there are other annual music festivals held in the town and surrounding area, examples being the marsden jazz festival, mrs sunderland, janet beaumont, the holmfirth festivals, and the haydn wood (linthwaite). the haydn wood (for under 21s) and mrs sunderland festival focus on musical and oratorial performance. the mrs sunderland music festival is the second oldest in the united kingdom, started in 1889 lasting for nine days each year. free music concerts have been put on for the town, including bands such as the ordinary boys, the script and elliott minor. there are many local choirs, youth and adult, a noted example of the latter being the honley male voice choir. home-grown musical talent of all kinds is complemented by the student intake to the university of huddersfield's music department. "the sheriff of huddersfield" is a song by heavy metal band iron maiden on the b-side of their 1986 single "wasted years", written about their co-manager rod smallwood, leaving his home town of huddersfield and struggling to settle into life in los angeles. huddersfield is home to thrash metal band evile, dance rock band kava kava, the birthplace of the synthpop musician billy currie (of ultravox and visage), the hard rock bassist john mccoy who played with neo and gillan.