The BBC have kicked of a poll - get voting for those Sheffield bands.

Check out the poll here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/music/rawtalent/gods_of_rock/index.shtml)

Discuss

Pulp win by miles. :)

Chris.

Yep, got to agree, definitely the Cocker ...

Rubbish. Human League outclass them in every respect.

Pulp are ****! Relaxed muscle to win!!!

Are we gonna have a poll on this one then??

Best S.Y. Band: tie between Pulp and the Longpigs.

Best S.Y. Musician: Richard Hawley (of both bands above).

I wonder why Paul Carrack wasn't listed.

Originally posted by StarSparkle
Best S.Y. Band: tie between Pulp and the Longpigs.

Best S.Y. Musician: Richard Hawley (of both bands above).

never knew the longpigs were from SY,


ooooh i'm torn now between them and pulp

No Paul Carrick - travesty

Originally posted by Internetowl
No Paul Carrick - travesty

No Owly I think you'll find Fran Healy was in travesty. And any way i don't remember them being from S yorkshire:loopy:

8) Nah Den Ace.......

Anyone remember all those local bands wi' dodgy names from the late 80s/early 90s?

F*** City S****ers daubed there name in big letters on the car park fence on West Street (where the new flats are now.) Who else was there......??? Slop, Dosh and Bobbar......Go Get F***ed.

What were they putting in the snakebites in them days?!?

My personal favourites were The Deformed Tadpoles from Mars.......whatever happened to "The Taddies"?

Regards,

Spacehopper.

If you vote in the poll on the left of the page that says that your vote has been registered there are links to websites about some of the bands in the poll. However, if you click on the Cabaret Voltaire link you are taken to the website of an Edinburgh bar/club called Cabaret Voltaire which seems to have no connection with the Sheffield band of the same name.

I daren't click on the Joe Cocker link to a website called cocker.com.

got to be THE ZYCLONES...

Awww, I *HAD* to vote for Little Angels. Used to be a major fan in my early twenties. Went all over the place following them around. I know they were never international, but tried, but I still have a wee place in my musical heart for them.

I'm sure there are bigger and greater bands, but they were and still are one of my personal favourites.

Keep voting guys

The whole point of the poll is to make sure that some band from Hull or dare I say it ......Leeds win.

Anyway I voted for Heaven 17 - mainly because of the memories I have of that period.

But if Richard Hawley was listed on his own then I would vote for him.

Babybird for me :D

thank god they had the sense to have Cab Voltaire in there

A revolutionary band that still play a major influence on practically all new electronica music made by anyone with any credibility today. NAG NAG NAG.

Are you pretentious music journalist from the old Steve Wright in the afternoon show??? :D :thumbsup:

Squeeze me, baking powder?

I wouldn’t listen to such tosh as Steve Wirght so I dunno.

Just stating my opinion that's all… :)

Originally posted by joestrummer
got to be THE ZYCLONES...

Like to know who posted this?

They're not one of the better known Sheff bands.
I used to rehearse with a band in the same church in Gleadless Valley 1980's.

Are they still playing?

Originally posted by Spacehopper
8) Nah Den Ace.......

Anyone remember all those local bands wi' dodgy names from the late 80s/early 90s?

F*** City S****ers daubed there name in big letters on the car park fence on West Street (where the new flats are now.) Who else was there......??? Slop, Dosh and Bobbar......Go Get F***ed.

What were they putting in the snakebites in them days?!?

My personal favourites were The Deformed Tadpoles from Mars.......whatever happened to "The Taddies"?

Regards,

Spacehopper.

Yeah I remember them, original local skate punk band the FCS were.

Did you go to any of the festivels they played in Western Park.

Trying to remember the name of that bigger local punk band with the ratty looking singer, think he might have actually been called Rat?

oooh, gang of 4 as well tho'. Andy gill, classic

...and Im sure ultrasound are from London. They were **** anyway.

"Caberet Voltaire" for me!

Also got to give a shout out for "The All Seeing I"

Does anyone remember "Treebound Story",
I'd vote for them as well, even though they were a nearly made it band.
Richard Hawley also played as well as co wrote.

re modesty----i was a member of the zyclones..you say you used to practise in the church???wot was your bands name??
we practised there for a few years...
no were not still playing..was going to start up a few years back but work,etc stopped it....

Don't Gomez have some Sheffield connection as well???

yeps they went to sheffield uni

what was that band called from sheff uni who got to no. 1 then vanished?

just came to me...Olive. pretty rubbish.

got to be jarvis cocker and pulp. epitomised the youth of the nineties. excellent band

Gomez - yes they do have a Sheffield link, they are also featured in the BBC poll, so you could vote for them.

How about Boy on a Dolphin - Most underated band ever - sell out every year at the City Hall Xmas gig.

boy on a dolphin are terrible and from my experiences with them the lead singer is extremely arrogant.

I've met Jarvis Cocker on a couple of occasiosn and he was a really nice bloke.

Pulp everytime tho longpigs a close second

The lead singer bird out of Moloko..she's from Sheff as well.
Does anyone remember a Sheffield band called Blameless or summat like that..mid 90's britpop era.

Blameless…yeps..where they from sheffield? Sang "the signs are all there" etc

Boy on a dolphin….my god. Theyre as awful as they come. Terrible pointless rubbish that appeals to the lowest common denominator and they can't even do that succesfully….stuff like that is offensive.

A few good Sheffield bands that i dont think have been mentioned yet,

Clock DVA
Hula
Chakk
Dig Vis Drill

Around about the same time as Cabaret Voltaire.

I guess the Cabs would have to be my favourite though. Many happy memories of dancing to 'Sensoria' and 'I want you', in The Limit!

:D

Phil Oakey - 'Together in Electric Dreams' what a song...

If anyone's not aware of this and interested in how much of an influence some sheffield bands were in electronic music then check this video/dvd out

http://www.sheffieldvision.com/

Hey Boyface and Captain Sleep

we are supposed to be supporting Shefield Music in this thread, not dragging it down.

I never said they were my favourite band, I was just pointing out that they are from Sheffield, and if they can sell out the City Hall, then somebody must like them.

And BTW they probably have one of the most talented Spanish guitarists this side of the Rio Grande.

er...no were not.

I used to go and see " Battle of the bands" all the time in the 80's

One year I remember
Sharp Cuts won it
Snap 14 I think came runners up

There was also some Punkabilly type band but I cant remeber the name. They were good too

Originally posted by boyface
er...no were not.

Ok we are not - plank

80's that was such a cool year... defo for the Human League... see i am supporting our home bands lol

Originally posted by joestrummer
re modesty----i was a member of the zyclones..you say you used to practise in the church???wot was your bands name??
we practised there for a few years...
no were not still playing..was going to start up a few years back but work,etc stopped it....

Sent you a Pm, as not to put anyones names on the web.

80's in one year i dont think so pmsl

The 80's were good!

Originally posted by wibbles
The lead singer bird out of Moloko..she's from Sheff as well.
Does anyone remember a Sheffield band called Blameless or summat like that..mid 90's britpop era.

Rosin is from Ireland, but met Mark ( Sheffield Student who settled here forming Chakk ) in Sheff.

Pedantic I know.

Originally posted by mikey
Ok we are not - plank

Plank? How come…Im not gonna say a bands good just because of a demographic…now that would make me a plank.

Originally posted by Nooka
A few good Sheffield bands that i dont think have been mentioned yet,

Clock DVA
Hula
Chakk
Dig Vis Drill

Around about the same time as Cabaret Voltaire.

I guess the Cabs would have to be my favourite though. Many happy memories of dancing to 'Sensoria' and 'I want you', in The Limit!

:D

Have to agree espescially with Chakk, another nearly made it band.
Members went on to form other sucsessful outfits though, as well as Sheffield's 1st 24 track studio.

Do you know any of these bands personally as they are a bit specialised?

Originally posted by boyface
Plank? How come…Im not gonna say a bands good just because of a demographic…now that would make me a plank.

Ok go vote for Chumbawumba

...and now you have lost me....

Originally posted by CaptainSleep
boy on a dolphin are terrible and from my experiences with them the lead singer is extremely arrogant.

I've met Jarvis Cocker on a couple of occasiosn and he was a really nice bloke.

Pulp everytime tho longpigs a close second

Have to agree they are BOREDOM, but I have met the singer and he's a really nice bloke.

mikey-the punkabilly band where the zyclones..3rd in that year you mentioned at rock and pop....

modesty-can't send you pm yet as i'm new on here (5 posts before pm)but your right about stuff on your pm...
ps-that drum kit you bought was not payed for by the first owner,he stills owes for it..lol

Originally posted by joestrummer
mikey-the punkabilly band where the zyclones..3rd in that year

Small world hey joestrummer? yeah I do remember the name now.

You guys were good - But the Sharp Cuts were a class act back then. They are still going but I think they only have one original member - Steve Delaney. Now more of a cover band.

Lead singer and Bassist from Snap 14 is now in a band called Chicken Legs Weaver.

Originally posted by boyface
...and now you have lost me....

keep up.....
keep up.....

The original post was about the BBC poll "Rock Gods from Yorkshire"

I urged people to vote for South Yorkshire artists.

and as I said....I did.....cabs

Another forum are having the same discussion:

Other forum (http://www.l2sb.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1649&st=0&#entry21095)

lets not forget tony christie...lived behind endcliffe park..
any one remember ROCHA???seem to remember tipped to be the next boy george..lol....

Originally posted by Classic Rock
Another forum are having the same discussion:

Other forum (http://www.l2sb.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1649&st=0&#entry21095)

Guess where it was posted first!!

Human League, Heaven 17, and ABC.

"The All Seeing I" had a couple of hits a few years ago... they are from Sheffield too.

Living in a box has some connection also

why has no one mentioned def leppard? doesnt anyone like them?? well i do but i suppose i have my mum to blame cuz she loves them so i was brought up with them!

I posted this topic on l2sb. I do hope thats not a problem. I'm nightspark on there and car crash just about everywhere else.
L2sb is a Sheffield music website and it has a really active forum with promoters, managers, muso's ect on there.

Originally posted by boyface
thank god they had the sense to have Cab Voltaire in there

A revolutionary band that still play a major influence on practically all new electronica music made by anyone with any credibility today. NAG NAG NAG.

I once met the bods from Cabaret Voltaire in the 1990s, when I was studio managing for a community radio station.

I didn't particularly enjoy the experience.....

Joe :)

Originally posted by Modesty
Have to agree espescially with Chakk, another nearly made it band.
Members went on to form other sucsessful outfits though, as well as Sheffield's 1st 24 track studio.

Do you know any of these bands personally as they are a bit specialised?

I didnt know any of them personally, i just really liked that whole industrial electronic dance type music, (for want of a better description!) and Sheffield produced some great stuff! :thumbsup:

Kinda biased cos I was in the band for three years and they were great times...Just 2 let u know that Chakk and Hula are to be featured in "Made in Sheffield" 2 !982-95....

Longpigs got my vote...

Kinda biased cos I was in the band for three years and they were great times...Just 2 let u know that Chakk and Hula are to be featured in "Made in Sheffield" 2 !982-95....

Longpigs got my vote...

Originally posted by carcrash
I posted this topic on l2sb. I do hope thats not a problem. I'm nightspark on there and car crash just about everywhere else.
L2sb is a Sheffield music website and it has a really active forum with promoters, managers, muso's ect on there.

No probs matey - the more people that vote for Sheffield bands the better:thumbsup:

Originally posted by JoePritchard
I once met the bods from Cabaret Voltaire in the 1990s, when I was studio managing for a community radio station.

I didn't particularly enjoy the experience.....

Joe :)
I met Richard H Kirk a couple of times, jolly nice bloke he was! Easilly the best, most orignial, and most influential band from Sheffield, tho they'd be that on the basis of Sensoria alone.

Still not quite as awesome as Gang of Four tho........

Laughing at the Sharp cuts... God they are memories of my teenage years. Playing on fargate whilst you sat in the Wimpy opposite...
Once had to interview them for my school magazine, (the height of my journalistic career) and I remember them being really nice lads. Then went on a trip with school to London the following week, and who should be playing outside (R.I.P.) Tower Records? The Sharpies! Remember bemused looks from passers by as they hugged and kissed what seemed to be this random 14 year old. I was a fan for a whole year after that!

Sorry, I was a traitor and voted outside Sheff for the Beautiful South.

Paul Heaton is from Sheffield

yes paul h went to lydgte school for a few years...
bladesmen are everywhere...

AC Temple are probably my all time favourite Sheffield band, closely followed by Cabaret Voltaire and Hula (tips hat to ex-member of Hula who posted here!) :).

And what about In The Nursery then, eh? They're definitely Sheffield based but never seem to get a mention in threads like this.

Agree with Nooka and Mdesty re Chakk and Hula. I'd add another to the list-Workforce. They were around at the same time as Chakk and Hula, and released two singles, "Skin Scraped Back" and "Back in the Good Books" [Cabaret Voltaire were involved with both]. They were heavy industrial funk/experimental in style. They did two Peel Sessions too, both of which were repeated three times. Line-up was Tim Owen on Saxophone, Percussion, Keys, Tapes: Paul Wheatcroft on Vocals: Rod Leigh on Guitar, Keys: Terry Todd on Bass; and Alan Fisch on Drums, Tapes. Owen had previously dabbled with experimental music in the infamous Naked Pygmy Voles: Wheatcroft later went on to form soul duo, Ashley and Jackson: Leigh had previously been in I'm So Hollow: Todd had been in The Box: and Fisch had drummed for Cabaret Voltaire and Hula.

Originally posted by Xtro
AC Temple are probably my all time favourite Sheffield band, closely followed by Cabaret Voltaire and Hula (tips hat to ex-member of Hula who posted here!) :).


cabaret voltaire! wow thats a blast from the past!

Originally posted by commie pig
I met Richard H Kirk a couple of times, jolly nice bloke he was! Easilly the best, most orignial, and most influential band from Sheffield, tho they'd be that on the basis of Sensoria alone.

Still not quite as awesome as Gang of Four tho........

Well, perhaps I caught them at a bad time.....

:)

Hi folks

I remember going to this party in Sheffield at a good friends of mine!

These Rockers turned up at this party, it was a well mixed group of people, any way, I was chatting for a while to a friend at the same time as glancing over at these guys, I said to my friend" Those guys, they must be Def Leppard fans, they even have their hair the same etc, well Everyone burst of Laughing, It was bloody them, the back door opened and in walked this old guy, going bald, Everyone stopped laughing, it eased a little, then /I said

" I suppose thats Joe Cocker"

F*** me backwards, it was!

He had worked with my Friend as a Gas fitter and they were school chums!

Back to people of Sheffield, well, I lived near some of the human league and think the guy was totally original, one of the girls still works down at one of the recording studios, think its now Red Tape on Pastanosta, the blond hair one, forget her name!

Then there was Fon Studios on the Wicker, pulled the buildings down now, remember doing a little work for my Rasta friend Rob Gordon down there, one of most talented Music Producers around at the time, still is! Alot of famous artists use to turn upo there.

Boy George, Mica Paris etc, use to be a regualr sight.

But I remember the little coffee room they had, Rob and phoned me for an Urgent patch job on some leads, I shot down late one night, he was recording and in walks this leggy tall short haired blond girl, jeans ripped that badly that one she bent over to put something in her bag, she revealed all, no knickers, she looked like some sort of working girl, I did not ask!

She looks over to me and asks me to make her a coffee, I replied, make your own love, the kettles on the side, she said, "do you know who I am", " Nope "I replied!

Turns out, its Yazz out of Yazz and the plastic population!

We got chatting, and I found out she was afro Carribean, but bleached her skin, married to this rich guy, she had done modeling before that, she like me because i did not know who she was I think, I did not make a fuss! Ruth Joy from Crush, which by the way got to number two in the dance charts with House arrest, is another star from sheffield, although it was somewhat of a one hit wonder, she never did anything successful again after that, apart from backing tracks for Yazz.

A few others I met, but did not know that well were members of Cabaret Voltaire, and remember Hasi Fantaysi, I dont think they was from Sheffield, but you will definately know the singer from Hasi Fantaysi if your a clubber, I met up with him in Ibiza with Boy George, none other than Jeremy Healy, the DJ!



Diverging, back to stars of Sheffield, I have mixed with some of them and rubbed those shoulders, but I will have to agree with only one mention of my fav, without exception and never got the acclaim that they should have got, they should have been massive!

That is ABC!

Album

Lexicon of Love

Download some of those Classic New Romantic tunes, ABC was the epitomy of Genuis for the type of music that was around!

The guy got cancer later, I remember him having treatment at Western Park, but he made a full recovery!

My claim to fame in the pop world, necking with none other than Madonna at the Acienda in Manchester after she was booed off stage in her first vist to the UK!

Photo to prove, a few actually!

I ditched her for this skinney blond, as madonna had a few pounds on her then and I could not cope with all that netting and bangles she had on, like holding a a curtain, although for the time I was with her, she definately made me melt, very sensual, but sticking to my routine, I never desserted the boys to early on in the night, girls were for taking home and the odd snog to clinch the deal, not for wasting the night away with. You would make a big impression, promise them the earth, get their number, tell them you have alot of friends (Girls included, in case they saw you kissing later with someone else, just pass it off that they kissed you, they was drunk, if you was confronted) in the club, that way you had plenty of reserve later in the week!

Although, I must confess, I was seeing Ms Sheffield at the time, so I was been a little naughty playing away!

The 1980.s, never to be forgotton!

By the way, remember the "Limit", the DJs from there got a job hosting MTV for some years, they now are back in Sheffield, I still Sean and John who use to work the doors there!

But my fav club has to be the " Sin Bin", you had to be different to just get in there, a paradise of Fashion and music, it was the place to be seen, alot of Londoners use to travel up just for that club, Trevor Oucha Jones, the Six foot plus Drag queen that was once voted one of the most beautiful men in the world! Pete Burns was seen there from Dead or alive, also Holly Johnson.

Also Trevor oucha had a record, but it got bad reviews!

John who use to run the Sin bin, should start it all up again!

The clothes we wore then, if not made yourself, shops like >

Worlds End, Hyper Hyper in London etc, Reading Vogue in your lunch break was the norm, when showing your femimine side was all the rage of the 1980.s!

The 1980's were the Play years, no one had a serious Job, because they wasn't any, like was to be enjoyed!

How things have changed!


Life goes on!

Regards

Mark. .

Originally posted by Howy
Hi folks

.......Back to people of Sheffield, well, I lived near some of the human league and think the guy was totally original, one of the girls still works down at one of the recording studios, think its now Red Tape on Pastanosta, the blond hair one, forget her name!


That'll be Susan then. The Human League are still going strong and will ALL be seen at the studios, as they own them and still record there ! Doing a tour of the UK in Nov and Dec, can't wait !

Nobody mentioned Def Leppard. Sheffieds biggets international band ?

What about the Lonely Hearts ?

Wot about Heaven 17 and Level 42 ?

I didn't know anybody from Level 42 was from Sheffield. If i had know I would have set up a fund to have then relocated

Anyone remember the early 80's punk band the Mau Maus ?

Saw them supporting bands like UK Subs, Angelic Upstarts etc at the Marples.
They also released a couple of singles and an album which did well in the indie charts.

Where are they now ?

i am my favourite musician in sheffield lol

no id prably say joe cocker, not jarvis

It really is pulp, its just a fact I'm afraid. Pulp are so good, William Shatner has done his own cover of Common People, produced by Ben Folds.

Did anybody see Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley backing Nancy Sinatra on last nights Jonathan Ross show?

They have both been working on her new album.

And here is that gem from captain kirk.
http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/common_people.wma

Results of the poll are out now

Def Leppard won (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/music/rawtalent/gods_of_rock/results.shtml)

What about Rough Copy? They were fantastic, saw them support The Damned, Uk Subs and Infa Riot. They were the best band asnd had a social consience.

Has no one mentioned the Lindsays - i.e. the string quartet based in Sheffield, which have an intenrational reputation. I think they are disbanding this year, so I think its particularly appropriate that they are given a mention.

old timer...so I'd say Treebound Story, but I do like the longpigs and richard hawley's solo stuff