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This is a list of notable bands/musicians from uk England. Bands should be notable and linked to their articles which lists their English origins in the lead. References should be provided for any new entries on this list. Bands may be temporarily red-linked (while an article is developed) as long as the reference establishes their notability.
By Alphabet
- Abingdon
- Accrington
- Andover
- Anstey
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- Ashford
- Aylesbury
- Barnsley
- Basildon
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Batley
- Battle
- Beccles
- Bedford
- Bedworth
- Belgravia
- Berwick-Upon-Tweed
- Bewdley
- Bexhill on Sea
- Bexley
- Bexleyheath
- Billericay
- Bingley
- Birkenhead
- Birmingham
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Apache Indian
- Au Pairs
- The Beat
- Benediction
- Black Sabbath
- Blakfish
- Polly Brown
- Charged GBH
- Deluka
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Duran Duran
- Editors
- Godflesh
- Electric Light Orchestra
- The English Beat
- Fashion
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Jahméne
- Judas Priest
- Johnny Foreigner
- Laura Mvula
- Led Zeppelin
- Magnetophone
- The Moody Blues[1]
- The Move
- Musical Youth
- Napalm Death
- Oceans Ate Alaska
- Ocean Colour Scene
- Offlicence (music group)
- Spencer Davis Group
- Spunge
- Steel Pulse
- The Streets
- Superfood
- Swim Deep
- Toyah
- Traffic
- The Twang
- UB40
- Wizzard
- Bishop's Stortford
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Bolton-upon-Dearne
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Brighouse
- Brighton
- Architects
- As It Is
- Beats International
- Black Peaks
- Blood Red Shoes
- Brakes
- British Sea Power
- Clearlake
- Dead Swans
- Electrelane
- Frankie Cocozza
- Freemasons
- Gnarwolves
- High Tyde
- Huggy Bear
- Johnny Truant
- Moulettes
- Passenger
- Peggy Sue
- Rex the Dog
- Rizzle Kicks
- Royal Blood
- Samantha Womack
- Squid
- Tall Ships
- TOY
- The Electric Soft Parade
- The Ghost of a Thousand
- The Go! Team
- The Kooks
- The Lambrettas
- The Levellers
- The Pipettes
- The Qemists
- Bristol
- Bromsgrove
- Burnley
- Burton-upon-Trent
- Buxton
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Camden
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Cheshire
- Chester
- Chichester
- Chinnor
- Chorley
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Colchester
- Corby
- Cornwall
- Coventry
- Crawley
- Croydon
- Dagenham
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- Eastbourne
- East London
- Egremont
- Essex
- Exeter
- Folkestone
- Frodsham
- Glastonbury
- Gloucestershire
- Godalming
- Great Yarmouth
- Greenford
- Guildford
- Hackeny
- Halifax
- Hampshire
- Harrogate
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Havering
- Helmsley
- Hemel Hempstead
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Hertford
- High Wycombe
- Hitchin
- Holmes Chapel
- Hoylake
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Hyde
- Ilford
- Ipswich
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kendal
- Kensington
- Kent
- King's Lynn
- Kirkby
- Laindon
- Lancashire
- Lancaster
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Alt-J
- Bonobo
- Boyracer
- Carolynne Poole
- The Chevin
- Chumbawamba
- Classically Handsome Brutes
- Club Smith
- Delta 5
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- The Dunwells
- Ellen and the Escapades
- ¡Forward, Russia!
- Gang of Four
- I Like Trains
- Hadouken!
- Hawk Eyes
- Hood
- Jellyfish Kiss
- Kaiser Chiefs
- To Kill A King
- Luke Friend
- Mekons
- Mel B
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
- The Edsel Auctioneer
- The Hollow Men
- The Mission
- The Music
- The Pale Saints
- The Parachute Men
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Pulled Apart By Horses
- The Rose of Avalanche
- Scritti Politti
- Sigma (DJs)
- The Sisters of Mercy
- Soft Cell
- The Sunshine Underground
- The Utah Saints
- The Wedding Present
- Vessels
- Various Cruelties
- Leicester
- Blab Happy
- The Bomb Party
- Chrome Molly
- Circa Waves
- Cornershop
- Crazyhead
- The Deep Freeze Mice
- Delicatessen
- Diesel Park West
- Easy Life
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Family
- Gaye Bykers on Acid
- Her Name is Calla
- The Hunters Club
- ist
- Kasabian
- Kyte
- Maybeshewill
- Misterlee
- Pacific Ocean Fire
- Perfume
- Po!
- Public Relations Exercise
- Prolapse
- Ruth's Refrigerator
- Showaddywaddy
- Volcano The Bear
- Yeah Yeah Noh
- Leighton Buzzard
- Littlehampton
- Lincoln
- Lincolnshire
- Liss
- Liverpool
- Anathema
- Atomic Kitten
- The Bandits
- BBMak
- The Beatles[3]
- Bicycle Thieves (band)
- The Boo Radleys
- Carcass
- Cast
- Crucial Three
- The Crescent
- The Christians
- Christopher Maloney (English singer)
- Dead or Alive
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- The Farm
- Gerry and the Pacemakers[4]
- Hot Club De Paris
- The Icicle Works
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Jemini
- The La's
- Ladytron
- Lawson
- The Lightning Seeds
- The Mighty Wah!
- Multi Purpose Chemical
- The Real Thing
- Rebecca Ferguson
- The Searchers
- Sizer Barker
- Sonia (singer)
- Space
- The Stairs
- The Stands
- The Teardrop Explodes
- The Zutons
- Wave Machines
- The Wombats
- WSTR
- London
- Above & Beyond
- Adam and the Ants
- Add N to (X)
- Adele
- The Adverts
- Akercocke
- Alabama 3
- The Alan Parsons Project
- Alexandra Burke
- Alien Sex Fiend
- All Saints
- AlunaGeorge
- America
- Amy Winehouse
- Angel Witch
- The Apostles
- Archive
- Athlete
- Baby D
- Babyshambles
- Bad Company
- Bad Manners
- Bananarama
- Barbarossa
- Bark Psychosis
- Basement Jaxx
- Bastille
- Bat For Lashes
- Banco de Gaia
- Bedrock
- The Beloved
- Benga
- Ben Howard
- Big Bang
- The Big Pink
- Billy Idol
- Black Midi
- Blancmange
- Bleech
- Bloc Party
- Blonde Electra
- Blue
- Blue Pearl
- Blues Incorporated
- The Bluetones
- Blur
- Bôa
- The Bolshoi
- Bomb the Bass
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- Bow Wow Wow
- Breton
- Bronski Beat
- Bryan Johnson
- Emma Bunton
- Bush
- Busted
- Callender's Cableworks Band
- Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
- Chad & Jeremy
- Chase & Status
- Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds
- The Chords
- The Clash
- To Kill A King
- Classix Nouveaux
- Clement Marfo & The Frontline
- Client
- Cliff Richard
- The Clique
- Cockney Rejects
- Coldplay
- Elvis Costello
- Cream
- The Creatures
- Crystal Fighters
- Culture Club
- Daisy Chainsaw
- Damage
- The Damned
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Darkstar
- Daughter
- David Bowie
- The Dave Clark Five[4]
- Days in december
- Death in Vegas
- Declan McKenna
- Deep Purple
- The Defiled
- Delilah
- Delta Heavy
- Devil Sold His Soul
- Dire Straits
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Dizzee Rascal
- Django Django
- DragonForce
- The Dream Academy
- Dry the River
- Dot Rotten
- Dumpy's Rusty Nuts
- Dusty Springfield
- Dua Lipa
- Ebony Bones
- Eclection
- The Edge
- Edison Lighthouse
- The Echoes (English group)
- Elastica
- Eliza Doolittle
- Ella Mai
- Elvis Costello
- Engineers
- Erasure
- Estelle
- East 17
- Eddy Grant
- Eurythmics
- Example
- The Faces
- The Fades
- Faithless
- The Feeling
- Fightstar
- Five
- Fleetwood Mac
- FLO
- Florence + the Machine
- The Flying Pickets
- Foghat
- Four of Diamonds
- Freeez
- Furniture
- Future Signal
- Gary Numan
- Gay Dad
- Ghostpoet
- Girls Aloud
- Goldfrapp
- Goldheart Assembly
- Gold Panda
- Gorgon City
- Gorillaz
- Go West
- Gravity Noir
- Groove Armada
- Hadouken!
- Haken
- Hawkwind
- Hear'Say
- Heaven's Basement
- Hell Is for Heroes
- The Hoosiers
- Hot Chip
- Hot Chocolate
- The House of Love
- The Hurt Process
- Ikara Colt
- Infadels
- Iron Maiden
- James Blake
- James Blunt
- Jamie T
- Jamiroquai
- Japan
- Jazz Jamaica
- Jess Glynne
- Jessie J
- Jessie Ware
- The Jim Jones Revue
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Johnny Panic
- Jungle
- Kano
- Kate Nash
- Katie Melua
- Katy B
- Killing Joke
- The King Blues
- King Charles
- King Crimson
- King Krule
- The Kinks[5]
- Kissing the Pink
- Klaxons
- KSI
- La Roux
- Labrinth
- Led Zeppelin
- Leona Lewis
- The Libertines
- Lily Allen
- Little Mix
- Lo Fidelity Allstars
- London Grammar
- Loveable Rogues
- Love Affair
- Lush
- Lynsey de Paul
- The Maccabees
- Madness
- The Magic Numbers
- Manfred Mann
- Mark Ronson
- McFly
- Meat Beat Manifesto
- The Members
- The Merton Parkas
- M.I.A.
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Mika
- Million Dead
- Modestep
- Morcheeba
- The Moths!
- The Motors
- Motörhead
- Mount Kimbie
- Mud
- Mumford and Sons
- Mystery Jets
- My Vitriol
- Nero
- The New Seekers
- The Nice
- Noah and the Whale
- Noisettes
- Nurse with Wound
- Oh Wonder
- One Direction
- The One Hundred
- Only the Young (band)
- The Others
- The Outfield
- P.C.T
- Palma Violets
- The Passions
- Petrol Girls
- Pet Shop Boys
- Phil Collins
- Pink Floyd
- Placebo
- Plan B
- The Pogues
- The Police
- The Pretenders
- Procol Harum[1]
- Psapp
- The Psychedelic Furs
- Public Image Ltd.
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Pure Love
- Pure Reason Revolution
- PVT
- Queen
- The Raincoats
- The Rakes
- Razorlight
- Regular Fries
- The Rifles
- Robin Scott
- Rod Stewart
- The Rolling Stones[6]
- Roxy Music
- Rudimental
- The Ruts
- Sade
- Saint Etienne
- Sam Smith
- Samantha Fox
- The Saturdays
- Savages
- Scouting For Girls
- Seal
- Secret Affair
- Seefeel
- Senser
- Sex Pistols
- The Shadows
- Sham 69
- Shola Ama
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Sisteray
- Pixie Lott
- Skinny Lister
- The Skints
- Skunk Anansie
- Slash
- Small Faces
- Spandau Ballet
- Spector
- Spice Girls
- Splashh
- Squeeze
- Status Quo
- Stereolab
- Stereo Kicks
- Stereo MC's
- Skream
- Stooshe
- Stormzy
- Strawbs
- Suede
- Sugababes
- Supertramp
- Sweet Dreams (1970s band)
- Sweet Dreams (1980s band)
- Sweet
- T. Rex
- Talk Talk
- The Tears
- Tempa T
- Ten Benson
- The Temperance Movement
- Test Icicles
- Theatre of Hate
- The The
- Thompson Twins
- Tinie Tempah
- Tomorrow
- Tom Vek
- Transvision Vamp
- Tribes
- Tubeway Army
- Ugly As Sin
- U.K. Subs
- UFO
- Ultravox
- Underworld
- Union J
- UNKLE
- Uriah Heep
- The Vaccines
- The Vamps
- Vaughan King
- Veronica Falls
- Visage
- Voice of the Beehive
- Vondelpark
- Wargasm[7]
- White Lies
- Whitesnake
- The Wanted
- The Who[1]
- Wiley
- Wilkinson
- Wire
- The Wiseguys
- Wolf Alice
- Wretch 32
- The xx
- The Yardbirds[5]
- Years & Years
- Yes
- Young Guns
- Zero 7
- 21 Savage
- Lowestoft
- Luton
- Lymington
- Macclesfield
- Malvern
- Manchester
- 10cc[8]
- The 1975
- 52nd Street
- 808 State
- A Guy Called Gerald
- A II Z
- A Certain Ratio
- Amplifier
- Audioweb
- Autechre
- Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds
- Barclay James Harvest
- Beecher
- The Bee Gees[1]
- Big Flame
- Billy Ruffian
- Black Grape
- Blak Twang
- Blue Orchids
- Bugzy Malone
- Brassy
- Buzzcocks
- Blossoms
- The Chameleons
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cleopatra
- The Clint Boon Experience
- Cohesion
- Courteeners
- Crispy Ambulance
- Daley
- Delphic
- Doves
- Dutch Uncles
- The Durutti Column
- Easterhouse
- Elbow
- Electronic
- Everything Everything
- The Fall
- Fingathing
- Flip & Fill
- Freddie and the Dreamers
- Freeloaders
- Future Sound of London
- Godley & Creme
- Happy Mondays
- Haven
- Herman's Hermits
- Tom Hingley and the Lovers
- The Hollies[9]
- Hurts
- I Am Kloot
- Inspiral Carpets
- James
- Joy Division
- Kinesis
- King of the Slums
- Lamb
- The Longcut
- Liam Gallagher
- Longview
- Love City Groove
- Ludus
- Luxuria
- M People
- Magazine
- Man From Delmonte
- Marconi Union
- John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
- Mazes
- The Mindbenders[8]
- Mint Royale
- Misha B
- Molly Half Head
- Monaco
- Morrissey
- The Mothmen
- N-Trance
- New Hope Club
- New Order
- Nine Black Alps
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
- Northside
- Oasis
- Oceansize
- Omerta
- The Other Two
- Pale Waves
- Paris Angels
- The Passage
- Puressence
- Quando Quango
- Rae & Christian
- The Railway Children
- Ruthless Rap Assassins
- Sad Café
- The Seahorses
- Simply Red
- Slaughter & The Dogs
- The Slow Show
- The Smirks
- The Smiths
- Sonic Boom Six
- Space Monkeys
- Spookey
- Starsailor
- Sub Sub
- The Stone Roses
- Sweet Sensation
- Swing Out Sister
- Take That
- Theatre of Hate
- The Ting Tings
- Van der Graaf Generator
- The Verve
- The Waltones
- The Whip
- World of Twist
- Maidenhead
- Matlock
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Moretonhampstead
- Nantwich
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newcastle-Under-Lyme
- Newton-le-Willows
- North London
- Andy Abraham
- Norwich
- Northampton
- Northwich
- Nottingham
- Nuneaton
- Nunthorpe
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Pinner
- Plaistow
- Poringland
- Portsmouth
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Preston
- Reading
- Redbridge
- Redditch
- Romford
- Rugby
- Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Scunthorpe
- Sheffield
- 65daysofstatic
- ABC
- A.C. Temple
- All Seeing I
- Arctic Monkeys
- Artery
- Babybird
- Bal-Sagoth
- Black Spiders
- Blameless
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Bromheads Jacket
- Cabaret Voltaire
- The Comsat Angels
- The Crookes
- Def Leppard
- Drenge
- Fat Truckers
- Graham Fellows
- Heaven 17
- Hiem
- Hoggboy
- The Human League
- I Monster
- In the Nursery
- Joe Cocker
- Kings Have Long Arms
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- LFO
- Lindsay Dracass
- Little Man Tate
- Living in a Box
- The Long Blondes
- Longpigs
- The Lovers
- Milburn
- Moloko
- Monkey Swallows the Universe
- Pink Grease
- Pulp
- Reverend and The Makers
- Richard Hawley
- Rolo Tomassi
- Slow Club
- Smokers Die Younger
- While She Sleeps
- Shoreditch
- Somerset
- Southampton
- Southend
- Southport
- South Shields
- Stafford
- Staines
- St Albans
- Start Hill
- Stevenage
- St Helens
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stourbridge
- Streetly
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Swindon
- Tavistock
- Teddington
- Teignmouth
- Telford
- Tetney
- Tewkesbury
- Thurrock
- Torquay
- Tyne And Wear
- Walthamstow
- Wakefield
- Watford
- Wednesbury
- Wellington (Salop)
- Weybridge
- Weymouth
- Whitley Bay
- Widnes
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Woking
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Worthing
- York
References
- ^ a b c d Gilliland 1969, show 49.
- ^ a b "Harrogate Advertiser – Harrogate bands".
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "The British Are Coming! The British Art Coming!: The U.S.A. is invaded by a wave of long-haired English rockers" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Shows 27–28, 39, 45.
- ^ a b Gilliland 1969, show 29.
- ^ a b Gilliland 1969, shows 29, 38.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 30, 38, 46.
- ^ Stock, Olivia. "WARGASM: "We're like fire meets acetone peroxide"". Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Official 10cc Fan Club/Pre 10cc articles". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, show 38.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 29, 49.
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