The top ten Scottish bands, in order, are these:
1. The Fratellis
2. The Jesus and Mary Chain
3. The View
4. Teenage Fanclub
5. The Vaselines
6. Belle & Sebastian
7. Camera Obscura
8. Nazareth
9. Franz Ferdinand
10. Aztec Camera
Big Country is disqualified because their best song has their own name in it.
Honorable mention to Bay City Rollers because I grew up in the 70’s, and Jethro Tull because Ian Anderson is a Scot.
I will now listen to your complaints about this stupid list.
I’d put The Vaselines or B&S at #1.
THEN Teenage Fanclub, but that’s based primarily off of Bandwagonesque, Thirteen, and Grand Prix.
That’s fair.
Ancestry’s latest algorithm decreased my Scottish origins considerably.
I’m clearly a poser.
Me too! I’m down to 31% …
Goddam, I swore that was a Kooks song and it runs through my head all the time. Wonder where I heard it. Was it on an ALAM?
Definitely on ALAM – which also has featured Kooks.