What contribution has your city/state made to music?
 

Dublin has given the world
Good*: Thin Lizzy, U2, The Script
Bad*: Jedward (sorry), Boyzone (sorry sorry), and I think we have to take responsibility for bloody Riverdance (sorry sorry so sorry).

* Good = bands or artists you don't feel the need to tear out your eyes in regret and remorse and embarrassment over

* Bad = well duh, work it out.

So what has Baltimore given the world besides John Waters?

Good: Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, the Orioles, Crack the Sky, Kix, Beach House, Animal Collective

Bad : Ronnie Dove, the Peppermint Rainbow, Mario

Also people born in Baltimore but who made it somewhere else include: Frank Zappa, Gina Schlock (Go-Gos), Ric Ocasek (the Cars), David Byrne (Talking Heads), and Cass Elliott.

…. and now folks, that wonderful Can Calloway with the famous song “Malcolm the Moocher” …

Thanks, typo police :D

Chicago... we have a band named Chicago.

Other notables:

Cheap Trick
Enuff Z'Nuff
D'Molls (we had band practice at the same warehouse)
Earth Wind and Fire
Fallout Boy
From Zero (a coworkers brother was the singer)
Freddy Jones Band
Local H
Ministry
Mr Blotto (outstanding band)
Rise Against
Sacred Warrior
Smashing Pumpkins
Styxx
Umphrey's McGee
Vandal (friends of Plank)
Varsity (friends of Plank)
Veruca Salt
Wilco
Wrath
Zoetrope (traveled with these dudes for a bit)

You can form your own opinion about any of those. Here's a complete list.

Other notable musicians that either were from the area or came here and called it home:

Dan Donegan (Disturbed)
Joel Hoekstra (TSO, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Foreigner)
Paul Butterfield
Chance the Rapper
Nat King Cole
Sam Cooke
James Cotton
Bo Diddly
Willy Dixon
Benny Goodman
Buddy Guy
Herbie Hancock
Howlin Wolf
Jennifer Hudson
Quincy Jones
Chaka Khan
Gene Krupa
Ramsey Lewis
Nils Lofgren
Ray Manzarek
Curtis Mayfield
Tom Morello....

Ok, there's just way too many. Here's the list.

**** yeah Veruca Salt!

I didn't see Grace Slick on wiki. Wasn't she also from Chicago?

I only remember hearing 'Seether' by them.

She was born in Highland Park, so I guess they left her out along with quite a few others like Dan Fogelberg.

Allan Holdsworth and Ravi Shankar died where I live.