The BEST band(s) from YOUR home state/area?

LukinFan

Joe2TheRevenge wrote:

If it makes you feel any better, i don't think Alter Bridge sucks.

I got to see AB back in October- they actually play Tallahassee, where Creed turned there back on us as soon as they made it big, and I enjoyed the show. but AB is really considered to be from Orlando

MLC2006

angryyoungman wrote:

from long island. . .billy joel, a bunch of shitty emo bands. . .nine days? anyone remember them? . . .run dmc, public enemy in the rap category from queens/nassau. . .and i think mccartney lives out in the hamptons right now, but i dont think we can take credit for his previous work, and i know we dont want to take credit for his current work

oh yeah, on the shitty side we have mariah carey and debbie gibson

I think Blue Oyster Cult was from Long Island, no?

LukinFan

MLC2006 wrote:

they were founded and based in Virginia, I'm about 100% positive on that.

Well, they must call Orlando home now, according to their myspace page

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28769412

MLC2006

LukinFan wrote:

Well, they must call Orlando home now, according to their myspace page

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28769412

I checked Wiki. they met and formed at William and Mary College in Virginia. "Cumbersome" first got radioplay as an unreleased demo in Orlando. but they were from Virginia.

mookeywrench

Originally from MN

Bob Dylan
Replacements
Husker Du
Prince
Soul Asylum
Hold Steady (craig finn anyway)
Cloud Cult
Tiny Tim
Mason Jennings

angryyoungman

MLC2006 wrote:

I think Blue Oyster Cult was from Long Island, no?

you are correct, how did i forget them. . .oh wait, cause they are blue oyster cult. . .

dont fear the reaper

hailhail82

San Diego:
Eddie (kinda)
Matt (kinda)
Rocket From the Crypt
Beat Farmers
Blink-182
Rugburns/Steve Poltz

note I'm not claiming STP like so many do erroniously.

intodeep

imalive wrote:

I can't let you forget the Allmans ! Live at the Fillmore East = all-time classic (IMHO).

Good call they deserve mentioning for sure.

MLC2006

angryyoungman wrote:

you are correct, how did i forget them. . .oh wait, cause they are blue oyster cult. . .

dont fear the reaper

whoa, hommie, BOC are awesome.


at least "don't fear the reaper" and "godzilla" are awesome.

BUFFALO

BUFFALO :

Goo Goo Dolls

Rick James

Moe ( at least they formed in buffalo, there not from buffalo )

Ani DiFranco

10,000 Maniacs (actually from Jamestown, NY)

Snapcase

Talas (featuring Billy Sheehan)

Harold Arlen
Jack Yellen, lyricist.
Joannie Summers
Lucas Foss
Morton Feldman
Cory Wells
Grover Washington, Jr.
Brian McKnight
Spyro Gyra
Gamalon
Jim Hall
Three Man
Every Time I Die
Raven (U.S. band)
Willie Nile
Gary Mallaber
53 Days
Jim Calire
Cannibal Corpse
It Dies Today
Re-Up from Frontlyne [2]
Killa Tha Kid from Murda Squad [3]
DJ Noodles
Mercury Rev
Affront The Riot
Patrick Wilson, the drummer from Weezer.

thecory

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

the boss.

bruce is no doubt the boss of nj but even the he's not rock don't forget frank sinatra or silvio dante will come to your door. also yeah yeah yeahs are from brooklyn but karen O is from bergan county.

Ledbetterman10

Joe Montana
Johnny Unitus
Dan Marino
Jim Kelly
Joe Namath

who's_pearljam?

I grew up in Philly. Man, I can't think of anyone from there!


The Roots
Life on Mars, although we broke up.
John Coltrane
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Dick Clark

Might be a couple of others, too.

South of Seattle

The Shins
Everclear
Dead Moon
Modest Mouse(by relocation)
Menomena
Decemberists
The Lifesavas
Storm Large
Elliott Smith
Viva Voce
The Thermals
The Wipers
Dandy Warhols
Quasi
Sleater-Kinney
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

holtz

mookeywrench wrote:

Originally from MN

Bob Dylan
Replacements
Husker Du
Prince
Soul Asylum
Hold Steady (craig finn anyway)
Cloud Cult
Tiny Tim
Mason Jennings

I'd throw in
Jayhawks
Gear Daddies
Trip Shakespeare
Tapes n Tapes
The Suburbs
Babes in Toyland
and of course Morris Day and the Time!

searchlightsoul

Perth WA,

John Butler
Tim Rogers
Bon Scott (AC/DC)
Gyroscope

Some favourites anyway.

iamsampj

imalive wrote:

You also have Petty, Seven Mary Three, Lynyrd Skynyrd (I think) and that band fronted by Rob Thomas.

tom petty is from gainesville...lynyrd skynyrd is from the jacksonville area...and matchbox twenty (or tabitha's secret) is from orlando.

my favorite orlando band (though not nationally known, but fantastic) is band marino...one of the best live shows i've ever seen. especially if you have the chance to see them in orlando....an awesome dance party every time

Sathogwa

the mother hips. one of the best bands in america, actually.

brainofPJ

imalive wrote:

Being from Ohio, originally....

The James Gang (Joe Walsh), Pure Prairie League and Devo .

and, even though she made it big while living in London, Akron's own Chrissie Hynde.

Not exactly Seattle, I know.

also from Ohio:

Black Keys

iOnlyownMymind

mookeywrench wrote:

Originally from MN

Bob Dylan
Replacements
Husker Du
Prince
Soul Asylum
Hold Steady (craig finn anyway)
Cloud Cult
Tiny Tim
Mason Jennings

I second that

mookeywrench

South of Seattle wrote:

The Shins
Everclear
Dead Moon
Modest Mouse(by relocation)
Menomena
Decemberists
The Lifesavas
Storm Large
Elliott Smith
Viva Voce
The Thermals
The Wipers
Dandy Warhols
Quasi
Sleater-Kinney
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

I live in Issaquah currently and I'm sorry but I'm not going to let you take Modest Mouse.

loucifa

DinoJr

bobasfeet

I'll take this time to plug some excellent up and coming local acts from Richmond, VA

Duchess Of York : 3 of these guys are still in high school..getting some major label interest
http://www.myspace.com/doymusic

Palominos : rock n roll period http://www.myspace.com/palominos

Prabir and the Substitutes : 60ish harmony-pop w/ a rock-modern twist
http://www.myspace.com/prabirandthesubstitutes


Also in Richmond area:
Gwar
Avail
Strike Anywhere
Lamb of God
Aimee Mann
Cracker
Camper Van Beethoven
Elliott Yamin
Sparklehorse
D'angelo
Jason Mraz
Denali
Pat Benatar

Boom The Cat

I can't think of any at the moment, but Ben Watkins from Juno Reactor lives here at the moment which is good, lemme just get a list from wiki or something:

Wow, uhm Genesis P. Orridge was born here, he was the frontman for Throbbing Gristle who effectively invented industrial music.

A

* Attacco Decente

B

* Bat for Lashes
* Blood Red Shoes
* Brakes (band)
* British Sea Power

C

* Captain Sensible
* Clearlake (band)

D

* DJ Scotch Egg
* Darts (band)
* David Devant & His Spirit Wife

E

* The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
* Electrelane


E cont.

* The Electric Soft Parade

F

* Fatboy Slim
* Flannel (band)

G

* The Go! Team

K

* The Kooks

L

* The Levellers
* Live on Brighton Beach

M

* The Maccabees
* Moist (folk rock band)
* The Mojo Fins
* Monster Bobby
* My Federation

P

* Peter and the Test Tube Babies


P cont.

* Phats & Small
* The Pipettes
* The Piranhas
* Poison Girls

S

* Shitmat
* Geoff Smith
* Swarf (band)

U

* The Upper Room (band)

V

* Vile Imbeciles

Y

* The Yes/No People (Stomp)
* Y.Misdaq aka Yoshi

Copied and pasted from wiki. I don't know who any of these people are :(

Wobbie

Boom The Cat wrote:

* Peter and the Test Tube Babies

Copied and pasted from wiki. I don't know who any of these people are :(

I used to have an LP by those guys .

Meanwhile, I left Ohio 30 years ago and came to this wasteland of Las Vegas.

All "we've" got is the Killers, Slaughter and the Crystal Method (by way of LA).

...and new Grammy winner, Ne-Yo.

Derrick

Southern Ontario

---

Our Lady Peace
Metric
Blue Rodeo
Kim Mitchell...meh
Joni Mitchell...originally from Saskatchewan
Neil Young
I Mother Earth
Sum 41...bleh
Three Days Grace
Billy Talent
Alexisonfire
Finger Eleven (Rainbow Butt Monkeys)
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party
Barenaked Ladies
Helix!
Rush
Steppenwolf (kinda)

BUFFALO

Derrick wrote:

Southern Ontario

---

Our Lady Peace
Metric
Blue Rodeo
Kim Mitchell...meh
Joni Mitchell...originally from Saskatchewan
Neil Young
I Mother Earth
Sum 41...bleh
Three Days Grace
Billy Talent
Alexisonfire
Finger Eleven (Rainbow Butt Monkeys)
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party
Barenaked Ladies
Helix!
Rush
Steppenwolf (kinda)

now that freakin line up rocks

thunderDAN

The Black Keys!!

angryyoungman

Boom The Cat wrote:

I can't think of any at the moment, but Ben Watkins from Juno Reactor lives here at the moment which is good, lemme just get a list from wiki or something:

Wow, uhm Genesis P. Orridge was born here, he was the frontman for Throbbing Gristle who effectively invented industrial music.

A

* Attacco Decente

B

* Bat for Lashes
* Blood Red Shoes
* Brakes (band)
* British Sea Power

C

* Captain Sensible
* Clearlake (band)

D

* DJ Scotch Egg
* Darts (band)
* David Devant & His Spirit Wife

E

* The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
* Electrelane


E cont.

* The Electric Soft Parade

F

* Fatboy Slim
* Flannel (band)

G

* The Go! Team

K

* The Kooks

L

* The Levellers
* Live on Brighton Beach

M

* The Maccabees
* Moist (folk rock band)
* The Mojo Fins
* Monster Bobby
* My Federation

P

* Peter and the Test Tube Babies


P cont.

* Phats & Small
* The Pipettes
* The Piranhas
* Poison Girls

S

* Shitmat
* Geoff Smith
* Swarf (band)

U

* The Upper Room (band)

V

* Vile Imbeciles

Y

* The Yes/No People (Stomp)
* Y.Misdaq aka Yoshi

Copied and pasted from wiki. I don't know who any of these people are :(

ive never heard of any of these bands/people other than fatboy slim. . .then again i dont know where shang ra la is either (:

pjoasisrule

Derrick wrote:

Southern Ontario

---

Our Lady Peace
Metric
Blue Rodeo
Kim Mitchell...meh
Joni Mitchell...originally from Saskatchewan
Neil Young
I Mother Earth
Sum 41...bleh
Three Days Grace
Billy Talent
Alexisonfire
Finger Eleven (Rainbow Butt Monkeys)
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party
Barenaked Ladies
Helix!
Rush
Steppenwolf (kinda)

Besides for Neil Young, that is one sorry ass music scene. Canada just produces terrible band after terrible band. Why is it that Canadians just cannot make good music?