A-Z of Norwich bands 12 January 2024 The A-Z of Norwich bands Norwich is a fairly compact city so you might expect the music scene to be of similarly limited dimensions. It's therefore a whopping surprise to encounter the sprawling, many tentacled, multi dimensional, madly talented thing that is the Norwich music monster. The number and indeed the scope of bands with a link to Norwich quite defies belief. Is it 2023 already? I'm still updating this so feel free to send bands for inclusion (but it does take a week or so for me to get around to updating it) Send an email to info @ sofacom.co.uk with the name of the band, web site address and a one line description. If the band doesn't have a web site then send a couple of lines about them. Latest additions The Window Test HOOK - synth rock/pop band first gigged in 2019 Electric Storm - 5-piece rock active from 1974-80The big list4D Jones5150 - late 80's early 90's heavy rock covers band59 Reasons Abbababes - tribute band (can you guess to whom)The Aborts - late 70s / early 80s punkAbyssThe Acme Blues Company - original R and B in the early 1990sAction Jacks Adenland - Blues/rock originals and coversAdrenochrome - dark metal with samplesThe Afterburners - formed for a summer with players from The Four Stanleys plus others The Afterthought - Quirky guitar and synth duo now based in Norwich Agent Orange - Modern pop & rock covers, with a bit of Marxist/Leninist Gardeners World Funk (so I'm told)Airbridge - early 80's - progrock Algae Bloom - screamo Alice - mid 80s Norwich sceneAll Cats are Grey All Mighty Whispers alpha seven - creator of Great Lift Journeys of NorwichAlto 45 - lo fi popAngel - 1997/1997 formerly Slinky MinxAngelouThe Angels - 1970's to 80's heavy rock. Played Reading festival in 82, supported Iron Maiden a number of timesArmy of one Atomic - Six piece function band covering classic tracks from funk and soul to modern rock and pop Avid - Sampled downbeat drumloops and soulful vocalsAxis - 70's bandB-mer The Badger Famine - slightly barking three piece - recommended! Michael Bailey - gigging up and coming singer songrwiterBang goes my stereo - later to become the Farmers BoysBaptism of FireThe BardotsBasti - late 1980s / early 90s - big, noisy and exciting - released an album and string of 12" singles Batteries not included - one man electronic covers act from up the road in Cromer Bearsuit - new album out in 2010 - yayBedfordThe Beef - blink covers and original (split at end of 2004)Bejebus - original indie/synth/rock The Bell - edgy indie/alternativeBenn's little rebellion - heavy grungePhil BettsBig and Beautiful - featuring Neil Dyer of Screen Three amongst othersBig Bang Theory - later became The Midfield Generals and then Starfish The Big picture The Big Slinky - ecelectic, funky porn groove rockBIGSISTER - covers of classic songs from female artistsBinaryBird - original material and covers from Blondie to Led ZeppelinThe Birmingham International - genre crossing funkBizzumble - bizarre folk thing - late 90s Black Shuck - Norwich garage rockBlag - ska core gangster punk from Norwich and North Walsham Blind Tiger - 80's rock - covers and originalsBlister - indie-rock covers and original materialBlue Bamboo - formed from The Rezistors and Little Icaria when various members left for collegeBluescriptBob Hope to die The Bondage BoysBoomerang - early nineties outfitBoys will be boys - 1984 - 1994 Distinctive pop - glam rock covers bandBraindanceBreak It Gently Bright Spark - 60s-style harmony rock'n'roll trio - original material and covers Bring the thunder - energetic rockBronte BrothersRay Brower - likened to a bass driven guitar implosion in a shadowy nightclub and LCD sound system meets The Fall The Brownies - tuneful irresistible punk excellenceThe Browning version Bucket - young ska rockers with 2 EPs under their belts alreadyRoger Bunn Buster James - rocking East Anglia since the late seventiesBuswood Canis Strange - Britpop before it was called BritpopCapitalist Music - Circa 1980 - new wave rock/pop Captain Swing - early 80s indie pop - seemingly re-emerging...Caramel FunkCarl Gustav and the 84's - new-wave rock/punk - an early 80's incarnation of the Kamikaze PilotsCary Grant's WeddingCasino Cassus - screamo CatalogueCatherine WheelCaz Carnaby 5 - Amazing lounge pop around in the late eightiesCeltica - 7 piece psychedelic techno folk bandThe ChaseChasing Red - accurate pop rock covers and energetic originalsSimon Chatterton - Currently in the Aftershave, Simon was in the seminal Norwich group - The Higsons.Cheek Chibber - rock - and funThe Chief LickersChilde - 70's bandChildren of The RevolutionChiselThe Chocolate FireguardsChoked on a wormCineclub - guitar indie - well worth a listen The Claire Barker band - soul, disco, funk Cleaving Heevages - entertaining, tongue in cheek musical madnessClench - ska, punk and serious rock N roll The Clynics - Circa 1978-1980 The Collective - 7 piece, classic and contemporary soul, funk and rock coversCompact Pussycat - four piece female pop punk - loved by the Damned and the Skulls Console wars - dark synth indie popCord - rock music in a Muse/Radiohead veinCortez - inventive indie rock four pieceThe Council of Ancients - goth/indie from Wymondham college in late 80sThe Crabs - all female outfit - Peel Session around 1983CrestCrow - early incarnation of the Buster James bandCTHRU27 - Lowestoft / London based alternative experimental Hip - RockCulverhouse - acoustic three piece Cydonia - Heavy Metal from The Fine CityD-void - Beccles/Lowestoft-based metald.p.f. - (son records) respected mc and mover and shaker in the hiphop sceneDaisyhead Dance Naked - Dance Naked were formed by Adventures in Reality editor and Stress co-founder Alan Rider and Garden of Delight's Kleo Kay in late 1986 after both bands split. The Darkness - ok - they're from down the road in Lowestoft but these glam rockers ooze qualityDays of power - classic rock band Dead Red - Femme-fronted hard rock Dead Stars - infectious elements of emo, hardcore, pop punk and skaDecadent Herbs Deep switchdef tex - hip hop since 1987Defective machine - young heavy metal band with influences from machine head, avenged sevenfold and metallicaDEKOY - - mix ska and punk with a little bit of rockDelta Radio Den of Iniquity - heavy metal with pop and punk influencesCathy Dennis - early 90s popster - now a writer of number ones for other artistsdepoproveraDes Lynam AllstarsDeviant - 1987-91 power/thrash metalDeviator - late 70s / early 80sDig those heels - circa 1985-87 - formed by Fez (Fire Hydrant Man) and Kevin Revell (4D Jones)Digital Bitch - 1983-1986 Heavy Rock act playing Festival House and WhitesDigital FrogDigital SnakesThe Disrupters Dissolute youth - early 80s costessy snotty punkDiVE The Divide - original rock playing around Norwich and Norfolk The Dizzy Sharks - mid 80's indie DJ78 - One man, a suit, two wind-up gramophones and a collection of 78s. GeniusDoctor Fondle and his love unlimited orchestraDoolittle Doomweasel Dr Stick - 80s synthpop trioDr. Space ToadEarthstoneEat The SurvivorsEat the peach - mid 80s (formerly Last of the midnight gardeners)Eclipse Terry Edwards - Former Higsons member and now a solo artistEggEighteen Yellow RosesElectric Storm - 5-piece rock active from 1974-80The Elephants - mid to late eighties pop/rock outfit often seen at Premises (NAC) The Elevators - classic four piece covers from the 60s to the 90sElsuBEmulsionEnchillicoEndless Drone - around from 1990 - 1993 - mix between Grunge and Shoegazing/Indie stuff of the day Endoka - post hardcore with progressive influencesEnglish Electric The Era - guitar rockEva Valve excel - short lived electronic pop in the early 90s F*ck dress - alternative weird compelling and interesting with a somewhat rude nameFabulous Kitchenware Face 1st - rock blues and boogieFaceless - big beats from big blokes - run Club Fatboy Faintest idea - a punk rock band from the lovely county of NorfolkFaith - slightly mad rock - originals and covers The Fallen Ideal - Alternative / Emo / Post HardcoreFallen Ikarus - four piece rock covers The Falling Men - early 80's band, big on synthFantasia - seven piece, Beccles-based function band The Farmers Boys - Norwich's most famous pop combo?FarrahFat Alice / Poontang - featured probably the greatest local guitarist of his era, Bob Walker. 70's -90's Hendrix, ZZ Top, BluesFeersum EnjinFetish11 - North Walsham mix of punk rock/post hardcore Fickle Youth - 3 piece punk Fiel GarvieThe Filter Queens - Fran Glendiing and Jon Baker (Neutrinos)The Finals The Fire Hydrant Men featuring The Fabulous FezettesThe Fire ThievesFireball XL5 - rockabilly excellenceFirehouse 7 - mid 80s Firewire - rock covers bandFirst family of f*ckFishermans Friends - jokey 'folk' singersFleece flickatheswitch - five piece riffing trumpet blowing ska-core from within the city walls of NorwichFlikker - post millenium rock The Floating Greyhounds - 1992 - present, one of Norwich's best loved Rock covers bands The Flygarricks - rhythm and bluesFlyover - 1992-1994 -chirpy Smiths/ Buzzcocks influenced indie pop with poor dress sense Fountain of love - early attempt at Beastie Boys style rapping and sampling The Four Dimensional Scientists - wacky popsters in labcoatsThe Four Stanleys Fourplay - blues-rock in the style of George Thorogood, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Elmore James and others foxholski - all-grrl band playing *alternative*The Frame - Pretty boy rock band from the mid eighties. Like a cross between Adam and the ants and Wham! but with attitude!FreshFull CircleFully grown men - three man scratch DJ outfit - competed in world DJ finalsFur Garden of Delights - early 80s Gee Mr Tracy - Pioneering techno poetryGenerator - three piece rock with ex Samson drummer Bill Fleming, originals and covers Get Carter - formed in 2002 - female fronted rock/indie/britpop covers bandThe Gift - now known as gingafuzzgingafuzz - formerly known as the Gift - this 4 piece now have a new website with MP3sThose Glam RockersGloboGo ask AliceGod's Acre Godburger - punk (in the loosest sense of the word) 1985-91Golden Dawn Goldrusha - blues classics and original materialGoober PatrolLee Gordon - up and coming singer/songwriter and guitarist Gorgeous - mid 80s Dexys meets Costello Gothic girls - early 80sGraeme Fulchers' Electric Blues Band - late 80's early 90'sGreat DominionsThe Great OutdoorsGreen Beach - ~1986-90 Smiths-esque combo led by Malcolm BirtwellGRiDLoCK - original rockGround Zero - mid 80's spacerock themed band, later renamed Underground ZeroGudvil - mid eighties indie pop strangeness Halcyon Days - A pop-prog-fusion band formed at UEA in 1989Half cutHalfCREAM - catch them around Norwich pubs such as the Blueberry, Brickmakers etcHalfDrawn - five piece indieHalflifeThe Halftime Oranges - formed 1993 but not up to much now (their words)! The Happy Few - did two tracks on the Norwich a Fine City LP amongst other things HarraluluHeading For Europe - Original Garage band in the punk sense, 1982 - 1984 HEADUP - funky, heavy, hi-energy, hardcoreHeatraeHeaveThe Hellfire club - North Walsham early 80s drum machine goth, reminiscent of The march violets and The sisters of mercy The Herman Herd - made up of future members of BASTIHigh on the Hog - Jazz fusion with original tunes and to be honest a bit weirdHigh Vinyl - tuneful indie four piece with witty lyrics and acoustic leanings The Higsons - One of the more famous Norwich bands - circa 1980 The Home Service - Experimental electronica circa 1981 The Honey Buzzards HOOK - synth rock/pop band first gigged in 2019 Horace Goes Skiing - Catchy power pop Horace Goes Skiing - Five best friends who grew up playing and recording music together in Great Yarmouth Horses Brawl - experimental trio perform on Fiddle, Recorders, Crumhorn, Guitar and Cello Hotwired - punk music Huck - indie/rock/popHunky DoryHunter - 70s Icarus Vision - Melodic four piece rock from NorwichIceniIdoclastImpact - (1984-1988) - Duran Duran meets Wham!Indecision - rock - original material with the odd cover independentthoughtalarm - dark stuffThe Inertia MovementThe Infinity Country Music project - Martin from Waddles new projectInsaniacThe Intensive breeders - early 80s punk The Interpreters - alternative indie/power/poppishThe Ire - late 1980s / early 90s The Israelites - electro new wave rock pop kind of thing The Ital SelectionItch - techno pop - early 80sIvyJamma - Sunday nights at the Mischief will never be the same again . . Jellystone - Punk pop rock covers plus a few originals since 2003Jliat - Internationally known electronic experimentalist Job lot of parasols - early 80s punk pub rockThe Joeys Jomarl - acoustic - ranging from acousto hip-hop to soulful tunesJosh Weller & the Availables - elegantly crafted pop songsJoylandJR Hartleys - guitar popJu Ju - late 70's funky bass, jangly guitar - Claire-Groganesque singerJune recruits - J jangly guitar popJust - raw emotion and powerful performances The Kabeedies - irresistable punky popstersThe Kaiser's advisers - 1985 - 1988 fantastic, serious / funny punk pop - eventually became Republic.Kaito - Norwich/Brighton quartet (eh?): noisy and tuneful at the same time Kaleidoscope - three piece performing covers from the 40's to the present dayThe Kamikaze Pilots - very odd new wave rockKev KaneThe Kaotixx - hardcore punkKarma Kanix - guitar feedback maestrosNeil Keeler Kenley's Padlock - old style rock/blues three piece Keno Kings - original R and B since 1996The KickshawThe Kickshaws The Killer Tomatoes - punkalicious high energy fun. Think I'm turning Japanese I really think so!...Kneehigh Knight Moves - wide ranging covers duo or trio The Krazy 88 - High energy rock covers band with music from the 70's to 00's KunK - Alternative Rock four piece hailing from the Norfolk/Suffolk border around 2002LahostLapsed PacifistLardy The Last men standing - covers and orginal rock from the 60s to the present The Last Straw - hyperactive folkLaugh away Rain - mid 80sLaughing Out LoudThe Lee Vasey BandLeft hand of god - around 1987 - did a great version of The Passenger The Legendary Gazelles Lemon curve - Experimental , new wave , industrialLemon Tiger - Grrr - brilliant, moving and melodic - and now sadly split (2006)LemonGrowersThe Lemons - bizarre Nivens spin-offLena Black Band - popular Norwich based RnB/Soul big band and singer, who founded the Rhythm Club with years of residency at the Ferry Boat Inn in the nineties. Now run the Crosswinds Barn-Rhythm Club(supporting/publicising Norwich bands/musicians) Lena Black's 'Hokum' Swing Jazz n Blues Band - early 20's 30's 40's Red Hot Kansas City swing jazz n blues style musicLeonard - progressive rock Let's eat grandma - pop duo with songs that will get under your skinLet's Scare Jessica to Death - surf stuff circa 1990 Little Icaria - 80s indie bandLittle Mark - blues flavoured hard rock gigging around Norwich A Little Uneasy - semi-acoustic, jazzy, rock'n'roll, bluesy, Latin, folk-rock duo Littlemink - alternative, experimental and quite lovelyLizzie's Peaks - rock bandLOGICBRAKE Loki - Indie rock covers (weddings/parties/events)The Long time promise - melodic guitar rock Lost? - punk rock/emoThe Love Explosion - circa 1985Lucas and his Soul Band - excellent covers bandLure LuxxLycanthropyMachinable - (1996) - were mentioned in NMEThe Macoys - early 80s country punk from DissThe Mad Arabs - various members of Choked on a WormMadder than the inmatesMadigan Magic Folk - gorgeous contemporary folk stylingsMagic Johnson Magoo - sonic scientists of the most playful orderMap of Tasmania - Country/Irish/Folk - covering the likes of The Pogues/Steve Earle/Waterboys/Levellers and moreMary Jones and the sCanDal - indie punkmasterplan for failure - 4 piece from Norwich - well worth a listen Measures - hardcore screaming punk rock with melodic elements (and is that birdsong in No More Stars)?Mechanical Star Melanie's Red Fleece - 60s/70s blues/rock covers band - from the Animals to the ZombiesThe Mid Field Generals Miffy and The Martians - short lived electronic pop project Milk - 1988-1994 def beat jangleMind the gap Mister Pink - Raunchy funky rocking all over East AngliaModest Jonny - new for 2003 - gigging in the Woolpack (Muspole St)MoggyThe Mohair TwinsMolten Molten Vole - Rock to make you fall overMonkeys in Human Suits - Summer 98 ambient post rockMoogThe Morags - mid 80s' Battle of the bands winnersMore Trouble with Girls - ex Silent NoiseMorty McVicar Mother Black Cap - prog rock - currently gigging around Norwich Moving Fingers - 80s /early 90s pop outfit signed to Mute Records Moxy Garbanzo - Balkan, Klezmer and Eastern European dance music and a few self-penned songs in a similar vein Mr Buss - Rock covers from the 60s, 70s and 80sThe Mustard BanditsMutley and the dogs - punk My visor - difficult to describe - indie - melodic - thought provoking - lovelyN.F.L.NakedNaked Dave - blend of Ska/Punk/Reggae/Funk/RockNavigator Ndx - noisy, epic instrumental electro 1 piece from NorwichNeatishead The Neutrinos - one of the most exciting new bands of the new millenium (Steve tells me)The New High - Norwich based indie/rock 'n' roll act with emphasis on sound, style and soulThe new reversal - guitar rockNew York scumhaters - anarcho punksNFLNick Allen and The Blues Prophets Nick Hall - singer song writer and all round musician Night Train - 9 piece blues soul funk and rock and roll covers band - parties, weddings and gigs around Norwich The Nivens - retro pop - big in France I'm toldNo FrillsThe No Nonsense Blues Band NobodaddyThe Nolan Brothers - Circa 1980 - 82. Among others featured Fez (ex Clynics before the Fire Hydrant men) Norwich City Concert Band - a committed group of woodwind, brass and percussion playersNuclear Sockets - 1980 ishO Nechushtanoil red o - three piece instrumental since 1998Oil Seed Rape - noisyOne Horse Race One Vista - a duo formed from the band VistaThe Oppenheimers - signed to Matchbox - 5 piece rock songsters Orchid fixation - Atmospheric metalThe Ordinaires Ostracoda - radio friendly yet hard and surly songs your momma wouldn't like Other Half - they like creating a din togetherThe OuagadougousOur Last Hero Outathablues - reflecting the history and diversity of the bluesOvahead Overreal - Currently actively gigging around NorwichOzP.M.T.The Painkillers - Dark, erudite and moody sub-punk guitar thrashersPalo AltoPaparazzi - (1990 - 1993) The Papertiger sound - Transatlantic indie electronica - and very lovelyParney PasschendaeleThe Passengers - retro pop - later to transform into the NivensThe Passing Clouds - formed around 1991, becoming name to Fiel Garvie a couple of years later. Wilde Club regulars.Peacenik Pearl - finely crafted indie with a sharp edge and acoustic slant - formed 2003PeltPenguins Go PopPeople Connection The Peppermint men - sixties showband including members who played in the sixties - that's authentic!The Persuaders - Acid-Jazz outfit, 1993 - 1995. Several members now play as Speedometer.Pet HatesThe Phantom CowboysPit - early 1990s grunge guitars with a sense of humour The PitkinsThe Pits - late 70s early 80s punk - featured on the Crass compilation "Bullshit Detector" Plan Nine - Beccles based and up and coming. Rock and roll! Planet Neil - Post-punk electronic pop The Plastic SandwichesPMT - all girl punk outfitPoacher - 70sPolakPopfish - 1987-1989 played Premesis, Labour club, Festival House, Jacquard...Popular VoicePostaLowaPreacher - Early eighties Heavy metal act.PressurePrimaryProducts of the Entity - classic hip hop supported Ice T, HiJack etc..Profane - New metal outfitProject Mork - a bit like NOFX or Red Hot Chilli Peppers or something completely different The Proposition - a very English take on acoustic-AmericanaProtective Measures Punch the vicar - fab all-girl pop/ska/punkettes from YarmouthPure PassionThe Rachel Papers - early 90s regulars at NAC and supported Pulp at the WaterfrontThe Railway ChildrenRake the shingl… truncated (6,718 more characters in archive)