Poll site names Scotland's top 100 bands as voted for by music fans - do you agree?

A social media web page devoted to discovering the greatest bands based on voting by their followers has simply named the highest 100 from Scotland.

It is a scorching debate and one which's positive to impress loads of dialogue, however after weeks of voting, the Fb web page Nice Music Polls has picked out the perfect Scottish bands round.

There are many surprises within the record, however legendary act Primal Scream got here out on high with different acquainted names together with Travis, Massive Nation and Del Amitri additionally making the highest 10.

Different bands given particular mentions however not included within the high 100 had been Aussie rockers AC/DC, with the Scottish-born Younger brothers; Northern Irish band Snow Patrol, who had been based in Dundee, and US alt-rock band Rubbish who're fronted by Scot Shirley Manson.

Voting passed off on the web page over a lot of weeks with bands and acts going face to face to be named within the last record.

Well-known bands we would count on to be larger, equivalent to Biffy Clyro and Frightened Rabbit, did not even make the highest 25, and there have been a couple of shock entrants larger up equivalent to The Jesus & Mary Chain (fifth) and the Blue Nile (seventeenth).

Followers had been delighted to see Primal Scream come out on high.

One wrote: " Us Scots have few good bands and surely, they're considered one of our greatest."

Whereas one other added: "Primal Scream, worthy winners!! Wonderful band, nice dwell!! Some completely basic albums!!!"

Did your favorite make the record? Have a look beneath. Some names are assured to take you again.

Nice Music Ballot's High 100 music acts from Scotland

1. Primal Scream

2. Easy Minds

3. Travis

4. Deacon Blue

5. The Jesus & Mary Chain

6. Franz Ferdinand

7. Texas

8. Rod Stewart

9. Massive Nation

10. Del Amitri

11. Belle & Sebastien

12. Teenage Fanclub

13. Gerry Rafferty

14. The Proclaimers

15. Annie Lennox

16. Cocteau Twins

17. The Blue Nile

18. Altered Photographs

19. Idlewild

20. Bay Metropolis Rollers

21. The Waterboys

22. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

23. BMX Bandits

24. Paolo Nutini

25. The Fratellis

26. The Beta Band

27. Biffy Clyro

28. Glasvegas

29. Mogwai

30. Gerry Cinnamon

31. The Soup Dragons

32. Moist Moist Moist

33. Donovan

34. Finley Quaye

35. The Shamen

36. Django Django

37. The View

38. Midge Ure

39. The Twilight Unhappy

40. Pilot

41. Jim Diamond

42. KT Tunstall

43. Stealers Wheel

44. Frightened Rabbit

45. Hue & Cry

46. Digital camera Obscura

47. Jimmy Somerville

48. John Martyn

49. The Pastels

50. Lulu

51. Danny Wilson

52. The Skids

53. Runrig

54. Chvrches

55. The Almighty

56. The Wake

57. Jack Bruce

58. Twin Atlantic

59. Edwin Collins

60. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

61. The Unimaginable String Band

62. Brian Connolly

63. Goodbye Mr MacKenzie

64. Fairground Attraction

65. Ian Anderson

66. The Bluebells

67. Amy McDonald

68. The Sutherland Brothers

69. Owen Paul

70. Orange Juice

71. Dougie MacLean

72. The Delgados

73. The Blow Monkeys

74. Marmalade

75. Sheena Easton

76. Aztec Digital camera

77. Arab Strap

78. Horse

79. Stone the Crows

80. Al Stewart

81. Love & Cash

82. Hipsway

83. The Exploited

84. The Massive Dish

85. Common White Band

86. Fish

87. Calvin Harris

88. Joe Egan

89. Strawberry Switchblade

90. Nightcrawlers

91. Sandi Thom

92. Emilie Sande

93. Mylo

94. QFX

95. The Associates

96. Lewis Capaldi

97. The Vaselines

98. The Time Frequency

99. Treacherous Orchestra

100. Barbra Dickson

Honourable Mentions

AC/DC (Younger Brothers & Bon Scott)

Speaking Heads (David Byrne)

Rubbish (Shirley Manson)

Snow Patrol (based in Dundee)

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