I refer you to my earlier answer.

Unless you class Joy Division as Macclesfield. In which case they're up against the Macc Lads. But I don't - Manchester's finest.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on May 23rd 2005 at 23:14:20

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question on radio 1 today... (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 22:15:53
- no mention for the charlatans (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:44:51
  - I saw them support the Stone Roses at the LSE in '87 I think (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:48:44
  - Burgess is from Nortwich. Most of the rest are from Walsall (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:45:39
    - northwich near manchester? (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:48:11
      - Yeah kinda. Northwich is actually very near Crewe. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:58:33
  - Never rated them ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:45:24
- Fools, the lot of you. The best Manchester band were... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:42:02
  - Ah, the New FADs. Not really that good. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:49:39
    - Total shite (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:54:37
    - You're right. Mate of mine swore by them. Take or leave if you ask me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:53:40
  - Ah, the New FADs. Not really that good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:49:30
  - Northside (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:44:39
    - Song was called "Shall We Take A Trip?" (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:46:35
      - That's the one. Only good song they did. (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:49:16
        
        Au contraire. There are actually 2 or 3 good ones on the album. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:53:00
        
        Week-ENDER!!! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:53:35
        
        Phobia, oneI never canremember the name of, and my all time favourite (after Weekender)... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:56:21
        
        It's On (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:58:04
        
        Weekender has just gone on Foxtrot FM - classic stuff. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 24, 00:01:02
        
        And again I must differ. Carter were fantastic... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:03:52
        
        Never really took to PWEI. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 24, 00:05:36
        
        Not that I recall. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:07:27
        
        Saw PWEI at UEA funnily enough (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:12:00
        
        Oh, regarding that query earlier on movie studio logos. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:22:07
        
        Surely there's an MGM site? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:27:48
        
        It's kinda copyrighted. And I need the movie, not a jpg... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:35:36
  - Northern Uproar, surely? (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:43:09
    - Lol I'm sure I saw them at the Waterfront once... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:43:37
- Happy Mondays edge it I think (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:21:38
  - i saw the inspiarals at the uea several years ago (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:40:52
  - New Order were/are ridiculously patchy. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:24:23
    - New Order have done some crap, but every year (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:28:54
      - Yeah, 'Touching from a distance' is fantastic. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:33:09
        
        Was that the title? Can't remember (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:37:42
      - republic is a great New Order album (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:29:22
        
        I've always thought it was their worst one ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:31:30
        
        Low-Life was great and Technique I always liked. (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:35:44
        
        You've picked the best ones. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:37:21
        
        Ceremony has just kicked in on BC FM ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:43:30
        
        That's it, yeah. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:44:31
        
        May have it back in UK, then (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:50:59
- the smiths and the stone roses (General Chat) - scruffy, May 23, 23:19:58
  - How could I forget The Smiths? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:24:19
  - Good shout - the Smiths were amazing. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:22:19
    - There we must differ (General Chat) - Suggy, May 23, 23:37:27
      - Agreed with you on the Chilli Peppers - rubbish. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:40:21
- Not even close IMHO (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 23, 23:06:14
  - I refer you to my earlier answer. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:14:20
- Joy Division! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 22:48:53
- a tie Stone roses/oasis n/m (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, May 23, 22:21:36
  - I've got to agree with the Stone roses n/m (n/m) (General Chat) - Real men wear yellow, May 23, 22:23:53
    - The Fall or Happy Mondays (General Chat) - Southampton Rob, May 23, 22:39:43
      - Agreed, Fall or Happy Mondays.... (General Chat) - Suggy, May 23, 23:22:54
        
        The Roses' second album was dogshit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:25:21
        
        As I recall, one side was pretty good (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:31:41
        
        has some good moments on it (General Chat) - scruffy, May 23, 23:59:15
        
        If it hadn't been the Stone Roses it would have got absolutely slated (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:00:21
        
        I didn't really care for it ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:34:05
        
        Crazy talk. Took some listens, and wasn't a patch on the first... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:43:03
        
        Not if it took them 6 years ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:44:00
        
        Agreed. Had they done that after 2, it wouldn't have got half the slating... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:45:14
        
        If you take 6 years (without splitting and reforming) your album has to be incredible ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:48:39
      - All three made too many below-par records though ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:18:26

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