List of famous bands from Merseyside

This is a list of famous music groups or people from the former English county of Merseyside for individuals see List of famous people from Merseyside.

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Albany, The : Male dominant band formed in 2004. Most of the band grew up and went to lister drive primary school together.
Afraid of Mice
Atomic Kitten: Girl band, formed in 1999 by OMD's Andy McCluskey.
Apollo 440:Modern day dance act who have had hits with Ain't talkin'bout dub and stop the rock.
Anathema:highly successful progressive metal band.
Amsterdam:Described as Incredible by Elvis Costello and as Genuine Greatness by John Peel.

The Bandits, 2000s band top 40 hits with 'two step rock'and 'take it and run'.leading lights in what came to be know as 'cosmic scouse' ran the bandwagon club which saw early gigs for the Coral and The Zutons. split 2005 john and scott went on to form The Pedantics
Barfinkle: 2000s band.
The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
Big in Japan: Budgie, Ian Broudie, Bill Drummond, David Balfe, Jayne Casey, Holly Johnson
Billy Fury: 1960s rock musician
Billy J. Kramer: 1960s singer.
Cilla Black: Cavern cloakroom attendant turned borderline National Treasure, via a successful music career.
Black: 80's band best known for their worldwide hit 'Wonderful Life'
The Boo Radleys: English Brit-pop (indie-rock) group during 1980s and 1990s.
The Black Velvets:Classic Rock band
Badfinger:who wrote the Nilsson classic "without you"
The Bassheads:1990's dance act who's biggest hit was "is there anybody out there"
BB Mak:A multi million selling boyband in the 1990's

Carcass: 1990s death metal band
Cast: 1990s pop group
China Crisis: 1980s electro-pop band
Clinic: 2000s indie-rock band
The Coral: 2000s indie group inspired by 60s pyschedelica.
The Christians: soul band from the 1980s and 1990s.
Cream: Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce 1960s
The Crescent: 2000s indie band influenced by the La's
Crucial Three: Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope and Pete Wylie.
Candie Payne.1960's influenced,sister of Howie Lead singer with The Stands and Sean who's the drummer with The Zutons.

Day With Mary : Rock and pop group from the 2000s
Dead or Alive: New Wave pop band of the 1980s.
The Dead 60s: Current punk/ska/reggae band.
Dina emo/punk trio 1998-2004
Deaf School: seminal late 70's band, featuring future producer Clive Langer.
Dr Phibes : 90s psychedelic thing.
Drive : Post punk / hardcore trio from early 90's influences by The Minutemen, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr etc.- recently reformed.
Dave-Cunnie-Superstar : noughties indie rock n roll outfit

The Farm: Pop band, famous for the track All Together Now.
Faron's Flamingos
Flock of Seagulls: 1980s 'alternative' pop band. Biggest Hit in the U.K. - 'Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)', No. 10 in 1982. Biggest hit in the U.S. - 'I Ran (So Sar Away)'
The Fourmost: '60s Merseybeat band. Top 10 hits include 'Hello Little Girl' and 'A Little Loving'.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: 1980s 'alternative' pop band who had No. 1 hits with their first three singles: 'Relax', 'Two Tribes' and 'The Power of Love'.

It's Immaterial: Arched-eyebrow duo hit big with Driving Away From Home, then went into Blue Nile territory. Audible influence on Pulp.
Icicle Works: 80s power pop stalwarts, led by Ian McNabb. Reformed in 2006 for a 25th anniversary tour.

The Jenny's: 2000s - The enigmatic Gary Carter returned to the music scene with the philodoxical Paul Hendrick to form conceptual post-folk-rock outfit, The Jennys. The lo-fi duo are currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated debut.

The La's: late 1980s to early 1990s pop group.
Lightning Seeds: Pop band, whose Ian Broudie wrote the Three Lions music for Euro96.
The Little Flames
Ladytron
The Lotus Eaters: early - mid 1980s pop group. Emerged with another album in 2001 called silentspace.
Lennon Egan:Merseyside playwright and Actor. aLSO PLAYED IN THE LEGENDARY talent Mr Junior.

The Pedantics 2000s band born from the ashes of The Bandits, joined by Stu on guitar and powerhouse Lil'Nik on drums
Pinhole went on to become The Dead 60s
The Pale Fountains: Bacharach and Love-influenced early 80s pop group, led by Mick Head. Later metamorphosed into Shack

Peter Beckett:Lead singer with American band Player who's biggest hit was "baby come back" which is a Worldwide hit to this day.

The Searchers: 60's merseybeat group. No. 1 Hits include 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'Needles And Pins' and 'Don't Throw Your Love Away'.
Shack: Cult band led by Mick Head, formerly of The Pale Fountains. Highly influential on Britpop bands such as Oasis. Noel Gallagher repaid the debt by signing them to his record label.
Shiver By The Window: 2000s Rock band Stephen(Stevie Saturn)Redfern, Michael James, Paul Egerton, James Dalziel and Myles(Kane)Bowden
Space: 1990s indie-rock band best known for "Female of the Species" and their 6 other Top 20 hit singles.
The Stands: 2000s Rock 'n' Roll band lead by songwriter Howie Payne. Split in 2006.
The Stopouts: Current Ska/Dub/Punk Band, formed in early 2006, www.stopouts.com
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes: Merseybeat group.
The Swinging Blue Jeans: 60's merseybeat group. Top 3 Hits include 'Hippy Hippy Shake' and 'You're No Good'.
The Spinners:Folk band who made 37 albums and sung such classics as In my Liverpool home and Maggie May.
Straight out of Moscow: crazy funky Punk band formed 2005. see www.myspace.com/straightoutofmoscow
Superhero: Band from Birkenhead fronted by the enigmatic Gary Carter that released two cd's to critical acclaim

The Teardrop Explodes: Julian Cope led an ever changing line-up mixing pop, new wave and psychedelia with surprising commercial success. Split in 1982 after a mere two albums.