Middlesbrough
- Black Wire
- Roy Chubby Brown (Comedian and one time vocalist, born Royston Vasey)
- Buckshot
- Collectors Club
- Chris Corner (also frontman of Hartlepool based band Sneaker Pimps)
- David Coverdale (from nearby Saltburn, lead singer with Whitesnake)
- Vin Garbutt
- IAMX
- Journey South
- Bob Mortimer (as in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer- see Darlington)
- Chris Rea
- Paul Rodgers
- Space Raiders
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