[Music] NSC Greatest UK Band Cup 2025 (GUBC25) - Official Group Draw

[Mellotron]

Here we go. Completely unseeded, as this is first of these competitions. Used a Random Group Generator online, no bias.

Requests for comment from the Oasis camp on their absence led to a two fingered salute from Liam to reporters, and Noel stated to XFM “It’s all a load of pretentious, let’s pat each other on the back rubbish, isn’t it? The fans know who the real bands are.”

Heading over now to Greg James, Jo Whiley and a noticeably drunk Mark Radcliffe now for the draw;

Group A - The O2, London
Depeche Mode
Pulp
The Human League
Blur

Group B - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Genesis
The Beautiful South

Group C - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Joy Division
The Clash
XTC
The Rolling Stones

Group D - Rock City, Nottingham
Radiohead
Deep Purple
The Cure
Pet Shop Boys

Group E - The Roundhouse, London
Squeeze
Arctic Monkeys
Hawkwind
The Specials

Group F - Concorde2, Brighton
The Kinks
King Crimson
Talk Talk
New Order

Group G - The Cavern Club, Liverpool
The Smiths
The Charlatans
The Jam
The Stone Roses

Group H - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
The Beatles
The Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd
Queen​

Oof.

Groups will start in the next couple of days/when I can be bothered.

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[kojak]

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Here we go. Completely unseeded, as this is first of these competitions. Used a Random Group Generator online, no bias.

Requests for comment from the Oasis camp on their absence led to a two fingered salute from Liam to reporters, and Noel stated to XFM “It’s all a load of pretentious, let’s pat each other on the back rubbish, isn’t it? The fans know who the real bands are.”

Heading over now to Greg James, Jo Whiley and a noticeably drunk Mark Radcliffe now for the draw;

Group A - The O2, London
Depeche Mode
Pulp
The Human League
Blur

Group B - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Genesis
The Beautiful South

Group C - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Joy Division
The Clash
XTC
The Rolling Stones

Group D - Rock City, Nottingham
Radiohead
Deep Purple
The Cure
Pet Shop Boys

Group E - The Roundhouse, London
Squeeze
Arctic Monkeys
Hawkwind
The Specials

Group F - Concorde2, Brighton
The Kinks
King Crimson
Talk Talk
New Order

Group G - The Cavern Club, Liverpool
The Smiths
The Charlatans
The Jam
The Stone Roses

Group H - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
The Beatles
The Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd
Queen​

Oof.

Groups will start in the next couple of days/when I can be bothered.

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Don't bother the Beatles all day long

 

[Triggaaar]

Don't bother the Beatles all day long

Maybe we should have a competition without them.

I'm going to start a 'Favourite football club' thread. No idea who'll win that.

 

[Chicken Run]

Don't bother the Beatles all day long

Steps?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

No Good.

and

Breathe...


No Prodigy, No party.

 

[A1X]

Group H definitely the Group of Death in here

 

[1066familyman]

'No bias'

 

[Mellotron]

Don't bother the Beatles all day long

I had considered taking them out, as they are surely favourites. The nominations thread made me wonder though. We’ll see. If they walk it, they’ll be taken out next time. If there is a next time.

 

[Mellotron]

'No bias'

Where do you think the bias is?

The bands I really like are generally in hard groups. I definitely didn’t manufacture the groups.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Now what does group H & the Beatles have to do with Cardiff?

And what does Clwb Ifor Bach mean? You know I don't do Fremdsprachen.

 

[kojak]

no
led zep
black sabbath
who
maiden

officially old
deep purple all day long

 

[1066familyman]

Where do you think the bias is?

The bands I really like are generally in hard groups. I definitely didn’t manufacture the groups.

Don't mind me. I just get titsy when I see constant music threads, polls, articles that use words like 'greatest', 'best' etc then proceed to just list Rock & Pop stuff ( sometimes with the odd bit of Jazz included as a token gesture).

I should have learnt by now to just let it go, but sometimes I can't help myself, lol.

As you were.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

There’s only one winner. Take a step forward Glen, Chris and the band.

They won’t be Up The Junction when the winners are announced.

 

[Fungus]

No Slade? T Rex?

 

[Badger]

Group A is my group of death. I'd want all 4 of them to go through.

 

[The Mole]

Group H definitely the Group of Death in here

No Group C is

 

[Bertie Wooster]

Def Leppard ?

 

[Mellotron]

Now what does group H & the Beatles have to do with Cardiff?

And what does Clwb Ifor Bach mean? You know I don't do Fremdsprachen.

Those are the venues for each group. Notable/famous venues across the UK.

 

[Mellotron]

Don't mind me. I just get titsy when I see constant music threads, polls, articles that use words like 'greatest', 'best' etc then proceed to just list Rock & Pop stuff ( sometimes with the odd bit of Jazz included as a token gesture).

I should have learnt by now to just let it go, but sometimes I can't help myself, lol.

As you were.

To confirm, the nominations were provided by the good people of NSC - so it’s who in the NSC view is the greatest.

 

[1066familyman]

To confirm, the nominations were provided by the good people of NSC - so it’s who in the NSC view is their favourite.

Corrected for you