The MIL listing of
Leicester Bands 2016
This is our list of bands from Leicester and Leicestershire for 2016.
2017
We now have a new list of bands for 2017
Page last updated: 1st December 2016
See our page about Music News for more about bands and artists
Bands are listed in alphabetical order by name (band names beginning with “The” are listed under the next word in their name.) The name of the band is linked to a website or a Facebook page. Links always open in a new window.
A few bands from surrounding towns have also been included in this list if they play in Leicester frequently.
Note: this is a very long list; use your page search function to find a specific band by name.
8Miles High (Leicester) Indie/alternative rock (now defunct)
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Abandon Her (Leicester) Alternative
Alligatr (Leicester) indie rock
Another Day Down (Leicester) Alternative rock
Aztec Temples (Leicester) Alternative, indie
Basilisk (Market Harborough) Hardcore
Before The Crash (Coalville) Rock and more
The Bench That Rocked (Coalville) Dynamic rock/punk
Beneath The Lights (North West Leicestershire) Alternative rock
Black Diamond (Whitwick) Rock/punk covers
The Blazing Owls (Leicester) Melodic indie
Bleechbox (Leicester) Pop-punk
Blueshine Brothers (Leicester) Bluegrass (now defunct)
Blood Oath (Leicester) Death metal
The Brandy Thieves (Leicester) Gypsy ska-infused punk rock
Photo: Olly Stabler
Burnin’ Clint’uns (Leicester) Punk rock
Canny Loco (Leicester) Alternative punk rock ska
Casino Empire (Blaby) Alternative (now defunct but performing under another name)
Ceaux Fly (Leicester) Funk and pop
Christopher Moody & The Underground Kings (Leicester) Rock/pop/acoustic
Dawn of Anubis (Coalville) Original, rock, metal
Dead Question (Leicester) Grunge
The Dead Shoot (Leicester) Blues/rock
Dig Lazarus (Leicester) Rock
Drowning Grace (Leicester/Nottingham) Metal/various (now defunct)
Dust & Debris (Leicester) Mix of covers and original Rock’a’bluesey country soul
Earls (Leicester) two-piece alternative hardcore rock
Echolocation (Leicester) Avant Rock
Eden Avenue (Leicester) Alternative rock/Metal (previously called Vengeance)
English Guns (Leicester) ska punk
En Route (Leicester and Leicestershire) Acoustic
First Wave (Leicester) Punk
Flight15 (Leicester and Birmingham) Rock and Alternative
Flying Kangaroo Alliance (Leicester) Alternative Grunge Punk
FourPointOh (Leicester) Hard rock (now defunct)
Fractions (Leicester) Metal
Gallows High (Leicester) Rock
Garganjua (Leicester) Metal
Goldstein (Leicester) Punk rock/ska punk/ska/dub/rap
Graystarr (Leicester and Coalville) Rock
2014
Great Imitation (Leicestershire) Hip-Hop / Soul / Acoustic
GU-RU (Leicester) Psychedelic
Halfway House (Leicester) Beatdown/deathcore
Icons (Leicester) Metal/hardcore
Idle Empire (Nottingham and Leicester) acoustic/indie
Ignition (Burton on Trent) Ignition All Fired Up play funk, soul, rock, modern and classics. Then there’s the acoustic show “Live, Up Close and Personal”, complete with cajon drum and 12-string instruments or small kit.
Internal Conflict (Leicester) Metal/Thrash/Hardcore/Metalcore
James Cull and the Black Storm Nation (Leicester) Hard rock, grunge, country
The Jav’lins (Nuneaton) Contemporary indie rock
Kermes (Leicester) “pop trash”
Photo: Kevin Gaughan.
Kynch (Leicester) Indie, popular
The Lids (Leicester) rock
Linear (Leicester) Rock, blues and mized genres
The Lost Future (Leicester & Nottingham) Post-punk/Rock
Martha Bean Band (Leicester) Acoustic
Midcity (Leicester) Alternative rock
by Mat Borland
Midnight Wire (Leicester) Indie
The Mini Nukes (Leicester)
The Mocking Jays (Nottingham and Derby) Pop, alternative, indie.
Nagasaki Birth Defect (Leicester, we think) Metal
Neon Sarcastic (Leicester) Alternative Rock (now defunct)
No Ill Will (Leicester) Metal/metalcore
Noise Abuse (Leicester) Grindcore
Not My Good Arm (Leicester)
The Pale Faces (Leicester) garage pop
Plaudits (Leicester)
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The Reckless Youth (Leicester) Alt/rock
The Relinquished (Loughborough) Metal
Resin (Leicester) Rock, grunge, metal
Revival (Leicester) Indie rock
Rice ‘n’ Peas (Leicester) Reggae
Roboter (Leicester)
Royal Arcade (Leicester) ‘dreamy/jangly indie’
The Ruby Doos (Leicester) Folk/retro
Saints of the Sinners (Leicester) Acoustic duo
The Scrubs (Leicester)
The Sedations (Leicester) Punk
Sepia Sun (Leicester) Post rock alternative
Skam (Leicester) Rock – one of Leicester’s longest-serving rock bands.
The Smokestacks (Leicester) Jazz/Blues
Stating The Obvious (Leicester)
Stereosonics (Leicestershire) Tribute band to Stereophonics.
Strange Blues (Leicester) Blues rock
Strangler Figs (Leicester) Indie art rock
Super73 (Leicester) Rock, alternative
Superfake (Leicestershire) Indie rock
Temple of Lies (Leicester) Metal, rock, stoner rock
Underdogs (Leicestershire) Rock
Velocity (Leicester) Hardrock/rock/blue
Violet Cities (Leicester) Indie/pop (rip. They decided to stop playing)
Waldorf (Leicestershire) Grunge/rock
Weallfallsilent (Leicester) Acoustic/Electronica/Prog/Indie/Rock
We The Brave (Leicester) Pop/alternative
The World Can Wait (Leicester) Alternative rock
Zed’s Dead (Leicester) Rock covers
The Zufflers (Leicester) Rock covers band
Interesting!
List of famous bands from Leicester (a website that ranks them)
R.I.P.
Bands we lost this year
The Greys (So last night was our last gig and marked the end of The Greys/Jackrabbits/scabies. Our ~2.5 years of unpracticed music playing has been fun, infuriating, stressful and, in places, ball rattlingly nervous)
See also:
How to get your band listed for 2017.
