{"id":11435,"date":"2017-01-04T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=11435"},"modified":"2020-02-22T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T17:40:35","slug":"bands19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/bands19\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If your band is no\u00a0longer active, has stopped playing or has moved away, please let us know.<\/p>\n

This list was last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0 22\/2\/20<\/p>\n

There are also quite a few jazz bands that are not listed here. Plus a number of function and party bands that have not been included in this list.<\/p>\n

To find a band (on a computer using Windows) use the search key – control F.<\/p>\n

Bands with names that begin with “The” are listed using the next word in the name.<\/p>\n

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Bands from Leicester and Leicestershire<\/h2>\n

will be listed below in alphabetical order as the registration forms come in.<\/p>\n

‘original’ means ‘own composition’; ‘covers’ means songs written by someone else<\/p>\n

In the list below, entries are given in order of the name of the band (with a link to the band’s website or Facebook page), the place where most of the band’s members are resident (which should be either in Leicester or Leicestershire), the type of music played and whether that music is normally based on the band’s original songs and\/or covers of other people’s songs.<\/p>\n

Bands that play in Leicester a lot, but whose members are not Leicester\/shire residents, may be included in the group at the bottom of the list, even though they are not resident in the local area.<\/p>\n

Al Sansome & The Dezerters<\/a> (Leicester) Blues\/Jazz<\/p>\n

Albion, The<\/a> (Leicester) Indie rock<\/p>\n

Alex Harding<\/a> (Leicester) melancholy solo guitar music. Really into 80s\/90s Emo and Alternative indie. Original.<\/p>\n

Andy Griffiths<\/a> (Leicester), folk, Americana, both covers and original songs<\/p>\n

Andy Wales band<\/a> (Leicester) Pop, Blues\/jazz, Classic rock. Both covers and originals<\/p>\n

Anoa<\/a> (Leicester) Indie, rock and roll, alternative<\/p>\n

Arcades<\/a> (Leicester) Rock<\/p>\n

Arc Isla<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Indie<\/p>\n

Audible Light<\/a> (Leicester) electronic, jazz and world music touches. Original songs only<\/p>\n

Autumn Dawn Leader<\/a> (Loughborough) Indie, Folk.<\/p>\n

Aztec Temples<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative rock, Indie. (Now defunct. See the band’s Facebook page for more details.)<\/p>\n

Barracuda<\/a> (Leicester) Indie, alternative<\/p>\n

Before The Crash<\/a> (Coalville) \u00a0Alternative, both originals and covers<\/p>\n

Brandy Thieves, the<\/a> \u00a0(Leicester)\u00a0Gypsy, ska-infused punk rock<\/p>\n

Burnout, The<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Indie, Punk, originals songs and covers<\/p>\n

Chambers<\/a> (Leicester) ‘Our genre is our own.’<\/p>\n

Common Strays<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, indie, original songs only<\/p>\n

Courtney Askey Music<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative<\/p>\n

Dan Wright Music<\/a> (Leicester) Indie\/Blues\/Jazz\/Folk.<\/p>\n

Dancing Wumasters<\/a> (Loughborough) Alternative, Indie, Ska\/reggae, Blues\/Jazz<\/p>\n

David Wyatt band<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Indie, Pop, Blues\/jazz, Folk, Classic rock. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Dawson Smith & The Dissenters<\/a>. (Leicester).\u00a0 Classic rock, Americana, both covers and originals.<\/p>\n

Day of the Moon<\/a> (Leicester) indie.<\/p>\n

Dreams of Carnage<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Punk<\/p>\n

Dust & Debris<\/a>, (Leicester) Rock, blues, country, soul. Covers and original songs.<\/p>\n

Earls<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, punk, grunge original songs<\/p>\n

Echolocation<\/a> (Leicester) Avant (garde) rock<\/p>\n

Eden Avenue<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative rock, metal, original<\/p>\n

Elysian<\/a> (Leicester) Blues, Jazz<\/p>\n

Excellent Adventures, the<\/a> (Leicester) rock, pop<\/p>\n

Fazed<\/a>, The (Leicester) Indie. Original songs only<\/p>\n

Ferris<\/a> (Leicestershire) Alternative, rock, pop<\/p>\n

Feverkicks, the<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Pop, Blues\/jazz, Grunge, Classic rock.<\/p>\n

Finches of Attica<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative rock<\/p>\n

First Wave<\/a> (Leicester) Punk<\/p>\n

Fivehead<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Fractions<\/a> (Hinckley) Metal, original songs.<\/p>\n

Fullfathom5<\/a> (Leicester) Indie<\/p>\n

Gallows High<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative rock, mainly original songs, some covers.<\/p>\n

Gestalt<\/a> (Leicester) Punk, Electronica. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Goldwater<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Graves<\/a> (Leicester) Grunge. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Graystarr<\/a> (Leicester\/Coalville) Classic Rock.<\/p>\n

G\u00dcNK<\/a> (Leicester) Grunge.<\/p>\n

Gu-Ru<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Electronica, Blues\/jazz. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Hammer of the Gods<\/a> (Leicester) Classic rock tribute to Led Zeppelin<\/p>\n

Harri Giorgio<\/a> and the Well Behaved young men (Leicester) Underground<\/p>\n

Hartland Country<\/a> (Leicester) Americana, both covers and originals.<\/p>\n

Heartland Roots Band, The<\/a> (Leicester), Americana, both covers and originals<\/p>\n

Hell’s Addiction<\/a> (Leicester) Hard rock<\/p>\n

Homeless Shakespeare\u00a0& The Pigeon Theatre<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Ska\/reggae, Blues\/jazz, Rap\/dub\/hip-pop, Both original songs and covers.<\/p>\n

Jesse Wright Band<\/a> (Leicester) Pop, blues\/jazz.<\/p>\n

Jesuscarfish<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, punk (original songs only)<\/p>\n

Jimmy Amnesia<\/a> (Leicester) Indie.<\/p>\n

Jouska<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Indie, Punk, Grunge<\/p>\n

Kafkadiva<\/a> (Leicester) Pop, original songs only<\/p>\n

Kill the Mammoth<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, indie<\/p>\n

Kismet<\/a> (Leicester) Pop, cover songs only<\/p>\n

Lambone Splinter<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Indie, Pop, Folk.<\/p>\n

Linden Tree<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, original songs only<\/p>\n

Lids, the<\/a> (Leicester) Indie.<\/p>\n

Lightning, the<\/a> (Coalville, Tamworth, Nuneaton), Pop, Classic Rock.<\/p>\n

Lockdown<\/a> (Loughborough) Classic rock covers band.<\/p>\n

Man Bear Pig<\/a> (Other Leicestershire) Punk, Grunge<\/p>\n

Midnight Dogs, the<\/a> (Leicester) \u00a0Classic rock, original songs only<\/p>\n

Mojohand<\/a> (Leicester) Pop<\/p>\n

Monachopsis<\/a> (Leicester) Metal. Original songs only<\/p>\n

Monochrome Days<\/a> (Derby\/Loughborough) Pop<\/p>\n

Monuments of Rock n Soul, the<\/a> (Leicester)<\/p>\n

Myoptik<\/a> (Leicester) Electronica, original only<\/p>\n

Nightcrawlers<\/a> (Leicestershire) Classic rock<\/p>\n

No More Heroes<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative<\/p>\n

Oceans Apart<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative rock, new five-piece rock band<\/p>\n

Ohana<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative indie rock, original songs only<\/p>\n

Our City Fires<\/a> (Leicester) alt-rock. Mainly originals songs.<\/p>\n

Out of Karma<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative ska and reggae. Original songs.<\/p>\n

Paul J. Roberts<\/a> (Leicester) indie, alternative<\/p>\n

Po! (Leicester) Indie, Pop<\/p>\n

Produkty<\/a>, (Leicester), Na\u00efve Art Rock<\/p>\n

PYRVMIDS<\/a> (Leicester) rock, original (have called it a day. No longer active. See Oceans Apart, above)<\/p>\n

Racketeers<\/a> (Leicester) Rock and roll, folk, indie<\/p>\n

Rawkus Redz<\/a> (Leicester, Shepshed) Hard rock with a metal edge<\/p>\n

Replica<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, indie, pop covers<\/p>\n

Revival<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative indie, original songs<\/p>\n

Rip the Sky<\/a> (Loughborough) Blues\/Jazz<\/p>\n

Royal Arcade<\/a> (Leicester) “dreamy jangle core nu gaze”<\/p>\n

Ruby Doos<\/a>, the (Leicester) Americana, covers and originals<\/p>\n

Scrubs, the<\/a> (Leicester) Grunge, both originals and covers<\/p>\n

Sedations, the<\/a> (Leicester) Punk<\/p>\n

Sepia Sun<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Electronica, Grunge.<\/p>\n

Skam<\/a> (Leicester) Rock.<\/p>\n

Smack Jack<\/a> (Leicester) Psychedelic grunge. Original songs.<\/p>\n

Southside Rebellion<\/a> (Leicester) Punk<\/p>\n

Stonepark (Leicester) Indie, ska, reggae, pop. Covers only.<\/p>\n

Supercrazybrain<\/a> (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Indie, Classic rock, original songs only.<\/p>\n

The – bands whose names begin with ‘the’ are listed under the next word in their name.<\/p>\n

Surrealists<\/a>, The (Leicester)\u00a0Alternative, Punk, Hardcore. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Temple of Lies<\/a> (Leicester) Metal, Rock, Stoner Rock, Grunge<\/p>\n

Times To Kill<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, Electronica, Hardcore. Original songs only<\/p>\n

Timmas<\/a> (Leicester) Two-piece.<\/p>\n

Traps<\/a> (Leicester) Indie<\/p>\n

Try Subversion<\/a> (Leicester) Punk. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Unseen Underground<\/a> (Leicester) Post-punk, alt-rock. Both covers and originals<\/p>\n

Waldorf<\/a> (Leicester) Indie, grunge. Original songs only.<\/p>\n

Way Out, the<\/a> (Loughborough) Folk<\/p>\n

Weallfallsilent<\/a> (Leicester) Indie rock<\/p>\n

We Be Beasts<\/a> (Leicester) Alternative, indie.<\/p>\n

We Give In<\/a> (Leicester) melodic punk, pop punk<\/p>\n

We Tried Kylie<\/a> (Leicester) Pop.<\/p>\n

Whatdafunk<\/a> (Leicestershire)\u00a0 Funk, Funk Jazz, Funk Rock Soul, Disco. Covers but with a\u00a0 twist.<\/p>\n

Whiskey Rebellion, the<\/a> (Leicester) Folk<\/p>\n

World Can Wait<\/a>, the (Leicester) Alternative, Metal (no longer active)<\/p>\n

Yodaclub<\/a>\u00a0(Leicester) Alternative.\u00a0 Based in Northants but for playing purposes our base is Leicester.<\/p>\n

Zeppelins, the<\/a> (Leicester) Classic rock.<\/p>\n

Nearby bands<\/h2>\n

Kynch<\/a> (Nottingham) Punk rock\/pop punk. Kynch regularly play at Leicester venues.<\/p>\n

Scumbus<\/a> (Peterborough) Punk<\/p>\n

Gypsy<\/a> (Kettering)\u00a0Alternative, Electronica, original songs only.<\/p>\n

Don’t fret if your band is not there yet; it takes quite a while to work through the inputs.<\/p>\n

A new list is being prepared for singers, soloists and acoustic duos. If your act is not in the above list, it is possible it will appear on the other list.<\/p>\n

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See also:<\/p>\n

Leicester bands of 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Singers and solo artists of 2017 to2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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