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The Beach Boys - Surfin USA

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it be nice

An initially controversial group, boycotted by local media for their "yobbo pop band punk" image. Appeared in 1985 in local venues like the Boardwalk and the Haçienda . The band explained their enigmatic name : "Something hard and something pretty; something noisy but tuneful". Overtly Mancunian,...

Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy - (1949-1986) Philip Lynott, guitarist and singer of the famed pop group "Thin Lizzy", though actually born in Birmingham, England on 20th August 1949, of an Irish mother and a black Brazilian father, moved with his mother to live in Manchester while he was still...

David Gray David Gray was born in Sale, Manchester in 1968, where his family ran a chain of bakery shops. As a result of a serious family dispute in 1995, he and his parents moved to live in Wales. Later, he returned to the Northwest region to attend Liverpool University, where his interest in...

Herman's Hermits & Peter Noone This British band formed in 1963 and included Manchester-born Peter Noone (lead vocals), Keith Hopwood (guitar), Derek Leckenby (guitar), Karl Green (bass), and Barry Whitwarm (drums). Noone came to the forefront with his boyish looks and toothy smile, when...

Take That Backstage Lighting Boys

Danny Boyle at the British Independent Film Awards for Slumdog Millionaire.