Bands From Your Hometown?

[Indiana Sev]

I suspect this may have been done before (but my search revealed nothing), but just in case it hasn't I ask which bands (or singers) are from your city?

Montreal

- Men Without Hats :D
- Corey Hart :D
- Bran Van 3000 :cool:

PS: Feel feel to close this if it's a duplicate thread.

[Grebdron]

Oh, hell. Suffice it to say that A LOT of bands have their roots in Los Angeles.

Since I'm sick as a dog, the only one that comes to mind at the mo is Van Halen.

And Motley Crue.

[A.J. Hakari]

There's a band called Driven from my small-arse town; I went to high school with some of the members.

[BakeTheMooCow]

The Smashing Pumpkins
Jesus Lizard
Earth, Wind and Fire
Ministry
Styx
Veruca Salt
Kill Hannah


Richard Marx

[BorderEevilIII]

Where I am from a lot of Hawaiian Artists has made across in the US & Abroad....
-Keali'i Reichel
-Na Leo Pilimehana (very popular in Japan)
-Israel Kamakawiwole (though has passed on, his music still lives)
-Glenn Medeiros (popular at one time in the 80's)

[piglet5]

zz top
srv with double trouble


all i can think of. :confused:

[POLYDISTORTION]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
The Smashing Pumpkins
Jesus Lizard
Earth, Wind and Fire
Ministry
Styx
Veruca Salt
Kill Hannah


Richard Marx

What?....No Love For Cheap Trick?:(

[BakeTheMooCow]

Originally posted by POLYDISTORTION
What?....No Love For Cheap Trick?:( Oh right.. but they are from Rockford, IL.

I went to www.allmusic.com and typed in Smashing Pumpkins, because I knew they were from Chicago. Then I clicked on the "Chicago, IL" link on the top of the page, and it gave results of all the bands that are from Chicago. And Cheap Trick weren't on the list.

But doing that search does give more results than I could possibly think of off the top of my head.



Sev, you forgot to mention two great Montreal-based artists - Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Leonard Cohen.

[Grebdron]

Here are some from Orange County, which is just down the street.

As Hope Dies
Beat Junkies
Buckley, Jeff
Ramos, Kid
Save Ferris
Slick Shoes
Something Corporate
Stryper
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
Sunset Room

[paul calf]

gtr manchester the world capital of great music

the stone roses
new order
joy division
the buzzcocks
10cc
the smiths
the inspiral carpets
starsailor
the verve
james
the hollies
hermans hermits
the happy mondays
black grape
oasis
the chemical brothers
808 state
the charlatans
the mock turtles
the beloved
a certain ratio
simply red(we apologise to you all)
m people(again sorry)
take that
the seahorses
bee gees
sad cafe
elkie brooks

[Jess]

Winnipeg
The Guess Who
which leads us to...
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (also known as BTO to all the 'hardcore' fans)

Everyone all together now:

Takin' care of business, everyday!

Others:
Jet Set Satellite (they're actually really good, IMO)

And I can't think of any other ones, well, none that people know of anyway...

How could I forget the infamous Crash Test Dummies? It's too bad they sucked.

[notchreturns]

The only bands from South Florida I can think of are Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory.

[one_crow_sorrow]

The Constantines

[Indiana Sev]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
Sev, you forgot to mention two great Montreal-based artists - Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Leonard Cohen.

I can't believe I forgot Cohen. He's actually one to be very proud of.

[Shakamaker]

Jet
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Something For Kate
1200 Techniques
The Cassanovas
The Datsuns

[SubMethod]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
The Constantines

You should be really proud. They are a great band.

I don't listen to any bands that are from Dallas that people that aren't from here would know. I know that Elliott Smith lived in this area for a while.

[bowieee]

I grew up going to Blink shows. It was strange going from watching them play used record stores here, to them being huuuge stars.

I remember watching Jewel perform about a week after she moved out of her Van here

Other honorable mentions:

Tom Waits grew up here
Eddie Vedder
Black heart Procession

[paul calf]

ooohh i forgot to add badly drawn boy to my list,although i am sure bcv will add more when she turns up.

[Morgana]

I don't think any band came out of the city I was born in (Olomouc, Czech Rep.), except for maybe a few polka bands. ;) :D But since Seattle is where I lived the longest, I sort of consider it my home town. So out of Seattle came:

Jimi Hendrix
Heart
Alice in Chains
Nirvana
Mother Love Bone
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden

I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few.

[ToRontoRon]

The only Toronto bans that I can think of are:

Rush
Barenaked Ladies

I'm sure there are a lot more.

[Shakamaker]

Must....resist urge....to make shitty joke....from Ron's typo.

[Jerk Shapiro]

What's that number again? Oh zero, that's right.

[the good girl]

thousand oaks california

yellowcard is from here

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by paul calf
gtr manchester the world capital of great music

the stone roses
new order
joy division
the buzzcocks
10cc
the smiths
the inspiral carpets
starsailor
the verve
james
the hollies
hermans hermits
the happy mondays
black grape
oasis
the chemical brothers
808 state
the charlatans
the mock turtles
the beloved
a certain ratio
simply red(we apologise to you all)
m people(again sorry)
take that
the seahorses
bee gees
sad cafe
elkie brooks

+

Badly Drawn Boy
Doves
Morrissey
David Gray
Durutti Column
The Fall
Elbow
Mint Royale

Some oldies...

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Freddie & The Dreamers

...and many more besides.

[foxfire]

Originally posted by Indiana Sev


Montreal


- Bran Van 3000 :cool:

[/I].



one of the best bands ever!

[Raymond Babbit]

Kiss
MC5
Eminem
Kid Rock
Alice Cooper
Bob Seger
The Temptations (along with a lot of other Motown bands)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Ted Nugent

[blankpage]

Alanis.....


Wait, let's just make it an even zero!

[Saruman]

The Tragically Hip

[Jas]

-Björk
-Sigurrós
-Quarashi


Those are the only ones that really kinda "made it" in the U.S.A

[jeo4]

I'm from Kansas City. The bands that spring to mind are:

Puddle Of Mudd
Shooting Star
Melissa Etheridge (Leavenworth, KS is about 25 minutes outside Kansas City)
Eminem (Before he ever lived on 8 Mile, apparently he was here)

Sheryl Crow is also from Missouri.

[Black_Cherry]

I have some sweet as bands from my hometown (Perth, Western Australia) but you've probably never heard of them!

John Butler Trio
The Waifs
The Panics
Spencer Tracey
The Sleepy Jackson
Downsyde
Gyroscope
Beeverloop
Cartman
Elixir
Jebediah
Eskimo Joe
Halogen
Rhibosome
Flux Capacitor
One Horse Town
The Tucker B's
The Fergusons
Rollerskates
Fourth Floor Collapse

Heaps more i can't think of right now

[Gregorious8]

Originally posted by Grebdron
Here are some from Orange County, which is just down the street.

As Hope Dies
Beat Junkies
Buckley, Jeff
Ramos, Kid
Save Ferris
Slick Shoes
Something Corporate
Stryper
Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
Sunset Room

Go me!!

[XCoRyX]

Hall & Oates, The Hooters, Robert Hazard & The Heroes.... Boyz II Men,Will Smith....