It would be good to have a resource for the Entertainment! section that would list bands, their stories, lineups, dates, links, pictures, YouTube stuff etc. so I've posted a request for info on The Orkney Forum. I feel that anyone who has the guts to perform deserves to have their time in the spotlight acknowledged, and hope that this could encourage new bands to reach out for immortality. Of a sort.
Well, things are spiralling out of control with the following 80 bands (or artistes) listed already! At the risk of creating a monster, I'd be happy for information about these bands to be added as comments to this article (or emails to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for me to kick into shape later.
Thanks for your help.
[Condition picture from band Facebook site, by Steve Smith]
The bands (and artistes) so far are:
The Adrian Stuart Band
The Alphabeats
The Apaches (very early Robbie Swanney)
Bad Dog No Biscuit
Bad Taste
Big Muff
The Birsay Boys
Blue Mother
The Braelanders
Bruce Mainland
Ceramic Octopus
The Chair
Chugg
Compass
The Condition
constant party
Country Rock (Philip Anderson)
Deuce
Dick! You Villain
The Dominoes (Donny Leonard) (early '60's)
E-merjj
Fat Elvis
Fiona Driver & Graham Simpson
Follow Through
The Four of Us
Frank Keenan
funky bush and the baggage
Gerbil
Glass Opera
Hadhirgaan
The Hamnavoe Dance Band
Hivida
The Housegarth Band
Hullion
Jimmy Johnston and Co
Jock P and the Westray band
Kelowna
Kikrwall City Pipe Band
Killing Tuesday
The Lapels
Liam Muir and Co
Lone Star Swing Band
Maverick
Mean Business
The Movies
The Norman Brass Orchestra (1950's)
The Old Stromness Band
The Orcades
The Peacemakers
peters finger
Red Alert
Rhino
Ronald Anderson Band
Rougue
Saltfishforty
The Sea Monkey Bringers of Dooom
The Selkies
Shogun
Shoot the Piper
Shoramere
Silver Penguins
Skalder (http://www.myspace.com/skaldermusic)
Smoking Stone Band
Spilt Milk
Stave Natives
Stereo Lobsters
Stray Dogs
Streetwise (Philip Anderson)
The Stronsay Band
Superego
tank matadore (new band)
The Nomads
The Wyre Band
Three in a Bar
Three Peace Suite
TNT
The Tribe (in all their incarnations)
will atkinson
Wrigley & the Reel
The Wrigley Sisters
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