It started with new wave, post-punk, ska and mod and ended with baggy. In between came the new romantics, the indie kids, the poodle-permed rockers, the ravers, the breakdancers, the woebegone Smiths fans and Leicester's own lank-haired dirtbags, the grebos.
Here are some of the Leicester bands who made a name beyond the city in the Thatcher era.
Diesel Park West - Like Princes Do Crazyhead - Have Love Will Travel Feelabeelia - Feel It The Swinging Laurels - Lonely Boy Gaye Bykers on Acid - Nosedive Karma The Bomb Party - Sugar, Sugar Yeah Yeah Noh - Bias Binding Chrome Molly - Shooting Me Down The Hunters Club - Animal Lover Huge Big Massive - Interview Crazyhead - Rags, live at the Town and Country Club in London
