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 only remember hearing 'Seether' by them.

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

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.

Your home must be a dangerous place.

You gotta be tough to live in Frownland!

They're all sad because of all the death, so they frown.

Bix Beiderbecke 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Early Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Julia Michaels 2010s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Pop, Dance-Pop
Slipknot


outta those 3, i only fucs with Julia Michaels

TBO i dont even know maybe yall can help me out ...we used to have a few smaller venues fitz ,engine room a couple others where a bunch of expermint and punk n metal bands ran through but they are long gone


Houston Texas

everyone knows

the rap and pop acts from here

but i dont know much of the other styles

acctually looking at the list a hole bunch of underground stuff and artist that never really made it big :P

other then ZZ top and Riff raff

Hip Hop.

Looking at the list on Google, Houston seems even less impressive than Baltimore. I guess it's a cool place if you're into Beyonce or Kenny Rogers. Surprising really because Texas in general has had some amazing musical artists.

Austin would be the hot spot for music in Texas. SRV, Eric Johnson, Gary Clark Jr, Willie Nelson and a few others.

Yeah, Thirteenth Floor Elevators for me.

Electric Jug Player? Sounds like something I need to hear.

Well we're Boston so:

Aerosmith
The Cars
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Dropkick Murphy
The band Boston
Pixies
Mission to Burma
The Lemonheads
Jude
New Edition
Rob Zombie
Powerman 5000
Big Wreck ('That Song' still depresses me)
The Breeders
Street Dogs
Dresden Dolls
Letters to Cleo

But also we invented America so you're welcome for everything.

Big Wreck is great. 'Ghosts' and 'Wolves' are really good tunes, but haven't listened to much beyond that.

The Breeders are arguably from Dayton, Ohio though. Or at least the Deal twins are

*loud booing*

*much louder booing*

Massachusetts has far too many to list in addition to the aforementioned, but these two are at the top of my list of personal favorite rock groups from the area...

I'll let them know.

The town of Merida, Yucatan, has contributed Aleks Syntek and, king of a romantic ballad style known locally as "trova" music, Armando Manzanero:-





Musicians from London? I don't feel like going into it if you want to know the truth (© Mr. H. Caulfield)

Why boo them? They took what the Pogues did and made it good. :pimp:

That's the main reason I never could get much into The 13th Floor Elevators.

It just sounds like an annoying audio distraction, mucking up the songs.

I just listened to Slip Inside This House and I can see your point.

**** you, bitch. The Pogues pwn.

That'll teach him to keep his zip done up! :laughing:

Yeah, I love Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, and other celtic punk bands,
but nobody tops The Pogues. Damn, their live shows were amazing!

Boston Public Library Vinyl LP Collection

Are you also in the city? I hadn't realized.

Greater Boston Area.

I was just in Bahston. It was just for one night though. Those tunnels are pretty cool.

As a matter of civil engineering, and how much it gave back to residents in terms of walking around and commercial areas - absolutely.

Rush hour? Stuck in that tunnel? 4th layer of hell.

It was a fairly smooth commute, actually.

Indie rock was poppin here in the 90s w the Veldt and Archers of Loaf and Superchunk

A few really big jazz musicians (John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk) were born here.

Also, bluegrass