| Championship Team Rock Stars 20:33 - Jan 9 with 3929 views | SaintNick |
Just trying to think if every town in the Championship can boast a decent band/singer etc.
Hull obviously had the Housemartins, Leicester had Showaddywaddy & Kasabian and Coventry the Specials, but struggling a bit after that |  |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:00 - Jan 9 with 3019 views | hedgeend61 |
Middlesboro- Chris Rea
Sheffield -ABC, The Human League |  | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:15 - Jan 9 with 2998 views | SaintNick |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:00 - Jan 9 by hedgeend61 |
Middlesboro- Chris Rea
Sheffield -ABC, The Human League |
Sheffield also have the Arctic Monkeys who are Wednesday fans and Heaven 17 | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:19 - Jan 9 with 2985 views | PatfromPoole |
Sunderland - Kenickie
Stoke - Robbie Williams |  |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:44 - Jan 9 with 2967 views | SaintNick |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:19 - Jan 9 by PatfromPoole |
Sunderland - Kenickie
Stoke - Robbie Williams |
Hes from Burslem and a Port Vale fan, surely Stoke have someone else famous in the music world | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:50 - Jan 9 with 2958 views | PatfromPoole |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:44 - Jan 9 by SaintNick |
Hes from Burslem and a Port Vale fan, surely Stoke have someone else famous in the music world |
Doubtful. It’s a bloody grim place. | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:01 - Jan 9 with 2936 views | hedgeend61 |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 21:50 - Jan 9 by PatfromPoole |
Doubtful. It’s a bloody grim place. |
Discharge, Stoke.
Shakin Stevens, Cardiff.
Harry Seacombe Swansea.
The Wurzels, Bristol | | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:02 - Jan 9 with 2931 views | PatfromPoole |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:01 - Jan 9 by hedgeend61 |
Discharge, Stoke.
Shakin Stevens, Cardiff.
Harry Seacombe Swansea.
The Wurzels, Bristol |
Boundaries being pushed there, sir…… | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:09 - Jan 9 with 2912 views | hedgeend61 |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:02 - Jan 9 by PatfromPoole |
Boundaries being pushed there, sir…… |
Nicked an 8 mile catchment area Pat  , Pompey's is 200 mile odd
West Brom Robert Plant | | | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:14 - Jan 9 with 2892 views | felly1 |
QPR. Pete Doherty |  | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:15 - Jan 9 with 2888 views | SaintNick |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:09 - Jan 9 by hedgeend61 |
Nicked an 8 mile catchment area Pat , Pompey's is 200 mile odd
West Brom Robert Plant |
Robert Plant is a wolves fan | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:16 - Jan 9 with 2889 views | PatfromPoole |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:09 - Jan 9 by hedgeend61 |
Nicked an 8 mile catchment area Pat , Pompey's is 200 mile odd
West Brom Robert Plant |
I was referring more to the quality of musical acts…..
Wasn’t Robert Plant more Wolves BTW??? | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:23 - Jan 9 with 2871 views | ericofarabia |
Not my cup of tea but ...
Ipswich - Ed Sheeran Doesn't he sponsor them?
How could you forget Elton Bog at Watford🤔
Portishead from Brizzle.
Kaiser Chiefs from Leeds
Def Leppard from Sheffield
ELO from Brum [Post edited 9 Jan 22:25]
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:25 - Jan 9 with 2861 views | SaintNick |
Plant was born in West Brom but grew up in Stourbridge and follows Wolves, back in 2003 he was in the Chapel Arms before their cup tie at St Mary's | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:27 - Jan 9 with 2850 views | PatfromPoole |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:23 - Jan 9 by ericofarabia |
Not my cup of tea but ...
Ipswich - Ed Sheeran Doesn't he sponsor them?
How could you forget Elton Bog at Watford🤔
Portishead from Brizzle.
Kaiser Chiefs from Leeds
Def Leppard from Sheffield
ELO from Brum [Post edited 9 Jan 22:25]
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Def Leppard are Sheffield United fans I believe….
Whereas the mighty Sherlocks are Sheffield Wednesday… | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:30 - Jan 9 with 2846 views | SaintNick |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:25 - Jan 9 by SaintNick |
Plant was born in West Brom but grew up in Stourbridge and follows Wolves, back in 2003 he was in the Chapel Arms before their cup tie at St Mary's |
One place im really struggling with Is Preston, I can't think of anyone bar one hit wonders Cornershop, who originally formed whilst at Uni in Preston but didn't really get going till they returned to Leicester, so they cant be counted.
Blackburn, Plymouth & Huddersfield also seem to be a bit barren musically, Rotherham have the Reytones, but they are a bit obscure | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:42 - Jan 9 with 2815 views | ericofarabia |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:30 - Jan 9 by SaintNick |
One place im really struggling with Is Preston, I can't think of anyone bar one hit wonders Cornershop, who originally formed whilst at Uni in Preston but didn't really get going till they returned to Leicester, so they cant be counted.
Blackburn, Plymouth & Huddersfield also seem to be a bit barren musically, Rotherham have the Reytones, but they are a bit obscure |
Billy Preston. So famous they named their team after him?🙄 | | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 23:56 - Jan 9 with 2767 views | dirk_doone |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:30 - Jan 9 by SaintNick |
One place im really struggling with Is Preston, I can't think of anyone bar one hit wonders Cornershop, who originally formed whilst at Uni in Preston but didn't really get going till they returned to Leicester, so they cant be counted.
Blackburn, Plymouth & Huddersfield also seem to be a bit barren musically, Rotherham have the Reytones, but they are a bit obscure |
Preston: Keef Hartley
https://www.allmusic.com/birthplace/preston-england-mz0000233971 |  |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 02:09 - Jan 10 with 2728 views | LondonSaint76 |
Well, there's Craig David and Artful Dodger from Southampton
Super Furry Animals, Amen Corner and Catatonia from Cardiff and of course, Tiger Bay is but a mere 1 mile walk from the centre of Cardiff so Shirley Bassey
Badfinger from Swansea, there was also a band from Swansea called Pooh Sticks but they were probably more famous for someone who decided to graffiti 'yes it does doesn't it' under their name on a poster advertising a local gig than for any albums they produced.
From Sunderland, Kenickie (as mentioned by Pat) who were around in the late 90's and featured on TOTP, were credited with inspiring other female guitar players to follow their lead although Lauren Laverne who has gone on to have a TV career, was a pretty average lead vocalist IMO.
For Birmingham there's also The Moody Blues, Black Sabbath and therefore the mad Ozzy Osbourne, Duran Duran, UB40, Dexys Midnight Runners, Judas Priest and I think Roy Wood deserves a mention as in addition to the already mentioned ELO he was a big part of The Move in the 60's and of course Wizard
Think Birmingham have edged it for the Championship! Look forward to doing it again next season in the PL
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 08:29 - Jan 10 with 2614 views | PatfromPoole |
Kenya Grace is from Southampton, I believe.
She is a pretty big new thing on the scene….. | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 08:31 - Jan 10 with 2611 views | SaintNick |
You are right Keef Hartley was born in Preston, but he didn't seem to do much musically there.
I was looking for people who started their careers in their home city, rather than people who might have been born somewhere but moved away before they became well known ie Angus Young and his brothers of AC/DC fame were born in Glasgow but you could hardly describe them as a Manchester band | |
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| Championship Team Rock Stars on 09:06 - Jan 10 with 2571 views | kernow |
Bermondsey Joyriders and
Sonic Lobotomy
Give their all for Millwall | | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 09:35 - Jan 10 with 2516 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 22:25 - Jan 9 by SaintNick |
Plant was born in West Brom but grew up in Stourbridge and follows Wolves, back in 2003 he was in the Chapel Arms before their cup tie at St Mary's |
Robert Plant is also on the board at Wolves - don't think that would go down too well if he was a Baggies supporter!!
https://www.wolves.co.uk/club/about-us/directors-profiles/ |  | | |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 09:47 - Jan 10 with 2500 views | dirk_doone |
| Championship Team Rock Stars on 08:31 - Jan 10 by SaintNick |
You are right Keef Hartley was born in Preston, but he didn't seem to do much musically there.
I was looking for people who started their careers in their home city, rather than people who might have been born somewhere but moved away before they became well known ie Angus Young and his brothers of AC/DC fame were born in Glasgow but you could hardly describe them as a Manchester band |
Keef Hartley spent most of his life in Preston. He was born, raised and died there and in his autobiography writes about growing up in Preston. His first gig was playing with his brother Reg in a band called the Midnighters at a church hall in Preston, his first solo album, Lancashire Hustler was inspired by his life in Preston. He played gigs at the town hall in Preston. I know he sometimes ventured out from there to play gigs at places like Woodstock but how much more Prestonian does he have to be to qualify for this thread?
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