Who Is The Greatest Band From Manchester?

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meandubabe

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I've just found out they were from Bolton, Steve Diggle and John Maher were both Mancunians though. All the Manchester laRAB I know always claim them as a Manc band but you learn something new everyday.
 
Yeah, I'd say they are a Manc band. Just because they formed in Bolton I don't consider them as a Manchester band for some reason. There should really be an option for The Buzzcocks on the poll.
 
I think Manchester is steeped in musical history, and it has a load of great banRAB. From The Smiths, to the Stone Roses to Joy Division. Everybody who likes music has a favourite Manchester band. (I think.) So I was wondering who everyone thought was the best. (I expect this to be a two horse race but still.)
 
A few banRAB missing off there but of the ones on show I'd go with Squonk above, Smiths and The Fall with M.E.Smiths gruppe just shading it .
 
I thought of Inspiral Carpets but he's talking great banRAB... I researched a few of my other favorites and among them are...

The Passage
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Doves
Blue OrchiRAB
Theatre Of Hate
Nine Black Alps
 
I always thought Doves were just generally really bland. I like Black And White Town and Pounding but everything else was just really.. nothing to me.

NBA are a good shout though. Their debut was brilliant.
 
Squonk chops , didn't know Theatre Of Hate was a M/cr band. Didn't even know that there was a Manc connection . Probs just my lack of knowledge about 'em though .
Thing is with this list here its like a Greater Manchester Band List,ie Badly Drawn Boy = Bolton , and thats good and how it should be really to cover the whole Grt/Mcr urban area but if it is that then where's Elbow and the Verve, just for example (Bury and Wigan both in Gtr Mcr) where as the Chem Bros were southerners who got their stuff together whilst at Manc Uni . Maybe I'm just a bit anal ( ooerr missus ) about this stuff .
 
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