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

Todd76

pjoasisrule wrote:

You really must not be picky about music to like that many bands. I dont even bother listening to average bands, I will assume that many of those are average bands.

They are in fact not "average" at all. I'm very picky about my music.....just not closed minded.

You feel it necessary to complain about the state of current music (or Canadian music in general) and then write off any new bands as "average" without giving them a listen/chance.....its no wonder you are stuck in your musical rut

Sexy2aFault

Time to give some honorable mentions to....

Minneapolis and Portland for having killers scenes man.

pjoasisrule

How do you even have time to listen to that many bands just from one place alone? I listen to alot of music all the time and I can say that I do not have time to give that many bands a quality listen. I also listen to bands from different countries and like to listen to many records more than just once. I am starting to question whether you have even heard all of those bands.

Sexy2aFault

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:(

Is this the guy from the Movie DIG! That Genesis guy, er.. I heard he's a girl now.

Todd76

pjoasisrule wrote:

How do you even have time to listen to that many bands just from one place alone? I listen to alot of music all the time and I can say that I do not have time to give that many bands a quality listen. I also listen to bands from different countries and like to listen to many records more than just once. I am starting to question whether you have even heard all of those bands.

I listen to music at least 10 hours a day....have over 11,000 songs and 900 artists on my iPod.....but you caught me - i'm just trying to impress you

Wobbie

imalive wrote:

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

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

Thought of another.... Panic at the Disco.

I have to give the nod to MN, over WA, for producing the best overall music (although not the singular best band ). Do cold and/or rainy places force people into indoor pursuits e.g. music?

stu gee

Not to be rude at all, but seeing someone with oasisrule in their name saying someone else's preferred bands must be average is funny to me.

I dont have a state, but Mogwai are probably my favourite band from my home city.

porchdweller

Ummmmmmm. I'm from Kentucky. So not much choice here.

My Morning Fucken Jacket. BY FAR THE BEST

Then
Bill Monroe is from about 30 minutes from here
Dwight Yoakam



I think that's it, The Judds maybe, lol

dr teeth

The Franks
Red In My Head
Amerykan Bananas
Undercover Treasure Chest Parade

North Central Mass

SiD

porchdweller wrote:

Ummmmmmm. I'm from Kentucky. So not much choice here.

My Morning Fucken Jacket. BY FAR THE BEST

Then
Bill Monroe is from about 30 minutes from here
Dwight Yoakam



I think that's it, The Judds maybe, lol

MMJ just flat out owns. They are becoming one of my all time favorite bands. Okonokos launched them in to the stratosphere as far as I'm concerned.

dont_go_on_me

Bob Dylan
Prince
The Replacements
Paul Westerberg
Husker Du
Soul Asylum
Tapes N Tapes

And I'm going to go ahead and count The Hold Steady also.

**edit, nevermind, now I see these have already been posted.

Wobbie

bumping my own thread from 7 years ago :rolleyes:

anyway, I grew up in Ohio....some good music came out of there.

then, I lived a looooooong time in vegas. I think the only NV band of any note is/are the Killers.

now, I'm in Salt Lake....there's nothing...unless you consider Neon Trees a band.

red mos

reversedarwinism said:

by a landslide. Most posted bands I've never heard before.



Texas owns country music, the list is a mile long. But for Rock music, all I can think of is:



Toadies

Pantera

Buddy Holly

Drownding Pool

Texas also has:
Butthole surfers
Old 97's
ZZ top

jerparker20

holtz said:

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!

Don't forget about Har Mar Superstar.

tempo_n_groove

Interesting.

NY

Beastie Boys, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Biggie, Jay-Z, Fiddy, Basically any great rap act came from here…

Matt&Kim, LCD Soundsystem, Anthrax, Yeah yeah yeahs, the Strokes, Biohazard, Life of Agony, The National, Vampire Weekend, The Ramones…

I know there are a bunch more.

Empty Glass

Fuel - remember that tune Shimmer?

Live

Who Princess

red mos said:

reversedarwinism said:

by a landslide. Most posted bands I've never heard before.



Texas owns country music, the list is a mile long. But for Rock music, all I can think of is:



Toadies

Pantera

Buddy Holly

Drownding Pool

Texas also has:
Butthole surfers
Old 97's
ZZ top

Are we only going with rock? We have some pretty awesome blues players too so I'm including both.

Stevie Ray Vaughn (listed earlier)
His brother Jimmie Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds
Janis Joplin
My man Johnny Winter!
Freddie King
Roy Orbison
Marcia Ball
Bugs Henderson
Not really a fan of Steve Miller but his album Sailor (with Boz Scaggs) rocks
Doug Sahm
Charlie Sexton
Buddy Whittington (played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for several years)
Old people like imalive may even remember the psychedelic band Fever Tree

63schoefflin

The Philly area has so many, idk where to begin:

Joan Jett
Patti LaBelle
Eve
Erykah Badu
The Roots
Will Smith
Dr. Dog
The War on Drugs
Hall and Oats
Jill Scott
Boyz 2 Men
Freeway
Disco Biscuits
Strand of Oaks
Kurt Vile
The Districts
G. Love
Cassidy
Dead Milkmen
Santigold
Restorations

Who Princess

I thought Erykah Badu was from Dallas.

bluegrace

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