List of bands and musicians from Glasgow facts for kids

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

0–9

• 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
• Maggie Bell
• Belle & Sebastian
• Bis
• Bleed From Within
• The Blimp
• The Blue Nile
• The Bluebells
• Bombay Talkie
• Brian Robertson (former Thin Lizzy Guitarist)
• Scott Brown
• Jack Bruce

C

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

D

• Dananananaykroyd
• Darius Campbell Danesh
• Deacon Blue
• Del Amitri
• The Delgados
• Jimmy Dewar, from Robin Trower band
• Jim Diamond
• Lonnie Donegan
• Donovan

E

• El Presidente
• Endgames
• Errors

F

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

G

• Ganger
• Bobby Gillespie, singer-songwriter
• Glasgow
• Glasvegas
• Clare Grogan, singer and actress
• Gun

H

• H₂O
• Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Fran Healy
• Hip Parade
• Hipsway
• How to Swim
• RM Hubbert
• Michael Hunter, music games composer

I

• Isosceles

J

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

K

• David Knopfler of Dire Straits
• Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
• Oliver Knussen – composer and conductor
• Kode9

L

• Laki Mera
• Jeanie Lambe – jazz singer
• Frederic Lamond, classical pianist and pupil of Franz Liszt
• Mary Lee
• Life Without Buildings
• Little Eye
• Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
• Logan
• Loki
• Lotus Eater
• Love and Money
• Lucia & The Best Boys
• Lulu

M

• Makethisrelate
• Man Must Die
• The Marmalade
• Helen Marnie of Ladytron
• John Martyn
• David McCallum, Sr., violinist
• Jimmy McCulloch, rock musician
• Matt McGinn, folk musician
• Lisa McHugh
• Frankie Miller
• Middle of the Road
• Mogwai
• Hudson Mohawke, producer, composer and DJ
• Jim Mullen

N

• Natural Acoustic Band
• No Way Sis

O

• One Dove
• One in a Million
• Orange Juice
• The Orchids

P

• The Pastels
• The Phantom Band
• Owen Paul
• The Poets
• Emma Pollock – singer-songwriter, composer, musician and a founding member of the band The Delgados
• El Presidente
• PAWS (band)
• Prides
• Primal Scream

R

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

S

• Shop Assistants
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Set the Tone
• Shitdisco
• The Silencers
• Simple Minds
• Slam
• Slik
• David Sneddon
• Jimmy Somerville, singer
• Sons and Daughters
• SOPHIE
• Spirea X
• Sharleen Spiteri – singer, songwriter and guitarist
• Sputniks Down
• Stapleton
• Al Stewart
• Stone the Crows
• Strawberry Switchblade
• Hamish Stuart of The Average White Band
• The Supernaturals
• Swanee

T

• Teenage Fanclub
• Texas
• Dougie Thomson
• Travis
• Twin Atlantic
• Telstar Ponies

U

• Uncle John & Whitelock
• Unkle Bob
• Midge Ure
• Urusei Yatsura

V

• The Vaselines

W

• The Wake
• Bobby Wellins
• Eric Woolfson

Y

• Yashin
• Alexander Young
• Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
• George Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (The Easybeats)
• John Paul Young, Australian singer
• Malcolm Young – Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
• Stevie Young

Z

• Zoey Van Goey

See also

• List of people from Glasgow
• List of Scottish musicians