Favorite Scottish Bands?

ewal

UnclePsychosis said:

ewal said:

UnclePsychosis said:

77ric said:

and the first (and possibly only) unsigned band to play top of the pops...

Bis

...absolutely hands down my all time favourite band. 

Does anyone know what BIS stands for? My mate was their tour manager back in the day.

Black Iron Skyline, its from a song by The The if I remember rightly. 

Dammit - I didn't think anyone would know!

blobb

The Cuban Heels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQoa_yjMkM

blobb

Good compo, some interesting bands on the track listing....

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/big-gold-dreams-a-story-of-scottish-independent-music-1977-1989-5cd-boxset/

Kebabkid

Del Amitri, Big Country, Paolo Nutini and AWB

digitalkettle

Favourites:

• early 80s Simple Minds
• Big Country
• first two Blue Nile albums

artiebear

Have we had 

The Bluebells
Trashcan Sinatras
Twin Atlantic
Broken Records


and on the folkier side of things ( there are hundreds but here are a few )

Peatbog Faeries
Shooglenifty
Treacherous Orchestra
Breabach
Daimh
The Battlefield Band
Dougie MacLean
Dick Gaughan
Michael Marra
Peat and Deisel
Karine Polwart
Julie Fowlis
Capercaille

(there are loads more but will stop there)

and of course, Runrig

digitalkettle

Ooh, I forgot one:

• Irn Maiden

No?

rze99

Scars
Hipsway
Teenage Fanclub
lloyd Cole and the Commotions

scrumhalf

digitalkettle said:

Ooh, I forgot one:

• Irn Maiden

No?

Didn't they do a cover of Quo's "Bru For You"? 

not_the_dj

Do The Waterboys count as a Scottish band. Mike Scott sure is, but it’s been a revolving door line-up backing him. 

artiebear

Just remembered

Love and Money ( fronted by James Grant ) 

artiebear

not_the_dj said:

Do The Waterboys count as a Scottish band. Mike Scott sure is, but it’s been a revolving door line-up backing him. 

Scott is from Edinburgh, but I don't think the band ever had it's roots in Scotland.

artiebear

Probably been mentioned earlier , but Calvin Harris is from Dumfries. 

artiebear

One serious name missing from the list so far ( maybe I just missed it )

Frankie Miller , one helluva singer. Last time I saw him live was a club gig with Brian Robertson on guitar and Simon Kirk on drums.

UnclePsychosis

ewal said:

UnclePsychosis said:

ewal said:

UnclePsychosis said:

77ric said:

and the first (and possibly only) unsigned band to play top of the pops...

Bis

...absolutely hands down my all time favourite band. 

Does anyone know what BIS stands for? My mate was their tour manager back in the day.

Black Iron Skyline, its from a song by The The if I remember rightly. 

Dammit - I didn't think anyone would know!

I wasn't joking when I said they were my favourite band. :-D

Nitefly

Schnozz said:

IAN ANDERSON

From Blackpool.  He was a year above me at school.

Jimbro66

I have to give a mention to the excellent singer/guitarist Willy Finlayson. As a prominent member of Writing On The Wall, Bees Make Honey, Meal Ticket and The Hurters as well as all his solo work the quality of his music has never waned. Always a joy to see.

underdog

Philly_Q said:

underdog said:

Biffy Clyro, probably one of my favourite bands at the moment. Brilliant live too.

I've never been able to get into them, but I find them interesting because they're just about the only current Rock band who seem to be acceptable/popular with mainstream audiences - I've been hearing them mentioned on Radio 1 Live Lounge adverts this week.  What do they have which gives them that crossover appeal?

They do have some great pop songs I guess, some real anthems too, and some real quirky and heavy stuff, but as a musician they are just really interesting. They use odd time signatures, often that switches through the song or even each bar, they can play really heavy stuff, stadium rock, an acoustic ballad and it all works and sounds real.

Their output is of an excellent quality generally and they are pretty eclectic musically. Simon on first look is a heavily tattooed Scot that beats a guitar in to submission but he seems very talented and his lockdown shows from his house had him playing songs solo with completely different arrangements to the originals.

Live they are 100mph, loud and so tight as a band.

Edit: mentioning live lounge it's worth checking YouTube for their cover of WAP I think it shows their sense of humour perfectly.

JohnS37

Del Amitri

77ric

I actually can’t believe I actually forgot the best band I have ever seen live. Better than the kings of Leon or the foo fighters or even simple minds ( by the way have they been mentioned). 

The 

Johnny

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live in the 13th Note (glasford street), seen Bis in there too possibly on the same night, before the move to Ingram street.