I don't think I'm cynical - I love Manchester and it's contemporary musical culture, and spend a lot of time hanging out in it is all. Any criticisms are from that perspective.
Which UK City Wins at Music
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Monkeygrinder's Organ
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I think with Manchester a lot of the bands (and the hype around those bands) have made a much bigger thing about being from Manchester than those from most other places have about wherever they're from. Which is great in some ways but it does create a more limited idea of what it means to be a Manchester band.
Nit sure I get that ... apologies!
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Fingers on the pulse, urban.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Maximo Park were from Newcastle as well. Admittedly, the Futureheads were the better mid-2000s north-eastern indie band, but they were mackems so fuck 'em. My mum works with someone who used to be in yourcodenameis:milo, but looking it up apparently they were Washington.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
My loyalties are sorely tested by the fact that Maximo Park are shit and Futureheads are pretty good.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Don't forget makina. The North East wouldn't be right without it.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
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I think there'd been plenty of turnover through Napalm Death even before Scum, then yes between side A and B they mostly quit, and then the ones on side B didn't last long.
The list of bands they've all been involved in since would be a decent argument in favour of Birmingham on it's own though. Better than the fucking Beatles anyway.
Wasn't sure where to put this but then I remembered this thread.
I've been really enjoying the 'At The Mermaid' podcast: Home of Metal | ‘At The Mermaid’ podcast series launched - just people talking about the punk/metal scene at the Mermaid Pub in Birmingham in the 80s where Napalm Death were a regular fixture. In some ways some of it is quite familiar from my own teenage pub outings about a decade later, although none of us did anything culturally significant that anyone will want to make a podcast about.
Sure some people on here would enjoy it anyway.
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Steel Icarus
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You have Hull with the Housemartins/Beautiful South/Fatboy Slim dynasty plus Mick Ronson.
And Beats International.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
And Throbbing Gristle
Steel Icarus
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But let's not mention Kingmaker
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Aye, it's gotta be Manchester and Salford. By the way, you missed out the Hollies, Elkie Brooks, 10cc and... the Bee Gees
Oh, and Alberto y los trios paranoias.
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This week the score draws are plentiful
Big bump.
Is soggy old Manchester having a cultural buzz or trading on past glories?
Big things are happening with Chanel and Factory International, but we hear Blue Monday a few too many times
The fact that the writer tries to counter her piece with some high-end restaurants and a megaclub probably just reinforces her original point
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Tbf, White Hotel, Yes, and the Peer Hat are all genuinely good (I have mixed feelings about Big Hands and the Night and Day battle has been extensively fought elsewhere). But, perhaps this is petty of me, I can't see Helen Pidd's name without immediately thinking of how she wrote two separate articles about visiting Leigh and positing the same Tory artisan pizza shop owner as the voice of the forgotten Northern working class. I hope she got a decent free pizza out of all that.Big bump.
Is soggy old Manchester having a cultural buzz or trading on past glories?
Big things are happening with Chanel and Factory International, but we hear Blue Monday a few too many timeswww.theguardian.com
The fact that the writer tries to counter her piece with some high-end restaurants and a megaclub probably just reinforces her original point
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