Leeds

Mojo 57 are a Leeds-based acoustic blues band with Sammy Thornton on acoustic guitar, sax and vocals, Matt Baxter on acoustic guitar and vocals and "Blind" Adam Richards in the double bass. Their influences range through blues, jazz, soul, blues-rock and rockabilly. www.myspace.com/mojo57blues

The Dauntless Elite formed in late 2003 in Leeds, Uk from previous bands: Joe Ninety (Lee Wall - Vocals&Guitar, Andrew Jackson - Bass) & FIG.4.0 (Joe Alderdice - Vocals&Guitar, Stephen Hastwell - Drums). They play Punk Rock in the vein of American Steel, Snuff & Leatherface. In fact they'd say they probably rip those bands off a little too much. The band released a 6 track EP on the amazing Plan-It-X Records (home to bands like Ghost Mice, One Reason & Japanther!) called Security? EP which you can also get on 10" vinyl from Somebody's Song Records.

Official website : www.thebeatmarshals.com After a number of years in and around the Leeds Music Scene under various guises, The Beat Marshals formed at the back end of 2007 when Dan Schofield and fellow guitarist Chris Simpson collaborated to create a fresh dynamic sound. Drummer James Turton - having worked with the two guitarists in a previous outfit - completed the line up, and in October 2008 The Beat Marshals unleashed their high energy progressive indie rock onto the Leeds Music Scene.

Cud were a British indie rock band formed in Leeds, England in 1987, consisting of vocalist Carl Puttnam (born Ilford, Essex), guitarist/keyboardist Mike Dunphy (b. Northumberland), bassist William Potter (b. Derby), and drummer Steve Goodwin (b. Croydon, Surrey). Though an indie rock band, their music incorporated elements of funk. They were critically acclaimed throughout their career, but never broke through to a mainstream UK record-buying audience. Perhaps this was in part due to their eccentric lyrical concerns, which occasionally led to their dismissal as somewhat of a "joke" band.