checks: Hereford

I nearly mentioned him since my early childhood was in a village in Herefordshire - I moved to Worcester when I went to 'big school' - but a village in hillbilly country north of an obscure town in Herefordshire isn't quite close enough

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Also Elgar had a much more impressive moustache.

monquixote · January 2014

Just discovered that my current home town of Bury St Edmunds can lay claim to a number of also ran indie bands mostly because John Peel used to pretty much play anyone's demo if they lived up the road from him.

Bellycaster · January 2014

thumpingrug said:

Steve Rothery was also from Whitby.

I'm originally from Hull so the obvious muso is Mick Ronson.

Currently live in Poole so Greg Lake

I'm going to have to be a Pedant, Steve Rothery was born in Brampton, South Yorkshire, he moved to Whitby. I only know that cos I'm also South Yorkshire.

johnnyurq · January 2014

I am tempted to say that the best thing to come out of Inverness is the A9, but don't really mean it.

These days it must be Karen Gillan as we don't have a lot of famous Invernessians but have had a lot of big names live here or in the outskirts.

Jimmy Page - Boleskine

Dan McCafferty from Nazareth parents - I know tenuous but he did visit and holiday here with them.

Gerry Rafferty - Beauly ish for many years.

Madonna nearly bought a house here so flew in and out a lot until her split with Guy Ritchie.

A whole host of minor zelebs over the years.