List of bands and musicians from Glasgow

This list contains famous or notable musicians, singers, composers and bands who originated in or are associated strongly with Glasgow, Scotland.

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• 1990s

A

• AC Acoustics
• Admiral Fallow
• Adopted as Holograph
• Adventures in Stereo
• Aereogramme
• Altered Images
• Angel Heart
• Craig Armstrong
• Attic Lights

B

• Baby Chaos (briefly changed name to Deckard)
• Baby Strange
• A Band Called Quinn
• Jimmy Barnes
• The Bathers
• Beecake
• Beggars Opera
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• Bleed From Within
• The Blimp
• The Blue Nile
• The Bluebells
• BMX Bandits
• Bombay Talkie
• Brian Robertson (former Thin Lizzy Guitarist)
• Scott Brown

C

• Camera Obscura
• Junior Campbell, also member of The Marmalade
• Cannon
• Cado Belle
• Catbuster
• Charlie and the Bhoys
• Chvrches
• The Cinematics
• Billy Connolly
• Ivor Cutler

D

• Dananananaykroyd
• Darius Danesh
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• Jimmy Dewar, from Robin Trower band
• Jim Diamond
• Donovan

E

• Endgames
• Errors

F

• Franz Ferdinand
• The Fratellis
• Frightened Rabbit
• Future Pilot A.K.A.

G

• Ganger
• The Gangsters
• Ron Geesin
• Glasvegas
• Gun

H

• H₂O
• Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Hip Parade
• Hipsway
• How to Swim
• Horse
• RM Hubbert

I

• Isosceles

J

• Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers
• Bert Jansch

K

• King King
• David Knopfler of Dire Straits
• Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
• Kode9

L

• Laki Mera
• Mary Lee
• Life Without Buildings
• Little Eye
• Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Logan
• Loki
• Lotus Eater
• Love and Money
• Lucia & The Best Boys

M

• Man Must Die
• The Marmalade
• Helen Marnie of Ladytron
• John Martyn
• Frankie Miller
• Middle of the Road
• Midge Ure of Ultravox, Slik, Rich Kids and Visage
• Mogwai
• Hudson Mohawke
• Mother and the Addicts
• Jim Mullen

N

• Natural Acoustic Band
• Niteworks
• No Way Sis

O

• One Dove
• Orange Juice
• The Orchids

P

• The Pastels
• The Phantom Band
• Owen Paul
• The Poets
• El Presidente
• PAWS (band)
• Prides
• Primal Scream

R

• Chris Rainbow
• Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction
• Maggie Reilly
• Remember Remember

S

• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Set the Tone
• Shitdisco
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• Slam
• Slik
• Jimmy Somerville
• Sons and Daughters
• SOPHIE
• Spirea X
• Sputniks Down
• Stapleton
• Al Stewart
• Stone the Crows
• Strawberry Switchblade
• Hamish Stuart of The Average White Band
• The Supernaturals
• Swanee

T

• Texas
• Travis
• Twin Atlantic
• Telstar Ponies
• Toy Mountains

U

• Uncle John & Whitelock
• Unkle Bob
• Urusei Yatsura

V

• The Vaselines

W

• The Wake
• Bobby Wellins
• Eric Woolfson

Y

• Yashin
• Alexander Young
• Angus Young of AC/DC
• George Young
• John Paul Young
• Malcolm Young of AC/DC
• Stevie Young

Z

• Zoey Van Goey

See also

• List of Scottish musicians