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    Posted: May 19 2009 at 07:25
I'd like to know more about the bands of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish 70's scene....
 
Because when you read about a band in a book, or in a website, ypou always read: United Kingdom... but... what part of it? Confused not all prog from Uk was english
 
What were the most important bands from this countries?
 
I only know that Gnidrolog were welsh and String Driven Thing were scottish.
 
Can Gentle Giant be considered half-scottish?
 


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Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2009 at 07:49

Scotland: Sunday, Pallas, Beggar's Opera, Fish, Ian Anderson + many others

Northern Ireland: don't know (although I lived there for a while)

Wales: Man and probably Magenta too
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Budgie were Welsh, bu they're only in Prog related.
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The Reasoning are a Welsh band.
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^Not a 70's one though.
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Points: 18993 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2009 at 11:54
Hi,
 
See if you can find MAN's "Begood to yourself at least once a day" album ... it is a fold out ... and then look at the map in there ... it is all musicians and their inter-relations ... and you need not ask more questions and you have plenty to follow up on ...
 
Warning. The list is mostly rock oriented stuff so the majority of folk/traditional stuff is not listed in there ... but it's still really good and worth it ... someone needs to plunk that on abig picture and show it here ... it's awesome.
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FRUUP - were from Belfast.

Ian Anderson has remarked many times that he is a Briton. That can mean anything though.Confused
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A couple of fringe bands from Scotland for you: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB) and Stone the Crows (Maggie Bell and Les Harvey, brother of the aforementioned Alex).

In terms of prog itself, with Man (Wales) you can add Deke Leonard;s Iceberg, The Neutrons, Help Yourself and Slapp Happy.
 
Rory Gallagher (ex Taste) was from NI;
 
if Eire counts Thin Lizzy and Horslips are definitely on your radar.
 
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Beggars Opera
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Just to add to my previous post., there were 70s Welsh bands The Bystanders and The Jets and also a guy called Dave Edmunds - solo, and "Rockpile" who I think started in Love Sculpture.

 
I think all these acts are on MOSHKITO's Man album map anyway - I've just tried to pick what's currently left of my brains in case you can't find it.
 
Trouble is the UK's so small geographically you could easily finf a band with an Englishman, Welshman, Scot, etc etc together anyway.
 
Oh - my final effort - Van Morrison (Them) was definitely from Belfast NI
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Bonnie Scotland: Chou Pahrot, Beggars Opera, Jamie Muir ?, Ian Anderson
Ugly Scotland: The minnow that became 'Fish', Bodkin, Clouds, the Krankies
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Points: 7053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2009 at 03:33
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Bonnie Scotland: Chou Pahrot, Beggars Opera, Jamie Muir ?, Ian Anderson
Ugly Scotland: The minnow that became 'Fish', Bodkin, Clouds, the Krankies
 
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Ugly Scotland: the Krankies
 
How dare you insult Scotland's Official Ambassadors of Culture!
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A 1960s Scottish band recently added to Prog Related - Clouds

And of course the Incredible String Band were Scots too.

From Wales there is Blonde on Blonde

on the Psyche Pop scene you have Marmalade and Amen Corner (Scotland & Wales respectively)

 

 
What?
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Points: 7053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2009 at 14:06
Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Ugly Scotland: the Krankies
 
How dare you insult Scotland's Official Ambassadors of Culture!
 
Oh my Lord... twice in the same thread
 
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Points: 7053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2009 at 14:11
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

A 1960s Scottish band recently added to Prog Related - Clouds

And of course the Incredible String Band were Scots too.

From Wales there is Blonde on Blonde

on the Psyche Pop scene you have Marmalade and Amen Corner (Scotland & Wales respectively)

 

 

 
I sincerely hope this is an obscure prog band I've never heard of... rather than the ex-Sun Page Three girls Jilly Johnson and Nina Carter???  Who apparently released a couple of singles yonks ago and had the sheer cheek to call themselves after a Dylan album? Please tell me I'm wrong here
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2009 at 14:20
Originally posted by el dingo el dingo wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

A 1960s Scottish band recently added to Prog Related - Clouds

And of course the Incredible String Band were Scots too.

From Wales there is Blonde on Blonde

on the Psyche Pop scene you have Marmalade and Amen Corner (Scotland & Wales respectively)

 

 

 
I sincerely hope this is an obscure prog band I've never heard of... rather than the ex-Sun Page Three girls Jilly Johnson and Nina Carter???  Who apparently released a couple of singles yonks ago and had the sheer cheek to call themselves after a Dylan album? Please tell me I'm wrong here
That Blonde on Blonde is Prog Related (ie was once related to Prog by marriage Wink)
 
This Bloned on Blonde is indeed an (not so) obscure prog band you've never heard of http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3298 (also named after a Robert Zimmerman album)
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Points: 7053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2009 at 14:52
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Tongue - I'll check the link out later - I've honestly never heard of them
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Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 10:32

Originally posted by el dingo el dingo wrote:

Oh - my final effort - Van Morrison (Them) was definitely from Belfast NI

........... and last spotted drinking coffee at Maggie's in Botanic Avenue, Belfast.  

I did not know Fruupp was from Northern Ireland. My respect and interest in the four albums (their full discography) has risen very considerable.

A final note: A prog rock band from Ireland/Northern Ireland was ambushed and all members shot dead in the beginning of the 1970s in Northern Ireland.    
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