List of bands from Newcastle, United Kingdom
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This article features a list of bands and musicians from Newcastle Upon Tyne, and may also include some bands and musicians who hail from the wider Tyneside conurbation.
- Alterverse
- Alex Kapranos (partly raised in South Shields)
- Andy Taylor of Duran Duran (from Cullercoats)
- Angelic Upstarts
- The Animals
- Ant & Dec
- Aphrodive
- Atomkraft, Thrash metal
- Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Geordie (from Dunston, Gateshead)
- Bridie Jackson and the Arbour, winner of the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition 2013
- Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was born in Sunderland but attended school in Newcastle and is a fan of Newcastle United
- Bruce Welch of the The Shadows
- Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud
- Chris McCormack from 3 Colours Red
- Digits
- Dire Straits
- Drop Off Zone
- Drill
- Dubstar
- FEARhouse
- The Ferals
- FOGG - mysterious 1970s Emi/Warner Brothers band (Chris McPherson, Robert Porteous, Derek Rootham, David Robson)
- The Forcefield Kids
- Hank Marvin of The Shadows
- Hellbastard
- Hellkrusher
- James Ray James Ray & The Performance, James Rays Gangwar, 25men. Known for his work with Sisters Of Mercy offshoot band The Sisterhood.
- Joe McElderry, winner of The X Factor UK series 6
- Jimi Hendrix [1] (although not from Newcastle, he did spend prolonged periods of time in the city during the 1960s. Often busking in the Heaton area of the city, he was also discovered and managed by Animals musician Chas Chandler)
- Jimmy Nail
- Kathryn Williams (originally from Liverpool, she is now based in Newcastle after studying at the University of Newcastle.
- Kubichek!
- The Lighthouse Family
- Lindisfarne
- Little Comets are a "four-piece multi-pronged quadrilateral" from Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Maxïmo Park
- The Motorettes
- Nadine Shah
- Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys (born in North Shields, schooled in Newcastle)
- Northern Horizon
- Peace Burial at Sea
- Phase, switched their base to Newcastle in 2013.
- Prefab Sprout
- Punishment Of Luxury
- Raven emerged during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- Sandhill Newcastle based band
- Satan emerged during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- Sharks Took the Rest
- Shades - Post-Hardcore band
- Shields
- Sirens
- The Smokin' Coconuts
- The SoundEx
- Spike
- Spitfire Hostels - Indie rock plus
- Sting
- Toy Dolls
- Two Limbed Doll
- Tygers of Pan Tang
- Outfated - Up and coming metal band
- Venom emerged during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- WADE
- White Heat
- Wots Up Boy band with Michael Ross
- The Whodlums - a Who tribute band
- The Wildhearts
- Yellow Creatures
- Zoviet France, Ambient, Industrial
- 40oz, Hardcore Punk
