Scots Language Learner
| Term |
Definition |
| ABC Minors |
Saturday mornin' movies for weans at ABC cinemas. Show consisted of a shite children's film, usually wi Hayley Mills in it, some cartoons, an a crap serial like "Attack o' the unconvincing robots".
Ye went tae fling sooked jooblies at the screen an generally run aboot tae see if the man wid pit ye oot. If ye goat pit oot yer pals wid let ye back in through the fire exit. |
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| Aff |
Off
Come oan, get aff! Ye aff yer heid? |
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| Aff |
Off or from, depending on usage.
Examples
Yer aff yer heid - You're mad
Ah goat it aff the broo - I got it from those nice people at the Employment Exchange |
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| Alba |
The Gaelic name for Scotland |
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| Amur |
I am.
"Am gaun to ra shoaps" (I'm going to the shops)
"No yur no" (No you're not)
"Amur so" (I am too)
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| Amurny |
"I am not". Used for denial of any allegation directed at oneself.
e.g. "You're pished!" would provoke the response "naw amurny!"
Used commonly in the Lower Reaches of the Clyde, possibly other areas |
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| An then yer arse fell aff. |
A term used when someone is bullshitting. |
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| Arab |
Mild nuisance, troublemaker Example Yer an arab. Bugger aff. Supporter of Dundee United |
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| Arse bandit |
Pejorative term for a homosexual |
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| Auld |
Old - Get aff yer erse ya auld weegie bampot |
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| Auldjin |
Anybody older than 40. |
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| Away an bile yer heid |
Get lost, shut up.
Away an bile yer heid ya numpty,ye dinnae ken whit yer talkin aboot. |
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| Awfy Peely-Wally |
Sick, ill - "Ye're lookin' awfy peely-wally, son". |
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| Aye |
Yes or always, depending on usage
Examples
Aye, ah'm coming oot - Yes, I'm coming out
He's aye gaun oot - He's always going out |
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| Aye ma Auntie |
Shortening of Aye Ma Aunt Fannie. A refined version of awa tae fuck yer talkin pish. |
| Ba'-heid |
noun: similar in meaning to Heid-the ba'. One with an over-inflated opinion of their own importance. pronounced Baw Heed
may also be used adjectivally: Ba'heidit
Example: Heh! You! Ba'-heid! Yer mate's near as ba'-heidit as you r! . |
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| Back a (ten) |
Phrase meaning meeting time (I'll meetcha the back a' ten) I will meet you at either 5 mins to 10, 10 o'clock or 5 mins after. |
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| Back green |
The common drying area (whether grassed or not) behind a tenement |
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| Baffies |
Slippers, house shoes |
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| Bahookie freezer |
A bum freezer. A jacket or jersey that's too short |
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| Bajin |
A bad one.
'See that Sean, thas a bajin, he's oanly chibbed tha' puur Mrs Wummin ferrer pension'
Badness personified, as in Rank Bajin, the dastardly criminal genius against whom Lobey Dosser is pitted in the comic strips. |
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| balloon |
Noun: One with an exaggerated opinion of their own importance. Similar to heid-the-ba' and ba'-heid. Sometimes used more generally for a fool, but especially one who is an extremely confident fool.
Example: Ignore him, wi his big BMW an his swimmin pool. He's a big balloon. |
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| Baltic |
Freezing. Really, very bloody cold. |
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| Bam |
Aberdonian abusive term for non-educated delinquent.
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| Bampot |
A mildly unhinged person. |
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| Bar-L |
A term for Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison otherwise known as the big hoose or the Riddrie Hilton. |
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| Barkit |
ADJ. Popular term in Dundee, indicating the general 'unwashedness' of a person viz; "Awa an hae a wash, yi barkit wee minker". |
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| Barnie |
A bit of bother, a scuffle. |
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| Barras, the |
Glasgow street market. From 'Barrows' |
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| Barry |
Splendid, good, wonderful |
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| Bauchle |
A wee fat wifie. |
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| Bawbag |
A useless person
Haw, see you Vogts, yerr a bawbag ya choob |
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| Bawherr |
A tiny amount (literally a scrotal hair)
"Ah'm only a bawherr away fae pannin your stupit melt in ya gomeril" |
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| Bawjaws |
One who jaws baws. |
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| Baws |
Testicles
Pronunciation
Bozz
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| Beedy |
Sharp or citrus like taste |
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| Beelin |
A boil or very angry plook! |
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| Beelin (2) |
Boiling, angry.
"Ah never goat ma check fae the broo, ah'm fuckin beelin, so ah um" |
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| bellywasher |
Pint of beer. "it was decided to abandon the meeting of the education committee and adjourn to the Rubbadub for a few bellywashers" |
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| Berries |
1) Great, brilliant - as in : "Thon wis the berries!" 2) Annual holiday in Blairgowrie - the berry picking season. Minkers from all over Scotland gather together to pick the berries and get pished a lot. |
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| Berryhuckle |
a round (of drinks) From Spoonerised rhyming slang..... Huckleberry (hound) = round |
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| Besom |
Originally a broomstick, now means a cheeky hussy, loose woman, or hing oot. As in "Yi gallus wee besom, eh'll skelp yir erse!" |
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| Bidie in |
Partner in co-habiting unmarried relationship. |
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| Bile |
Boil
as in "awa an bile yer heid" |
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| Bin howker |
A person who 'howks' (takes) rubbish out of bins for further personal use. A term of abuse. |
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| Bing |
Heap of shale and other mining detritus, common feature at one time of the landscapes of West Fife, West Lothian and Lanarkshire. Who can say in their heart of hearts that they have not gasped at the magnificence of one of these industrial mountains, steaming slightly even in the pouring rain? Now sadly being landscaped, used as road-fill, turned into golf courses and otherwise diminished. A sad loss to Scotland's industrial landscape...... not.
Hollywood crooner who hung about with Bob Hope (see separate entry) and slid down golf clubs. |
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| Birl |
Verb: to twirl or spin, particularly to the point of dizziness
Example: The wean wis birlin roon an roon oan the swivel chair, but she startit tae boak.
Ma heid's birlin wi aw this information fae this new Glossary |
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| Blether |
Gossip, chat extensively |
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| Bletherer |
Chatterbox, talkative person |
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| Bletherskite |
Someone talking rubbish, in the listener's opinion. |
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| Blootered |
Drunk
Pronunciation
Blue Turd |
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| blootert |
drunk, pished, steamin |
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| Bluenose |
Noun 1) On the West Coast - a Hun 2)On the East Coast - A Dundee FC Supporter |
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| Boak |
To throw up, be sick
See Tony Blair, every time I see his coupon, ah wantae boak |
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| Bob Hope |
Marijuana (Rhyming Slang) |
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| Bog |
Toilet, bathroom. |
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| Boggin |
Useless, no good, smelly |
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| Bool |
marbles Example 'She talks wi a bool in her mooth' ie posh! Or the game of grass bowls |
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| Bothy |
A wee shepherds hut or roughly built holiday cottage. |
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| Bowfin |
Adjective: Smelly, dirty like mingin with the emphasis on the smelly.
Ah wisht ah'd washed ma jumper efter ah wis sick oan it last week. It's pure bowfin noo, so it is.. |
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| Brammer |
Excellence, usually associated with an individual.
Haw, yerr takin me oot for a bevvy are ye. See you, yerr a brammer, by the way |
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| Braw |
Good |
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| Breeks |
Pants, under or otherwise.
I was caught with my breeks doon, I was fair affronted! |
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| Breenge |
To go, to sojourn. "Ah'm gonny breenge up the barras the morra, so am ur, tae get some new white sports soacks." |
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| Brian Donlevy |
(pint of) heavy (rhyming slang) |
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| Broo |
Unemployment Exchange |
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| Bubbly-jock |
Noun
Turkey |
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| Buckie |
Tonic wine drunk by neds. |
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| Buckled |
Adj meaning drunk to the extent that one's legs don't function as they should. |
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| Bufty |
Derogatory name for a gay person (male only) |
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| Bumfel |
Hummock or ruck in cloth or other soft material.
"Oh look ma carpets aw bumfeled" |
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| Bumpin yer gums |
Talking too much
Away an stoap bumpin yer gums ya bletherin auld skite. |
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| Bunker |
The work top in the kitchen usually next to the sink. |
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| Bunnet (1) |
A hat, particularly a flat cap as worn by industrial workers in grainy films aboot when Scotland hud industries that made stuff an' didny jist assemble things. |
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| Bunnet (2) |
The Glans, or head of the penis. "Aw doactur, Ah've rubbed oven cleaner oan mah tadger instead o' KY jeely, an noo mah bunnet's giein' me pure Gyp. It's loupin', so it is!" |
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| Burglar's dug |
Dug usually seen in company of Neds. Choose from a variety of wean eatin monsters and nippy wee bastarts: notably, broon an black Bull Terriers (pick a breed, thir aw the same) Thae hideously ugly white an pink wans wi the pointy noses Jack Russels (sorry tae youse wans thit huv thum but here thir Ned's dugs) Rotweillers Big Doberman lookin things wi broon herr that look like some specialist breed an OBVIOUSLY came fae stolen puppies. |
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| Burroo |
Unemployment Exchange |
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| Buster |
Mibee this wis jist local tae Perth. In the middle forties, Watson's Fish & Chips sold a buster. It wis a wee poke ow chips we peas ahnd cost a thripny bit.
Gie's a buster afore ah bust yerr |
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| Bytheway |
The sole surname in use in Glesga.
"Ma name's Jimmy Bytheway." |
| Cannae |
Can not, can't.
Ah cannae git the matches tae light! Ye cannae come in here wi'oot a tie, pal |
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| Canny |
Shrewd cautious or crafty |
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| Capercaillie |
A game bird, looks kinna like a humungous grouse ur partridge! Also the name o a Scottish band.... |
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| caramel |
toilet (rhyming slang "caramel log") "Ah'm away tae the caramel fur a Gladys" |
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| Cargo |
Carry out of alcoholic drinks
Get me a cargo furr a swally the night> |
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| Catch a canter |
Hanging onto the back of a horse drawn waggon or dray without the drayman seeing you. |
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| Cauld |
Cold
It wiz caulder than a witches tit |
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| Chap or Chappit |
To mash as in 'chappit tatties n neeps ur traditionally served wi haggis' Or Chap - to knock as in 'someone is chappin at the door' |
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| Chav |
Edinburgh variant of Ned. |
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| Chib |
Noun: A non-projectile weapon. May be blunt or sharp, can include razors, lead pipes, bits of wood with nails hammered in, Stanley knives, etc... . Possibly the main feature that these will have in common is that a chib is something which has been adopted for use as a weapon, possibly with ingenious modifications, rather than something originally designed for that purpose. So a survivalist knife with a 10-inch blade wi the wee jaggy bits (What ur they fur anyway?) is probably not a chib.
A crossbow or catapult is similarly not a chib. A Star Trek phaser is not a chib. Probably connected to the word shiv. Prounced Tchib A chibbing is an attack from such an implement.
Verb: To employ a chib - usually against another human being, but often against a ned. One who has been subjected to attack with a chib is said to have been chibbed.
Examples: Hey, did ye see that pigeon chibbin that seagull wi the Irn Bru boattle?
Ah'm no sayin it's a rough pub, but if the chucker-oot frisks ye an disnae fun a chib, he gies ye wan! |
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| Choob |
Tube. Stupid Person. Idiot.
"Yer such a choob, of course yer tadger wid get inflamed is ye rubbed it hard wi nettles" |
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| Chuffed |
Pleased (usually with oneself)
See Dischuffed |
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| Chuter |
Country local, farm person similar to N.Irish Cultchy |
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| civer/siver |
A drain in the road into which chukie stanes, wee lone star models and other objects go, never to be seen again. |
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| Clabbydoo |
Rarely come by seafood delicacy, apparently you can still buy them at the Barras, a large horse mussel. |
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| Clam up |
Shut yer trap / be quiet / shut yer puss "Aw gonnae clam up, Jimmy, yer gien' us a sore heid." |
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| Clatty |
Adj-- meaning dirty,unkempt as in-- He could dae wae a guid wash, that clatty auld bastart. |
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| Claw baw |
An insult..meaning somebody spends most of their time with their hands down their pants. |
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| Clishmaclaiver |
Chatter, idle talk |
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| Clock |
Verb To notice, or observe, as in: Eh clocked whit yir daein, yi bastirt |
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| Clootie dumplin |
A boiled pudding rich with dried fruits. |
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| Close |
Noun An alleyway, a passage at the rear of houses.
The passageway leading into a tenement building. May also be referred to on the east coast as a 'closie'. |
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| Clout |
To slap or hit.
Eh'll gie u a right clout, pal. |
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| Cludgie |
Toilet |
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| Clype |
To inform on. A person who informs on others. A grass. A yopper |
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| Coagie |
A working-class resident of Dundee.
A supporter of Dundee F.C.
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| Coarn Doag |
The ubiquitous Dundee steak - corned beef! |
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| Coaxy |
A piggy back carry. |
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| Collie-buckie |
A piggy back
"C'moan, Hen, I'll gie ye a wee collie-buckie." |
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| Contermashious |
Contrary |
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| Coo |
Cow, but not as an insult. |
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| Corriejukit |
Left or wrong handed |
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| Coupin' |
Hurting like hell.
See efter Senga larrup'd ma tadger, it wisnae hauf coupin |
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| Coupon |
Face |
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| Cow |
The worst, the VERY WORST insult you can give a Scots woman is to call her a cow. All other sweary words pale into insignificance beside this most-powerful of derogatory terms. "Please Miss Magrit-Anne said a bad word" "What did she say Condoleeza?, you can spell it out if you don't want to swear." "She said ah wis a fuckin C.O.W. Miss." True story as telt tae CJ by his maw, only the names huv been chinged fur comedy purposes. |
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| Cowp |
Noun - rubbish dump."Clean your room up, it looks like a bloody cowp in here"
Verb - spill, fall over, tip. "Did you cowp mah pint, ya bastard?" |
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| Crabbit |
Adj- meaning grumpy. As in--- 'See yon Fitty,she kin be a crabbit auld bitch at times." |
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| Crabbit |
cross or angry 'See her, she's a crabbit owd beezum' |
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| Cratur |
Whisky, scotch. |
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| Creeping Jesus |
The sage of Govan |
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| Crivens |
Goodness me! (much loved by the Broons) |
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| Cromulent |
Adjective: Sensible, well-known, respectable; appropriate. Example: D'ye hink ye should huv went doon yersel tae cash in yer Lottery Ticket? Naw, naw, Wee Fly Man McCreadie's a perfectly cromulent fella
We are indebted to Mr Og, a citizen of the Unites States of Apple-pie for this contribution |
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| Cry |
Called or named.
'They cry him "wee greetin bugger" when he disnae get 'is ain way.' |
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| Cuddy |
Noun: a horse; maybe also a donkey; probably even wee ponies.
Example: Wean:Maw, Maw! Ah want a shot oan wan a they cuddies! Maw:Them's no cuddies, son. Thon's a herd ah sheep. They can brek yer airm wi a single flap ah thur wings... |
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| Cuddy lug |
A smart clout around the ear.
"Any mair ay yer cheek an' ye'll get a cuddy lug, ye wee bugger!" |
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| Cundy |
Noun A drain or gutter. From the French 'conduit' |
| Dae |
Day Do
Dae ah huvv tae lamp yer coupon?" |
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| Daftie |
A harmless idiot
Dinnae bother aboot him, he's jist a daftie |
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| Dale |
'Diving dale' = diving board at a swimming pool. Possibly from an old word for plank (of wood) |
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| De'il |
Satan
The dei'l will get ye if ye tell lies! |
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| Dead (2) |
Adjective or Adverb: Very, extremely, superlatively. For some reason always prounced Ded, never Deed.
Example:Oor Sadie hus went tae the Uni -she's dead clever so she is... |
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| Deid |
Deed. Dead
See you pal, yerr deid |
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| Dicht |
Wipe.
"Awa' an' dicht yer neb ye snottery bastard ye" |
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| Diddie (also Diddy) |
Twit, confused person, bit of a (see Bampot) Also a breast.
Example See thon: he's a right diddie so he is. |
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| Didgie |
Glasgow variant of 'midgie' (midden) |
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| Didnae |
Did not.
"It wisnae me miss, ah didnae stick his heid doon the cludge, honest." |
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| Dighted |
ADJ. Not having all the lights on, being eleven pence three farthings short of a shilling. A daftie. As in "Yon cunt's dighted". |
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| Dinger, Go one's...... |
Verb: To Go yer dinger means to become extremely excited or angry about something, usually involving raised voices, possibly the throwing of everyday household objects, slammed doors and the like..
Example: When mah maw got hame an fun me in hur bed wi the postie an the lassie fae Gregg's the Bakers - she went her dinger Pronunciation: Ding(like a bell).... er - never dinjer NOTE: to the best knowledge of the writer, "Dinger" is never used in any other context, but always in conjunction with "To go" |
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| Dingy |
to ignore.
"dinnae dingy me ya wee boot" "ah texted him but he just dingyed me" |
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| Dinnae |
Don't.
"Dinnae gie me a gammy then, ah didnae want wan anyhow" |
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| Dischuffed |
Not pleased. Usually about someone or something else.
See Chuffed |
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| Dobber |
A tube, a bampot, a half-erect penis |
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| Dog |
To have unauthorised absence from school
As in " You wuz doggin today" |
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| Dokey |
A penis as in "Sook mah dokey" |
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| Dook |
Meaning- to dip into as in Dookin a bit of rhubarb into a poke of sugar (see poke.) |
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| Dookin fur chips |
Similar to well skelped erse but usually related to men who drink loads and have red noses
"he's been dooking fur chips" |
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| Doolally |
To appear visibly upset or mentally unhinged: Ah jist saw yir maw an she's goin' doolally! |
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| Doon-the-Watter |
Sentimental term to describe the phenomenon of tens of thousands of Glaswegians packing an armada of Caledonian Steam Packet Company pleasure boats, gettin totally shitfaced on the voyage (hence the expressions "Steamboats" and "Steamin" drunk), and wrecking Millport, Rothesay, and Dunoon. |
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| Drap |
Drop
A wee drap o' the cratur. |
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| Dreel |
Noun Drill, row, or furrow. Used a lot at the Berries (see entry) as in: "Haw, Jimmy, yir awa' thi wrang dreel!" |
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| Dreep |
v.To disembark oneself from a high place (wall, roof etc.), holding on, hands on edge, then letting go and landing feet first(hopefully) on ground.
n.A rather tall gangly miserable chap
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| Dreich |
ADJ. Description of the usual Scottish weather viz: Damp, dreary, overcast, drizzling, threatening to pish doon, looks like it will stay like this for weeks....... |
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| Drookit |
Soaked to the skin.
Ah'll need tae get hame an dry aff,that rains got me drookit. |
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| Druthy |
Thirsty |
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| Dry boak |
Intense form of scunner |
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| Dry Yer Eyes |
Instruction to another to cease and desist from whining and complaining. Often unrelated to any real tears.. This is really a feckin cheeky thing to say, so make sure you are standing well away of the person to whom you say it...
Example: Aw did wee diddums turn oot tae be HIV-positive? Ach, dry yer eyes! |
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| Dub |
Puddle |
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| Dubble Nuggit |
An affluent gadgies slider (see slider). Ice cream between two thick wafers containing chocolate and rich fondant (not unlike that which is to be found in a Tunnocks Teacake). Similar to an Oyster. |
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| Dug Hammer |
Instrument fur killin dugs, sizes vary according to breed. Ah prefer a Stanley Claw Hammer masel. Wan size fits aw! |
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| Dunderheid |
Person of unsound mind. |
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| Dunt |
A thump, blow. At wis a helluva dunt ah goat when ah walked intae thon door. |
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| Dunt, double |
Noun: when weekly-paid employees receive 2 weeks' pay at once - for example at holiday time.
Example: She'll murder me.. that wis me wi a double dunt. An ah went tae the Boundary Bar an tanned it... ..... ..... Ach well is that mah round again? Spud ! Can ah tap a ten-spot aff ye tae pay-day? |
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| Dwam |
Daydream
Wizz ah in a wee dwam, or urr English goalies really shite? |
Right this is taking ages so the rest of the alphabet from e-z will be up soon cheers
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Late Night Desperate Whisper-like vocals overlaying indie rock, from Southern New Jersey... |
Till Friday Till Friday is an emo-punk band from West Sussex, U.K. We spread ourselves around the punk scene, with slow emo (Falling Star, Heart in the Snow) to fast paced old-school punk (No Makeup, Roadkill), and all the little things in between |
Sick Shift Sick Shift is a melodic/emo/punk band from Santa Barbara,Ca. Music and vocals are great and they're just begining. The music is technical and melodic, with catchy harmonies and driving bass and drums. |
Shoe! Gorgeous pop-emo from Exeter |
Stairwell Mainstream indie-rock pop |
Aqualine Aqualine (formerly known as Corpus) are a 3-peice band who superbly meld their collective interests in many genre to produce their unique style of post-grunge em metal. |
Brandtson Emo from Cleveland on Deep Elm Records. |
the-wireless-stores Sheer brilliance from former Bivouac man Paul Yeadon's new band. |
Watashi Wa Signed to the allmighty tooth and nail records, this band from cali likes to sing about love, girls, and friendship. Awww, isn't that sweet? |
Mae Mae was formed in Feb 2001, and played their first show together in Dec 2001. The band defines their sound as “melodic, energetic rock” which is influenced by big rock and pop artists like “The Beatles, U2, Michael Jackson and Depeche Mode”. |
Armor For Sleep new jersey emo quartet who enjoy their sleep and want to dream some more. |
Benton Falls Carefully crafted emo on Deep Elm |
Begbie Emo foursome from Pawtucket, RI. An up-and-coming band with high hopes and a long future ahead of them. |
Letter to Juliet Emo band with superb production which gives a beautiful element to the music. Sadly mislisted on MP3.com which may cause people not to find this brilliant up and coming band (the lead member is just 18). |
Jawbreaker Legendary and influential emo-rock band. Arguably one of the best punk bands ever. Split up in 1995 after their major label debut album 'Dear You'. |
Desperation Ended New emo/rock band from Nuneaton, Warwickshire. |
Purgatory State Three piece femail fronted Alt Rock/Punk band based in Manchester, UK. |
Something With Numbers Saves the Day meets At the Drive In with the pop sensibilities of One Dollar short. Awesome! |
Drive Til Morning One man, a guitar and his songs |
The Weakerthans Power-pop from Winnipeg. |
Little Hait Young Scottish 5peice mixing emo-punk,post hardcore and screamo. |
Any Day Now Punk Emo Outfit from Cricklade. Very energetic fucking great! |
The Paperbacks Beautifully lush songs |
Ridgevex an energetic 4 piece from west yorkshire, england |
Slowride Emo on Deep Elm. |
Surrounded Swedish emo. |
straylight run new piano influenced emo (or femo) band formed by ex members of taking back sunday, and breaking pangaea.-similar sound to something corporate, and thegetupkids. |
Feelingspass 5 piece Energetic Emo rock band from stirling scotland, keep you're eyes and ears open for this band. |
Relapse emo-grunge outfit from south wales |
Nathaniel Green beatiful and melancholic acoustic rock ramblings |
Tokyo Rose These emo-tastic youngsters from New Brinswick, New Jersey are signed on to SideCho records and they're fanatastically charged melodies and lyrics will knock your socks off. |
MeForYou MeForYou are an 4 peice Emo-punk band from Liverpool, they have a variety of styles and influences, ranging from pop punk such as Blink 182, to more metal influences such as metallica. |
More Than Here Emo quartet from the depths of Manchester |
A Small Victory Awesome guitar riffs and awesome lyrics come together to for a gosh darn amazing band that's so easy to fall in love with. from atlanta, georgia, they're incredibly talented and amazing. |
Limbeck
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Rydia Emo rock. Driving melodies and harmonies. Total apathy. That's what these 5 youngsters have put together to make a sound that is oh so good. similar in vein to something corporate, so check 'em out. |
Denali Artcore. |
Pillbox Yet another casket lottery/and none of them knew they were.... influence indierock/emocore from outside of leeds, uk. |
Never Say Forever Solo project of former Draining Thought guitarist John Ulin. Melodic Acoustic Alternative Rock/Emo in the vein of early Dashboard Confessional. |
Chasing Daylight Technical emo/pop punk outfit hailing from north london. good songs with some really catchy singalong hooks. Also they have 3 vocalists which makes some great harmonies. mix rufio with tbs and get them to cover starting line songs...or something. Definatley a band to look out for in the future. |
Southpaw Melodic emo the UK way |
Desert City Soundtrack 'Proper' emo, with a piano and everything! |
Feeling Left Out 2 guys, 2 guitars, and their heary-wrenching songs about love, life and among other things...abortion. |
Archie and the Instincts Winners of the XFM Unsigned comp |
Mid Storey Down Mid Storey Down have a unique sound that makes them different to others. They could be classed under many different categories such as emo punk, emo pop punk, and even a bit of ska is known to jump into one of the songs. |
Statistics One man and his instruments |
Alias 12 Talented emo bunch from Kettering. |
The Special Goodness Pat Wilson and Atom Willard's alt rock side project |
A Future Regret young emo punk band from yorkshire, |
The Postal Service Emo Lyrics with chilled electronic backing... yum |
*eightyonedays* Music that shows it hurts to love... |
Burns Out Bright Hop aboard the good ship emo! |
Life Goes On A Indie/Punk band from Baltimore area.. Influences range from Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, and Strike Anywhere. |
Five Second Handrule Five Second Handrule are a show-stealing live experience. They play a fusion of quality punk rock music matched with an equally necessary dose of emo. |
One Man And His Droid
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Ambrose
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The Mono Effect
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Emocore band's
Cadillac Blindside Cadillac Blindside was developed to simplify and express "the allegory of death and fame" with more than words....or so they tell us... |
Sunfactor Emocore band that mix a variety of influences, ranging from the Dead Kennedy's to Braid. |
Death Cab For Cutie
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G.A.S. Drummers
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Dead Red Sea Baltimore based emocore outfit currently releasing records on Deep Elm. |
Annalise UK based emo/hardcore crew who are certainly on the up. |
Poison The Well "Emo noise core" this lot like to call themselves...whatever genre you wanna chuck them in, they're still very, very good. |
Wednesday Was Even Worse Well written lyrics combined with very talented guitarists........not to mention one of the best drummers since travis barker...from st pete florida |
Klopek From the same town (and high school) as Better off Worse and Whippersnapper. Mixing Elements of emo,punk and a little bit of hardcore. Currently working on first ep. |
Death On Wednesday Morrissey fronting Social Distortion in this Orange County four piece. |
Ultimate Fakebook More geek rock (weezer) meets pop-punk. |
Racing Daylight US foursome that claim to be like Finch, Further Seems Forever and the Get Up Kids |
Atomic Kick Atomic Kick is a band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, made up of three guys that love writing and performing music. |
Coheed and Cambria Original emocore style straight outta New York. |
Otherwise melodic, angular and dynamic rhythms 'a la' Mock Orange / Braid, from Rutland via London. |
The Early November Newly signed to Drive Thru...expect big things. |
Day Of The Fight UK emo. |
Second To Last High energy post hardcore using crazy dynamics & soundscapes. |
Fairweather Many say they're like early-Saves The Day, but I think they're better than that... |
Onesandzeros Rock coming outta the Isle Of Wight. |
Northstar Taking Back Sunday say they are the best band ever. From Huntsville, Alabama, USA. |
Derricks Argentinian band that plays fast and powerful songs They combine ska with punk and hardcore. |
Finelines Camberley, UK based young band. |
5 Days Ahead Five-piece emo-core outfit from Horsham, Pennsylvania... |
Joe's Steakhouse Ataris meets Taking Back Sunday. From Stockport. |
small brown bike Speedy emocore punk with touches of melody, this band kick ass |
TenMinutePreview energetic dual vocal fronted emocore outfit from the gurnos est. |
Another Direction Leicester emocore band |
Settlefish Five peice who released their full length debut on Deep Elm. |
A Worst Case Scenario A mixture of powerful guitar rifths and heavy interludes to bring back to life. uk emocore |
Days Ago A Norwich UEA based unsigned four piece, energetic, heart felt musicians / performers who put on a great show with a varied range of musical tecniques. |
Snow and Lights Emocore band based around London and Watford. For more info visit site and have a listen to the tracks. |
Die Trying die trying is an up and coming punk band with a solid and hard hitting sound. their music is very entertaining and easy to get into. the lead singer has a voice similar to that of bert mccracken of the used. their new full length is great, definitely go buy it and support these guys. |
Days In December five piece, london based, as described on their website: the bands music reflects [their range of influences], tackling downbeat, and aggressive themes with uplifting and melodious elegance. |
Spitalfield Talented four piece who showcase all the qualities of another bunch of angst filled young men... |
Beloved (US) 5-piece N. Carolina band with three guitarists, amazing drums, if you like The Beautiful Mistake you'll love Beloved |
Kissing Chaos Dual vocals both light and heavy kind of like Thursday, but is made of members from Sparta and other bands as well. |
Ten Cent Story We are a 5 piece emocore band from York, Pennsylvania. You can check out our songs at www.mp3.com/tencentstory and tell us what you think...the band has been around for about a year and a half, we have played with such acts as Days Away, The Beautiful Mistake, Punchline, and The Fall Line. |
Shouting Myke One of the best young bands in the UK, hailing from Oxford. |
saosin fantastic 4 piece emo band with fantastically skilled members.. you're not emo if you dont listen to saosin! |
moneen Emo band from Ontario, Canada. Extremely talented. Great songwriters with an incredible live show. |
Everyday Life An emo band. Woooooo |
Days Away 4 awesome east coast rockers who come out with innovative, intense works. barely out of highschool, these kids are constantly evolving as singers and songwriters... |
on the might of princes Another four peice out of Long Island signed to Revelation. |
copeland a US band that will seriously make tears run down your face while moshing like crazy. one of my favs, they're similar in vein to the early november |
:::Bitterly Ironic::: Bitterly Ironic is a solo project from Ant Hickman. Playing keyboards/piano live, a different view and angle on the modern-day 'emo' scene... |
Hidden In Plain View
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Written from Negative Classy screaming and shouting coming out of Sunderland |
kiss and tell kiss and tell are a four piece band from ivybridge, devon, using poetic lyrics and powerful melodies to create a catchy emocore sound. |
Aim
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Designated Driver
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Ann.s Fallacy Ann.s Fallacy - emotional rock, sensitive landscape of sounds |
Hardcore emo
Husker Du Fast and loud. The melody's in there somewhere. |
Finch Kinda emo crossed with pop-punk. Ataris with an edge. Melodic and very, very good. The next big thing? They should be... |
At-The-Moment The brand new band from the members of Swedish hardcore crew Belltown and the emo rockers Eyeflower. If you're into the likes of Handsome, Quicksand, Helmet & Both Worlds... |
Manifesto Jukebox Kings of melodic rage - turbocharged Leatherface meets Hot Water Music. |
As Friends Rust Featuring members from ex-Culture and Morning Again, As friends rust capture a sound which blends hardcore and emotional lyrics perfectly. |
Thursday Combining melody with hardcore elements, this New Jersey mob could be one to keep an eye on. |
Liars Academy
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Boys Sets Fire Fantasic emotionally charged hardcore. |
Brand New A quite original and quite brilliant band. Mix Midtown with the Movielife and get them to cover Glassjaw songs...or something. Whatever, just go buy... |
Snapcase New York hardcore. |
neglected youth Current line up formed in Febuary 2002. Going from strength to strength and building a fan base on the Isle of Wight. Opened the IOW festival in frount of 8,000 people. They play straight forward fast punk and emocore. |
(William) (William) are a Hardcore/emo band from Zaragoza (Spain). The band was started in 1998. |
My Chemical Romance Post hardcore, US style. |
From Autumn To Ashes Hardcore band that blew everyone away on their debut UK tour. |
Rescue Powerful four piece on dead droid records. |
SevenDaysWaiting They like hardcore...and they say you should too. |
Products of the Fall Kerrang!! : "Breaking the cycle with some heartfelt metal-core" Leicester based Metal-core/screamo outfit who have played with everyone from Reef to Mistress From Miocene to Hell is for heroes! |
Jets vs Sharks awesome south coast hardcore. truly phenomenal live. |
The Beautiful Mistake Good old fashioned hardcore emo, a winner already? The beautiful mistake has all the sounds of thursday, the used, from autumn to ashes and yet remains their own distinct sound. A great new band to check out. |
Zedisforzebra Emo Punk band from Halifax West Yorkshire |
Jon Doe's Jon Doe's were originally formed in 1997 as The Jon Doe's. After lots of time and various line up changes in 1999 they decided to drop the (The) from their name to just Jon Doe's. |
Alexisonfire 2 catholic school girls in a mid-knife fight. |
Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans are: Joe - lead guitar, Tony - rhythm guitar, Rich - bass guitar + lead vocals and Pad - drums and backup vocals. As a band we write our own music, we are influenced by bands such as The Ataris, Brand New and many more pop/emo punk/hardcore bands. |
Anatomy Of A Ghost Great passionate band blurring the line between hardcore, metal and progressive rock! |
A Destructive Issue A Destructive Issue are a young band from Leeds, England. Formed in the Summer of 2003 they take their influences from the likes of Finch and Thrice. |
Nine A band with a number in the name. How original... |
B-Movie Hardcore Punky Emo-y Goodness from the West Midlands. Influenced by thursday, misfits, tsunami bomb, and coheed and cambria |
62pennies refreshing hard edge sound of Midlands 5 piece taking sounds of modern technical punk and touching hardcore whilst retaining their own definitive sound. Powerful and lively, check em out... |
SikTh Dillinger Escape Plan esc music but with dual vocals probably the best vocalisist that england has to offer. Amasing cordination between guitars with synths and general crazy ass shit..... Whatever they are just very VERY good Hardcore, Melodic, Wierd, even slightly emo.... |
The Holiday Plan Very cool new London-based band who have recorded their first demo with (Lemonheads, Crackout) producer Julian Standan. Have also recently supported Thrice and Billy Talent on their Uk dates. Look for them to be one of the next explosions on the emo/underground scene and get to see them when you can! |
From First To Last good screams, good live performances, good music, good band from florida. check em out |
Have A Go Hero Leicestershire based four piece in the same vein as Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Saves The Day etc. |
Section 8 a small city band from southern, cali....awesome youngsters with high energy, heartfelt lyrics, and spiffy melodies. check 'em out while they're still small-time. |
Hardcore
Black Flag Mr. Rollins et al in pre-Gap advert shenanigans. The "original" hardcore punk band. |
Sense Field hardcore/rock punk |
Good Riddance Straight edge hardcore punkers... |
Suicidal Tendencies Mainly hardcore punk band, with albums varying slightly in style. |
59 Times the Pain Burning heart band 59ttp are part of the Europe punk/hardcore boom |
98 Mute Aggressive punkers 98 mute deliver fast paced tunes |
SNFU
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Converge Punk metal/hardcore quartet |
Quicksand With us no more despite a stab at a reunion and a spell on the Vans Warped Tour, Quicksand delivered grinding guitars throughout the mid-90s. |
Thrice Sub City So-Cal hardcore punks with a charitable side. |
Fig. 4.0 4 piece from Leeds, UK |
Glasseater Hardcore band that fuse pop, punk and metal into their sound. |
Refused Swedes who ahve shown us the sound of punk to come |
Grade Toronto hardcore band that released their debut in 1998. |
Give Up The Ghost Pioneers of fast and furious hardcore, formerly known as American Nightmare and American Nothing. |
Scuttle Hardcore band from Brighton. |
Red Lights Flash Austrian hardcore band. |
Death By Stereo
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The Hope Conspiracy
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Ensign Veteran hardcore punks |
Our Heart Closed Hardcore band from Quebec city. |
Death Threat Political hardcore band from California. |
40belowsummer 40belowsummer rocks, and if youve ever seen them live, or even just heard there album, you would know!! Check them out, and download music!! |
Riistetyt Official homepage of RIISTETYT, total hardcore from Tampere, Finland. |
Atreyu Scream-laden hardcore from Southern California. |
Bloodlet Brutal evilcore distinct in its diabolic chord structures, lyrical despair and anguish. |
Five Knuckle Another Bristol mob, this quintet formed in 1998 and have been tearing up a venue near you ever since... |
Shai Hulud really cool hXc band from south florida. chad gilbert of a new found glory is their former singer. |
Transfixion They have been dubbed female-fronted post-hardcore (whatever that means) |
Sick Of It All Modern day hardcore pioneers. When you speak of legends, you really mean this lot... |
Indicator Indicator play hardcore punk, from Leeds. Their influences include The Exploited, Discharge + Minor Threat. |
The Has Beens An 80's influenced hardcore punk band from the Los Angeles, CA area. The band is usually compared to either a mixture of Minor Threat and The Ramones or to old old No Use For A Name. The band has old school mentality and definitely believes in DIY all the way. |
H2O H2O is a New York Hardcore band |
Earth Crisis US hardcore band with a strident political message and an aggressive blend of hardcore and metal. |
Ryker's Flawless brand of classic, traditional hardcore from Germany |
Minor Threat Very good hardcore band who started the straight-edge scene. |
Kid Dynamite Fast as hell music with amazing lyris. They broke up in 2002 and made 2 full lengths. |
F-Minus Half male, half female abrasive hardcore punk from California |
Dillinger Escape Plan These boys defy description, such is the diversity of their sound |
Beecher Fast rising, genre crossing, UK punkers |
Avenged Sevenfold Hardcore band with melody alongside their brutalness. |
Stretch Arm Strong Out of the east coast, USA. |
Send More Paramedics A brain-splattered and gore-drenched 80's style thrash metal hardcore band with an obsession for zombie b-movies. |
Imbalance Grimsby hardcore band who have now split up. |
Fallen Into Ashes Hardcore from Budpaest, Hungary. |
Funeral For A Friend Mixing the intensity of thrash with the melody of emocore - Funeral For A Friend have the potential to rule their genre. |
Avail Foursome from America's deep South. |
Condition21 Short and fast hardcore |
From This Moment On South Wales Hardcore crew. |
DanDare DanDare plays fast and pissed-off hardcore in the vein of Minor Threat, MDC, DRI, Offenders, Suicidal Tendencies. |
Steel Rules Die Melodic hardcore ala Avail, HWM, Lifetime and Strike Anywhere. |
Clouds Turned Black 4-piece sissy-hesh band from Victorville, Ca just tryin to have some fun. |
Ignite Hardcore with lots of great songs. The best are Veteran, Embrace, No regrets, Fill in the blanks. Hands on stance. |
Bane Legends. |
Reason 69 New signings to 20 Deck playing fast, catchy punk |
A New Renaissance Music.... hard.... soft... fast...slow... chaos... melodies... all together.... |
Freebase UKHC stalwarts from Northampton... |
The Coalfield Cracking hardcore from Germany! |
X-Possibles The X-Possibles are from NYC and have been together for 5 years. To categorize them simply as a punk band is impossible due to their vast influences. Their music embodies lust, anger, joy, violence; all the emotions connected to being ALIVE in a world that is not so pretty. |
Shotgundemocracy 3 Piece Punk band from Leeds, fast, hard, politically and socially concious but they don't ram their views down your throat. |
Bleeding Through OC hardcore band formed in 1999. awesome band. one of the few hxc bands w/ a girl in it. rock on. |
SinceBy Man Hardcore five peice hailing from Milwaukee. |
Freya Five peice made up of ex Earth Crisis members. |
Black Cross Energetic four piece who dabble in frenetic retro punk. |
Superjoint Ritual Phil Anselmo's new side project |
Patient Zero We are a hardcore thrash band from Boston, Lincs. Some of our influences include Limp Wrist, DropDead, URKO. If you like it short, fast & loud, you might like us! |
The Locust Think of a better description? Lemme know... |
Suburban Trash Montreal's best Hardcore Punk band. All;egedly. |
Against All Fast rising Peterborough based band, whos sounds mixes Hardcore intensity with Metal riffage. |
Kill Your Idols How do you spell intense lyrics and amazing guitar and drums? I spell it: Kill Your Idols! |
The Stepford Wives 4 piece punk band from Birmingham, UK. Formed in early 2003. You can check out two of their mp3's at http://www.mp3.com/the_stepford_wives. |
Transgression Punishing PTW style hardcore with melodic bursts |
The Devils extreme metal noise on IATDE |
Friends Of Ed
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Sill South London 5-piece, mainly hardcore with some emocore/punk/metal to add flavour. The words of the day are power and energy...they live for today. |
Freaks union Wicked Hardcore band from Hull, who seem to have big things ahead of them. Recently supported Rancid and about to support the Suicide machines. Sound similar to Anti Flag. |
Between The Buried And Me
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Comeback Kid
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Jude The Obscure Hardcore from Grimsby, Ontario, Canada |
Azriel Azriel are a 5 piece hardcore band from the west coast of scotland whos influences include hopesfall , poison the well and dead blue sky. |
Ashes Rise Ferocious four piece hardcore from Portland. |
Break the Silence Hard hitting hardcore punk band from Chicago featuring Mr. Precision from 88 Fingers Louie. Really aggressive, but also very melodic. You can download several songs, but their debut full-length isn't out till February of 2004. |
From Ashes Rise Four piece hardcore merchants from Portland |
JohnnyCheatsDeath Sounds like : Glassjaw, Finch, Thrice, Senses Fail, Poison The Well. |
Between Us Swedish hardcore. Oh yes. |
Modern Life Is War Fists in the air! Its pumping hardcore |
November Coming Fire Chaotic UK Hardcore from Ashford |
One Fine Day Brash and noisy Italian hardcore. |
Sharia Law Hailing from Martock, Somerset this 3 piece hooligan hardcore outfit continue the struggle against boy bands with guitars...... |
Lead The Way Lead The Way are a Political Melodic Hardcore band from Wakefield. |
Darkest Hour Metallic Shreddery Ahoy! |
Curl Up And Die
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Sadirrity They know how to combine powerfull riffs with lovely melodies. The lyrics are very political and brought to you with angry shout and nice singing. If you like Newborn, Shail Hulud or Strike Anywhere you will love SADIRRITY!!! |
No Turning Back European Hardcore. |
The Deal European hardcore. |
Bullet Union frantic hardcore ala drive like jehu |
Stand First up, Stand is a punk band. We are a punk band cos we are punks! We come from a more 'traditional' punk background and thats it. End of argument! Anyone who thinks we should sound like NOFX or The Business to be truely punk, can go fuck themselves. Our songs are about issues we care about or stuff we wanna shout about. thats how we ended up in this mess of a scene in the first place, because we can shout and scream and express ourselves and sometimes people even listen and take something from that for themselves. Maybe they even understand what we are talking/shouting/screaming/making noise about. |
Assert
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Discipline Discipline is a Street Rock ‘n Roll band, hailing from Eindhoven, Holland. These guys have been around since 1990. |
Neveres Power Hardcore with members of Raised Fist and Breach |
Resident Alternative rock from Lanarkshire, Scotland |
The Vaccines 3 Peice Hardcore band from St Helens, North West England. |
Camilla Rhodes Camilla Rhodes - HC band, agressive and destructive band. |
Dummy Run English mob with a distinct similarity to Five Knuckle. |
Post hardcore
The Chinkees Powerful mix of ska, reggae and hardcore for these political punks from san Jose, California. |
Bracket Stoner-punk crew who have produced some classic albums on a variety of labels. |
Glassjaw Post-hardcore crew that sound like the Deftones and Jimmy Eat World in a blender. |
Belltown Belltown is intensive rock/hardcore crew from Gbg, Sweden. The sound of the band is very intense, but with major focus on the melodies and the hooks. |
thisGIRL UK-band who are generating quite a lot of publicity with their 'posi-parent-core' style of music. Yeah, I don't know what that means either. Just imagine Hundred Reasons or At The Drive In style post-hardcore and you'll not be far off. |
Hot Water Music An intelligent, powerful and hard working group who hail from Gainsville. |
The Movielife This lot have a gambling problem apparently, but their melodic brand of hardcore really holds all the cards... |
Fidgit Formed in 1997 in Sussex, UK, Fidgit are a three piece allegedly comparable Poison the well, Drowningman, Mogwai, Jimmy Eat World, Thursday... |
My Captain Post hardcore rumblings that sound a bit like Quicksand apparently... |
Tyler British melodic post hardcore crew, featuring strings and boy/girl vocals. |
Kids Near Water Up and coming UK post hardcore act. |
Hundred Reasons Up and coming UK act with chart hugging capabilities. |
TinyElvis Absolute punk rock for obsolete punks, the most important punk band of the 21st century! |
Hell Is For Heroes Made up of ex-members of the legendary Symposium, this lot are harder and heavier. |
Schindler Post-hardcore rumblings from this Oxford lot |
Taking Back Sunday Best band in the world :) |
Waterdown Critically acclaimed German hardcore band, who quite rightly advise the ladies not to kill a boy on their first date... |
Box Car Racer Side project of Blink 182's Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, it's said that the band are a homage to Fugazi... |
The Osterman Weekend The Osterman Weekend are a powerful, driving melodic hardcore band from Derby, UK, held together by a solid production, beautiful packaging and great lyrics. |
The Used Hard, heavy and melodic and already signed to a major... |
The Fold Hailing from around Chicago, IL, The Fold formed from remnants of SHOWOFF and THE JULIANA THEORY with two goals in mind: passionate music and a band without egos. Having dealt with it in the past, the name itself means "a group of people working hard towards the same goals, sharing the same values" something they felt they had never acheived in the past. ! |
Boy Hits Car Post-hardcore crew from LA with a penchance for the not-so-ordinary. Damn good nonetheless... |
Gatsby's American Dream Pure melodic rocking sounds come from this Seattle-based band's original mixture of styles. |
Easy Way Out Technical pop punk with hardcore/emo vocal stylings |
Scissorhands With fast spooky songs, gathering influences from Minor Threat, AFI and The Nerve Agents - Scissorhands are sure to be something to watch out for in the future... |
New Amsterdams
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Andy, Glen and Ritch intricate post-rock from grimsby! |
Senses Fail Recently signed to Drive Thru - hard hitting style with melody to boot. |
Wonderland Dementation Dept The hard rocking political jazz formerly known as At the mOment. |
Garrison Originally from Boston, this mob don't take any prisoners. Famed by the underground, their live shows are not to be missed. |
None Of The Above Nottingham based band who fuse Quicksand to Thursday with nice effect |
A Static lullaby Coming your way very soon, coming over like a unique Thursday. (or so the kid who wrote this says anyway) |
Toy Post hardcore quartet from Falkirk, Scotland. |
Cars As Weapons Post-hardcore from the south of England. |
HiTechJet Uxbridge based 5 piece signed to In At The Deep End Records. |
The Lyon Estates Driving, Melodic, post-hardcore... barking vocals... |
Killinghername Been described as having elements of Finch, Glassjaw, Hopesfall, Further Seems Forever etc. without sounding too american. You get the idea. |
Open Hand Melodic Post-Hardcore with soaring vocals on Trustkill Records |
Biffy Clyro Young UK post-hardcore pop merchants |
Prizefight US post hardcore |
chapter eleven taking onboard influences as diverse as fugazi to thursday, deftones to Finch and bad religion to smashing pumpkins. chapter eleven play their own brand of unique rock music designed to inspire. |
Sist UK post-hardcore crew. |
Matchbook Romance From New York and originally known as The Getaway |
Indifference Indifference combines old school thrash elements with metal, punk and hooky melodies whilst retaining plenty of pummelling grooves. Spliced metallic thrashcore riffs sail over a catchy rhythm section whilst being battered with the fury and groove of the drums. The overall soundscape becomes one of immediate hooks drawing on a sense of urgency and pace that the band construct between themselves. Clever arrangements further push this bands sound with the singers catchy words and melody lines completing the sound and giving a strong sense of individuality to this band. Check 'em out soon! |
Last Few Remaining 6 peice Post Emo/Hardcore band formed in 2002 from South Wales, UK. |
Hiding With Girls 'Hundred Reasons covering Lostprophets, packed with added Drive-Thru groove and post-emo sensibilities…… They could be enormous' (Darren Sadler, Rocksound) |
My favourite Co-Pilot Genius post-hardcore from Hartlepool, UK. |
Reeko Metal riffing and punk sensibilities combine for good times. |
Keyanti Young band from Scotland influenced by a wide range of bands from Pantera to Red Hot Chilli Peppers. |
Losing Sleep Great Local Post Hardcore Band which sound remarkably like Finch yet have their own destinct original style. Influenced by Finch, These Were His Last Words (Mansfield Locals) and others. |
Instruction Highly rated emo-hardcore band featruring ex-members of Quicksand and Errortype:11 |
Farfromwords Watford 5-piece post-hardcore band. 2 cd's available and regularly gigging around hertfordshire and london. |
Days of Grace Five piece who owe a lot to Finch |
Fair Verona New melodic hardcore with influences from finch to poison the well and killswitch engage. |
the Red Letter Code we are a four piece melodic female fronted post-hardcore band from exeter (devon) |
Blue Rose Liar We stand up behind instruments, in front of amps. Sometimes it hurts. We've been at it for a while in one way or another. You may recognize one of us from sometime in the past. You may not. We do it for ourselves but we hope you might enjoy it as well. |
few against many a simple, original mix of post hardcore/emo/metal/rock is the easiest way to describe this young energetic band from devon, england. |
Lazy Jack Lazy Jack formed in the spring of 2002 after the demise of local bands Tread Gold, Jaded and Jinxed. |
Silverstein Another pretty boy post-hardcore band coming outta the US of A. A good one mind... |
Lost and Found Leeds Band, Insperations such as The used,Taking back sunday and Finch formed in june 2003 and are demented. |
With Broken Wings a head on collision of screams and melodies...is it ok to kill? |
Scary Kids Scaring Kids Screaming keyboard filled post-hardcore shouty stuff, brimming with aceness. |
Bear Vs Shark On Equal Vision. |
Story Of The Year Hotly tipped John Feldman ( The Used ) produced post hardcore/pop punkers. |
Dead Poetic With their sublimely melodic yet passionately intense style, reminiscent of diverse bands such as Thursday, Poison The Well, Zao, At The Drive In, and Embodyment |
skyfalls taking influences from such bands as thursday, mahumodo and refused we have put together our own blend of music with as much energy and aggression as possible! |
Forever the Way Hard hitting pop-core from Detroit Rcok City. With emotionally driven lyrics,laced with intense breakdowns, forever the way will leave you thirsty for more. |
Million Dead british hardcore lot who are amazing live and have sweet melodies to go with it. fast and abrasive yet catchy as well |
Decline new cambridge based punk band taking punk to new levels of post hardcore nature! with a fun attitude and wicked catchy tunes this band is one to look out for! |
Boys Night Out Violentcore... |
End It On This Melodic punk straight out of cambridge, just think Afi and Green Day morphed together in one big punky mess |
Candy Sniper
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From This Day Forward A four piece post hardcore band from Kent. A blend of Taking Back Sunday's melodies and Funeral For A Friend's metal-edge. |
The Making Of... Original sounds, guitars tearing through the thick mud of bass enunciated by 100mph drums, The Making Of.. are a band from Newcastle, England. Describing their influences as taking back sunday, biffy clyro, funeral for a friend etc. |
Akehurst Original Melodic Post Hardcore |
The Copperpot Journals Post-Hardcore influenced rock |
Hidden Agenda Female fronted Southampton based, critically acclaimed and in your fookin face!!!!! |
The Hurt Process UK based scream merchants |
Vaux At The Drive In meets Refused in a fight to the death refereed by the Deftones |
Calpol New Winchester youngsters to Post Hardcore scene, Calpol can be best described as Finch,Glassjaw and Thursday with a lean towards melodic hardcore such as The Movielife. |
Misterhall
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Stories and Comets The band rising from the falls of My Favourite Co-Pilot and Caught In The Headlights. Playing inspiring, heart felt lyrics, with the captivating vocals and dynamic guitar riffs this band will soon capture the audience once again.Couple of songs on the website for your ears to get addicted to. |
When Reason Sleeps Post hardcore outfit from south wales with an energetic A.D.D. inflicted front duo. |
Somehow Hollow Melodic-Punk at it's best from Victory records. Ear piercing riffage from canada |
Halifax Not a super band made up of residents from a West Yorkshire town. Thankfully. |
The Mars Volta Cedric and Omar. Need I Say More? |
C.Aarmé Bold and brash Swedish punks. |
Forgone Fortnight 4 Piece band from birmingham |
The New Lev Yashin
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Planes Mistaken For Stars Metal Post Hardcore legends |
CosineParallel An impulsively energetic yet attentively complex band from the musical Mecca of Austin, Texas, CosineParallel refuse to comply with the boundaries of today’s emotional hardcore music. Musically they “bend melodically and explode technically” as their live set tumbles you from punctuation to transition and back again. |
Awkward Silence
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Armsbendback
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Breaking Pangaea
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Weasel Wedge 3 piece teenage post hardcore outfit from hampshire, offering an energetci live show, blistering songs and owing a lot to their influences (finch, starting line, funeral for a friend, the ataris...) |
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