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Hamilton, Glasgow, United Kingdom (1994 – 2005)

The Delgados were a scottish indie rock band who formed in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in 1994 after friends Alun Woodward (vocals/guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass) and Paul Savage (drums) were forcibly ejected from the band Bubblegum. Joined by Paul’s then-girlfriend Emma Pollock (vocals/guitar), the band chose to name themselves after Tour de France winning cyclist Pedro Delgado. They split in April 2005, with Emma signing a solo deal with 4AD shortly afterwards. June 2006 saw the release of a mammoth 29 track album of all the band’s Peel sessions.

The band continue to turn out promising independent artists under their cult record label Chemikal Underground.

Their first commercial release came with the inclusion of their track “Liquidation Girl” on the compilation album Skookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rock Angst from Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Neglecting to go the traditional route of signing to a record label, the band instead started their own, Chemikal Underground, with which to release not only their records but also those of other local bands. Chemikal Underground’s first release was naturally The Delgados first single Monica Webster / Brand New Car. Despite being greatly overshadowed by the Blur/Oasis race, the single caught the attention of veteran BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel and the band quickly became one of his favourites, going on to play more than ten sessions for his show.

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Top Tracks

1	The Light Before We Land	231
2	Coming in From the Cold	176
3	I Fought The Angels	171
4	All You Need Is Hate	135
5	Woke From Dreaming	123
6	Pull The Wires From The Wall	103
7	Accused Of Stealing	92
8	Everybody Come Down	89
9	The Drowning Years	82
10	No Danger	75
11	American Trilogy	67
12	The City Consumes Us	65
12	Child Killers	65
14	Make Your Move	62
15	Aye Today	61

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milkywayhoshiap wrote:
December 2011

Hoping and praying there's one life worth saving

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lifelover438 wrote:
December 2011

GUNSLINGER GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [2]

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JeriShermaine wrote:
November 2011

GUNSLINGER GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LittleCuteDoll wrote:
November 2011

Woke From Dreaming is their best single! <3

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LittleCuteDoll wrote:
November 2011

Still loving this band. Sad they never gained much recognition. [2]

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A20thCenturyboy wrote:
November 2011

Hate = Masterpiece

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consommateur wrote:
November 2011

i love hate.bought it for buttons on a street in france..must get more ,maybe here... http://shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/The_Delgados.html

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radiobrmc wrote:
November 2011

Still loving this band. Sad they never gained much recognition.

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DonConker wrote:
October 2011

Where do people even get those bootlegs listed in the albums? Like the one in Paris or the one in Spain O_o

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SLIGHTLYevil wrote:
September 2011

I'm revisiting The Great Eastern and Hate this evening. Might even get around to buying Audio Universal some day soon. That's been on my list of purchases for years.

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placebo_molko wrote:
September 2011

i heard the light before we land and i fought the angels, i had them on some old CD i made, they're nice, like ivy meets metric at it's sweetest, meets mew. That's how i saw it. So i'll be downloading some

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Orihime-Inoue wrote:
August 2011

their music is chosen perfectly as a soundtrack for anime Gunslinger Girl! ;)

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lisov22 wrote:
August 2011

amazing band!

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brigittepop8 wrote:
July 2011

Lo sabrá Perico.......

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SmokinWickerman wrote:
July 2011

Lol, weeaboo's love your band....

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theseventhl wrote:
June 2011

The Light Before We Land = ♥

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A20thCenturyboy wrote:
June 2011

They're great

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kirika17 wrote:
June 2011

Love her voice

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Funkelt wrote:
May 2011

Hate is the most popular because it's the easiest of theirs to find. And it's amazing.

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will_xP wrote:
April 2011

plus, i don't get why domestiques has so few plays and hate is the most played, ALTHOUGH every album has a different style and feeling Domestiques sounds more exciting.

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