Sheffield

1) Bear is an alternative rock group from Sheffield, formed in the mid 1990s by Chris Trout, formerly of various British alternative groups, including A.C. Temple, Kilgore Trout, and Spoonfed Hybrid. This band has had various other members over the years, but the sound and vision of the band have always been emphatically Trout's. http://misterchristrout.com 2) Bear was an indie/alternative band. Now known as Von Bear.

Navvy are a 4 piece group from Sheffield. Keith plays bass and sings; Claire sings and plays percussion and keyboards; Marie plays the drums and Daf plays the guitar. The band formed in 2006 from the ashes of several underground Sheffield bands, and their first session with Pulp's erstwhile producer Alan Smyth resulted their debut E.P. called "4 Songs By Navvy". Navvy's sound is sometimes angular and ferocious and sometimes poppy. Their songs are usually concerned with longevity and dysfunction.

Trio from Sheffield responsible for the seminal Track With No Name, the historic first release on ground breaking independent record label Warp Records. Members: Robert Gordon, Winston Hazel & Sean Maher

Little Man Tate were a four-piece indie band from Sheffield, England who formed in 2005 and split in 2009. Like many other up and coming bands such as The Law, The View and The Lions, they made extensive use of MySpace as well as their own forum to communicate with and co-ordinate fans. The band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in March 2006 signed to V2 Records, later parting ways in November 2007.