Showing posts with label west midlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label west midlands. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2012

Great bands from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands area

Because for a while now I've been thinking about some of the excellent bands that have come from my home region, or who have included significant members from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands region, I've finally decided to start making myself a list. I've a preference for rock/metal music, but I'll probably include those bands who played in other styles too. (If my info is wrong, let me know so I can correct it:-) )

Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne (yeah, I know he was part of Sabbath, but he had/has a very succesful solo carreer too)
Judas Priest
Magnum
Led Zeppelin (Both John Bonham and Robert Plant are originally from the region)
Robert Plant
Wizard
Electric Light Orchestra
Slade
Black Country Communion (Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham are originally from the region)
Shy
Marshall Law
Diamond Head
Dark Star
Spencer Davis Group
Steve Winwood
Traffic
Toyah Willcox
The Move
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Moody Blues
Apache Indian
Duran Duran
Musical Youth
UB40


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Free Music - Phenomena

Phenomena were an excellent christian rock group from the West Midlands, England. They were around in the late 80s and early 90s and produced at least two EPs, which are available in this download.

I don't know many more details about the group, apart form the fact that Jon Grant was the guitarist in the group, and he went on to perform with singer Lynsey, who later became his wife. The two know do an excellent job with a youth work called Krunch based in the West Midlands.

The latest I heard there was a possibility of Phenomena reuniting for some gigs! For more info check out their facebook page

The download available here is from 2 EPs Phenomena recorded. They are tranfers from cassettes, using Audacity to clean up and compress the files. Unfortunately Audacity can't remove tape-wobble from years of playing, and believe me these Phenomena cassettes have been well played. Check out the song "So you say" which is a song which has stuck in my head since I heard it back in the early 90s.

Here's the link to download the tracks: http://www.everlightskeep.com/Phenomena_EP.zip