| 28 If |
| A Splendid Eyesore |
| Absolutely |
| Adorable |
|
Balloon Farm Big in Texas |
| Big Kev & The Happy Shoppers |
| Blag |
| Boling Peter Bread |
| Bolt Thrower |
| Brass Monkeys |
| Burst |
| Calico |
| Cathedral |
| Catherine Spirit |
| Celestial |
| Ch Ch Squad |
| Champagne Hedghog |
| Channel Firing |
| Cherry Stones |
| Cross Buzz Safari |
| Curious Oyster |
| Dijini |
| Dirtbox |
| DJF |
| Dolores Haze |
| Dream Grinder |
| Dry Risers |
| Dubotion |
| Eden |
| Electric Orange |
| Endless Knot |
| Fridge |
| Funk A Fari |
| Gdansk |
| Hard Body |
| Head Squeese |
| Hedy |
|
Her Alibi Hungry i |
| Hidden Claws |
| Hyper Sucker |
| Ignition |
| I'm Claudius |
| Jen 8 |
| Jonis Butterfly |
| Julia Dream |
| Kid Gloves |
| King Crawler |
| Kinky Love |
| Lies |
| Lucies Day |
| Ludicrus Lollypops |
|
Memory Babe Messiah Trip |
| Mousehole |
| Murph |
| My Favourite Things |
| Nisha Madly |
| Nocturnal Babies |
| Noi |
| Perfect |
| Pip Brigade |
| Product |
| Pure Fiction |
| Rachels Basement |
| Scandinavian Book Exchange |
| Sea Change |
| Son of a Teenage Yeti Band |
| Spangly People |
|
Special Beat Star Power |
| Surreal |
| Swamp Betty |
| Swamp Donkey |
| Tangleweb |
| The Applicants |
| The Bensons |
| The Bonediggers |
| The Cry |
| The Giraffes |
| The Hampsters |
| The Hanging Judges |
| The Jolly Dwarfs |
| The Language of Flowers |
| The Naked and War |
| The Primatives |
| The Pristines |
| The Relatives |
| The Ring |
| The Super Heroes |
| The Sword of Ceasars |
| Thorium |
| Those Guilty Minutes |
| Thunk |
| Tube Feeder |
| Tubilah Dog |
| Twin Hazey |
| Up Against It |
| Valley |
| Visitation |
| Wall of Sleep |
| Warped |
| Where Are We Tribe |
| Xen Alkaloid |
**** BLOG UPDATE ****
Following an email from former Coventry muscian Rob Cook Williams who now manages and performs at The Golden Lion Hotel near Oswestry (www.goldenlion.org.uk) Rob has added the below list of names he recalls from this period.
CARRION (rock) 'City Walls', 'Spirit Of the City'
CHAINSAW (heavy rock) 'Hole In the Road', played a bit on Mercia Sound
CINCH (Robs band from back in the day)
HIGHWAY (rock)
OCCO SIROCCO (funk)
PAUL CHASE ('New Faces' winner)
PZAZZ (jazz / funk)
ROB COOK WILLIAMS ( 'Never Known Such a Woman')
ZIRKUS (alternative / theatrical)
Thanks for this Rob and you can hear some of his latest music by clicking on www.reverbnation.com/robcookwilliams
Any one else wanting to add to this list or contribute please feel to drop me a line :)
The old grey cells aren't as good as they once were, however here's an A 2 Z of Coventry bands that I recall playing live back in my day (1990s)... is the list complete (?) i doubt it very much so please feel free to chip in any others or throw in a few comments :)
Posted by: covcitymusic | 02/08/2009 at 05:29 PM
[this is good] hi just found your site and its good to see very close to all the old cov bands on here even 2 i was involved in hidden claws and julia dream loads of us are still playing and in bands if you want to email me i could get
Posted by: peter lloyd | 07/27/2009 at 12:45 AM
Hi Pete.... nice to hear from you. You should post a few tunes and band info on your blog... spread the word ! :)
Posted by: covcitymusic | 07/27/2009 at 05:22 PM
what about " dead after dark " and i have just asked paddy hogan to take a look at the list to see if he can add any
Posted by: peter lloyd | 07/29/2009 at 07:02 PM
cool.... i thought Dead After Dark were a Leamington band (??)
Posted by: covcitymusic | 07/29/2009 at 08:47 PM