Bands and musicians from North East England

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This is a list of noteworthy bands and musicians from the North East of England.

[edit] Groups

• 4 Colours Red - Guitarists Chris McCormack and Paul Grant both from Newcastle upon Tyne.
• The Animals — formed in Newcastle, all members born and grew up in the Newcastle area.
• Ant and Dec — television entertainers, released albums under the guise of PJ & Duncan. Born and grew up in Newcastle.
• Baghdaddies — gypsy/klezmer/balkan brass-heavy party band, big on the festival circuit.
• Break It Up — hardcore punk band from Durham, Newcastle & Darlington.
• Clearway — guitarist and songwriter John Cardill was born and grew up in North Shields.
• China Drum — formed in Ovingham.
• The Daintees - formed in Sunderland.
• The Denvers — Les Denvers on French Polydor Records. Formed in 1960 in Billingham.
• Dire Straits — the Knopfler brothers grew up in Newcastle. Alan Clarke is from Durham.
• Dubstar — formed in Newcastle.
• Field Music — formed in Sunderland.
• The Futureheads — formed in Sunderland.
• The Future Olympians - formed in Newcastle.
• The Golden Virgins — formed in Sunderland.
• Journey South — runners-up in ITV's The X Factor competition, from Middlesbrough.
• Kenickie — formed in Sunderland.
• Leatherface — formed in Sunderland.
• Kubichek! — formed in Newcastle.
• Lighthouse Family — formed in Newcastle.
• Lachrymose One — formed in Newcastle.
• Lindisfarne (band) — formed in Newcastle.
• Maxïmo Park — formed in Newcastle.
• Minotaurs — formed in South Shields.
• Munky Punch — formed in Durham.
• Neil Tennant — Pet Shop Boys vocalist, born in Newcastle.
• The Motorettes — formed in Tynemouth.
• Peace Burial At Sea — formed in Hexham, all band members were born and grew up in the Hexham area.
• Plan 9 — punk band formed in Newcastle.
• Prefab Sprout — formed in the Durham area.
• Skip Bifferty
• Skyclad (band) — formed in Newcastle.
• Sleepy People — formed in Newcastle, members later went on to form Ultrasound.
• Shoot The Lights Out — formed in Hartlepool in 1977.
• The Sound Explosion — formed in Newcastle.
• Spraydog - formed in Chester le Street and Newcastle
• Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
• The Toy Dolls — formed in Sunderland.
• The Tygers of Pan Tang — formed in Whitley Bay.
• Ultrasound formed by several members of the early 90s Newcastle-based band Sleepy People.
• Venom — formed in Newcastle.
• Voorhees — formed in Durham.
• The Wildhearts — formed in Newcastle.
• yourcodenameis:milo — formed in Newcastle.
• Zero Zero - formed in Hexham
• The Unanimous- A band formed in 2007 made famous by myspace

[edit] Individuals

• Donna Air — one-time pop singer. Born and raised in Newcastle.
• Don Airey — keyboard player with Rainbow, Deep Purple, Cozy Powell and others. Born and grew up in Sunderland.
• Keith Airey — session player and guitarist for Tom Jones. Born and grew up in Sunderland.
• Gem Archer — of Oasis. Was brought up in County Durham.
• Mark Atkinson — drummer with Middlesbrough punk band The Filth
• Owen Brannigan — opera singer, born in Annitsford, near Newcastle.
• Chas Chandler — bass player for The Animals. Also manager of Jimi Hendrix & Slade. Born in Newcastle.
• Bill Coley — of King Dink & The Pussyherd. Born in Winlaton.
• David Coverdale — born in Saltburn; educated in Middlesbrough.
• Angus Charlton - drummer with Zero Zero - born and raised in Hexham.
• Pete Doherty — of Babyshambles and formerly of The Libertines. Born in Hexham.
• Bryan Ferry — of Roxy Music. Born and grew up in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
• Paul Gascoigne — football player and one-time pop singer. Born and raised in Gateshead.
• Janick Gers — Iron Maiden guitarist. Born and grew up in Hartlepool.
• Spike Gray — of The Quireboys. Born and raised in the Newcastle area.
• Robson Green — of Robson & Jerome fame. Born in Hexham.
• Richard Anthony Hewson — sole member of RAH-Band. Born in Stockton-on-Tees.
• Trevor Horn — producer, songwriter and musician. Born and raised in Durham.
• Brian Johnson — of Geordie and AC/DC. Born and grew up in Dunston, Gateshead.
• Alex Kapranos — of Franz Ferdinand. Was raised in Sunderland and South Shields.
• Stephen Lawrie — of The Telescopes. Born in Ashington, grew up in East Hartford.
• Jez Lowe — born and raised in County Durham.
• Hank Marvin — born in Newcastle.
• Micky Moody - born and bred in Middlesborough, played in school band with Paul Rodgers
• Jimmy Nail — born and grew up in Newcastle.
• Graeme Nicholls — guitarist in Voorhees, We Be the Echo, Break It Up. Born and raised in Durham.
• Chris Rea — born and grew up in Middlesbrough.
• Paul Rodgers — of Free, The Firm and Bad Company. Born and grew up in Middlesbrough.
• Jamie Sanders — upcoming drummer from Chester-le-street.
• Martin Stephenson — born and grew up in Sunderland.
• Dave Stewart — of the Eurythmics and The Tourists. Born in Sunderland.
• Sting — born and grew up in Wallsend.
• Andy Taylor — of Duran Duran. Born and grew up in Newcastle.
• Neil Tennant — of The Pet Shop Boys. Born and grew up in North Shields.
• Paul Thompson — Roxy Music's drummer. From Jarrow.
• Kathryn Tickell — born and grew up in Wark.
• Pete Trewavas — of Marillion. Born in Middlesbrough.
• Bruce Welch — grew up in Chester-le-Street.
• Alan White — drummer for 34 years with Yes. Born in Pelton near Chester-le-Street.