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Bellshill continues to produce well respected and influential independent pop music, with members of Mogwai and De Rosa hailing from the town. Sheena Easton was also from the town, and attended Bellshill Academy.
Apr 25, 2024 · John Peel celebrated the towns music which was dubbed the Bellshill Sound in the Channel 4 series Sounds of the Suburbs. Here are 12 famous faces and bands who grew up in the area. 1. Teenage Fanclub. Teenage Fanclub were formed in Bellshill with the band emerging from Glasgow's C86 scene in 1989.
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Apr 26, 2012 · Pictures and narratives of Bellshill, A town near Glasgow in Scotland, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s
Situated between Coatbridge and Motherwell, 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Glasgow, the town of Bellshill lies to the north of the South Calder Water. It includes the neighbourhoods of Orbiston, Hattonrig, Milnwood, Mossend and Shirrel.
Bellshill was also famous for music particularly in the mid 1980's Singer Sheena Easton was born in the town of Bellshill, the youngest of six children of steel mill labourer Alex Orr and his wife Annie.
Sheena Easton. Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label.
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Aug 2, 2024 · Bellshill is a town found in North Lanarkshire ten miles southeast of Glasgow city centre which has made its mark on the Scottish music scene and beyond. The North Lanarkshire town has produced many well known bands with one inspiring the likes of Nirvana, Oasis and Foo Fighters.
