This is a list of music artists and bands from Manchester, and may also include some people or bands who hail from the wider area of Greater Manchester, in England.

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  • 10cc
  • 52nd Street
  • 808 State
  • The 1975

A

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  • A II Z
  • A Guy Called Gerald
  • Barry Adamson
  • Stuart Adamson
  • Addictive
  • AIM
  • Airship
  • Aitch
  • Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
  • Alfie
  • Alpinestars
  • Amplifier
  • The Answering Machine
  • Richard Ashcroft
  • Audioweb
  • Autechre

B

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  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Bandit Queen
  • Barclay James Harvest
  • BBC Philharmonic
  • B.C. Camplight
  • Beady Eye
  • Norman Beaker
  • Beau Leisure
  • Bee Gees
  • Beecher
  • Bez
  • Big Flame
  • Billy Ruffian
  • Bipolar Sunshine
  • Biting Tongues
  • Black Grape
  • Black Rivers
  • Blue Orchids
  • Blossoms
  • The Bodines
  • Tim Booth
  • John Bramwell
  • Brassy
  • Brian and Michael
  • Brigade
  • Brix & the Extricated
  • Elkie Brooks
  • Ian Brown
  • kyla Brox
  • Victor Brox
  • Mark Burgess
  • Tim Burgess
  • Bugzy Malone
  • Buzzcocks

C

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  • Cabbage
  • The Cape Race
  • The Caretaker (musician)
  • Elsie Carlisle
  • Carmel
  • A Certain Ratio
  • The Chameleons
  • Diane Charlemagne
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Cherry Ghost
  • John Cooper Clarke
  • Cleopatra
  • The Clint Boon Experience
  • The Colourfield
  • JP Cooper
  • Courteeners
  • Brian Cox
  • Crazy P
  • The Creepers
  • Crispy Ambulance
  • Crywank

D

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  • D Ream
  • The Dakotas
  • Daley
  • Dare
  • Delphic
  • Demdike Stare
  • Diana Vickers
  • Dirty North
  • The Distractions
  • Doves
  • The Drones
  • Billy Duffy
  • The Durutti Column
  • Dutch Uncles

E

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  • Easterhouse
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • Elbow
  • Electronic
  • Emergency
  • Everything Everything

F

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  • Factory Star
  • The Fall
  • Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
  • Graham Fellows AKA Jilted John
  • Findlay (musician)
  • Fingathing
  • Hughie Flint
  • Floating Points
  • George Formby
  • Frantic Elevators
  • Freebass
  • Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Freeloaders
  • The French (later, The French 8083)
  • The Freshies
  • Stephen Fretwell
  • Liam Frost
  • Martin Fry
  • The Future Sound of London
  • Futurecop!

G

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  • Liam Gallagher
  • Noel Gallagher
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
  • Geko
  • Andy Gibb
  • Andy Gill
  • David Gray
  • Godley & Creme
  • GoGo Penguin
  • Goldblade
  • Jimi Goodwin
  • A Guy Called Gerald

H

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  • Matthew Halsall
  • Peter Hammill
  • Happy Mondays
  • Mike Harding
  • Ren Harvieu
  • Herman's Hermits
  • Robert Heaton
  • HENGE
  • The High
  • Tom Hingley
  • Tom Hingley and the Lovers
  • The Hoax
  • The Hollies
  • Hotlegs
  • Hot Milk
  • Mick Hucknall
  • Hurts

I

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  • IAMDDB
  • I Am Kloot
  • Inca Babies
  • Ingested
  • Inspiral Carpets
  • Intastella
  • Ist Ist

J

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  • Martin Jackson
  • James
  • Jan Johnston
  • Jon the Postman
  • Danny Jones
  • Davy Jones
  • Joy Division

K

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  • Kalima
  • Jay Kay
  • Kevin Kennedy (actor)
  • Kid British
  • Kill II This
  • Kinesis
  • King of the Slums

L

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  • Lamb
  • The Lathums
  • Lavolta Lakota
  • Edward Lisbona
  • Lonelady
  • The Longcut
  • Longview
  • The Lottery Winners
  • Lovefreekz
  • Loveland
  • Love to Infinity
  • Ludus
  • Luxuria

M

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  • M People
  • Magazine
  • Bugzy Malone
  • Man from Delmonte
  • Mangled After Dinner
  • Mani AKA Gary Mounfield
  • Marconi Union
  • Marion
  • Johnny Marr
  • Maruja
  • John Mayall
  • John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
  • MC Tunes
  • Meekz
  • Militia
  • Pip Millett
  • The Mindbenders
  • Mint Royale
  • Minute Taker
  • Misha B
  • Mr. Scruff
  • Mock Turtles
  • Molly Half Head
  • Monaco
  • Money
  • Monomania
  • Morrissey
  • The Mothmen
  • Muslimgauze

N

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  • Graham Nash
  • N-Trance
  • New Fast Automatic Daffodils
  • New Order
  • Nine Black Alps
  • Jim Noir
  • Peter Noone
  • Northern Uproar
  • Northside
  • The Nosebleeds

O

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  • Oasis
  • Oceansize
  • Omerta
  • The Other Two
  • The Outfield
  • Owl Project

P

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  • Pale Waves
  • Paris Angels
  • The Passage
  • Ben Pearce
  • Genesis P-Orridge
  • Proud Mary
  • Puressence
  • Push Baby

Q

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  • Quando Quango

R

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  • Rae & Christian
  • The Railway Children
  • Vini Reilly
  • Reni, born Alan Wren
  • Revenge
  • Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
  • Lou Rhodes
  • Marc Riley and The Creepers
  • Rivers & Robots
  • Ruthless Rap Assassins

S

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  • Sad Café
  • Salford Jets
  • Dave Sharp
  • Shirehorses
  • Frank Sidebottom
  • Simian
  • Simply Red
  • Sixty Minute Man
  • Peter Skellern
  • Slaughter & the Dogs
  • The Slow Readers Club
  • The Smirks
  • The Smiths
  • Solstice
  • Sonic Boom Six
  • Space Monkeys
  • John Squire
  • Stack Waddy
  • Lisa Stansfield
  • Starsailor
  • Stay+
  • Stockholm Monsters
  • The Stone Roses
  • Andy Stott
  • Sub Sub
  • Suns of Arqa
  • Sweet Female Attitude
  • Sweet Sensation
  • Swing Out Sister
  • Swiss Lips

T

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  • Take That
  • TCTS
  • Theatre of Hate
  • The Ting Tings
  • The Toggery Five
  • TOKOLOSH
  • Tractor
  • The Trend
  • Turrentine Jones
  • Twang
  • Twisted Wheel

V

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  • Van der Graaf Generator
  • The Verve
  • Virginia Wolf
  • Victoria Wood

W

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  • The Waltones
  • Shayne Ward
  • Warsaw
  • Russell Watson
  • Westside Cowboy
  • When in Rome
  • The Whip
  • Laura White
  • Melanie Williams
  • Winterfylleth
  • A Witness
  • Wode
  • Working for a Nuclear Free City
  • WU LYF

Y

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  • Yargo
  • Paul Young (singer, born 1947)

See also

  • Cargo Studios
  • The Hacienda
  • List of music artists and bands from England
  • Lists of musicians
  • List of people from Manchester
  • Manchester Arena
  • Manchester Central
  • Madchester
  • Music of Manchester

References