Marseille (band)

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Marseille
Marseille performing in 2011 (left to right): Neil Buchanan, Nigel Roberts, Andy Charters
Background information
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genres	Heavy metal
Years active	1976-1984 2008-2014 2017-2019
Labels	Mountain RCA Ultranoise Gas Station Music
Past members	Neil Buchanan Nige Roberts Gareth Webb Lee Andrews Paul Dale Keith Knowles Steve Dinwoodie Sav Pearce Marc Railton Mark Hay Andy Charters Darren Daz Green

Marseille were a British heavy metal band from Liverpool, England, formed in 1976 by Neil Buchanan, Andy Charters and Keith Knowles. Marseille were the first band to win the "UK Battle of the Bands" competition at Wembley Arena in 1977. Marseille are often incorrectly noted as the first new wave of British heavy metal band to secure a major recording contract and to tour in the United States, as well as the first NWOBHM band to release an album there, even though they were established and releasing records nearly a year before the term was coined.