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Old 23-10-2004, 17:31   #1 (permalink)
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Vote for your favourite Scottish Band of all time on

http://www.list.co.uk/fiftybandsmain.html

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Arab Strap
The Associates
Average White Band
Aztec Camera
Bay City Rollers
Belle & Sebastian
The Beta Band
Biffy Clyro
Big Country
Bis
The Blue Nile
Boards of Canada
Bronski Beat
Cocteau Twins
Deacon Blue
The Delgados
Donovan
Eurythmics
The Exploited
The Fire Engines
Franz Ferdinand
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie
Idlewild
The Incredible String Band
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Josef K
Lonnie Donegan
Love & Money
Lulu
John Martyn
Frankie Miller
Mogwai
Mull Historical Society
Nazareth
One Dove
Orange Juice
The Pastels
Primal Scream
The Proclaimers
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Shamen
Simple Minds
Snow Patrol
Rod Stewart
Teenage Fanclub
Texas
Trashcan Sinatras
Travis
The Vaselines
Wet Wet Wet
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Old 23-10-2004, 17:36   #2 (permalink)
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That's one vote for the Cocteau Twins. Pity they would be ashamed to be called Scottish, as they said Scotland was a "toilet".
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My drum teacher was the Average White Band's drummer.
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Don't forget Fish , Runrig and a few other notables

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I've never understood why AC/DC are never described as a Scottish band, considering Malcolm and Angus Young were both born in Glasgow, and Bon Scott was from Forfar.
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Capercaille?
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Capercaille?
Are they not actually Irish, I can never remember,

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Nah, they're definitely Scottish.
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Here's another 30 which I like who weren't on the first list of suggestions.....

Ian Anderson(Jethro Tull)
APB
Appendix Out (Alasdair Roberts)
Beggars Opera
Jack Bruce
Ivor Cutler
Electroscope (now Phosphene)
Ron Geesin
Davy Graham
Bert Jansch
Jasmine Minks
Johnny & the Copycats
Thomas Leer
Marmalade
Michael Marra (playing Aberdeen soon, with Le Reno Amps supporting)
Momus
The Orchids
The Poets
Jesse Rae
Rezillos
Jeannie Robertson
Annie Ross
Jimmy Shand Band
Shop Assistants
Stone The Crows
Telstar Ponies
The Thanes
Toxik Ephex
Writing On The Wall
Richard Youngs
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