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A more evenly matched contest than in other cities with several serious contenders. Any ommissions go to Wikipedia - List of musicians from Sheffield, instead of complaining here.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
L.F.O.	19
Pulp	14
The Human League	7
Cabaret Voltaire	5
Derek Bailey	2
Def Leppard	2
Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Ace, Mike + The Mechanics & Paul Carrick)	1
Comsat Angels	1
Babybird	1
ABC	1
65daysofstatic	1
Arctic Monkeys	1
Richard Hawley	0
Living In A Box	0
Mark Gasser	0
Milburn	0
Moloko	0
Olive	0
The Aboriginals	0
Pete Thomas (Drummer from Elvis Costello's Attractions)	0
Wayne Hussey (The Mission singer and Sisters of Mercy guitarist)	0
Simon Hinkler (The Mission Guitarist)	0
Tony Oxley	0
The Longpigs	0
Reverend and the Makers	0
The Long Blondes	0
Reginald Dixon (world famous theatre organ player)	0
Little Man Tate	0
Kurt Wagner (Lambchop lead singer)	0
After Hours	0
All Seeing I	0
Ann Lee	0
Bring Me The Horizon	0
Bromheads Jacket	0
Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden	0
Clock DVA	0
Dave Berry	0
Frank White	0
Heaven 17	0
James Poyser (keyboard player & producer based in Philadelphia)	0
Jarvis Cocker	0
Jody Wildgoose	0
Joe Cocker	0
John Shuttleworth a.k.a. Jilted John or Graham Fellows	0
Kelly Llorenna	0
Ace	0

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:26 (eighteen years ago)

no funky worm? no add n to x??

― electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:29 (eighteen years ago)

Any ommissions go to Wikipedia - List of musicians from Sheffield, instead of complaining here.

Though wikipedia having an entry on Milburn and none on Derek Bailey seems a particularly pereverse oversight.

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:30 (eighteen years ago)

Paul Carrick, easily.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:31 (eighteen years ago)

Kurt Wagner?! Blimey, that's unexpected.

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:33 (eighteen years ago)

What, for "The Living Years" ? xpost

― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:34 (eighteen years ago)

carrack

― electricsound, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:36 (eighteen years ago)

Where is Tony Christie band? It's never advisable to rely on Wikipedia alone.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:49 (eighteen years ago)

Also, Chakk (and therefore Krush).

― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:50 (eighteen years ago)

This is pretty hard, torn between Human League, Cabs and Clock DVA.

And in case anybody was inclined to vote for him, that's Wayne Hussey born in Bristol, spent his teenage years in Liverpool, a large chunk of his life in Leeds and now lives in Brazil.

― aldo, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Gavin Bryars?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:53 (eighteen years ago)

... don't know if he was born in Sheffield (neither was Martin Fry for that matter), but pretty much started there

― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:55 (eighteen years ago)

A strong lineup with the likes of ABC, Heaven 17, Def Leppard and Pulp. But my vote went to Human League

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 13:15 (eighteen years ago)

Gavin B is a Ripon boy.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 13:15 (eighteen years ago)

Also, Chakk (and therefore Krush).

Oy, hands off Krush - they're ours, OURS I TELL YOU!

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 14:54 (eighteen years ago)

Where is Tony Christie band?

Conisborough between Rotherham and Doncaster, assuming wikipedia's right.

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Cabaret Voltaire

LOCK THREAD

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 15:24 (eighteen years ago)

i'm with Dan on this - Cabaret Voltaire

― mark e, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

I voted Pulp on the sheer bravado of Jarvis at "that Michael jackson performance".

You know the one....Brit awards.

― liamail, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

cabs. cabs. cabs.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 18:07 (eighteen years ago)

nag nag nag

― Saxby D. Elder, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Didn't expect LFO to win and by quite so handsome a margin.

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 09:30 (eighteen years ago)

that is fucked up.

― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 10:59 (eighteen years ago)

lol polls r broken

― jabba hands, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 11:07 (eighteen years ago)

I feel sad that Moloko didn't get a vote, as "Forever More" is the best pop single EVER EVER (sometimes). But I still went for Pulp, so what do I know.

― edwardo, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 11:56 (eighteen years ago)

Bit surprised to see Heaven 17 getting no votes at all. I thought they had quite a following here.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 12:35 (eighteen years ago)

Heaven 17 fans probably consider them 2nd to Human League, ABC or the Cabs.

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

it's kind of strange to see the hottest sound in sheffield unrepresented in this poll

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 14:56 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

Really enjoyed Jarvis Cocker's Musical Map of Sheffield on Radio 2.

Still on the Listen Again.

― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 19:39 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have a listen.

Damn, I missed this poll. Were LFO really that great? I guess I only remember a couple of things by them. Also people who care about Pulp over Cabs = resounding DUD.

― Bimble, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 20:19 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

I came here to say damn you sheffield you people are as bad as mancs with your musical heritage bollocks then I saw LFO won the poll and all was forgiven.

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

right, sheffield is great

even the arctic monkeys are probably the least bad major indie band of recent times

― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:38 (fifteen years ago)

no mention of autechre itt!

― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

and sheffield bleep outliers like xon or unique 3

― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

this is indefensible though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqxH9iXUDf0

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:39 (fifteen years ago)

haha at the youtube comments though

― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 19 February 2011 19:41 (fifteen years ago)

~~~~tales from adland vol 67~~~~

now get this

ppl u ready

AN ISP

oh god, right?

u r thinking zzzz boring aspirational or zzz even more boring techie

HOVIS INTERNET

/charlote street gasps in admiration

― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 20:00 (fifteen years ago)

no votes for CLOCKDVA? clearly I missed this poll

― Paul, Saturday, 19 February 2011 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

Can't believe a) Lyte Funky Ones were from Sheffield, b) they won this poll.

― Neil S, Saturday, 19 February 2011 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3623959133_5aca0ba5e7.jpg

― fat balls for wild birds (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 February 2011 23:04 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocVUbnIyW28

― Paul, Saturday, 19 February 2011 23:11 (fifteen years ago)

pulp with 14 to moloko 0 is a travesty

― forest zombie (Vasco da Gama), Sunday, 20 February 2011 03:17 (fifteen years ago)

LFO are from Leeds/Wakefield surely

― cherry blossom, Sunday, 20 February 2011 04:13 (fifteen years ago)

eight years pass...

"Sheffield in 1977 had a slight feeling of being the city of the future,” recalls Jarvis Cocker. “I didn’t realise that it was all going to go to sh*t. It was Sheffield before the fall."

Sheffield's post-punk explosion: synths, steel and skinheads

― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:02 (six years ago)

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