List of bands originating in Leeds

The following is a list of bands originating from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

• Abrasive Wheels^[1]
• Age of Chance^[2]
• Alt-J^[3]
• And None of Them Knew They were Robots^[4]
• Bearfoot Beware^[5]
• Black Star Liner^[6]
• Black Moth^[7]
• Black Wire^[8]
• Brawlers (band)^[9]
• The Bridewell Taxis^[10]
• Buen Chico^[11]
• Castrovalva (band)^[12]
• The Chevin^[13]
• Chumbawamba
• The Cribs^[14]
• Christie^[15]
• Classically Handsome Brutes^[16]
• Cryptic Shift^[17]
• Cud^[10]
• Dead Disco^[14]
• The Declining Winter^[18]
• Delta 5^[19]
• Dinosaur Pile-Up^[20]
• Distortion Mirrors^[21]
• Duels^[22]
• The Dunwells^[23]
• Eagulls^[24]
• Edsel Auctioneer^[25]
• Eureka Machines^[26]
• The Expelled
• Fig.4.0^[27]
• The Flex^[28]
• The Flying Hendersons
• ¡Forward, Russia!^[14]
• Gang of Four^[29]
• Gentleman's Dub Club^[30]
• Girls at Our Best!^[31]
• Grammatics^[32]
• Hadouken!^[14]
• Higher Power^[33]
• The Hollow Men^[34]
• Hood
• Hope & Social^[35]
• I Concur^[36]
• Icon A.D.^[37]
• I Like Trains^[38]
• Jan Dukes de Grey^[39]
• Kaiser Chiefs^[22]
• The Manhattan Love Suicides^[40]
• The March Violets^[41]
• The Mekons^[29]
• The Mission^[42]
• The Music^[43]
• The New Mastersounds^[44]
• Nightmares on Wax^[29]
• The Outer Limits (pre-Christie)^[45]
• Pale Saints^[10]
• The Parachute Men^[25]
• The Pigeon Detectives^[29]
• Pulled Apart by Horses^[46]
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry^[47]
• The Rhythm Sisters^[48]
• The Rose of Avalanche^[41]
• Scritti Politti^[49]
• Send More Paramedics^[50]
• The Sisters of Mercy^[14]
• Sky Larkin^[51]
• Soft Cell^[22]
• Stateless^[52]
• Static Dress^[53]
• Submotion Orchestra^[54]
• The Sunshine Underground^[22]
• This Et Al^[52]
• The Three Johns^[55]
• Utah Saints^[56]
• Vessels^[57]
• Vib Gyor^[58]
• Vipertime
• The Wedding Present^[10]
• Wild Beasts^[59]
• Yard Act
• Your Vegas

See also

• Music in Leeds
• Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England

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