CubbiefanMike Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 What are your favorite hometown bands... in Chicago we have the following:Chicago Earth Wind & FireReo SpeedwagonStyxCheap TrickBlues BrothersSmashing Pumpkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmik Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Some Pittsburgh bands with somelevel of national success:Joe Gruschecky/Iron City HouserockersDonnie IrisJaggerzThe ClarksBill Deasy/The Gathering FieldB.E. TaylorCorbin/HannerCrack The SkyRusted RootThe Vogues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I'm from Columbus, OH and the only band I know from there that even came close to making it was McGuffey Lane...and I think their success was more a regional phenomenum.I haven't lived there for awhile so I could have missed somebody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shaft Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Some of my Cleveland faves (that had some National success):- Raspberries / Eric Carmen (but isn't that a given?)- Michael Stanley Band- The Dazz Band- The O'Jays- Joe Walsh / The James Gang- The Dead Boys (OK, I've only heard "Sonic Reducer" and that's a great song)- Chrissie Hynde & The Pretenders- Marilyn MansonSome Clevelands bands of the past that only had local success:- Beau Coup- Champion- Love Affair- The SignOffsMy fellow unsigned groups still out and working it today:- The Subtones- Ei8th Day- Hybrid Factor (ok, it's my band so let me have my shameless plug LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sports21763 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Ditto on the above mentioned Cleveland bands PLUS...Jonah Koslen/BreathlessAmerican NoiseEasy StreetAlex BevanPat DaileyArtful Dodger (we adopted them from Virginia)Bruce Springsteen and SSJ (adopted from NJ) They were both HUGE in Cleveland before anywhere else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sports21763 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 oh...and from Akron...RACHEL SWEET!!!and Devo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosskratz Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Some other Chicago bands I liked:ShoesOff BroadwayPezband (who the LA Times compared to Raspberries)The Boyzz from IllinoizzBuckinghamsAmerican BreedIdes of MarchSurvivor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubbiefanMike Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 How could I forget Survivor... Off Broadway, Ides of March and didnt know the Buckinghams were from Chicago. Also forgot Pearl Jam, Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Cozmik:CRACK THE SKY!Are you kiddin' me, man?!?!?They are (and continue to be) one of my absolute, all-time favorite bands.Their first two albums: "Crack the Sky," and "Animal Notes," as well as "White Music" are masterpieces.Pick 'em up if you see 'em cheap -- your ears are in for a treat."K" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungryeyes Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 The KindNew Colony SixCryan' ShamesShadows Of KnightJamestown MassacreEnuff z Nuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilyn Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Well, I have a few more current fave Chicago bands:The PonysAssassinsThe RedwallsThe ChangesChin Up Chin UpThe Dirty ThingsThe Webb Brothers (yes, the sons of Jim Webb)The Living Blue (actually, from Champaigne, IL)....and soooooo many more great local bands playing out now. Chicago has a great local music scene right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Seattle has quite a history, too, musically, with national artists...The Ventures.....Nightcrawlers....Paul Revere and the Raiders.....Jimi Hendrix......Heart......Pearl Jam....Nirvana.....Hole......Marilee Rush...Babes in Toyland......Alice in Chains....Sir Mix-A Lot.......Soundgarden......Kenny G........And some that are starting to get known;Modest Mouse, MXPX, Late Tuesday, Smoosh, Ian Moore, Brandi CarlilePlus an assortment of all kinds of music, from Hawaiian to Blues to Metal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I'm pretty sure Pearl Jam was from Seattle. I know that's where the band came to prominence. I'm not familiar enough with them to know where any of the individual members are from. Although Nugent lived in Chicago a year or two, he's from Detroit and that's where he came to prominence. Alice Cooper (Vincent something)was also born in Detroit but moved to Phoinix as a teenager which is where the band "Alice Cooper" was formed and where Vincent still lives. From the Tulsa area:Leon RussellDwight TwilleyJJ CaleJim KeltnerSteve Ripley (The Tractors)Carl RadleJesse Ed DavisJamie OldakerDavid GatesElvin BishopHansonPhil SeymourRonnie DunnWanda JacksonJoe DiffieEldon ShamblinGAP BandBob Wills (although from Texas, Wills made Tulsa his home in the '30s and is buried here. It was from Tulsa that he and the Texas Playboys rose to national prominence broadcasting from the Cains Ballroom)Caroline's SpineThe Collins Kids Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey On the fringe:Garth Brooks (born in Tulsa but grew up in Yukon, OK as a teen. He got his start in the college town of Stillwater, OK. He currently lives in the Tulsa suburbs.)The All-American Rejects (from Stillwater)Roy Clark has lived in Tulsa for decades. I've no idea where he's originally from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Barb, speaking of Okies, just curious where Merle Haggard is actually from. I don't think he's from Oklahoma, but certainly has an association due to the Muskogee song.....And for you Ohio folks, just wondering the "Players" that ride the "Love Rollercoaster"are from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Merle Haggard is from Bakersfield, CA, like Buck Owens. His parents were from Oklahoma but moved to California during the depression before he was born. An "Okie" was actually a derogatory term from the '30s. It was used by Californians toward Oklahomans who migrated to California during the dustbowl in the Oklahoma panhandle (Opposite side of the state from Muskogee). Merle co-wrote "Okie..." with drummer/songwriter Roy Burris. I've no idea where he's from. The song was taken by many as a social attack of the hippie movement at the time but the truth was that it was supposed to be funny. Muskogee is less than 60 miles from Tulsa and I've been there many times and the lyrics of the song bear no actual resemblance to the town. I think the folks who live there are still kind of jazzed he put them on the map, though. An aside, I'm 1/4 Muskogee (Creek) Indian so I'm a Muskogee from Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadfingerBarb Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 All this country music talk got me thinking and I'm embarrassed to say I forgot the greatest musician to come from the Tulsa area (Hanna, OK to be exact). My cousin Gary P. Nunn who has backed and written songs for Michael Murphy, Jerry Jeff Walker, Roseanne Cash just to name a few. You all know his biggest hit, "London Homesick Blues" even if you don't recognize the title. Just watch the opening to "Austin City Limits" sometime and you'll hear it. It has my favorite songwriting rhyme of all time ("Goner" and "Arizona"; you gotta love it). Believe it or not, in the state of Texas, Gary is treated like a freakin' Beatle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Weren't the Outsiders from Cleveland?Anyway, Minnesota notables...Bob DylanThe JayhawksThe TrashmenThe CastawaysThe Del CountsPrinceSoul AsylumMichael Johnson...We kinda claim John Denver I know I'm missing somebody big...Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretender Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 champaign, illinois:HumPoster ChildrenLast GentlemenElvis Brothers(Brad Elvis played drums with the opening band at Raspberries HOB Chicago show)Glad to see someone else remembers the Kind-I also loved Chicago's Material Issue and VerucaSalt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubbiefanMike Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 I stand corrected... Nugent and Cooper are not from Chicago... but did reside there at some point. I didnt know John Denver was from Minnesota... cool. Any others... some cool posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmik Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Keith NivanCRACK THE SKY!Are you kiddin' me, man?!?!?Nope! My favorite "progressive" band. "White Music" is my favorite from them. Any chance you're from Baltimore? For some reason they are mega-famous there, but (most of, if not all of) the members are from the Pittsburgh area. Guitarist Rik Witkowski is one of the main-stays of the Pittsburgh rock scene as a producer, player and organizer of numerous charity events with lots of Pittsburgh musicians. Rik has a studio near Weirton, WV.Interesting tidbit, The B.E. Taylor group flirted with the national charts in the 80's with "Vitamin L" and "Karen". The B.E. Taylor Group played a kind of pop-rock and the line-up was basically Crack The Sky with singer B.E. Taylor replacing John Palumbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Bill C,A few other notable Minnesota acts:The TimeThe ReplacementsScruffy the CatThe Jets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Bill C,Also Bob Mould's two bands, Husker DU and Sugar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I knew I was forgetting something, The Replacements....geez. I don't think John Denver was from here, but he used to play around town and married "Annie" who was from Minnesota. He never wrote about here though...West Virginia, Rocky Mountains...nope...no Twin Cities songs.Oh, by the way...Lipps Inc. and if you ever heard of Gypsy from around '72 or so. The had a pretty cool song called Gypsy Queen that got some play. I think they were signed nationally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Nivan Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Coz: Re Crack the Sky, I'm not from Baltimore but I know they've always been and still are huge there. I met one of my best friends from college while I was blasting CTS and he stuck his head in my room and asked if I was from Baltimore; he was and loved CTS; we're still good pals.And yes, Rik Witkowski is a marvelous guitarist; think "A Sea Epic" and especially "Mind Baby."Anyone interested, drop me a line and I'll email you "Mind Baby" on mp3. It might get you hooked.It'll be best that you have broadband to receive it efficiently."Keith" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy K. Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Bill C, Semisonic(one hit wonder, "Closing Time") was also from Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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