Bands
The Herman's Hermits Guitarist Derek Leckenby was born in Leeds.
The Mekons and the influential Gang of Four came out of the 1970s punk movement, with the early 1980s the punk/oi! groups Abrasive Wheels, The Underdogs and The Expelled who all shared the same record label, Bristol's Riot City.
In the early to mid-1980s, the city was home to a large goth scene and many local bands who went on to have some degree of success nationally and internationally including The March Violets, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Sisters of Mercy and Salvation (who were formed by The Sisters of Mercy roadies) .
The avant-garde art scene centred around Leeds Metropolitan University's (then Leeds Polytechnic) Fine Art course led to the formation of early 1980s electronic pioneers Soft Cell.
The late 1980s and early 1990s saw success for John Peel favourites, and regular Festive 50 botherers, The Wedding Present, agitprop band Chumbawumba and indie rock group Cud.
In more recent times Leeds has gone some way to catching up cities with a richer musical heritage such as Manchester and Sheffield in terms of the number of bands originating from the city, and Leeds based bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Music, The Pigeon Detectives, Your Vegas, Record Department, Duels, ¡Forward, Russia!, Buen Chico; iLiKETRAiNS, The Sunshine Underground and singer Corinne Bailey Rae have achieved varying degrees of success - some in the national charts, others by gathering small but devoted followings in the area. The NME named Leeds as its number 1 musical hot-spot in 2004.
The late 2000s (decade) saw the emergence of a number of grunge bands. Most notably Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Holy State.
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