20 Problems Only People From Sheffield Will Understand

7. Pretending To Like Terrible Local Bands

Sheffield has a particularly storied musical history, something which local promoters and the council alike are keen to play up to. They were right there at the centre of New Wave with The Human League and their avant-garde cousins Cabaret Voltaire, Britpop found its most enduring icon with Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, and the first wave of the current indie revival has been lead by Sheffield natives Arctic Monkeys (but the Long Blondes were better). Recently it has been...less good. Well, there's the Phil Spector-tinged sadpop of Slow Club, shoegazey Blessa, and the synth-drenched indie ensemble Hey Sholay. But those aren't what people are talking about. It's still the Arctic Monkeys, or Reverened And The Makers, or some other group of lads with guitars doing lad songs that everybody makes a big deal of and you have to support them, too, they're local lads!