Sunderland The New London or Manchester.

[Eamon]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-nor...e-heartstrings

[mackem in milan]

Read the comments, the journo gets ripped to pieces and I think you mean Liverpool not London.

[Teed]

How olds this article couldn't be arsed to read it like.

[JAZZMANB]

https://apps.facebook.com/theguardia...pes=news.reads

not received well by the the sunderland lads as above response shows

[mini-x2]

Bout time Sunderland produced summit other than the usual guitar shite then.

[Teed]

Originally Posted by mini-x2

Bout time Sunderland produced summit other than the usual guitar shite then.

Guitar shites the in thing man Min, neebodys interested in that bleep bleepity blip stuff man, it went out in the 90's people want real stuff, not pretendy playing.

[BishopQuaker]

Manchester/Salford area produce at least 3 bands/groups/artists every year I'd reckon.

Some make it, some don't, but nevertheless this area keeps on giving.

[WheyHey]

Originally Posted by Teed

Guitar shites the in thing man Min, neebodys interested in that bleep bleepity blip stuff man, it went out in the 90's people want real stuff, not pretendy playing.

You forgot the Boo Bop Bop Boo Boo drum sound

[Bukowski]

That piece is a re-hash of one that Allan Glen did for Live UK. Well-meaning but at the same time, a misrepresentation of how Field Music and The Futureheads came to be in the position they are today.

Dave Brewis replied on Wednesday with this cracking little piece.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-nor...ads?CMP=twt_gu

The debate has rolled on and could be the catalyst for a new co-operative between Sunderland musicians, young and not so young, working with the Council to iron out their differences. Quite exciting really.

[Big Sharp Teeth]

And before Rolf and Cindy et al were Leatherface and Hooton 3 Car and the like, who between them managed to influence the sound of the Japanese punk scene of the mid 90s.