Best Scottish Band

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Others-
Honourable mentions go to-
The Associates
The Pastels
The Revillos / Rezillos
Early Simple Minds
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Shamen
Slam DJ's
Annie Lennox (well, some of her stuff's alright, so sue me)

Dishonourable mentions go to-
Late Simple Minds
The Proclaimers
Runrig
Texas
The Bay City Rollers

[bif]

1. Travis' latest album is excellent!

12 Memories. SOme great tunes on it.

[K8-EEE]

29. I LOVE TRAVIS!!

The last one, part of it was a bit...dark. But good stuff too although, The Man Who is still my fave.

[Loonman]

2. Heh heh....Texas

Music to knot a noose too.

Man, I loath them.

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Does Prefab Sprout count?

I'm pretty sure Paddy MacAloon's a Scot. God, I fucking loves me some Prefab Sprout.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Paddy's from Newcastle, which is close enough, technically England

I agree. 'Hot Dog, Jumping Frog, Albequerque'.
If we did a favourite English band, we'd have to accept nominations. I might do that.

[RandomKoolzip]

9. I always thought he was Scottish!

Oh well, in that case, my vote goes to Orange Juice.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Very good choice. RKZ. I love 'You can't hide your love forever'

That's a hell of a record.

[RandomKoolzip]

12. Yeah, I liked 'em before they became "funky."

"Rip it up" is my favorite.

[GainesT1958]

5. Aren't you forgetting...

The Average White Band?:eyes:

After all, I think that's where our own AWD got his acronym!:D

B-)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. Fair enough, my memory is not great. AWB it is.

[corarose]

6. The Bay City Rollers

Just kidding!

Early Simple Minds

[Wickerman]

7. Not fair to have to chose

between Waterboys and Teenage Fanclub - and the RCZ throws in PreFab Sprout? Enough great choices to make my head spin. I chose Waterboys. I loved Fisherman Blues and In a Pagan Place.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. One of my all time favourite bands. 'My love is my rock' is great too.

A Pagan Place is the classic, though.

[Wickerman]

17. Love is my rock

was nearly a return to form. Yes, great record. They are the only band I haven't seen live that I still want to. sigh.

[On the Road]

13. Going Back Aways,

the "Incredible String Band" deserves some consideration, if only as the most strange and wonderful of Scottish bands.

[skypilot]

14. Cocteau Twins definitely.

I'm STILL waiting for a new Cocteau Twins CD to show up in music stores even though I know they've disbanded. :-(

[KensPen]

23. I love em too......

They are on my Christmas CD I burned...
loved their ethereal voices on winter wonderland.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. That's who I voted for.

[skypilot]

34. I once came across a great web site

...of Cocteau Twins LYRICS!!!! I printed out the lyrics to the songs from "Milk and Kisses" but my ink cartridge ran out. The next time I looked for the site it was gone. Damn.

[geniph]

15. Myself, I'm rather fond of Silly Wizard

but perhaps more traditional Celtic music isn't your plate of haggis. To each his own.

Oh, and my vote would go to the Eurythmics. ;-)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. Ask my dad. He'd nominate the Incredible String Band

If I put in the Eurythmics, I'd have to put in Garbage. Both bands had a Scottish singer, but one was English, the other American

[mrsteve]

18. Del Amitri?

Hey, and they're still around too.

And their two 90's albums "change Everything" and "Waking Hours" were fabulous.

(on edit - damn typos!)

[RandomKoolzip]

19. They were great and totally underrated.

"Roll to Me" should have been a HUGE hit. Good tunes, great vocals, awesome sideburns.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. The first album is pretty good. There were two other albums after

Change Everything. I'm not a huge fan, though. His sideburns bothered me.

[RandomKoolzip]

21. Ha!

Good answer. I happen to think that the whole "I just glued two dead squirrels to my face" look was marvelous.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. Does no-one like Teenage Fanclub?

[RandomKoolzip]

24. I liked "Everything Flows."

But they became a little too twee for my tastes after that.

[mrsteve]

25. I do like Teenage Fanclub -

I own two CDs.

But I can't say they're the best. See my post above about Del Amitri. Although I agree about Currie's sideburns.

[dolo amber]

27. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

SLAM DJs!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Once you've seen Ord's "dangling-cigarette-techno-head-bounce" you never go back, baby!! :D

Side note: Aren't the Beta Band Scottish? I :loveya: them!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

30. Fuck. I forgot the Beta Band. Oops.

[Whitacre D_WI]

28. Pffft. "Honourable mention" my ass.

<rant>The Rezillos were far and away the greatest Scottish band of all time. So, they only had one album (two if you count the live album).

Look, the stuff Jo Callis did with Human League doesn't count, nor does the output of the Revillos. We're talking CAN'T STAND THE REZILLOS, possibly the single greatest non-English UK record of all freakin' time.</rant>

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. That's the problem, I had to put up bands people might know,

I assume The Rezillos weren't popular in the States, right?

[RandomKoolzip]

32. Yes, their name barely would register a "huh?"

But they were indeed great. "Somebody's gonna get their head kicked in tonight!"

[Swede]

33. Nazareth!

nuff said.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

35. I must admit, I love 'This Flight Tonight'

[TopesJunkie]

36. The Proclaimers were Scottish?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

37. Yeah. Very much so.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

38. Thanks, whoever voted for the Primals. n/t

[flamingyouth]

39. I'd like to throw in the Skids

I always liked them. "The Saints Are Coming" is a great song. I cried to my daddy on the telephone, "How long now????"

On edit: Stuart Adamson, RIP.