List of bands from Newcastle, United Kingdom

List of bands from Newcastle, United Kingdom

This article features a List of bands and musicians from Newcastle Upon Tyne, and may also include some bands and musicians who hail from the wider Tyneside conurbation.

*Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud
*The Animals
* Beth Jeans Houghton
*Dire Straits
*Drill
*Dubstar
* Geordie
*Jimi Hendrix (although not from Newcastle, he did spend prolonged periods of time in the city during the 1960s. Often busking in the Heaton area of the city, he was also discovered and managed by Animals musician Chas Chandler)
*Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Geordie (band) (from Dunston, Gateshead)
*Alex Kapranos (partly raised in South Shields)
*Kubichek!
*The Lighthouse Family
*Lindisfarne
*Hank Marvin of The Shadows
*Maximo Park
*Danny McCormack from 3 Colours Red
*The Motorettes
*Jimmy Nail
*Sirens
*The SoundEx
*Spike
*Sting
*Andy Taylor of Duran Duran (from Cullercoats)
*Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys (born in North Shields, schooled in Newcastle)
*Venom
*Bruce Welch of the The Shadows
*the Wildhearts
*Kathryn Williams (originally from Liverpool, she is now based in Newcastle after studying at the University of Newcastle.
*Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters fame and the Nirvana fame, lived in Swallwell for a brief period of time.
*Antennas to Heaven, 2-piece post-rock band.

ee also

*Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England


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