Music in Leeds

Leeds has a musical scene, and has produced many notable artists. These include both national chart topping bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, but also smaller, more local bands who play small venues around the city and make up the majority of the music scene.

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 on 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, Age of Chance, The Wedding Present, agitprop band Chumbawamba and indie rock group Cud.

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