List of bands and musicians from Glasgow
This list contains famous or notable musicians, singers, composers and bands who originated in or are associated strongly with Glasgow, Scotland.
0–9
A
- AC Acoustics
 - Admiral Fallow
 - Adopted as Holograph
 - Adventures in Stereo
 - Aereogramme
 - The Almighty
 - Altered Images
 - Angel Heart
 - Craig Armstrong, composer
 - Attic Lights
 
B
- Baby Chaos (briefly changed name to Deckard)
 - Baby Strange
 - A Band Called Quinn
 - Jimmy Barnes, singer, member of Cold Chisel[1]
 - The Bathers
 - Beecake
 - Beggars Opera
 - Maggie Bell, singer, member of Stone the Crows[2]
 - Belle & Sebastian[3]
 - Bis[4]
 - Bleed From Within
 - The Blimp
 - The Blue Nile[3]
 - The Bluebells
 - Bombay Talkie
 - Brian Robertson, guitarist, former member of Thin Lizzy
 - Scott Brown, DJ and music producer
 - Jack Bruce, singer, bassist, member of Cream[5]
 
C
- Camera Obscura[6]
 - Junior Campbell, also member of The Marmalade[7]
 - Cannon
 - Lewis Capaldi, singer-songwriter[8]
 - Cado Belle
 - Charlie and the Bhoys
 - Chvrches[9]
 - The Cinematics
 - Gerry Cinnamon, singer-songwriter, guitarist[10]
 - The Clutha, folk group
 - Billy Connolly, actor, musician, comedian
 - Ivor Cutler, poet, singer, musician, writer
 
D
- Dananananaykroyd
 - Darius Campbell Danesh, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer[11]
 - Deacon Blue[12]
 - Del Amitri[13]
 - The Delgados[3]
 - Jimmy Dewar, bassist, vocalist, member of Robin Trower band[14]
 - Jim Diamond, singer-songwriter[15]
 - George Donaldson, member of Celtic Thunder[16][17]
 - Donovan, musician, songwriter, record producer[18]
 
E
- Sheena Easton
 - El Presidente[19]
 - Endgames
 - Errors
 
F
G
- Ganger
 - Bobby Gillespie, singer-songwriter[21]
 - Glasgow
 - Glasvegas[3]
 - Clare Grogan, singer and actress, member of Altered Images
 - Gun
 
H
- H2O
 - Alex Harvey, frontman of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
 - Fran Healy, singer, member of Travis
 - Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, pianist, composer and broadcaster[22]
 - Hip Parade
 - Hipsway[23]
 - How to Swim
 - RM Hubbert, guitarist and singer
 - Michael Hunter, music games composer
 
J
- Jacob Yates and the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers
 - Bert Jansch, folk musician, founding member of Pentangle
 
K
- Konflict, Kemal and Rob Data, Drum & Bass producers
 - David Knopfler, guitarist, member of Dire Straits
 - Mark Knopfler, singer, songwriter, guitarist, member of Dire Straits
 - Oliver Knussen, classical composer and conductor
 - Kode9
 - Jim Kerr, member of Simple Minds
 
L
- Laki Mera
 - Jeanie Lambe, jazz singer
 - Frederic Lamond, classical pianist and pupil of Franz Liszt
 - Mary Lee, singer, variety performer[24]
 - Life Without Buildings
 - Little Eye
 - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
 - Logan
 - Loki, rapper
 - Lotus Eater[25]
 - Love and Money[26]
 - Lucia & The Best Boys
 - Lulu, singer, songwriter, actress, television personality
 
M
- Makethisrelate[27]
 - Man Must Die
 - The Marmalade[7]
 - Helen Marnie of Ladytron[26]
 - John Martyn
 - David McCallum, Sr., violinist
 - Jimmy McCulloch, rock musician
 - Johnny McElhone, member of Altered Images, Hipsway, and Texas
 - Matt McGinn, folk musician
 - Lisa McHugh, singer
 - Frankie Miller, singer-songwriter and actor
 - Middle of the Road
 - Mogwai[3]
 - Hudson Mohawke, producer, composer and DJ[28]
 - Mother and the Addicts[29]
 - Jim Mullen, jazz guitarist
 
N
O
P
- The Pastels[30]
 - The Phantom Band
 - Owen Paul, singer, songwriter, musician
 - The Poets
 - Paolo Nutini
 - Emma Pollock, singer-songwriter, composer, founding member of The Delgados
 - El Presidente
 - PAWS (band)
 - Prides
 - Primal Scream[21]
 
R
- Chris Rainbow, pop/rock singer, musician
 - Eddi Reader, member of Fairground Attraction
 - Maggie Reilly, singer, member of Cado Belle
 - Remember Remember
 - Rustie, musician, producer[31]
 - William Reid, member of The Jesus and Mary Chain
 
S
- Shop Assistants
 - Sensational Alex Harvey Band[32]
 - Set the Tone
 - Shitdisco
 - The Silencers[26]
 - Simple Minds[33]
 - Slam
 - Slik
 - David Sneddon
 - Jimmy Somerville, singer,[34] member of Bronski Beat and the Communards
 - Sons and Daughters[35]
 - SOPHIE
 - Spirea X
 - Spit Back
 - Sharleen Spiteri, singer, songwriter, guitarist, member of Texas
 - Sparrow and the Workshop
 - Sputniks Down
 - Stapleton
 - Al Stewart
 - Stone the Crows
 - Strawberry Switchblade
 - Hamish Stuart, member of The Average White Band
 - The Supernaturals[36]
 - Swanee
 
T
- Soom T, reggae singer and rapper
 - Teenage Fanclub
 - Telstar Ponies
 - Texas[37]
 - Dougie Thomson, bassist, member of Supertramp
 - Travis[38]
 - Twin Atlantic[39]
 
U
- Uncle John & Whitelock
 - Unkle Bob
 - Midge Ure, singer, songwriter, member of Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, Visage, and Ultravox
 - Urusei Yatsura
 
V
W
- The Wake
 - Bobby Wellins, tenor saxophonist
 - Eric Woolfson, songwriter, producer, pianist, member of the Alan Parsons Project
 
Y
- Yashin
 - Alexander Young, singer, songwriter, manager, producer, member of Grapefruit
 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist, member of AC/DC[40]
 - George Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist, member of The Easybeats[41]
 - John Paul Young, Scottish-born Australian singer[42]
 - Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist, member of AC/DC[40]
 - Stevie Young, guitarist, member of Starfighters and AC/DC
 
Z
See also
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