Your Town's Best Musical Exports (Local legends-R)

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  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Incredibly, I forgot:

    Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    Dropkick Murphys
    Dresden Dolls

    and the band probably most famous for playing street hockey with SoulOnIce....

    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

  • YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts
    Things aren't looking good in this city, Notables include:

    DJ Magic Mike, legendary dj and producer:


    Other then the 69boyz and some boybands we got nothing.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Cavaliers Unlimited.
    Pleasure.
    Cool'r.

    Livesavas.

    A whole bunch of altrockgrungegroups.

    The Octoberists. I heard on NPR that their music is literary.

    Louis Louis:
    Kingsmen.
    Paul Revere And The Raiders.

    80s Rock:
    Seafood Mama (Quarterflash)
    Johnny and the Distractions

    Punk:
    Smegma
    Napalm Beach
    Neo Boys
    ^ I've never heard any of them.

    Blues:
    Paul deLay
    Robert Cray

    Jazz:
    Mel Brown (Drummer)
    Thera Memory
    Jeff Lorber
    Tom Grant

    A whole more folks I'm not thinking of.

    Dan this is embarrassing on a whole lot of levels. First, no Poison Idea then no Nu Shooz or oscar nominated Elliott Smith. On the jazz tip we got Billy Larkin too. WTF?

    B/W

    It's the Decemberists. Lots of Indie rock people, some native, some not.

    Quasi
    Sleater-Kinney
    Dead Moon
    about a billion more

    Sorry to embarrass you.

    Like I said, I have never heard any of the punks groups, so yeah, no Poison Idea.

    Forgot Nu Shooz.

    I thought I would let you do Elliott Smith. (Meaning I forgot him too.)

    Thought of Billy Larkin last night. I can't remember everyone.

    Sorry, I am not literate enough to know how some group with a made up name spells it.

    Like I said in my post a whole bunch of altrockgrungegroups.

    Feel free Portland to add on.

    Who saw Animal Farm at SXSW?
    Should they be on the list?

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,080 Posts
    There's lots of rock/punk bands and straight-ahead/cool/bop jazz musicians either from Los Angeles or have been popularized here. The biggest name out of my neck of the woods would probably be Metal Mike and the Angry Samoans

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Incredibly, I forgot:

    Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    Dropkick Murphys
    Dresden Dolls

    and the band probably most famous for playing street hockey with SoulOnIce....

    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

    But no Ultimate Spinach or Jen Trynin?


  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    Kurt Cobain went to highschool here for a few years I think.

  • covecove 1,566 Posts
    Oscar Peterson
    Oliver Jones

  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    oh shit i just realized Iron Butterfly is from San Diego! we did it! we have a band from here that isn't completely lame!

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Incredibly, I forgot:

    Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    Dropkick Murphys
    Dresden Dolls

    and the band probably most famous for playing street hockey with SoulOnIce....

    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

    But no Ultimate Spinach or Jen Trynin?


    Well, if you're going to go down that road:

    Eden's Children
    Beacon Street Union
    The Ill Wind
    The Listening
    Earth Opera, etc, etc.

    I have no idea who Jen Trynin is.

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Incredibly, I forgot:

    Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    Dropkick Murphys
    Dresden Dolls

    and the band probably most famous for playing street hockey with SoulOnIce....

    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

    But no Ultimate Spinach or Jen Trynin?


    Well, if you're going to go down that road:

    Eden's Children
    Beacon Street Union
    The Ill Wind
    The Listening
    Earth Opera, etc, etc.

    I have no idea who Jen Trynin is.

    I was just funnin' there.

    Jen Trynin was this singer-songwriter in the Alanis Morrissette/Sheryl Crow/Paula Cole-ish vein who was popular for a MINUTE, back around '95 or so. Not really my thing, but she wrote a really good memoir about her moment in the spotlight, Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Jen Trynin was this singer-songwriter in the Alanis Morrissette/Sheryl Crow/Paula Cole-ish vein [/i]

    Haha! Ewwwwwww.

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Most well known from DC and the immediate surrounding MD/VA area:

    Marvin Gaye
    Duke Ellington
    Roberta Flack
    Joe Quarterman
    Ian Mackaye & Fugazi
    Henry Rollins
    Dischord in General I guess
    Billy Stewart
    Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
    Young Senators (got major play w/ Eddie Kendricks)
    Link Wray
    Van McCoy
    Toni Braxton
    Ginuwine
    Mya
    Dave Grohl
    Winstons
    Presidents
    Unifics
    Black Heat
    Phil Flowers
    Nils Lofgren
    Eddie Drennan
    Joan Jett
    Crystal Waters
    DJ Kool
    Raheem DeVaughn
    Wale
    Jewels
    Banbarra
    Trouble Funk
    Blackbyrds
    3 Pieces
    Thievery Corporation
    Bad Brains
    Minor Threat

    "Best" is relative

    Danny Gatton
    Emmy Lou Harris
    Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Roy Clark
    Nighthawks (as seen on the Wire!)
    Eva Cassidy
    Seldom Scene
    Root Boy Slim
    Elizabeth Cotton
    Flora Molton (Used to see her playing on the street with a tin can tied to her guitar neck. Made an lp for Arhoolie or someone like them.)
    John Jackson
    Grin


    Buck Hill
    Andrew White
    Gil Scott Heron lived in DC onn and off for years, too--even taught at UDC
    Pentagram (from Alexandria VA)
    The Obsessed

  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    I'll limit myself to Queens:

    Run-DMC
    LL Cool J
    50 Cent
    Nas
    and too many other DJ's and rappers to name, plus

    The Ramones
    Anthrax
    Simon & Garfunkel
    Tony Bennett
    Cyndi Lauper
    Leslie West (Mountain)
    Cecil Taylor

    I'm sure there's plenty more, didn't feel like going to Wikipedia.

  • SnappingSnapping 995 Posts
    Feel free Portland to add on.

    Jazz related, add Nancy King. And although he wasn't really from here I always think of Leroy Vinnegar when I think of Portland's jazz scene.

  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
    Rufus Zuphall
    Tortilla Flat
    Monika Linges
    Holy Moses
    Kool Savas

  • tiffany
    nitty gritty dirt band
    vicki lawrence
    war
    zach de la rocha
    adrian young(no doubt)
    korn
    sublime
    snoop dogg
    steve martin
    melissa ethridge
    thelma houston
    michelle philips
    jackson browne
    warren g
    marilyn horne
    frank black(pixies)
    long beach dub allstars
    the blasters
    mike mccready(pearl jam)
    daz
    spike jones(bandleader)
    bad azz
    ikey owens(the mars volta)

    peace, stein. . .

  • I'm sorry it appears I've got you all beat.



    That's right.



  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    No beantown heads mentioned Mission of Burma?


  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    my old roomie














  • djkingottodjkingotto 1,704 Posts

    bad azz

    i was wondering where this dude was from. there was question about if he was local to mpls or not.... i like that record he had... uh... round and round...

  • ladydayladyday 623 Posts
    From my neck o' the woods:

    Count Basie
    Bruce Springsteen
    Steven Van Zandt
    Queen Latifah
    Deborah Harry
    Monster Magnet

    From NJ/or lived here for a substantial amount of time:

    Les Paul
    Frank Sinatra
    Frankie Valli
    Connie Francis
    Dionne Warwick
    Whitney Huston
    The Fugees
    Naughty By Nature
    Redman
    George Clinton
    Janis Ian
    Celia Cruz
    Ted Leo

    ...oh yeah, and the Jonas Brothers. Sorry y'all.

    EDIT: I can't believe I remembered the fusking Jonas Brothers and forgot The (Young) RASCALS! Also the Misfits.

  • ladydayladyday 623 Posts
    Also, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in New Jersey.

  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts








    OK, these guys weren't exactly from my hometown but they lived here for some time and started their career in an long gone institution called "Star-Club".



  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    The Clarks
    Christina Aguilera
    Ahmad Jamal
    Frank Cunimondo
    Mel Man
    George Benson
    Ray Brown
    Art Blakey
    Lou Christie
    Kenny Clarke
    Perry Como
    Johnny Daye
    Billy Eckstine
    Roy Eldridge
    Girl Talk
    Erroll Garner
    Roger Humphries
    Earl Hines
    Phyllis Hyman
    Donnie Iris
    Gene Kelly
    Wiz Khalifa
    Henry Mancini
    The Marcels
    Dean MArtin
    Trent Reznor
    Maxine Sullivan
    BE Taylor
    Bobby Vinton
    Stanley Turrentine


    soooo many more
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