Groovy, Laidback and Nasty
A History of Independent Music in Sheffield
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Groovy, Laidback and Nasty
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Daniel Dylan Wray
'A thrilling, immersive journey' ★★★★ RECORD COLLECTOR
Spanning seven decades and with over 150 new interviews, including Richard Hawley, Arctic Monkeys, Self Esteem, ABC, Pulp, Def Leppard, The Human League, Toddla T, Cabaret Voltaire, Warp Records, Clock DVA, Heaven 17 and many more
From dazzling electronic futurism to pioneering post-punk, via pop, metal, bassline, bleep techno and generation-defining indie rock, Sheffield has long been a crucible for world-leading music.
Some artists have excelled on the fringes, others have achieved global success, but all remain connected through a fervently independent ethos. In Sheffield, creativity flourished in the face of isolation, economic decline and bleak political circumstances, resulting in some of Britain's most groundbreaking and singular music. But the region's ingrained humility and dogged stoicism means it has never been documented or celebrated to the level of more hubristic cities.
In Groovy, Laidback and Nasty, acclaimed Sheffield journalist Daniel Dylan Wray sets out to remedy this, telling the story of the city's DIY spirit and the musical visionaries and innovators who helped build its inimitable legacy.
Both a compelling cultural study and an unapologetic love letter to the city, this - finally - is the definitive musical history Sheffield so richly deserves.©2026 Daniel Dylan Wray (P)2026 Orion Publishing Group Limited
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Wray's smart, page-turner of a book is spry, funny and doesn't shirk the darker corners of the story
The first in-depth account of the city's enduring DIY spirit, its musical visionaries, and its creativity in the face of a bleak economic and political landscape
Makes the case for Sheffield futurism . . . [An] excellent work of social history
A brilliant book by one of the best culture writers in the UK. Takes us through the joy and hilarity of Sheffield's always-lively independent music scene, and in doing so reminds us that this city has long been home to some of the UK's most excellent, experimental and eccentric musical giants (Miranda Sawyer)
Sheffield has long been the UK's unacknowledged capital for futurist pop. Finally the city finds the champion it deserves in Daniel Dylan Wray. A rich blend of urban history and music chronicle, Groovy, Laidback and Nasty tells in vivid detail the story of a place, a people, and a succession of innovative sounds that would change pop again and again (Simon Reynolds)
A passionate, painstakingly researched and richly detailed account of Sheffield's dreamers, eccentrics and visionaries - and the weird and wonderful sounds they created (Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire)
Plots the musical history of Sheffield, characterising it as a city - and musical culture - struggling to overcome its modesty
Which of our cities can lay claim to being the epicentre of British musical life? Music writer Daniel Dylan Wray has restarted the debate with his new book Groovy, Laidback and Nasty, which makes the case for Sheffield - the hometown of Pulp, the Human League and Arctic Monkeys
Tells the story of seven decades of Sheffield independent music - a journey from the soulful tunes of Joe Cocker to the bombastic pop of Self Esteem, via electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire, the surge of bassline and the indie troubadours Arctic Monkeys . . . Not just a story about the established bands and big names . . . More than anything, provides portraits of different music scenes that grew organically . . . This book should be in every Sheffield school library
Delves into many of Sheffield's cultural roots from Peter Stringfellow's club promoter days in the 1960s to Toddla T's teenage breakthrough in the late 2000s, as well as seminal nightclubs, worldwide pop stardom and more underground and leftfield music
There's an acknowledgement that Sheffield's music history is not, by any means, a straightforward story of success. It's a spontaneous saga of hidden rooms, marginal spaces and temporary freedoms
On many levels this is a great read . . . Wray has done loads of foot work and research here to flesh out and bulk up the established post-punk and indie-rock Sheffield story
Features more than 150 new interviews . . . In Sheffield, creativity flourished in the face of isolation, economic decline and political circumstances, the book suggests
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