My mates will's Dad was asked to play guitar in Ian Anderson's band when they were at school together in Blackpool. He turned down the offer because he had exams to do (or so the legend goes)...
There was a Blackpool band in the early 90s called Erase Today, never saw 'em libe but they stuck 'Erase Today' stickers all over the country...
I think someone out of Gaye Bikers on Acid lives in Blackpool.
Oh and Robert Smith and Chris Lowe went to the same school as my mate CraigD....
And of course Earthling Society