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Author(s): Gary Cavanagh (Author), Matt Webster (Author)
- Publisher: Ls Arts
- Publication Date: June 27, 2025
- Edition: 2nd Bradford 2025 ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 312 pages
- ISBN-10: 1739148142
- ISBN-13: 9781739148140
Book Description
Bradford’s Noise Of The Valleys Volume 2 is an in depth study of the Bradford music scene between the years 1988 and 1998.
It contains over a hundred ‘rock family trees’ naming more than five thousand local musicians and over a thousand bands, ranging from Zed to Tasmin Archer to Terrorvision.
It features individual profiles of hundreds of bands and artists and many local clubs and venues. Every page is packed with photos, articles, posters and images from the period and covers a massive range of musical styles from pop and rock to folk and blues to indie and punk to hardcore and doom metal to the dance scene.
Released as a companion to this book is a 6 CD box set, The Music 1988-1998, containing more than eight hours of music from over a hundred of the local artists featured.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘It’s this city’s infinite diversity and variety that keeps me interested and shows the full effect of the region’s endless talent potential…’ Tim Walker
About the Author
Matt Webster hails from Thackley, Bradford, and has been a drummer in numerous bands since the early 1980s, i cluding Western Dance, Grim, Zed, Primate and Plastic Letters. Matt is a graphic designer and recording engineer/producer, and co-founder of Mutiny 2000 Studios/Records. He was an occasional music reviewer for the Bradford Star in the early 1990s during his time working at the Telegraph & Argus where he also used to sneak various bits onto the Rock On page when no-one was looking. Matt was the original co-presenter of the Bradford Beat show on BCB from 1995 to 1999. He is currently recording and releasing records with his band Signia Alpha.
