List of bands and artists from Merseyside

This is a list of notable bands and artists from Merseyside, North West England. For over fifty years, the area has had a thriving pop and rock music scene, particularly since The Beatles popularised Merseybeat.[1]

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  • S.F.X. Boys' Choir, Liverpool
  • The Sand Band: alternative folk band
  • The Scaffold: 1960s group featuring Mike McGear, Roger McGough and John Gorman. Had a number 1 with "Lily the Pink", and other hits with "Thank You Very Much", "Do You Remember?" and "mGin Gan Goolie" in the 1960s and "Liverpool Lou" in the 1970s
  • Scorpio Rising - 90s indie rock group, which style is inspired by Manchester's indie dance scene.
  • The Seal Cub Clubbing Club: Post-punk band[45]
  • The Searchers: 1960s Merseybeat group. No. 1 hits include "Sweets For My Sweet", "Needles and Pins" and "Don't Throw Your Love Away"
  • Shack: Cult band led by Mick Head, formerly of The Pale Fountains. Influential on Britpop bands such as Oasis; Noel Gallagher repaid the debt by signing them to his record label
  • She Drew the Gun: are a 4-piece dreamy psych pop outfit.
  • Short Sharp Shock: Crossover hardcore/thrash band from Wirral[46]
  • Siobhan Maher Kennedy: lead vocalist of River City People during the late 1980s and early 1990s, solo career since 2002
  • Skinny: 1995 to 1998 indie pop band later known as Monochrome
  • Smaller: Mid-1990s indie band featuring Digsy of Oasis fame
  • Sonia: Pop singer from the PWL stable. Born in Skelmersdale but mostly associated with Liverpool
  • Sound of Guns: Alternative Rock band formed in 2008
  • Space: 1990s indie band best known for "Female of the Species" and their six other Top 20 hit singles
  • Spinn: are a four-piece from Liverpool who create their own kind of jangly guitar pop
  • Spider: new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) band
  • The Spinners Liverpool folk band
  • The Spitfire Boys: punk band
  • The Stands: 2000s rock & roll band led by songwriter Howie Payne. Split in 2006
  • Stealing Sheep: pop band formed in 2010
  • Sunday Jones: indie rock band
  • Rory Storm and the Hurricanes: Merseybeat group
  • Supercharge: 1970s funk/rock band, led by Albie Donnelly and featuring Ozzie Yue
  • The Swinging Blue Jeans: 1960s Merseybeat group. Top 3 hits include "Hippy Hippy Shake" and "You're No Good"[47]
  • Terry Sylvester was the English guitarist/singer with The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans (1966–69) and The Hollies. In the latter guise, he took on the high parts formerly sung by Graham Nash, who had left the band in December 1968

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  • Ultrabeat are a British electronic music group from Liverpool, consisting of producer and vocalist Mike Di Scala and producers Ian Redman and Chris Henry
  • The Undertakers: 1960s Merseybeat group, launchpad for the careers of the late Jackie Lomax (bass guitar), Chris Huston (lead guitar), the late Geoff Nugent (rhythm guitar), Brian Jones (tenor saxophone, member of the Glitter band) and the late Brian (Bugs) Pemberton (drums). Today's members are Brian Jones, Geoff Nugent, Bill Good and Jimmy O'Brien (formerly New Image and Rockin Horse). Lomax rejoined the band when he is home in Liverpool.[49]
  • Urban Strawberry Lunch

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  • Frankie Vaughan was an English singer of traditional pop music who issued more than 80 singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits
  • The Vernons Girls were an English musical ensemble of female vocalists

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  • Wah!: Pete Wylie vehicle, variously known as Wah! Heat and The Mighty Wah!
  • Walkingseeds: alternative rock band formed in 1986
  • Wave Machines: Indie band (2007–present)
  • The Wild Swans: Post-punk/new wave band
  • Wimple Winch: freakbeat band
  • Where's the Beach: Techno band who recorded three John Peel sessions and had Single Of The Week in NME for their third single "Sex Slave Zombie"
  • The Wombats: Indie rock band formed in 2003 consisting of Matthew Murphy, Tord Overland Knudsen and Daniel Haggis. Best known for their 2007 hit Let's Dance To Joy Division.
  • Kathryn Williams released her first album, Dog Leap Stairs on her own Caw Records label in 1999 with a budget of £80. The follow-up, Little Black Numbers, garnered a Mercury Prize nomination in 2000
  • Cliff Williams Bassist with AC/DC. Lived in Hoylake.
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