List of Famous Bands from Salford
List of Salford bands, listed by their level of fame. This Salford musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Salford bands are included, as well as many Salford musicians of underground status. This list of Salford musical artists includes information like what genre the artist falls under, what albums they've put out and more. If you want to know more about these famous Salford bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. Bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more.
This is a list that features bands like New Order and Joy Division.
If you're wondering, "What bands are from Salford?" or "What is a list of Salford bands?" then this list will answer your questions. {#nodes}- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music
- Albums: Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Technique, Brotherhood
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 and currently consisting of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman. The band was formed in 1980 by Sumner, ...more - Punk rock, Post-punk
- Albums: Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Substance, Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings, An Ideal for Living
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen ...more - Synthpunk, Synthpop, New Wave
- Albums: That's Not My Name, Great DJ, We Started Nothing, That's Not My Name / Great DJ, Fruit Machine / Impacilla Carpisung
The Ting Tings are a British musical duo, consisting of Katie White and Jules De Martino. They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford, Greater Manchester. White and ...more - Pop music, Dance-punk, Electro house
- Albums: Trash, X Marks Destination, Wired Together, Muzzle No.1, Trash / Frustration
The Whip are a band whose founding members, Bruce Carter and Danny Saville, hail from Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. They were previously in the hotly tipped four-piece Nylon Pylon, who were ...more - Operatic pop, Classical music, Pop rock
- Albums: The Voice, Encore, Amore Musica, With Love From Russell Watson, That's Life
Russell Watson (born 24 November 1966) is an English tenor who has released singles and albums of both operatic-style and pop songs. The self-styled "People's Tenor" had been singing since he was a ...more - New Wave, Rock music, Punk rock
- Albums: Downtown America, Hard Travellin'
Dave Sharp (born 28 January 1959) is an English guitarist who co-founded, along with Mike Peters, the Welsh punk/new wave band The Alarm.