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A Witness
A Witness
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Stump
Stump
musical ensemble
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Inca Babies
Inca Babies
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The Nightingales
The Nightingales
British band
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
English gothic rock band
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The Servants
The Servants
English band
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The Siddeleys
The Siddeleys
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Mighty Mighty
Mighty Mighty
indie band formed in Birmingham, England
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The Stupids
The Stupids
9
Blue Orchids
Blue Orchids
10
The Shop Assistants
The Shop Assistants
11
BOB
BOB
Indie pop band from North London, England
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14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears
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The June Brides
The June Brides
14
The Wolfhounds
The Wolfhounds
English band
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The Membranes
The Membranes
English band
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The Yummy Fur
The Yummy Fur
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Even As We Speak
Even As We Speak
Australian indie pop band
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Rabid
Rabid
english punk rock band
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The Chameleons
The Chameleons
English post-punk band
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The Room
The Room
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The Prefects
The Prefects
Punk Rock band in England
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Electro Hippies
Electro Hippies
band
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Party Day
Party Day
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60 Ft. Dolls
60 Ft. Dolls
British band
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UK Decay
UK Decay
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Rubella Ballet
Rubella Ballet
British gothic anarcho-punk band
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Unseen Terror
Unseen Terror
band
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Billy Mahonie
Billy Mahonie
band
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Rudi
Rudi
band
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The Passage
The Passage
band
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Appliance
Appliance
British band
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Goldblade
Goldblade
English punk rock band from Manchester, England
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Thomas Leer
Thomas Leer
British musician
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The Three Johns
The Three Johns
band
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Don Fleming
Don Fleming
American musician and record producer
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Heresy
Heresy
British band
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Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews
English musician and songwriter
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Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine
American punk rock band
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Black Roots
Black Roots
English reggae band
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Big in Japan
Big in Japan
British band
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Talulah Gosh
Talulah Gosh
guitar-pop group from Oxford, England
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The Longcut
The Longcut
band that plays indie rock
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Sad Lovers & Giants
Sad Lovers & Giants
band
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Autechre
Autechre
English electronic music duo
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The Men They Couldn't Hang
The Men They Couldn't Hang
band
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Hadouken!
Hadouken!
British rock/electronica band
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The Bodines
The Bodines
musical artist
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Artery
Artery
band
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Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets
British alternative rock band
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Virgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes
Irish band
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Big Flame (often rendered bIG*fLAME) were a post-punk/indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England and active from 1983 to 1986. The members were Alan Brown (bass, vocals), Greg Keeffe (guitar) and Dil Green (drums). After a debut EP ("Sink") on their own Laughing Gun label, they joined the Ron Johnson roster for a series of mid-1980s singles as well as an appearance on the NME's C86 compilation.

On the reverse of the "Two Kan Guru" compilation, it was jokingly stated that Green and Brown played in the original line-up of Wham! with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

In addition to releasing five singles and a compilation EP, Big Flame also recorded four sessions for the John Peel Show. Big Flame were a major influence on Manic Street Preachers. In a 1991 interview, Richie Edwards stated "The 80s, for us, was the biggest non-event ever, like C86. All we had was Big Flame. Big Flame was the most perfect band. But we couldn't play their records 'cos they were too avant garde".

The group also operated beyond the confines of the band itself. Keeffe and Green hosted a night at Manchester's Man Alive club which they christened "The Wilde Club" providing a useful venue for groups other than their own. This spirit was also reflected in Ugly Noise Undercurrents which was a band-swap concept conceived by Brown, to provide emerging groups with a facility for securing gigs in towns and cities beyond their home base. The Allez Ugly newsletter was the primary driver for this.

After the band split in 1986, Brown joined Ron Johnson labelmates A Witness on drums, touring the UK and Europe and appearing on several records (the 12" EP 'One Foot in the Groove' and Strange Fruit Double Peel Sessions) and three sessions for BBC Radio One DJ John Peel. He left A Witness in 1988 to form solo project Great Leap Forward, while Keeffe joined Meatmouth (with Mark Whittam and Nicholas Blincoe) who released "Meatmouth is Murder" on Factory Records, FAC 196.

After a break from music, Alan Brown teamed up with Daren Garratt (of Pram) and Vince Hunt (of A Witness) in the band Marshall Smith, releasing an album Colours in 2006 on the Euphonium label.

In 2007, Alan Brown joined Sarandon as bass player, and performed with a reformed A Witness in 2014. Since 2008 he revived The Great Leap Forward and continues to release albums on a sporadic basis.

Greg Keeffe was professor of sustainable architecture at Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds until May 2012, and is now Professor of Architecture at Queen's University Belfast.

Dil Green is now an architect based in London.