Bands and musicians from North East England

This is a list of noteworthy bands and musicians from the North East of England.

Groups

* 3 Colours Red — Guitarists Chris McCormack and Paul Grant both from Newcastle upon Tyne.
* Angelic Upstarts — Punk band formed in South Shields.
* The Animals — formed in Newcastle, all members born and grew up in the Newcastle area.
* Ant and Dec — television entertainers, released albums under the guise of PJ & Duncan. Born and grew up in Newcastle.
* AOS3 - formed in Sunderland.
* The Arty Clarke Experience - Formed in Amble By The Sea.
* [Bubble project - Sunderland based band
] - Formed in Middlesbrough
* Backworth colliery band - brass band based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
* Baghdaddies — gypsy/klezmer/balkan brass-heavy party band, big on the festival circuit.
* Clearway — guitarist and songwriter John Cardill was born and grew up in North Shields.
* China Drum — formed in Ovingham.
* The Denvers — Les Denvers on French Polydor Records. Formed in 1960 in Billingham.
* Dire Straits — the Knopfler brothers grew up in Newcastle. Alan Clarke is from Durham.
* Drill — Industrial noise punk band, later moving into electronica. Released albums on the Abstract label in the early 90s. Still going.
* Dubstar — formed in Newcastle.
* Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire - Formed in Newcastle.
* Field Music — formed in Sunderland.
* The Futureheads — formed in Sunderland.
* Hug — formed in Newcastle signed to Kitchenware Records.
* The Handals - Formed in Newcastle.
* Journey South — runners-up in ITV's The X Factor competition, from Middlesbrough.
* Kenickie — formed in Sunderland.
* Leatherface — formed in Sunderland.
* — formed in Newcastle.
* Lighthouse Family — formed in Newcastle.
* — formed in Newcastle.
* Maxïmo Park — formed in Newcastle.
* Munky Punch — ska-punk band, formed in Durham.
* The Motorettes — formed in Tynemouth.
* Neil...Your Bedroom's on Fire - formed in Tynemouth and Blyth
* Prefab Sprout — formed in the Durham area.
* Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
* Silver Sun - formed in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
* Skip Bifferty
* — formed in Newcastle.
* Sleepy People — formed in Newcastle, members later went on to form Ultrasound.
* The SoundEx — formed in Newcastle.
* Spraydog - formed in Chester-le-Street and Newcastle.
* The Toy Dolls — formed in Sunderland.
* The Tygers of Pan Tang — formed in Whitley Bay.
* This Ain't vegas - Post punk influenced band from Sunderland
* Ultrasound — formed by several members of the early 90s Newcastle-based band Sleepy People.
* Venom — formed in Newcastle.
* - Indie rock band, formed in Washington.
* Voorhees — formed in Durham.
* The Wildhearts — formed in Newcastle.
* The Witches of Elswick - formed in Newcastle.
* yourcodenameis:milo — formed in Newcastle.
* — formed and based in Newcastle.

Individuals
* ]- singer. hit single 'Bobby's Girl' born in Consett, Co. Durham.
* Donna Air — one-time pop singer. Born and raised in Newcastle.
* Don Airey — keyboard player with Rainbow, Deep Purple, Cozy Powell and others. Born and grew up in Sunderland.
* Keith Airey — session player and guitarist for Tom Jones. Born and grew up in Sunderland.
* Gem Archer — of Oasis. Was brought up in County Durham.
* Mark Atkinson — drummer with Middlesbrough punk band The Filth
* Owen Brannigan — opera singer, born in Annitsford, near Newcastle.
* Chas Chandler — bass player for The Animals. Also manager of Jimi Hendrix & Slade. Born in Newcastle.
* Michelle Scott-Lee - of the pop band Liberty X. Born in Gateshead.
* Cheryl Cole (neé Tweedy) - member of girl band Girls Aloud. Born in Newcastle.
* David Coverdale — born in Saltburn; educated in Middlesbrough.
* Neville Clay — bard of Longbenton.
* Pete Doherty — of Babyshambles and formerly of The Libertines. Born in Hexham.
* Bryan Ferry — of Roxy Music. Born and grew up in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
* Vin Garbutt - folk singer/songwriter from Middlesborough.
* Paul Gascoigne — football player and one-time pop singer. Born and raised in Gateshead.
* Janick Gers — Iron Maiden guitarist. Born and grew up in Hartlepool.
* Spike Gray — of The Quireboys. Born and raised in the Newcastle area.
* Robson Green — of Robson & Jerome fame. Born in Hexham.
* Toni Halliday — singer with Curve. Born in Sunderland.
* Ronnie Asprey - Alto sax player with Backdoor
* Richard Anthony Hewson — sole member of RAH-Band. Born in Stockton-on-Tees.
* Trevor Horn — producer, songwriter and musician. Born and raised in Durham.
* Eddy Huntington — "Italio Disco" star in the late 1980's. Had top 10 hits across the world - biggest hit USSR. Born and raised in Peterlee.
* Eddie Jobson - multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer. Played with Curved Air, Roxy Music, Jethro Tull et al. Born and raised in Billingham, County Durham.
* Brian Johnson — of Geordie and AC/DC. Born and grew up in Dunston, Gateshead.
* Alex Kapranos — of Franz Ferdinand. Was raised in Sunderland and South Shields.
* Stephen Lawrie — of The Telescopes. Born in Ashington, grew up in East Hartford.
* Jez Lowe — born and raised in County Durham.
* Hank Marvin — born in Newcastle.
* Micky Moody - born and bred in Middlesborough, played in school band with Paul Rodgers
* Jimmy Nail — born and grew up in Newcastle.
* Graeme Nicholls — guitarist in Voorhees, We Be the Echo, Break It Up. Born and raised in Durham.
* Richard Parry — lead singer of Don't Tell Rachel. Born in Middlesbrough.
* Dom P — producer. Released single on Wordplay/Virgin. Produced for Skinnyman, Fallacy and Edo G. Born in North Shields.
* Chris Rea — born and grew up in Middlesbrough.
* Paul Rodgers — of Free, The Firm and Bad Company. Born and grew up in Middlesbrough.
* Martin Stephenson — born and grew up in Sunderland.
* Dave Stewart — of the Eurythmics and The Tourists. Born in Sunderland.
* Sting — born and grew up in Wallsend.
* Andy Taylor — of Duran Duran. Born and grew up in Newcastle.
* Neil Tennant — of The Pet Shop Boys. Born and grew up in North Shields.
* Paul Thompson — Roxy Music's drummer. From Jarrow.
* Kathryn Tickell — born and grew up in Wark.
* Pete Trewavas — of Marillion. Born in Middlesbrough.
* Bruce Welch — grew up in Chester-le-Street.
* Alan White — drummer for 34 years with Yes. Born in Pelton near Chester-le-Street.
(Kev McGuire) singer songwriter with The Candy Ranch brought up in Hartlepool

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