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Here the co-authors of Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume 3 Part 1 reveal what the book covers:
The book was going to be too long as a single volume and we wanted something new out to coincide with Bradford’s tenure as UK City of Culture. Part 2 will follow in a year or so.
The new book continues the history of the Bradford music scene from 1999 onwards. The dates on the cover say 1999-2003, although this is just the starting point for new artists and their story is carried right up to date.
We get to see the early days of bands like Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand (both have members from Bradford), alongside the continuing adventures of luminaries like New Model Army, Skeletal Family, Embrace and Terrorvision.
Numerous genres are covered in depth, from the indie sounds of Ooberman and IdiotBox to the thrash metal of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride to pop sensations Girls Aloud (featuring Bradford lass Kimberly Walsh) and Gareth Gates.
There is a full chapter on the local folk scene, which covers Bradford’s long-running Topic Folk Club as well as blues and world music artists. There are profiles of renowned blues guitarist and chanteuse Chantel McGregor and Bradford-born Young One Adrian Edmonson’s band The Bad Shepherds, known for playing covers of classic punk songs with acoustic guitars, mandolins and pipes. Jazz singer Claire Teal, due to play at Bradford Live on November 16, also gets a full-page profile.
Bradford’s thriving metal scene is covered in depth, as is the ongoing history of the legendary 1 In 12 Club venue, of which Gary Cavanagh was a founding member.
Alongside the artist histories are ‘rock family trees’ charting line-up changes and inter-band mingling over the years. Each page is packed with images from the period, album covers, photos, flyers and posters.
Lesser-known artists are covered with the same meticulous approach. If you want more info on the likes of Moota, Sex Patels, Alpine Movement, The Loved Ones, Zico or The Horton Carpets, then this is the place.
Bradford’s recording studios and small record labels like Tim Walker’s Voltage Studios, still going strong after 35 years, are also celebrated.
This year sees not only the publication of the new book but a complete relaunch of the series. Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volumes 1 and 2 have been revised, updated and significantly expanded; Volume 1 has an extra 70 pages and Volume 2 an extra 40.
When the first volume was originally published in 2009, there was very little information to be found online. Facebook was new and sites like Discogs we didn’t even know about.
Information came from our own knowledge and collections, from musicians we knew and could get in touch with, and from scouring the archives of the T&A in Bradford Library. Information is much easier to find these days as a lot of bands have websites and Facebook pages. Also, over the years, people have got in touch with new information on a limited single release we didn’t know about or the name of the missing bass player in the third line-up of some band or other – all vital stuff!
We’ve also revisited bands in the first two books and updated their stories as quite a few are still going or have reformed.
There are three compilation CDs featuring music from artists in the new book – a single folk and blues disc and a double pack of alternative, indie, rock and metal bands. This makes 22 such CDs that we have compiled to date, most are still available on our website bradfordnoise.com and are worth checking out for fans of Bradford music.
There’s a lot of great music from Bradford, a lot of the best stuff never reached the audience it deserved. All we’re doing is recording the endeavours of all the talented people who’ve put their energy into making music in Bradford over the years.
Everyone we know about will be somewhere on a profile or a band family tree. If you were in a band in Bradford from the 1960s onwards, you’re probably in these books!
Bradford’s Noise of the Valleys Volume 3 Part 2 will go into detail about the years 2004-2009 and follow the story up to date.
* Bradford’s Noise of the Valleys Volume 3 Part 1 is out now, published by LS Arts Books. All three volumes are available from Waterstones, Five Rise Records in Bingley, Grind N Groove in Keighley, Jumbo in Leeds, Vinyl Whistle in Headingley, Vinyl Tap in Huddersfield and online via Amazon and bradfordnoise.com.
Gary and Matt will be giving a talk at Otley’s Bloomfield Square Coffee Shop on September 10.
They will also have a stall and will be signing copies of the new book at the Wool City Rockers event at Bradford Live on December 13.
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