Papillon Graphics' Virtual Encyclopaedia of Manchester
Including the Boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford & Wigan
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Manchester's
Popular Music
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Manchester Music MenuAlphabetical Listing:
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About Manchester MusicManchester and the surrounding districts and townships have produced many popular and world famous bands, musicians and singers of popular music throughout the 20th and well into the 21st Century. Since the earliest days of music recording, such celebrities as George Formby and Gracie Fields entertained radio and cinema audiences with their songs which were designed specifically for light entertainment audiences. Though their music was somewhat naive by contemporary standards, their comedic musical talents and catchy lyrics inspired a whole generation. In the post-war era, and with the importation of Rock & Roll music from America, Manchester has produced its fair share of rock music groups - amongst them Barclay James Harvest, 10CC, Herman's Hermits, The Hollies, and Freddie & The Dreamers. By the mid-1970s, at the height of the Punk Revolution, and later in the post-Punk era of the 1980s, much of popular youth music culture was inspired by the young bands and groups which came from Manchester. This so-called "Madchester" music was different from what had gone before. It was direct, raw, and streetwise. It spoke of familiar, everyday, and often banal themes, which reflected the modes of ordinary urban existence. Most of this "post-punk" music was considered subversive and brutal, and (initially at least) tended to be rejected by the major recording companies and broadcasting authorities. This music thrived in the alternative clubland (Boardwalk, Haçienda, etc) of Manchester, could only get published by smaller independent record labels, and was therefore more in the hands of its creators than its marketers. The List opposite represents the major music to come out of Manchester and its surrounding boroughs.
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