List of music artists and bands from Manchester

This is a list of music artists and bands from Manchester, and may also include some people or bands who hail from the wider area of Greater Manchester, in England.

0–9

 * 10cc
 * 52nd Street
 * 808 State
 * The 1975

A

 * A II Z
 * A Guy Called Gerald
 * Barry Adamson
 * Stuart Adamson
 * Addictive
 * AIM
 * Airship
 * Aitch
 * Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
 * Alfie
 * Alfies Dad and the Others
 * Alpinestars
 * Amplifier
 * The Answering Machine
 * Audioweb
 * Autechre

B

 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * Bandit Queen
 * Ed Banger and The Nosebleeds
 * Barclay James Harvest
 * BC Camplight
 * Beady Eye
 * Norman Beaker
 * Beau Leisure
 * Bee Gees
 * Beecher
 * Bez
 * Big Flame
 * Billy Ruffian
 * Bipolar Sunshine
 * Biting Tongues
 * Black Grape
 * Black Rivers
 * Blue Orchids
 * Blossoms
 * The Bodines
 * Tim Booth
 * Brassy
 * Brian and Michael
 * Brigade
 * Brix & the Extricated
 * Elkie Brooks
 * Ian Brown
 * kyla Brox
 * Victor Brox
 * Mark Burgess
 * Tim Burgess
 * Bugzy Malone
 * Buzzcocks
 * Brandon Cassidy

C

 * Cabbage
 * The Caretaker (musician)
 * Elsie Carlisle
 * Carmel
 * A Certain Ratio
 * The Chameleons
 * The Cape Race
 * Crywank
 * Diane Charlemagne
 * The Chemical Brothers
 * Cherry Ghost
 * John Cooper Clarke
 * Cleopatra
 * The Clint Boon Experience
 * The Colourfield
 * Courteeners
 * Brian Cox
 * Crazy P
 * The Creepers
 * Crispy Ambulance

D

 * The Dakotas
 * Daley
 * Danny Jones
 * Dare
 * Delphic
 * Demdike Stare
 * Samantha Depasois
 * Diana Vickers
 * Dirty North
 * The Distractions
 * Doves
 * The Drones
 * Billy Duffy
 * The Durutti Column
 * Dutch Uncles

E

 * Easterhouse
 * Egyptian Hip Hop
 * Elbow
 * Electronic
 * Emergency
 * Everything Everything

F

 * Factory Star
 * The Fall
 * Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
 * Findlay (musician)
 * Fingathing
 * George Formby
 * Frantic Elevators
 * Freebass
 * Freddie and the Dreamers
 * Freeloaders
 * The French (later, The French 8083)
 * The Freshies
 * Stephen Fretwell
 * Liam Frost
 * Martin Fry
 * The Future Sound of London
 * Futurecop!

G

 * Liam Gallagher
 * Noel Gallagher
 * Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
 * Andy Gibb
 * Andy Gill
 * David Gray
 * Godley and Creme
 * GoGo Penguin
 * Goldblade
 * Jimi Goodwin
 * Greetings
 * A Guy Called Gerald

H

 * Peter Hammill
 * Happy Mondays
 * Mike Harding
 * Ren Harvieu
 * Herman's Hermits
 * Robert Heaton
 * Henge
 * Dale Hibbert
 * The High
 * Tom Hingley
 * Tom Hingley and the Lovers
 * The Hoax
 * The Hollies
 * Hotlegs
 * Mick Hucknall
 * Hurts

I

 * IAMDDB
 * I Am Kloot
 * Inca Babies
 * Ingested
 * Inspiral Carpets
 * Intastella

J

 * Martin Jackson
 * James
 * Jilted John
 * Jan Johnston
 * Jon the Postman
 * Davy Jones
 * Joy Division

K

 * Kalima
 * Jay Kay
 * Kevin Kennedy (actor)
 * Kid British
 * Kill II This
 * Kinesis
 * King of the Slums

L

 * Lamb
 * Lavolta Lakota
 * Edward Lisbona
 * Lonelady
 * The Longcut
 * Longview
 * Lovefreekz
 * Loveland
 * Love To Infinity
 * Ludus
 * Luxuria

M

 * M People
 * Magazine
 * Bugzy Malone
 * Man From Delmonte
 * Mangled After Dinner
 * Marconi Union
 * Marion
 * Johnny Marr
 * John Mayall
 * John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
 * MC Tunes
 * The Membranes
 * Meekz
 * Militia
 * The Mindbenders
 * Mint Royale
 * Minute Taker
 * Misha B
 * Mr. Scruff
 * Mock Turtles
 * Molly Half Head
 * Monaco
 * Money
 * Monomania
 * Morrissey
 * Muslimgauze
 * The Mothmen
 * Gary Mounfield

N

 * Graham Nash
 * N-Trance
 * New Fast Automatic Daffodils
 * New Order
 * Nine Black Alps
 * Jim Noir
 * Peter Noone
 * Northern Uproar
 * Northside
 * The Nosebleeds

O

 * Oasis
 * Oceansize
 * Omerta
 * Onions
 * The Other Two
 * The Outfield
 * Owl Project

P

 * Paris Angels
 * The Passage
 * Politburo
 * Genesis P-Orridge
 * Proud Mary
 * Puressence
 * Pale Waves

Q

 * Quando Quango

R

 * Rae & Christian
 * The Railway Children
 * Vini Reilly
 * Reni, born Alan Wren
 * Revenge
 * Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
 * Lou Rhodes
 * Marc Riley and The Creepers
 * Rixton
 * Ruthless Rap Assassins

S

 * Sad Café
 * Salford Jets
 * Dave Sharp
 * The Shirehorses
 * Frank Sidebottom
 * Simply Red
 * Sixty Minute Man
 * Peter Skellern
 * Slaughter & The Dogs
 * Slow Readers Club
 * The Smirks
 * The Smiths
 * Solstice
 * Sonic Boom Six
 * Space Monkeys
 * John Squire
 * Stack Waddy
 * Lisa Stansfield
 * Starsailor
 * Stay+
 * Stockholm Monsters
 * The Stone Roses
 * Sub Sub
 * Suns of Arqa
 * Sweet Sensation
 * Swing Out Sister
 * Swiss Lips

T

 * Take That
 * TCTS
 * Theatre of Hate
 * The Ting Tings
 * The Toggery Five
 * The Guest List
 * The Trend
 * TOKOLOSH
 * Tractor
 * Turrentine Jones
 * Twang
 * Twisted Wheel

V

 * Van der Graaf Generator
 * The Verve
 * Virginia Wolf
 * Victoria Wood

W

 * Wadeye
 * The Waltones
 * The Warning
 * Warsaw
 * Russell Watson
 * When in Rome
 * The Whip
 * Melanie Williams
 * Winterfylleth
 * A Witness
 * Wode
 * Working For A Nuclear Free City
 * WU LYF

Y

 * Yargo
 * Paul Young (singer,born 1947)