An Alphabet of Bands you have seen live

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Nicked off our SLO on Facebook:

Alice Cooper

Black Stone Cherry

Cliff Richard

David Bowie

ELO

Focus

Genesis

H

Imelda May

Jon Bon Jovi

K

Leo Sayer

Madness

Nazareth

O

PFM

Queen

Rolling Stones

Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Tina Turner

U

V

Wilco Johnson

X

Y

ZZ Top
 
Top thread idea!
Missing out any "The"s -

Alarm
Billy Bragg
Carter USM
Dubliners
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fields of the Nephilim
Go Go Bordello
Hazel O'Connor
Iron Maiden
Journey
Kiss
Levellers
Mission
New Model Army
Ozzy Osbourne
Pixies
Queensryche
Roger Waters
Sisters of Mercy
Toten Hosen
Undertones
Van Morrison
Wonderstuff
X-Ray Specs
Youssou N'Dour
Ziggy Marley
 
And my son wanted to have a pop......

Alice Cooper
Bowling for Soup
Coral
Dropkick Murphys
Exploited
Flogging Molly
Goldfinger
Hazel O'Connor
Iron Maiden
Journey
Ken Boothe
Levellers
Mad Caddies
New Model Army
Offspring
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
Queensryche
Real Big Fish
Save Ferris
Thunder
Undertones
Vice Squad
Waterboys
X
Y
Ziggy Marley
 
Love this thread! :

Athlete
Badly Drawn Boy
Charlatans
Depeche Mode
Elbow
Flaming Lips
Go-Betweens
Husker Du
Ian Brown
James
Kaiser Chiefs
Lambchop
Miracle Legion
New Order
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Queens of the Stone Age
REM
Sparklehorse
Tindersticks
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Violent Femmes
Wedding Present
XTC
Yeah Yeah yeahs
Zutons
 
Nicked off our SLO on Facebook:

Alice Cooper

Black Stone Cherry

Cliff Richard

David Bowie

ELO

Focus

Genesis

H

Imelda May

Jon Bon Jovi

K

Leo Sayer

Madness

Nazareth

O

PFM

Queen

Rolling Stones

Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Tina Turner

U

V

Wilco Johnson

X

Y

ZZ Top
ABC
Blondie
Cast
Dollar
Earth Wind and fire
Four seasons
Gary Glitter
Human League
Imagination
Jam
Kate Bush
Love Affair
Moody Blues
New Order
OMD
Peters and Lee
Finley Quaye
Racey
Specials
TPau
Undertones
Voice of the Beehive
Who
XTC
Yes
Zoe

Some of those I wouldn't normally proclaim😂😂
 
Athlete-Arctic Monkeys
Black Grape or Blur
Coldplay
Doves/David Gray
E - Meant to be seeing the Eagles in Aug
Fratellis/Faithless
Goldfrapp/Groove Armada
Hard-Fi
Iggy Pop/Iron Maiden
J - none
Kasabian/Killers/KoL
L - none
Manics/Muse
N - none
Oasis/Ozzy Osbourne
Prodigy/Primal Scream
Q
Royksopp
Stereophonics
Thunder
U - none
V - none
W.A.S.P.
X - none
Y - none
Z - none
 
Off the top of my head...

ACDC and Adele (not together😂)
Black Sabbath and Black Roots
Cabaret Voltaire
Elton John
Gary Glitter
Joan Baez
Leona Lewis and Lynyrd Skynyrd ("Reincarnated " version)
Metallica and Mud
Paul Blake and the Bloodfire Posse
Saxon, Status Quo and Slade
Tangerine Dream, The Sweet, The Chameleons and The Waterboys.
Whitesnake

However... the list of bands I wish I'd seen would be longer🙁
 
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Coldplay
Def Leppard
Eagles
Fanny
Genesis
Hot Tuna
INXS
Jethro Tull
Killers
Lynyrd Skynrd
Manic Street Preachers
Nazareth
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Pink Floyd
Quo
Rory Gallagher
Santana
Thin Lizzy
Uriah Heep
Van Morrison
Wishbone Ash
X
Yes
ZZ Top
 
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Top thread idea!
Missing out any "The"s -

Alarm
Billy Bragg
Carter USM
Dubliners
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fields of the Nephilim
Go Go Bordello
Hazel O'Connor
Iron Maiden
Journey
Kiss
Levellers
Mission
New Model Army
Ozzy Osbourne
Pixies
Queensryche
Roger Waters
Sisters of Mercy
Toten Hosen
Undertones
Van Morrison
Wonderstuff
X-Ray Specs
Youssou N'Dour
Ziggy Marley
Johnno it’s 'Die Toten Hosen' but as 'The' is being dropped l get your logic 👍
 
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Beautiful South
Charlatans
Depeche Mode
Elvis Costello
F
G
Human League
I
Jam
K
L
Madness
New Order
OMD
Police
Q
R
Stranglers
Three Degrees!
Ultravox
V
Weller (Paul) you didn't expect me to own upto Wham!!😖
X
Y
Z

Double up on loads if letters, loads of letters I've not seen any groups/artists that match!!
 
Alkaline Trio
Blink 182
C
D
Epoxies
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Hell is For Heroes
I
J
Killswitch Engage
Limp Bizkit
Misfits
NoFx
O
Papa Roach
Q
Reel Big Fish
Slipknot
The Futureheads
U
Violent Delight
Wasted Daze
X
Y
Z
 
A anti pasti/ anti nowhere league/ AC/DC/ Adverts
B: Blondie/ B52's/ The Boys/ Beautiful South/ Bon Jovi/ The Beat.
C: Charlatans/ Cast/ Chelsea
D: Dandy Warhols/Duncan Reid/ Damned.
E: Eastfield/ Elvis Costello/ echo and the bunnymen.
F: Foo Fighters/ Fratellis / Feargal Sharkey.
G: Gang of Four/ Grandaddy/ Goldblade
H: Honeyblood/ Happy Mondays
I: Idles/ Ian Brown/ Interpol/ Inspiral Carpets
J: The Jam/ James
K: Kings of Leon/ Kula Shaker/ Knock Off/ Kaiser Chiefs
L: Levellers/ Life/ Lurkers
M: Magic Numbers/ Morrissey
N: Newtown Neurotics/ Nickelback
O: Oasis
P: Pink Floyd/ Penetration/ PiL/ Placebo
Q: Queen
R: Rezillos/ Roger Waters/ Richard Ashcroft/ Ruts DC
S: Selecter/ Specials/ Sham 69/ Skids/ SLF/ Suede/ Squeeze/ Smith's/ Slow Readers Club/ Stone Rises etc etc
T: Teleman/ Tom Petty
U: Undertones
V: Vikki Vortex and the Cumshots/ Vibrators
W: Waaves
X: X ambassadors
Y: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z: Zounds

Off the top of my head. Loads more.
 
Andy Fairweather low

Booker T

Chic

Desmond Dekker

Elkie Brooks

Fleetwood Mac

Genesis

Hogan’s Heroes

Imelda May

Joe Bonamassa

Kyla Brox

Larry Miller

Man

Nine Below Zero

Oli Brown

Popa Chubby

Q

Rod Stewart

Status Quo

10CC

Urban Voodoo Machine

V

Wishbone Ash

Xander & the Peace Pirates

Y

Z
 
ABC
Bon Iver
Crowded House
Damien Rice
Elbow
Future Islands
Genesis
Happy Mondays
Iron & Wine
James Brown
Killers
London Grammar
Meat Loaf
New Order
Ozric Tentacles
Peter Gabriel
Quireboys
Roddy Frame
Springsteen
Talking Heads
U2
Van Morrison
White Stripes
X
Yazoo
Zero 7 (DJ Set)
 
Angels
Blondie
Cure
Damned
E
F
G
Hoodoo Gurus
Interference
Japan
K
L
Mental As Anything
N
Only Ones
Public Image Limited
Q
R
Stranglers
Tim Finn
UK Squeeze
Void
W
X
Yes
Zanti Misfits
 
Alien Sex Fiend
Balaam and the Angel
Claytown Troupe
Dandelion Adventure
E
Faith no More
Ghost Dance
Hollow Men
Ides of March
Janes Addiction
Killing Joke
Mission
New Model Army
O
Pop Will Eat Itself
Q
Riverside Trio
Salvation
Terry and Jerry
Utah Saints
Vee VV
Wonder Stuff
X
Young Gods
Zanti Misfitz
 
Hold my pint....

So just off the top of my head....

Arctic Monkeys / Arcade Fire / Alt J / Amy Winehouse / Adele
Bruce Springstein / Blur / Beyonce / Black Keys / Beck
Coldplay / Chemical Brothers / Courteeners / Cure
Foo Fighters / Flo & The Machine
Doves / Dolly Parton
Editors / Elbow / Ed Sheeran
Fatboy Slim / Foals / Faithless
Gorillaz
Hot Chip
I (Gah cant think of any!!)
Jay-Z / Jack White
Kasabian / Killers / Kings of Leon / Kanye West / Kenny Rogers
Lady Gaga / Lionel Richie / Libertines / Liam Gallagher
Muse / Manic Street Preachers / Mumford & Sons / Metallica
Noel Gallagher HFBs
Oasis / Orbital
Pink Floyd / Prodigy / Primal Scream / Pendulum / Paul Weller
Queens of the Stone Age
Rolling Stones / Radiohead / Royal Blood / Robert Plant
Stone Roses / Stereophonics / Stevie Wonder / Smashing Pumpkins
Tom Jones / Take That / Tame Impala
U2
Verve / Vampire Weekend / Vaccines
Who / White Stripes
XX
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZZ Top

Plus doubtless many many more too numerous and obscure to mention

A mix of 20 years+ of gigging, festivals and 11 consecutive years of Glastonbury attendance
 
Anthrax
Bon Jovi
Chase & Status
Deep Purple
Editors
Faith no More
Guns n Roses
Halloween
Iron Maiden
J -
Kaiser Chiefs
L-
Metallica
N-
Oasis
Pendulum
Q-
Rolling Stones
Skid Row
T- Not including any which start with The
U-
Verve
W.A.S.P
X, Y, Z-
At of other bands but chose to pick one per letter.
 
AC/DC / Arctic Monkeys
Buzzcocks / Big Country
Chelsea
Damned
Edwin Starr
Fun Lovin Criminals
Rory Gallagher/ Grandmaster Flash
Sammy Hagar / Husker Du
Iron Maiden
Wilko Johnson
K
L
Membranes
Nine Below Zero
O
Public Enemy
Q
Ramones
Stranglers / Selecter
Thin Lizzy
UFO
Vampire Weekend
Wire
X
Y & T
ZZ Top
 
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