Music Leeds Us

 

At the start of the week, I flew to Leeds for a few days to take part in this year’s BlogCon 26 meet-up. As always, I had a wonderful time spending those days with the brilliant bloggers Alyson, Cee, Ernie, The Swede, John and their partners. Among other things, we visited an exhibition on the evolution of the music scene in Leeds, which inspired me to post a short round-up on the subject.

It’s rather unusual to start with Soft Cell, who have carved out their own musical niche with their synth-pop.

Gang Of Four are a fixture on the Leeds music scene with their politically charged new wave funk.

Leeds would be a much poorer place without the magnificent Mekons, and few bands have struck such an impressive balance between new wave and country.

The goth scene is represented by the Sisters of Mercy.

I saw for myself last year that The Wedding Present are still relevant and brilliant today.

Utah Saints represent electronic dance music with their blend of rock and synths. 

I’d completely forgotten that Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, with their dark wave sound, are also from Leeds.

The Kaiser Chiefs were at their peak at the start of the new century.

Post-punk is represented by Delta 5, who appeared briefly in the late 1970s and, sadly, disappeared again all too soon.

Hollow Eyes

It was back in the early 80's when a lot of new bands showed up on the scene making their very own interpretation of new wave and post punk. One of them that was almost forgotten was Leeds based Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Their unique sound between with a numbing guitar, a throbbing bass and a steady playing drum machine was the music that lead a lot of people to gothic rock. They were a few years on the scene and vanished as soon as they came. I found them a few days ago in the deep space of my hard-drive and it made fun to listen to them once again. Music they don't make like this any more.

Have fun travelling back in time.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Hollow Eyes (12'' Version)