What are some bands from Wales that I can check out?

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Outside_Acanthaceae7@reddit

BFMV already mentioned but one that hasn't SKINDRED

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ShartTheFirst@reddit

Possibly the best live band I've seen, and I've seen hundreds.

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YchYFi@reddit

I've seen them like a hundred times. Back when they would do small gigs in Newport. Nice fellas.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Skindred was my first choice too. I always suggest them as a Eurovision entry too, because you know they would get the crowd going.

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hoochiscrazy_@reddit

Feeder. Their first five albums in particular are all great. Echo Park and Comfort in Sound are classics. I'm always banging the drum that they are very underrated.

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bahumat42@reddit

This reminded me to go rewatch the video for "just a day".

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DevilRenegade@reddit

They really are underrated. Some great songs that always seem to fly under the radar.

Ironically, the one song of theirs that got the most airplay (Buck Rogers) is in my opinion one of their weakest.

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hoochiscrazy_@reddit

I love Buck Rogers as a happy banger but it's definitely nowhere near their best agreed!

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YchYFi@reddit

Yes North Wales. I mean the band members names give them away. They talk a lot of Welsh at their shows if you go.

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carlovski99@reddit

Ah yeah, from Mold. Not actually seen them live, only really listened to a few songs but I do like them. I'll check them out some more.

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LiliWenFach@reddit

They walked into the Italian restraint on the Wrexham road while we were having our staff Christmas party one year. Cue a whole table prextending nonchalantly not to have noticed them.

See quite a few celebs out in Mold!

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carlovski99@reddit

I always find Mold memorable for the huge difference in the welsh vs english name on the road signs. Wrexham/Wrecsam - yeah, makes sense. Mold/Yr Wyddgrug ?

Not been up that way for years though, sister used to live in Chirk then Summerhill. Plus family trips to Llandudno as a kid. Need to do a North Wales trip - often up in Shropshire so not much further.

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hidingbehindyoursofa@reddit

No mention of the GLC? Goldie Looking Chain's music is great and their lyrics are really clever and have literally loads of local references. Check out Fear Of A Welsh Planet and go from there. You knows it.

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Harry-666666@reddit

You knows it, clart.

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thillyworne@reddit

Don’t forget their seminal classic ‘Parking in Cwmbran’

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fickle_north@reddit

‘Wellend’ was one of the best things to come out of that bizarre sea shanty phase during Covid

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wolster2002@reddit

My favourite lyrics are from Self Suicide, ‘Jesus Christ, nailed to some wood, 2000 years later, book sales still good’.

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fuggerdug@reddit

Wanking with a bag on your head tied to door, that bloke from INXS he knew the score.

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GabberZZ@reddit

Soap bar!

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SleepAllllDay@reddit

It comes from fuckin ‘olland.

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foxhill_matt@reddit

Catatonia Super Furry Animals Goldie Lookin Chain Stereophonics Tom Jones Bonnie Tyler Manic Street Preachers Bullet for my valentine Catfish and the bottlemen ... Lostprophets..

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PassiveTheme@reddit

... Lostprophets..

Probably just better off leaving them off entirely

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BackgroundRub94@reddit

Himself isn't going to be earning any royalties now, so that's a bit unfair on the rest of them. They were pretty unremarkable but have to be worth a mention, even with that horrible legacy.

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tunnocksmystery@reddit

Did the band not pull their music from Spotify etc?

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disastrousgreyhound@reddit

No, there were screenshots going around showing they had about 20k monthly Spotify listeners just *before* he died. They never pulled the music from streaming and that’s a lot more listeners than I thought they’d be getting.

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YchYFi@reddit

He doesn't get the payments since the company the band set up that owned the rights was dissolved not long after he was arrested.

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tunnocksmystery@reddit

Ah, I wonder if that’s what I was thinking of then. Thank you.

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Draigwyrdd@reddit

Since he's died they're back up to just under 300k monthly listens. I didn't listen to them when he was still alive but I admit over listened to a few of the songs since he died. O really loved them when I was younger so it was a crushing blow when it all happened.

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PassiveTheme@reddit

Yeah, but imagine if someone listened to them now and became a huge fan of their music, and then had to admit that they got into the music of Lost Prophets after Ian Watkins was charged. I knew a few people who were big fans before the news, and they stopped listening. It would just be weird for someone to get really into their music now. And I'm sure the rest of the band have made their peace with what happened to their main source of income.

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OllieB111@reddit

A girl in my school had the lyrics to a whole Lost Prophets verse tattooed on her forearm. Always wondered what she did when it all came out about Ian Watkins years later.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

I generally assume people with blackout tattoos are covering things like this tbh.

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Thin_Pin2863@reddit

I was a huge fan of their music growing up. Now I think I've heard a song of theirs maybe 3 times in the past decade.

It's a shame; the music was good quality, but it's very hard to separate the music from the crime.

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Classic_Mammoth_9379@reddit

I think you mitigate that by being the person who only started liking them once you knew he was long dead.

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pervertsage@reddit

Good point, is it okay to listen to Rolf Harris again now he's dead?

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Superb_Copy1644@reddit

Wasn’t earning them in a long time, think his rights were bought/frozen years ago to stop it happening. Same with Glitter if am not mistaken. But still all a bit in poor taste, such a shame as I love 3 of their albums, like adored them, but is a very minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of what happened.

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YchYFi@reddit

You missed Feeder.

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DoctorRaulDuke@reddit

finally saw them live a couple of years ago, was brilliant.

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wheresyourgodnoweh@reddit

If you're going with Tom Jones you may as well add Shirley Bassey.

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Gorfuinor@reddit

Neck Deep

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BaianaBoss@reddit

You said bands but I’m going to throw something slightly different out there…

Underworld are an electronic duo from Wales who have created some of the most iconic tracks in history. Their song Born Slippy was a huge hit in the 90s. I saw them last year and their show was absolutely incredible.

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DevilRenegade@reddit

I literally had no idea they were from Cardiff.

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BurnAfterReading75@reddit

Ditto - I was around in the 90s and I had no idea they were Welsh...

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Porkus-Pius@reddit

Super Furry Animals.

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Wretched_Colin@reddit

I’m going to see them tomorrow in Brixton and cant wait.

Their recent setlists are amazing.

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IckyQualms@reddit

I'm off to see 'em tonight in Manchester. Very excited!

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BurnAfterReading75@reddit

Have fun x2. Jealous - I saw SFA at Leeds Festival (2000 so touring Guerilla plus lots of Radiator and Fuzzy Logic) and it's still one of my favourite festival gigs ever...

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Brrrofski@reddit

If you want an older band - Budgie.

Early hard rock/metal band from the 70s/80s that were hugely influencal but unfortunately go well under the radar.

Lots of big band cite them as influences.

Metallica have recorded two covers of their songs.

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jimmyj16@reddit

Tom Jenkins

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HotPotatoWithCheese@reddit

The Cool Cymru bands of the 90s. Manic Street Preachers and Catatonia are my favourites.

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farfetchedfrank@reddit

Y Niwl are an instrumental surf rock band

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Minute_Ad_3719@reddit

lostprophets

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spicyherb_@reddit

Yr Anhrefn if you like punk

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Otherwise_Living_158@reddit

Super Furry Animals’ back catalogue, and Gruff Rhys’ solo work, is some of the best music to ever come from these isles IMHO.

Richard James and Euros Childs from Gorky’s have got significant solo work, particularly Euros.

If you like Gorky’s then you will probably like a relatively new band called Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn and their first album “Ein Albwm Cyntaf Ni”. They’re brilliant.

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SpeedwellWeedwell@reddit

The big club.

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RealMover@reddit

Not a current band, but 60ft Dolls are probably my all time favourite.

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biggs3108@reddit

Not a band but ... Kelly Lee Owens has released some great electronic music, particularly the albums Inner Song and LP8

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Objective_Living_825@reddit

I would think of Manic Street Preachers as the definitive Welsh band. They're pretty bland these days but their early 90s run from Generation Terrorists - Everything Must Go still holds up fantastically

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biggs3108@reddit

Strange to leave out This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours when that is clearly their 'most Welsh' album

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Foxtrot-13@reddit

I'm surprised the Manics have less mentions than Stereophonics. The Holy Bible is one of the truly great 90's albums (even if dark) and Every Thing Must Go is nearly as good.

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Thrwawayawayawaylala@reddit

Feverjaw, Hark A Shark, Positive Reaction, Thronk, Spwci, Mark Watkins Music, Love on Loan, Pizza Tramp, Brightr, Acts of Gross Indecency, Fate of the Sun, Pay the Man

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NiceHouseGoodTea@reddit

The Dirty Youth are a great rock band

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DevilRenegade@reddit

Manic Street Preachers Funeral for a Friend Bullet for my Valentine Feeder

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Lenzo357@reddit

Race horses, most of their songs are in Welsh but the final album was recorded in English if you want to understand the lyrics.

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Jamie2556@reddit

Is that meilyr Jones? I loved that solo album he did a few years ago if so.

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Lenzo357@reddit

Yeah it is!

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UraniumMermaid@reddit

Young Marble Giants

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her_pheonix@reddit

Still love listening to the "Final Day" e.p. 👌

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Kadoomed@reddit

Tom Jones

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rybnickifull@reddit

Super Furry Animals, Tystion (Welsh rap, one of whom was once in Gorky's), Anweledig, Y Cyrff, Anweledig, Mim Twm Llai, Melys, Topper (the drummer of whom ended up in Gorky's), Datblygu, Fflaps, Ectogram, Geraint Jarman, Catatonia, Ffa Coffi Pawb, Llwybr Llaethog, Nâr. Think that's a decent start, there are many more.

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Kadoomed@reddit

Super Furry Animals is essential listening for everyone really. Radiator is possibly a 10/10 album.

SFAOK

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Fingers_9@reddit

I would add Race Horses to this list as well. Particularly the album Goodbye Falkenburg

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Eoin_McLove@reddit

I’d add Breichiau Hir as well.

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Fingers_9@reddit

A new one for me, i'll give them a trio.

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leighsus@reddit

OP, a lot of people are just naming artists from Wales, but if you like Gorky's this post is all the bands who were around and making music that Gorky's would have been aware of at the time they were starting out.

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Alarmed-Cod-7606@reddit

Budgie

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ElvishMystical@reddit

Catatonia

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luffyuk@reddit

The Big Push

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Extreme_Objective984@reddit

not Welsh. Although Ren Gill is, who is part of the band, but Ren deserves to be oh here for his solo stuff

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thickgenius@reddit

Lostproph... nvm.

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cloggypop@reddit

Super Furry Animals

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Princ3Ch4rming@reddit

Considering Ian Watkins got what he deserved, I feel like Lostprophets is… less bad now.

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Arsewhistle@reddit

There was a band called Lost Prophets who were really big a few years back. I wonder what happened to them

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Foddley@reddit

I did like them. Real shame. The guy got what was coming to him though eh?

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geese_moe_howard@reddit

Budgie from Cardiff. 60s proto-metal.

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Dissidant@reddit

Goldie looking chain

Your missus is a nutta!

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Bicoastalshrimp@reddit

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard

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geese_moe_howard@reddit

Scrolled too far to find this.

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Electronic_Paint_839@reddit

An upvote from a biased former band member

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BusAdditional6518@reddit

Funeral for a Friend. Mclusky. Hondo Maclean.

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aggravatedyeti@reddit

Also Jarcrew (mclusky adjacent?

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zer0c00l81@reddit

absolutely loved Jarcrew!!!

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Flatcapspaintandglue@reddit

And Future Of The Left, Falco’s other band.

But really this list should just be various Mclusky song titles, nothing else matters

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M-e-g-g-y@reddit

There's Christian Fitness too which is Falcos solo project.

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Flatcapspaintandglue@reddit

Thanks for introducing me to this :)

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james9483@reddit

Hondo Maclean!! I still have them on my playlists. Let’s rodeo!!

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AnnoyedHaddock@reddit

Hecate enthroned

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

The Alarm, I'm shocked that I'm adding this so far down the list.

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MattKmusic@reddit

I've been scrolling looking for The Alarm or Mike Peters

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LiliWenFach@reddit

Chroma, Sterephonics, Fleur de Lys, Dystopian Sun, Bullet for my Valentine, Manics are all personal favourites.

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desertcanyons@reddit

Funeral for a Friend.

Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation will always be one of my favourite ever albums

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RiversOfAwesome@reddit

Hours for me, seeing them play it in full at Cardiff Castle for the 20th anniversary was incredible

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desertcanyons@reddit

That's sick. Hours is right behind CDADIC for me!

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Floki_TheTrickster@reddit

Hiraeth - Black Metal

Also lovely folks!

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Traditional_Bee2164@reddit

Stereophonics, manic street preachers, catatonia, left hand right hand, Ratatosk, MC Mabon, Super Furry Animals, Goldie Lookin chain...to name but a few

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extinctionAD@reddit

The Arteries are/were inredible

https://open.spotify.com/album/4S0J0Rm3IQs2sVvUdilfyH?si=6GIODtVsQLWePOtRm-ygSA

https://open.spotify.com/album/6zrOcvt8IbR9B3SmeZr7Gn?si=4KmIUDsxQDS4AgE90yHAqg

Enjoy

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sneltonexp@reddit

Gwenno is pretty interesting. She also sings Cornish.

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malumfectum@reddit

Pretty sure Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard are Welsh, though I think the singer is South African.

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ShinyJaker@reddit

Neck Deep if you're at all into pop punk

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SKScorpius@reddit

And Kids in Glass Houses

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MrCowabs@reddit

I scrolled for far too long to find somebody who said KIGH

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Berookes@reddit

Life’s not out to get you easily top 10 pop punk albums of all time

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

Fuck Neck Deep mate, they're shit. Ben's dad owns a record label.

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Spyro_0@reddit

What? I love Neck Deep 😂

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neatcleaver@reddit

It's a meme, started from haters and they decided to just embrace it. It's not even true

They say it at the end of citizens of earth too

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Spyro_0@reddit

Love that, funny. First time I heard of neck deep they were supporting bring me in Donny like 12 years ago, great supporting act, listened to them ever since

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klymers@reddit

Its even the encore chat.

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BaianaBoss@reddit

It’s not a phase mom

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Rev-Thumbs-Ghurkin@reddit

Budgie

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Martipar@reddit

The Lost Prophets!

Seriously though check out Budgie, start with their album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend.

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bigsillygiant@reddit

Joy formidable

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IckyQualms@reddit

Das Koolies. It's Super Furry Animals without front man Gruff Rhys.

They've released two very good albums in the last 5 years.

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taflad@reddit

One Hot Puppet
Goldie Looking Chain

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Mustbejoking_13@reddit

Cardinal Black

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit

Calfari, Candelas and Los Campesinos

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BowTiesAreCool86@reddit

Holding Absence did a great set at Download a couple of years ago. Their singer filled in for Funeral For A Friend as well for a bit I think.

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YchYFi@reddit

Lucas is on a lot of songs with other metal groups. Alpha Wolf I think.

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aguasingas@reddit

Los Campesinos

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Fingers_9@reddit

I don't think they are actually Welsh, they just formed in Wales. Tbat being said, they are brilliant, and keep getting better.

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ScumBucket33@reddit

Skindred are perpetually touring.

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YchYFi@reddit

Hopefully they jazzed it up their set. Managed to catch the same set both times two years ago.

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BrewDogDrinker@reddit

Super Furry Animals.

Manic Street Preachers.

Stereophonics.

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OllieB111@reddit

Holding Absence are worth a mention.

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YchYFi@reddit

Yes I knew I forgot them. Love these guys. Like many Welsh bands they have recorded with producer Dan Weller of Sikth.

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Jcw28@reddit

Seconding this. Phenomenal band and Lucas (the vocalist) is outrageously talented.

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AFFF_Foam@reddit

Chez Kane, if you're into 80s influenced melodic rock.

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InteractionHairy6112@reddit

If you are into Gorky's, make sure you check out Euro Childs's extensive back catalogue

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Apple_Scrumble@reddit

SFA and Gorky's for the win 😎

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PigeonSquab@reddit

here's a couple that I really rate: Catatonia, Funeral for a Friend, Stereophonics <3 (just had a quick scroll through the other comments - BFMV is Welsh?!)

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YchYFi@reddit

Skindred.

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No-Photograph3463@reddit

Clearly no one here drives a Jaguar

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iloovehugecock@reddit

Catatonia

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KormaKameleon88@reddit

Can't believe nobody has said Kids In Glass Houses yet!!

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D34TH2@reddit

Panic Shack are a fun punk band from Cardiff

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carlovski99@reddit

Came to add this, they should be popular with the askuk crowd as they have a song all about meal deals....

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Ok-Veterinarian5518@reddit

Asidhara. Best Welsh metal band hands down

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Gold-Collection2636@reddit

Most of the bands I love have already been mentioned, but I haven't seen Punk Rock Factory yet. They do covers of Disney and musicals and they're a lot of fun, plus out on a great show, they have real stage presence

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buentes@reddit

Melin Melyn

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JarJarBinksSucks@reddit

If you like Gorkys and Euros, the Super Furry animals will be right up your street

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Teeb63@reddit

Panic Shack

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SatNav202@reddit

Bullet for my Valentine, Skindred, Florence Black

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clanshephard@reddit

Love Florence Black, the energy in their shows is just great. Would throw Cardinal Black in there as well.

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DogfaceZed@reddit

Those Damn Crows are pretty good

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NecessaryTraining508@reddit

Future of the Left, Gwenno, Joanna Gruesome, solo Gryff Rhys, Jonny (features Euros Childs), The Joy Formidable

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CocoRufus@reddit

Stereophonics

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DisForDIO@reddit

I saw Alffa live a few years ago and they smashed it. They also have a few songs that are actually sung in welsh which was really cool to see. There's also Catfish and the Bottlemen and the Manic Street Preachers if you're looking for more mainstream bands

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Substantial_Cat2@reddit

Alffa. Most of their songs are in Welsh though

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monpellierre2805@reddit

Graveyard Johnny’s are mint

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SharkSam14@reddit

The Royston Club

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Tzunamitom@reddit

Are they local?

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Bobtron666@reddit

Check out The Bug Club. One of my favourite bands. They're great live if you get a chance to see them too.

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jenny_quest@reddit

Adwaith, Gwenno and Hwyll are my favourites at the moment. Helen Love are another old favourite and I'm seeing Super Furry Animals tomorrow!

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jenny_quest@reddit

Oh my son loves GWCCI but they're nothing at all like Gorkys

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Blind_Warthog@reddit

You’ll like lostprophets

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MDeltaC@reddit

Can't believe no one's mentioned Melin Melyn. They're great and not dissimil5to gorkys

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Jamie2556@reddit

Finally, I was scrolling a long way to see melin melyn. Brilliant band and really fun live.

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Poseiden424@reddit

Go and see Spit Hood, get yourself an experience.

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jimmyboogaloo78@reddit

SFA

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suspicious-donut88@reddit

Eulogy

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surfinbear1990@reddit

Lostprophets

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Difficult-Egg-5001@reddit

They were a great band, totally tarnished now, may their leader singer rot.

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redgoose6@reddit

Catfish and the bottleman!

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Remarkable-Ad155@reddit

SFA OK, SFA OK?

SUPER FURRY ANIMAL!

SFA OK

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