From Biffy to Big Country Runrig to Eurythmics, Scotland has produced some of the world's best bands, artists and lyricists for decades.
However, narrowing it down to a top 25 is more difficult than you can imagine, so we decided to ask our readers at The Scotsman who they would vote as their number one Scottish band of all time...
Here's are the best 25 bands from Scotland ever.
![Fronted by Scottish singer Jim Kerr, Simple Minds are best known for the song Don't You (Forget About Me) and won our reader's voice by a tiny margin.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBjZDUwMDg3LTA5NzAtNDY4NC04NDZjLWNmZGNhNWU1OTI1ZjphMjFlNGY5NC1hNzRjLTQwNWMtYjk4MC1mOTZiZjVkZTYwYzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Simple Minds
Fronted by Scottish singer Jim Kerr, Simple Minds are best known for the song Don't You (Forget About Me) and won our reader's voice by a tiny margin. Photo: Lonesome Pine
![Formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981 Big Country had a lot of votes from our readers.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmIzZTJhYjRkLWYwMjktNDFhNi1iZTBjLTBlMWRkMzRjNjBkNDoyMTRiNDFjMC1hNTc2LTQ3NmUtYjg0NC1kZGQ3Y2E2ZmMwY2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Big Country
Formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981 Big Country had a lot of votes from our readers. Photo: Contributed
![Fronted by the iconic Sharleen Spiteri, Texas have been one of the most consistent Scottish bands ever, releasing banger after banger.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJhMThiYTY0LTAxNDQtNDQzNS1iNDNiLWE4MzYzN2E2OTA3NTpkYTQ2ODU3YS02YWQxLTRkNzUtOTU2MS0yMDdiZTdmMDRhY2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Texas
Fronted by the iconic Sharleen Spiteri, Texas have been one of the most consistent Scottish bands ever, releasing banger after banger. Photo: Suhaimi Abdullah
![Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig are most well known for their song Loch Lomond.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmUyMDA0NzM0LTFjZmQtNDUyNy05Njc3LTBlODAyNjdkYTIzYTpiYjU5M2ZhMi0wMGY0LTRiYzYtYjQzOS03ZDEzMGQ4ODdjNTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Runrig
Formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973, Runrig are most well known for their song Loch Lomond. Photo: via WikiCommons