What local bands of yours hit the big time?

[Bobdude161]

Mine are Flaw (also spinoff band Five Bolt Main) and Nappy Roots.

That's all I can think of right now. Those two though are the big ones. Don't listen to Nappy Roots much, but Flaw and Five Bolt Main kick ass. Just all out great vocals, too bad they split. :( :(

I'm interested in hearing about small town bands and not you cheaters in Los Angeles and New York City. You have too many to choose from. :mad:

[MacBoobsPro]

Pulp, Moloko, Arctic Monkeys, Human League and loads more. Guess the city and you win a bag of nowt!

[fhqwhgads]

bobdude, you're from louisville--you've gotta count my morning jacket! i guess it depends on your definition of bigtime, but they are unquestionably awesome, and they're signed to a label (ATO) that's distributed by a major (BMG/RCA).

from my hometown (and surrounding area (yeah, i'm counting omaha)), all i have is matthew sweet and the saddle creek gang--bright eyes, cursive, the faint, et al. oh, and zager & evans, makers of the glorious one-hit wonder, "in the year of 2525". it pretty much changed music forever. or for the 3 minutes or so during which it was played.

[MrSmith]

To be pedantic, I believe it's 'In The Year 2525'. And it's a great song.

[iSaint]

The guys from a local band in the 80s went on to be a part of Blind Melon. I used to babysit the drummer, Glen, and his sister Georgia, the album cover bee girl. Their parents are my godparents.

[fhqwhgads]

haha--i'm just excited anyone's heard it--are you old or something, man? :) (that was the kind of rude that was supposed to be funny!)

[pianoman181]

Madison Rose. You haven't heard of them yet, but they will be on VH1 by the end of the summer. The TV show that VH1 shot is being released then to coincide with their album release. They are 3 brothers and their best friend. I went to High School with them.

Check 'em out. http://www.myspace.com/madisonrosemusic

[MrSmith]

haha--i'm just excited anyone's heard it--are you old or something, man? :) (that was the kind of rude that was supposed to be funny!)
Well, I was 4 when it was released but it was on a compilation my grandparents had, so I've heard it a million times. They were also responsible for making me a big Jim Reeves fan. :cool:

[jsm4182]

Gizmachi, no one here has probably heard of them. They played on Ozzfest, they're signed to a label and their video has been on Mtv.

[bartelby]

From where I lived for my first 20 years:

The Specials
The Selecter
Napalm Death
Cathedral
Bolt Thrower

From where I live now:
60FT Dolls
Manic Street Preachers
Dub War
Skindred
GLC


EDIT: Guess the 2 towns, it's pretty easy.

[dernhelm]

See if you can guess my hometown.

Grand Funk Railroad

[skunk]

Not that anyone on this forum would have heard of them, but a little combo called the Rolling Stones first got their act together not a mile from here.

[sonictruth]

With an intense level of local pride (hahahaha), I can say that Brett Michaels of Poison, and 2 other band members, went to my high school. In the hair-metal heyday, he would show up at the school in a limo to pick up his younger sister. Power cheeeeeezzzzz.
Also, Live is from this part of Pennsylvania. And, more 80s metal - One of the members of Kix used to cut my hair when I was in middle school. I got free tickets to a show in a high school auditorium two albums before their brief popularity and still have their autographs on a poster and a guitar string package. That's now worth, oh, maybe perhaps, on a good day, nothing. (Taking offers now....)

[Peterkro]

Not that anyone on this forum would have heard of them, but a little combo called the Rolling Stones first got their act together not a mile from here.
Eeel Pie island?

[skunk]

Indeeed. :)

[FleurDuMal]

From where I live now:
60FT Dolls
Manic Street Preachers
Dub War
Skindred
GLC


EDIT: Guess the 2 towns, it's pretty easy.

All those bands came from Blackwood?! :confused:

[Jaffa Cake]

Just off the top of my head, Hull has spawned...

The Housemartins
The Beautiful South
The Paddingtons
Scarlet (Nineties one-hit wonders)
Kingmaker
Everything But the Girl
Fine Young Cannibals frontman Roland Gift
The Rats (later and better known as The Spiders From Mars)
Fila Brazillia

[siurpeeman]

no doubt

[zelmo]

Depending on which biography you believe, Frank Zappa.

[skunk]

Depending on which biography you believe, Frank Zappa.Then presumably the good Captain, too? Didn't they go to the same High School?

[Counterfit]

Talking Heads
soon to be: MontyAreI (formerly Monty, and before that, Monty's Fan Club)
and Greg abate, for anyone who follows jazz

[Eraserhead]

Radiohead, and Supergrass

[dopey220]

I went to high school with the singer of Multoc. They're not huge by any means, but their album is available on iTunes.

Also, a friend of mine went to school in Manchester, Michigan. He would go into the boys' room and smoke between classes. As it turns out, the band Brownsville Station went to that same high school, and smoked in that same boys' room. They even wrote a song about it.

[Peterkro]

Well it could be a long post as half the bands from London have lived here at one time or another,Bowie was born close by,some of the Clash are locals and they lived here for a while,this is bollocks as could go on and on.I'm pleased Vincent van Gogh,Charlie Chaplin and Marie Lloyd were locals.

[phungy]

Not sure if they started here but I know 2 AC/DC members that live near me. Met one of them, Brian Johnson.

[shecky]

Talking Heads
soon to be: MontyAreI (formerly Monty, and before that, Monty's Fan Club)
and Greg abate, for anyone who follows jazz

lets not forget John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band (http://www.marstalent.com/bio_john_cafferty.htm) and Les Savy Fav (http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/bands_lesSavyFav.html).

[Teh Don Ditty]

I'm fron Long Island.... technically not NYC.

The Ramones (Rhino/WEA, I think before the WB take over. Forest Hills, NY)
Mariah Carey (Sony, not that I'm proud of that. Huntington, NY)
Taking Back Sunday (Signed to an independent label for first 2 albums, 3rd is major. Rockville Centre, NY)
Brand New (First 2 albums independent, 3rd major. Merrick, NY)

[FleurDuMal]

I can't actually think of anyone who's hailed from Stockport. Though I do know that Badly Drawn Boy used to rehearse at The Greenhouse rehearsal studios in Stockport (he even wrote a song about it - imaginatively entitled "Stockport").

Regarding where I live now, Madness are the most famous musical sons of Camden Town, just down the road from me.

[Teh Don Ditty]

How can I forget about Billy Joel? Originally South Bronx moved to Hicksville

[OwlsAndApples]

Not very many but:

Recently, Enter Shikari (who filled huge gigs even when they didn't have a label)
and The Subways, who I quite like.

A while back:
The Zombies, whom I know nothing about :o

[Peterkro]

I can't actually think of anyone who's hailed from Stockport. Though I do know that Badly Drawn Boy used to rehearse at The Greenhouse rehearsal studios in Stockport (he even wrote a song about it - imaginatively entitled "Stockport").

Regarding where I live now, Madness are the most famous musical sons of Camden Town, just down the road from me.


Stockport


Sarah Harding (member of pop group Girls Aloud)
Dom Howard (musician)
Emma Morton-Smith (singer)
Daz Sampson (DJ Daz) (rapper, DJ, Eurovision contestant, member of Uniting Nations)
Jon Thorne (double bass player)
Ian Roberts (DJ)
Mr. Scruff (producer, recording artist and DJ)
Tome Lowe (singer and actor)
Geoff Downes (musician)
Eric Haydock (guitarist)
Bands
10cc (band)
Hotlegs (band)
Northern Uproar (1990s band)
World of Twist (band)

[Teh Don Ditty]

I love Wikipedia! Here's a link to Long Island Only bands that made it. Click! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island#Music)

Famous LIers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Long_Islanders)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Röyksopp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8yksopp): not really from Bergen, but based here, probably best known here at MR for Eple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eple) ;)
Kings of Convenience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Convenience): really, really weird :)
Annie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Lilia_Berge_Strand) who should get her international breakthrough any day now... according to the press.

All three part of the so called Bergen Wave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Wave).

Then there's always Kurt Nilsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Nilsen) the 'hobbit' who beat Kelly Clarkson to become world idol. :D

[rockthecasbah]

Kings of Convenience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Convenience): really, really weird :)

Dude, Kings of Convenience ROCK. If weird was a synonym for awesome i'd agree with you :p

[Iker89]

The Replacements
Husker Du
Motion City Soundtrack
Tapes N' Tapes
Atmosphere
Prince
Four Letter Lie...my friends are in this band

[mike3k]

Where I grew up:

J-Lo
Grandmaster Flash
Afrika Bambaataa
One member of KISS

Where I live now:

Dashboard Confessional
Jaco Pastorius (went to the high school on my street)

[Xenious]

Flaming Lips and Chainsaw Kittens. Oklahoma represent! (though I now live in Texas).

[nickster9224]

Fall Out Boy was started like maybe 35 miles from my town.

[Reaver]

I can only think of two so far off the top of my head right now (working minds on other things), Lil Bow Wow , and a band thats been big here in columbus for awhile but just got there big break is a band called Saving Jane.
the lead singer IS HOT :D

[wmmk]

Fall Out Boy was started like maybe 35 miles from my town.

Fall Out Boy was started in my town, which I'm not at all proud of...
Where are you from?

[WildCowboy]

Hmm...Goo Goo Dolls, Ani DiFranco, Rick James, Spyro Gyra, Billy Sheehan...

[VicRattlehead]

Disturbed started in a little bar not to far from me
Kanye West went to school with him

there are so many bands that started here i dont even know where to start.

[nickster9224]

New Lenox. I checked I'm about 60 miles away. I prolly was thinking from wilmington.

[dukebound85]

The Fray was started close to where I live

[dllavaneras]

La Corte, King Changó, The Noise, Amigos Invisibles, Caramelos de Cianuro...

Not that I like any of them :rolleyes:

[Teh Don Ditty]

Does the King of All Media, Howard Stern Count? Roosevelt, NY

[joepunk]

so here are a few locals that have had some big hits:

Sleater-Kinney
Harvey Danger
The Stills (I think)
Nirvana
Mud Honey
Schoolyard Heros
The Thermals
Death Cab for Cutie
Modest Mouse
Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Gossip
Le Tigre (although the group is based out of NYC, Kathleen Hanna is from Olympia area)
Postal Service

[CanadaRAM]

Not sure if they started here [Florida] but I know 2 AC/DC members that live near me.

Hack - sputter - cough....AC/DC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC)?? Don't know where they started!? Perhaps Florida :eek: I'll let the Oz contingent take it from here...


Victoria:
Hot Hot Heat
Diana Krall
David Foster
etc.

[Cybix]

let me think...

from Perth, Western Australia (my home)
off the top of my head...

INXS
AC/DC
John Butler Trio
Eskimo Joe

[WildCowboy]

I thought AC/DC was from Sydney. (In fact, I thought INXS was as well, but I'm less sure of that.)

[dsnort]

For a different flavor.....

Lynnard Skynnard ( they're from 'bama, but started up the band in Jax )
Molly Hatchett
Bellamy Brothers ( A member of my family played with them )
Outlaws
Reba McIntyres sister lives about 4 miles from me
And there was one of the "boy bands" that was from Tampa, but I don't follow those type of bands so I don't remember which one.

[SMM]

Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Heart
Steve Miller

[fivetoadsloth]

Cheaptrick, I actually know Rick.

[emac kinda guy]

Well I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba a City of about 600,000 people in the centre of North America, where is gets so cold in the winter that most kids sit in the basement and practice on their instruments rather than brave the outdoors.

One of the lynchpins of music here died last month and a eulogy is available here. http://www.whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13946

Some of the musicians from here are Lenny Breau, The Guess Who, BTO, Loreena McKennitt, Neil Young, The Weakerthans, Crash Test Dummies, and many more. It’s nice to live in a place that values music.

[MacNut]

Staind is out of Springfield Mass.

[DMBGuru]

Jimmy Eat World
Gin Blossoms
Chronic Future

[Foucault]

I went to high school with members of Linkin Park and System of a Down in Glendale, California. I even remember their performances in our school's talent shows and Battle of the Bands, and I don't think anyone ever expected them to make it big, but their talent and charisma were definitely present. I still remember System of a Down's cover of Smells Like Teen Spririt (circa 1994), I wish I had recorded that, it was amazing.

[coday182]

The guys from a local band in the 80s went on to be a part of Blind Melon. I used to babysit the drummer, Glen, and his sister Georgia, the album cover bee girl. Their parents are my godparents.

Are you from lafayette or around the area? I was about to mention that blind melon was from around there. I was in a kindergarden class at McCutcheon HS, and the singer for blind melon was my high school helper lol. true story. I don't live in lafayette now, though. I have also lived close to the homes of John Mellencamp and the virgin millionaires. The virgin millionaires actually went to the same high school as me. you probably haven't heard of them, though, as they are just now starting to hit mainstream with their first record deal. check them out at myspace.com/virginmillionaires. They are really good.

[Allstermac]

Ted Nugent (went to saint viator)
And Shadows of the Knight(one hit wonder band) had the song G L O R I A
Both these from way to long ago:eek:

[iSaint]

Are you from lafayette or around the area? I was about to mention that blind melon was from around there. I was in a kindergarden class at McCutcheon HS, and the singer for blind melon was my high school helper lol. true story. I don't live in lafayette now, though. I have also lived close to the homes of John Mellencamp and the virgin millionaires. The virgin millionaires actually went to the same high school as me. you probably haven't heard of them, though, as they are just now starting to hit mainstream with their first record deal. check them out at myspace.com/virginmillionaires. They are really good.

Shannon Hoon (deceased) is from Louisiana. Glen is from Columbus MS, and the other two guys are from twenty miles from here - West Point, MS. I understand the way it happened was that Shannon and the other two got together in L.A., needed a drummer and called Glen. The rest is history.

[netdog]

Blues Traveller. I know they are from Princeton, but I knew them in NYC when they used to play Columbia parties. Great guys. Was really sad to hear when Bobby left this earth.

[Fini]

Without counting bands in the bay area:

Cake
The Mother Hips
Tesla
Far
Deftones
Jackie Greene
7 Seconds
Pavement

[srf4real]

Jim Morrison went to my high school. I don't think The Doors existed yet tho.:o

Our best two bands in Melbourne were: Locals Only (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=6058508), and The Scooby Doos. Probly never heard of them, huh.:cool:

[ForeverUnknown]

Biggest would be Social Distortion.

Which reminds me, R.I.P. Brent Liles. Former Social D bassist was hit and killed by a truck while riding his bike a couple days ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/24/obit.liles.ap/index.html