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The following is a list of bands originating from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

• Abrasive Wheels
• Age of Chance
• Alt-J
• And None of Them Knew They were Robots
• Bearfoot Beware
• Black Star Liner
• Black Moth
• Black Wire
• Boyracer
• Brawlers (band)
• The Bridewell Taxis
• Buen Chico
• Castrovalva (band)
• The Chevin
• Chumbawamba
• The Cribs
• Christie
• Classically Handsome Brutes
• Cryptic Shift
• Cud
• Dead Disco
• The Declining Winter
• Delta 5
• Dinosaur Pile-Up
• Distortion Mirrors
• Duels
• The Dunwells
• Eagulls
• Edsel Auctioneer
• Eureka Machines
• The Expelled
• Fig.4.0
• The Flex
• The Flying Hendersons
• ¡Forward, Russia!
• Gang of Four
• Gentleman's Dub Club
• Girls at Our Best!
• Grammatics
• Hadouken!
• Higher Power
• The Hollow Men
• Hood
• Hope & Social
• I Concur
• Icon A.D.
• I Like Trains
• Jan Dukes de Grey
• Kaiser Chiefs
• The Manhattan Love Suicides
• The March Violets
• The Mekons
• The Mission
• The Music
• The New Mastersounds
• Nightmares on Wax
• The Outer Limits (pre-Christie)
• Pale Saints
• The Parachute Men
• The Pigeon Detectives
• Pulled Apart by Horses
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• The Rhythm Sisters
• The Rose of Avalanche
• Scritti Politti
• Send More Paramedics
• The Sisters of Mercy
• Sky Larkin
• Soft Cell
• Stateless
• Static Dress
• Submotion Orchestra
• The Sunshine Underground
• This Et Al
• The Three Johns
• Utah Saints
• Vessels
• Vib Gyor
• Vipertime
• The Wedding Present
• Wild Beasts
• Yard Act
• Your Vegas

See also

• Music in Leeds
• Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England

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