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

Wobbie

Pit Bull :fp:

did you miss the "BEST" in the title to this thread?

rr165892

Not my fav,but lots of folks like him.He builds schools for inner city kids in Miami.Thats good stuff.So he makes the cut.

brianlux

rr165892 said:

brianlux said:

Let's see, Bay Area, California.... um....umm... nope. No one I can think of.

(Well, at least the smiley is from 7 years ago.)

I will be joining some Bay Area gents for an always rocking good time this sun night.Even without Steve Perry.
Went to A Papa Roach show last month.So those Bay Area artists really get around.

Have great time, rr! What's the show?

So I was kidding, of course. because some big bands/musicians have come out of the bay area. Some of my lesser known favorites:

Blue Cheer
Fifty Foot Hose
Sons of Champlin
Moby Grape
The Chocolate Watchband

rr165892

Journey and Steve Miller band + Tower of Power.Sunday night.

PJ_Soul

54-40 are pretty good. They're from Delta I think, my hometown.

brianlux

rr165892 said:

Journey and Steve Miller band + Tower of Power.Sunday night.

Bay Area bands going way back!

I saw Journey when they were a new Bay Area band- none of us had ever heard of them. They opened for Link Wray- must have been around '74 or '75.

oftenreading

Matthew Good was, I think, my favourite band from our general area (from the Lower Mainland, not Victoria; no-one is really from Victoria). I also kind of liked Odds.

Indifference71

Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
Rise Against
Kanye (he's a huge douchebag, but still a pretty talented guy so I figured I would include him)
Buddy Guy
Chicago

rr165892

Indifference71 said:

Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
Rise Against
Kanye (he's a huge douchebag, but still a pretty talented guy so I figured I would include him)
Buddy Guy
Chicago

Hello-Cheap Trick,Naked Ray Gun????

Indifference71

rr165892 said:

Indifference71 said:

Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
Rise Against
Kanye (he's a huge douchebag, but still a pretty talented guy so I figured I would include him)
Buddy Guy
Chicago

Hello-Cheap Trick,Naked Ray Gun????

Not sure if I'd consider Cheap Trick a Chicago band since they're from Rockford. I'm not too familiar with Naked Raygun

rr165892

Indifference71 said:

rr165892 said:

Indifference71 said:

Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
Rise Against
Kanye (he's a huge douchebag, but still a pretty talented guy so I figured I would include him)
Buddy Guy
Chicago

Hello-Cheap Trick,Naked Ray Gun????

Not sure if I'd consider Cheap Trick a Chicago band since they're from Rockford. I'm not too familiar with Naked Raygun

That is the city the got a big break in then.So says the Sonic Highways show.
Im coming up Labor Day weekend to see the Foo Fighters at Wrigley.Cheap Trick and Naked Raygun(punk band) are the openers.as I get closer can I pick your brain on places that are must sees?

Wobbie

Indifference71 said:

Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
Rise Against
Kanye (he's a huge douchebag, but still a pretty talented guy so I figured I would include him)
Buddy Guy
Chicago

ya know.....when the Chicago Transit Authority started out, they were one kick ass band.

Hendrix supposedly once said, "I'm not a guitarist; that guy (Terry Kath) is a guitarist."

Wobbie

rr165892 said:

I'm going to piggy back on lurkins list from 7 years ago and update for Florida.
Lynard Skynard
The Allman Brothers
38 Special
Molly Hatchett
Limp Biskit
Shinedown
Marilyn Manson
Tom Petty
Jim Morrison
Creed
Alter bridge
A day to Remember
Sister Hazel
Nonpoint
Pit bull
Kc and the Sunshine band
Mike Mcready
Seven Mary Three
Gloria Estefan and the MSM
Trivium
Outlaws
Less than Jake
Morbid Angel
Yellowcard
Anberlin
Against Me
Savatage
Seven Mary Three
Matchbox 20
T-Pain
Flo ride
Ariana Grande
Luther Cambell and 2 live crew
Rick Ross
Dashboard Confessionals
N Sync
Backstreet boys
Sleeping with Sirens
Red Jumpsuit Apperatus
Saigon Kick
Blackfoot
Derek Trucks
Cinder
Under Oath
Cannibal Corpse
Casting Crowns
Tenth Ave North

That's ridiculous.

Give me the five (maybe ten) you consider the "best"......hint: I think most of them came up 40 or so years ago.

rr165892

Fair enough.I agree
But age shouldn't matter.Relevance is more fitting don't you think?

Yefa

The Allman Brothers Band are generally considered to be a Georgia band even though they first formed in Jacksonville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band_Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band

Yefa

Death was from Florida. I'm not sure why you didn't list them. They're one of the essential death metal bands of all time.
http://metalcrusade.org
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Death/141

Yefa

frusciante89 said:

Danny Carey was born in Lawrence, Martina McBride is from some hick town(she may make shitty country songs but helluva voice), Melissa Ethridge in Leavenworth, Charlie Parker was born on the Kansas side of Kansas City and well the band Kansas! (and they fucking suck)

Don't forget Manilla Road aka the pride of Wichita!
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Manilla_Road/379

Yefa

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

Butthole Surfers
Centro-matic
Slobberbone
Rusted Shut
True Widow

Yefa

Ohio: Lydia Loveless
North Carolina: Hiss Golden Messenger

rr165892

Yefa 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

Butthole Surfers
Centro-matic
Slobberbone
Rusted Shut
True Widow

Stevie Ray Vaughn ?