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Every Wednesday we ask some of our favourite bands to give us their Top 3 Scottish bands of all time

 

Vic Galloway presents weekly, new-music programs on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland. He has presented many other radio series, various documentaries and done outside broadcasts from the T in the Park, SXSW, Indian Summer, Live 8 and Connect festivals. His forays into TV include BBC 1 and BBC 2's T in the Park coverage and The Music Show. more >>>

 

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If there was ever a band to capture the essence of powerful dynamics, emotional sincerity and perfectly crafted songwriting then Brigade are that band. Residing in London but with roots in Suffolk, Japan and Bristol, they are a shining example of a band that fall outside the remit of genre classification. more >>>

 

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Ben Myers is an author & music journalist. He is has written for The Guardian, Mojo, Bizarre, Kerrang!, Melody Maker and many others. He has published one novel, two books of poetry and a number of biographies & previously ran a record label.. He is currently writing an "epic poetic novel" about Axl Rose entitled I, Axl: An American Dream. more >>>

 

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Frank Turner has played in bands since he was just a little lad. His last band - Million Dead - lasted four years releasing two critically acclaimed albums. However, having decided to part ways, Frank went solo. He has shared the stage with bands like Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hundred Reasons and Biffy Clyro. Love Ire and Song, his solo album, was released this year. more >>>

 

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Blood Red Shoes are Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter. Forming in 2005 after their previous bands had broken up, they decided to “have a jam” and the rest is history! They’ve shared success supporting bands like Biffy Clyro, headlining the Red Stripe Music Awards and doing the NME New Music Tour. more >>>

 

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Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band. Frequenting the pages of top rock magazines (they’ve won “Best British Band” at the Kerrang! awards) they have have toured Europe and the UK with bands like Bifly Clyro and Cancer Bats to name but a few. more >

 

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Hell Is for Heroes are an English post-hardcore band, formed in London, September 2000. The initial partnership of Will McGonagle and Joe Birch (previously of Symposium) was joined by James Findlay, Tom O'Donoghue and later Justin Schlosberg. more >>>

 

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