R&P: What band is from your hometown/state?

Question

Mine's Georgia

so R.E.M. and B-52's come to mind.

What about you?

and also I don't normally do this but I haven't got many answers :/

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Answer 1

Sadly, the Used are pretty much the only ones from Utah....

Answer 2

I'm from Kentucky. Loretta Lynn first comes to mind, but you said band...so, My Morning Jacket.

Answer 3

Texas

ZZ Top

Answer 4

VA! i know she's not a band-but June Carter!

Answer 5

NONE! Our town sucks!

Well, there have been some Michigan bands though like Chiodos...  

Answer 6

Marilyn Manson, The Devil Wears Prada.

Trent Reznor and Dave Grohl are from Ohio too.

We've got some good bands, but unfortunately Hawthorne Heights is from Ohio too.

Answer 7

There's a lot (I'm from Chicago). Hold on, I answered a question like this before.

Smashing Pumpkins

Styx

Cheap Trick

Rise Against

Wilco

Lucky Boys Confusion

Alkaline Trio

Disturbed

Chicago

Veruca Salt

Tom Morello

Kill Hannah

Eddie Vedder (he threw out the first pitch for a Cubs game a few days ago).

REO Speedwagon

Smoking Popes

Local H.

I feel like I'm missing an important one.

Edit: Fall Out Boy's from here, too. :| One of them went to the rival school of my high school.

Answer 8

Mine is Georgia too man.  I will add on to that list...

Daath

Sevendust

Mastodon

The Black Crowes

Legion X

Answer 9

North Carolina

Ben Folds Five (Ben Folds)

The Connells

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Corrosion of Conformity

Chris Daughtry

Polvo

Archers of Loaf

Superchunk

Annuals

George Clinton

Ryan Adams

James Taylor

Petey Pablo

Answer 10

Im in Florida.

uhm I know a few rappers are from here.like T-Pain.

but bands bands.

uh Burden Of A Day,A Day To Remember,We The Kings

and im not sure about other bands those 3 bands I know mainly because I usually go to all there shows

Answer 11

Well Im from England...so loads lol

Coldplay

Sting

s*x Pistols

The Clash

Iron Maiden

Led Zeppelin

Queen

The Beatles

Motorhead

Radiohead

Elton John

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

Judas Priest

Obviously a whole load of **** bands aswell =D

Answer 12

Christina Aguilera.

ew..

Answer 13

Bad Brains

Minor Threat

Duke Ellington

Marvin Gaye

The whole go-go scene.

For the guy above from Michigan how about Iggy Pop & The Stooges, MC5, or, of course, the glorious Madonna.

Answer 14

Weezer and Peter Tork... Peter Tork went to my high school and the lead singer of Weezer went to UCONN

My sister (who works at the library) actually signed a library card out for Peter Tork

Answer 15

New Jersey - Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and sadly the Jonas Brothers.

Answer 16

I'm from California, so:

Weezer

Stone Temple Pilots

The Doors

Hole

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Answer 17

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Good Charlotte and All Time Low. I'm from Maryland.

Answer 18

Uh, I think the lead singer for The Used is from Utah...

Answer 19

Nirvana

Death Cab For Cutie (i think)

Pearl Jam

Blake Lewis

(WASHINGTON!)

Answer 20

Iggy Pop! From Michigan :) There's tons of others, too. Including two of my favorite musicians ever, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith.

Answer 21

Violent Femmes

Answer 22

O.A.R.

Velocity Girl

Jimmie's Chicken Shack

Good Charlotte

All Time Low

Answer 23

Wilco

One of the best bands from Chicago : )

Answer 24

ZZ Top

They're from my hometown...

So is Beyonce, but I could care less about her...

Answer 25

Dallas:

Pantera

Rob Zombie

ZZ-top

The Toadies

Drowning Pool

Answer 26

Ever heard of a band called The Bravery? They are from NYC before they made it big they played at my uncle's club here in the city and i was fortunate enough to see and meet them.It's funny because my cousin went to college with the lead singer Sam Endicott and he is really one cool dude and i'm glad i get a chance to see these guys everytime they come back to NYC.

Also one of my personal favorites....Blue Oyster Cult! i believe they are from Long Island.

Answer 27

for all the fans of modern alt rock out there, breaking benjamin was formed about a 20 minute drive from my house(they are from wilkes-barre, pa)

also, poison was originally from pennsylvania as well

Answer 28

Jimmy Buffet

Bo Diddly

Elvis Presley

Muddy Waters

BB King

3 Doors Down

Mississippi  

Answer 29

Michigan:

Ted Nugent

Bob Seager

Alice Coopper

MC5

Iggy Pop

Mitch Ryder

Grand Funk

Question Mark and the Mysterians

Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen.

The Rockets

The Romantics

Brownsville Station

Cactus

Glen Fry

Greg Khin

The White Stripes

Then there's all the Motown artists from the 60's, including

Stevie Wonder

The four Tops

Aretha Franklin

The Supreemes

Smokey Robinson

Marvin Gaye

Not Rock but still from here:

Eminem

Kid Rock

Madona

Parliament/ Funkadelic

Some band that Michigan kind of adopted:

J. Geils

The Faces

Journey

Eddie Money

And last but not least:

Joni Mitchell hung around here for a couple of years in the 60's

All in all quite a bit huh. You know what though, I would need a book to fill in all the bands that came from England.

Answer 30

Hey I'm from GA too...lol...so Collective Soul, Rehab, The Black Crows, Sevendust

Answer 31

10cc

Stockport, Manchester