Leicester Bands 2011 to 2012

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The list for 2012

From January onwards, we will start to update this list. Our new list for 2012 will

• ensure that all listed bands are currently active and intend to remain active for the foreseeable future
• ensure that the links given to the band is the most frequently used page
• we want to add many more contact telephone numbers
• we want to ensure that the description of the band's style of music is accurate
• we want to add details of where the band is based because several promoters have asked us for bands from a specific area.

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Number of bands in this list: 242

Band name and link to their web address	Type of music	Contact telephone of their booker In the absence of a telephone number, contact the band via the link on their name
.308	Rock covers and original songs	Contact details on web site
88 miles per hour	Alternative, power pop, rock
Acid Pony	Gothic, new wave, post punk
Amends UK	Melodic hardcore	Aaron: 07543 556 555
Amherst	Metalcore
The Amours	Alternative, indie
Anoa	Indie
Aphtershock	Young nu-metal/hardcore	Featured band
Arms of Atlas	Hard rock
Arromatics	Blues, rock, reggae	Now defunct, Callam Godden now is in Elephant.
Ashdowne	Indie	Featured band
Ashes to the Fall	Young metal band
Aspects of Infinity	Pop rock	07872929399 - Heidi Cresswell
AstroManiacs (No longer active)	Indie, alternative	Featured band
Atlantis	Hard rock, post-hardcore
Aurora	Alt/metal	Will 07549 935 404
Autohype	Indie/dance/electro	Featured band Replaced by I Am In Love
Axis Mundi	Rock/metal
Azidify	Metal	Featured band
Bearzz	Pop, dance
Bear Trap	Post hardcore
Beauty Killed the Beast	Indie, Lyrical	Now mainly playing as Even More Than You
Between Heights	Alternative, hardcore
The Big Bad	Pop rock covers
Black Fingers	Metal
Black Page Turns (Leicester)	Rock, metal, virtual	BPT web site
Black Smoke Saints	Hard, classic, metal	07776 467 873
The Black Tears	Indie, lyrical, melodic, pop	Featured band
Black What Nothing (Hinckley)	Metal, rock
The Blings of Leon	Kings of Leon Tribute band
Bluebird Parade	Eclectic mix
The Boobytraps	Indie, pop, rock	Featured band
Breek	Alternative, rock, indie
Broken Eyes
Buenos Aires	Alternative, hardcore, progressive
Burn the cities	Metalcore, hardcore, deathcore
By The Rivers	Reggae,Ska	Featured band
Cabrillo Beach (split up)	Funky two step
Captain Thunderbolt	Garage, Grunge, Punk	believed to have split up but a new band is forming
Cerberus ( Congerstone and Lutterworth)	Experimental, tech, metal
The Chairmen	Alternative, electro, indie	Featured band
Charlie and the Martyrs	Melodic popular
Chase the Season	Acoustic, lyrical
The Chasers	Classic rock, indie
Chess Club	Alternative, progressive, punk	Featured band But now defunct
Chezza and the beat	Hip-hop rock
Chimpanzees	Alternative, garage, Powerpop
The Chizzits	Indie
Citizen Smith	Sleazy, dirty, bluesy, rock	Rob: 07790 628 810
City of Dan (aka Identity Parade)	rock, pop punk
Clouds in contrast (Coalville)	Metal, melodic
Codex	Post-hardcore
The Cold Sweat (Flat Five Records)	Blues, rock, funk	Dan Potts - 07746 380 122
Common Side Effects	Punk
Concrete Kisses (Leicester)	Indie
The Contras	New Wave, post punk
Coritani (now called Icons)	Death Metal Hardcore
Cosmic Vortex of Doom	Metal, psychedelic, southern rock
Crisis Confirmed	Hardcore, metal, progressive
Crooked Angles	Rock covers
Currently Without Abode	Alternative rock
The Cutt	Alternative, indie
The Dambusters	Surf, Grunge, Rock, 50s, Punk	Adam 07830388420
Dammit Fletcher	Alternative, blues, rock
The Dandilions	Roots, Soul	We believe they are still playing
Dark Dark Horse	Progressive, new wave
Date Night Disco (Leicester)	Synth, pop rock
Davenport Folk	Acoustic, country, folk
Dawson and the dissenters (Leicester)	Blues, roots, americana
Daylight Frequencies	Alternative, psychedelic
Dead Slow	Alternative
The Decade Runners (Ashby de la Zouch)	Rock, pop, indie
Different Fish (Leicester)	post-blues
Dirty Jack (Coalville)	Popular melodic
Dirty Little Secrets
Drive by Disco (split up)	Pop punk, electro	Featured band
Dumbfound	Alternative, progressive
Dutch Courage	Alternative, indie
The Duty	Indie, new wave, post punk
The Eaves	Not now playing, dormant	Featured band
Echo Location	Alternative, progressive, pop punk
Edict of Bedlam	Ambient, metal, progressive
Effigy	Metal, hardcore, tech
Egg Ladies	Acoustic covers act
An English Settlement	Alternative rock
The Essentials	Funk, indie, swing	r.i.p
Eternity's Final Call	Metal, metalcore
Even More Than You	Rock
Evil Dick and the Banned Members	Experimental, progrsssive	Richard 0116 2627142
The Fazed	Popular, melodic, indie	Featured band
Ferris	Acoustic, indie, rock
Final Coil	Alternative, grunge, metal
Fire in the Masquerade	Alternative, hardcore
First Wave	Punk, pop punk
Fixed Effects	Alternative, indie
Flip Like Wilson	Pop Punk
Flux	indie/alternative
The Fores	Brit-rock, pop
Forgotten Sun	Rock
Former Miss Czech	Post-rock, experimental, ambient
Formwal Warning	Popular songs and some covers	Ash Wright 07773 014 646 Featured band
Free Control	Alternative, Progressive, Trip Hop
Full Circle	Hardcore, metal, punk
Funkhouse	Funk rock
The Furies	Indie
Furrowed Fox	Metal, progressive, indie mixed
The Gadjos	Acoustic, jazz, swing
Generation lost	Young band. Punk
Ghandis Flipflop	Dirty punk rock
Glassfoot (Leicester)	Blues rock	Featured band
Glory for a Dead Man (Leicester)	Hardcore, experimental
Gone Feral	Punk
Go Primitive	Alternative, hard rock	Featured band
Grace and the Magic Roots	Acoustic, folk, reggae
The Great Imitation	Acoustic, hip-hop, soul
Guano	Rock, blues, soul
Haich (ceased)	Hard, progressive, Melton Mowbray
The Headstarts	Punk, Ska
The Heartland Roots Band	Folk, Americana, roots
Hells Addicition	Classic Rock
The Heroes	indie	(Deceased)
Herra Hidro	Alternative, progressive
Hewick, Haynes & James	Acoustic, folk	See Kevin Hewick's web site
The Hordes	Progressive
HT76	Hardcore, metal, punk
Humble He	Alternative, folk
Hybrid Trend	Alternative, melodic
I Am In Love (Now moved to London)	Indie, electro	Featured band
Icons (Leicester)	Progressive, Metal, Djent, Melodic Hardcore
If Looks Could Kill	Metal, screamo
The Incidents (Leicester)	Indie, punk
The Inconvenience	Alternative rock, screamo, punk
The Indy Knights	Indie, rock
Intents (Earl Shilton)	Classic rock	Ian 07725 963 310
Internal Conflict	Metal, thrash
Iziggy and some weired sinners	Iggy Pop tribute band	Featured band
The James Lewis Band	Acoustic, Indie, Pop
The Jav'lins	Indie
Joel Owen and the Antoine band	Blues, Swing
Junior Fencing Club	Alternative, hardcore, rock
Junko	Alternative, indie rock
Kasabian (born in Leicester)	Rock
Kenworthy (Flat Five Records)	Electro, pop, jazz	Dan Potts - 07746 380 122
Kicking Habits	Progressive, indie, hard	Featured band
Kids in Cars	Alternative, rock, tropical
King Size Ska	Ska
Kyte	Ambient, electro, pop
Last Edition	Pop punk, ska
Little Forts	Electro,indie
Little Night Terrors	Progressive, hard	Featured band
Living Mystery	Power Pop	Manager Alan 07900 087 730
Lonesome Party Heroes	Acoustic, alternative, indie	Ian 0966 793963
Luskan Rum Line	Ambient, folk, grunge
Lysergic Suite	Electronic, psychedelic rock
Mage	Doom metal
Manhattan Project	Alternative, progressive
Mannix	Punk, metal
Maybeshewill	Instrumental rock	Featured band
Megadub	Dub, hip-hop, reggae
Midnight Wire	Indie	Featured band
Minnaars	Experimental, japanese pop, progressive
The Moderators	Mod and Ska
More Amour	Lyrical, punk, rock
Move	Indie
Muleta Smiles	Metal
Multimorph	Alternative, psychedelic	See Kevin Hewick's web site
Myna Bird	Alternative, indie, rock
Neon Sarcastic	Pop punk, powerpop	Featured band
New Age (changed to Between Heights - see above)	Alternative, hardcore
No More Heroes	Alternative	Sam 07954 571 815
One Cure for Man	Ambient, pop, rock
One Less Finger (Enderby)	Metal, hardcore
One Suspicious Monkey	Power folk	Featured band
Out of Karma	Acoustic, reggae
Over Olympia	heavy, eclectic and melodic
PaddyWax	"blues, bluegrass, irish; general folkiness in a big blender"
Paladin	Alternative, big beat
Panda Youth	Pop rock, indie
Park Bench Society (Loughborough)	Acoustic indie ska
The Paul Moody Band	Popular, melodic
Thee Pennyhangers	Indie
Pillers of the Community	Comedy, disco house, post punk	Not gigging at the moment but still active in the studio.
Plead The Second	Metal, Southern rock, funk
Polaris	Metal
Preacher and the Bear	Blues, gospel, punk
Prisoners of the Night (Melton Mowbray)	Alternative rock
Produkty	Indie, new wave
Purple and the rains	Blues, emo, rock
Raptor Captor	Popular, indie, electro
Raptusound	Alternative, electro rock
Rassoodocks	Alternative, psychedelic	Featured band
Red Thursday	Rock, blues rock
Refuge	Acoustic, folk, lyrical
Resin	Hinckley, 5 p band, also acoustic sets
Re:session	Indie, rap, rock
Room 300	Indie
The Rosarys (Coalville)	Indie rock
Rose Island Republic	Indie
Roxum	Alternative, club, rock	Featured band
The Rugged Sound System	Funk, hip hop, jungle
Russian Roulette	Rock
Sabor Fall	Punk to hard
Scarlet Soviets	Rock
The Screening	Indie, pop rock
Shellys Soljaz	Hip hop, rap
Shortwave Fade	Electronica, indie	Featured band
The Shreds	Indie, psychedelic, rock
Sideline	Alternative, rock and roll
Silent Devices	Electronic, alternative
Silent Resistance	Metal, alternative	Featured band
Silent Signals	Ambient, progressive
Silver Lining	Acoustic, experimental
Skam	Mainstream, punk, popular	Featured band
Skinny Bones	Pop, rock
A Smile from Medusa	Metal
The Smokestacks	Blues, jam, rock	Playing their last ever gig on 29th July
Smokin The Profit	Punk, rock, ska
The Sneaks	Pop, punk, ska
The Soar Valley Wayfarers	Skiffle combo	See Kevin Hewick's web site
Some May Run	alternative, breakcore
Son of Glenn (Coalville)	Hard rock
Sons of Caroline (previously known as The Danglers)	Rock, grunge, alternative
Soundtrack	Soul/indie
Speaking in Italics	Alternative, progressive
The Splitters	Sub-ska rockers
The Stacks	Indie rock
Stephen and the Heathens
Stereo Espionage	Alternative / Electro Rock / Scene Kid Electro-Filth
The Stiggz	Pop punk, indie	Featured band
Storm The Front	Acoustic, alternative, pop
Strange Gods	Pop, punk, ska
The Sweet Shingles	Rock, Blues, Psychedelia, Hot Lava
Sugabeat	Pop, funk, rock
SuperEvolver	Alterantive, electro	Featured band
Surrender The Coast (Leicester)	Post-hardcore
The Tee Leaves	Blues, folk, rock
The Tennysons	Rock 'n' Roll
The Tall Orders	Split up, but new band forming
Thee Ludds	Trash, slop, garage
Themselves	Alternative, new wave
These Furrows	Hard rock
These Roads Aren't Safe are now called Amends UK (see above)
Third Time Lucky	Pop punk, indie	Featured band
Through These Eyes	Hardcore, metal
Timo Faya (Leicester)	Soul, R n B, Acoustic, Rock, Easy Listening , Pop
Transonitus	Death metal
Tribal Riot	Breakbeat, electro, electronica	Featured band
The Variables	Melodic pop punk	Bob Jones 07515 515841 Charlie Harris 07515353646
Vengeance (Broughton Astley)	Alternative rock
Victory Gin	Ska, punk, hardcore
The Unknown Bullet	Punk Rock
Us Wolves	Indie, progressive	Josephine 07704 668 944 Featured band
We can be Astronauts	Experimental, electro
Weekend Schemers	Pop punk, indie	Featured band
Weirdfish	Classic rock
We're Not Worthy	Easycore / Pop-Punk / Popcore
White Ashes	Indie, pop punk
Without Light (Melton, Loughborough)	Metal
With Winters	Alternative
The Working Projects	Blues, folk rock
Year Zero	Young band. Metalcore.
The Young Folk	Folk
Out of town bands that play in Leicester a lot
The Antidotes (Nuneaton)	Indie, pop, rock
Awaiting Approval (Birmingham)	Alternative, metal, punk
Bury The Ladybird (Notts/Derby)	Rock with blues and classic styles
Cromwell Street (Nottingham)	Alternative, ambient, indie
Jasper Caine (Grantham)	Indie, rock
The Limelight (Wolverhampton)	Indie, rock
Myna Byrd (Midlands)	Alternative, Indie
Sara Spade and the Joyful Noise (Northampton)	Acoustic, alternative, folk
Signify (Birmingham)	Metal
Stereo Espionage (Derbyshire)	Alternative, Electro Rock, Scene Kid Electro-Filth
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NOT included in the above list: Leicester covers and commercial bands.

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