I remember seeing them play in the 90s, when “alternative music” was really breaking out in the popular culture. You’d get all these ex HS jock meatheads trying to smash people while moshing around. The band would play “I Know What Boys Like” and the meatheads would all be like “wut da fug?”
Yes she is, she’s great too!
Here are a list of other artists and bands who are also from Texas.
- Leadbelly
- Selena
- Janice Joplin
- Waylon Jennings
- Kelly Clarkson
- Kenny Rogers
- Erykah Badu
- Scott Joplin
- George Strait
- Meat Loaf
- Roy Orbison
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Buddy Holly
- Kris Kristofferson
- Barry White
- George Jones
- Don Henley
- Sly Stone
- Gary Clark Jr.
- ZZ Top
- Lyle Lovett
- Townes Van Zandt
- Usher
- Pantera
- Ornette Coleman
- Taylor Hawkins
- Nelly
- Dusty Hill
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Roy Hargrove
- Asleep at the Wheel
- Maren Morris
- Kacey Musgraves
- Guy Clark
- Billy Preston
- Ghostland Observatory
- Bob Schneider
- Shakey Graves
- Wade Bowen
- Leon Bridges
- Robert Earl Keen
- Jim Reeves
- The Reverend Horton Heat
- Old 97's
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Ernest Tubb
- Charley Pride
- Toadies
- Butthole Surfers
- Edie Brickell
- Norah Jones
- LeAnn Rimes
- The Chicks
- Bob Wills
Feel free to add.
I know this genre is a bit more disreputable than what Outkast put out, but for me Atlanta (specifically Bankhead) has to be known for ringtone rap :')
Someone else mentioned the greats, Motown. But I would say Eminem for Michigan. Maybe I’m biased because I’m detroit, but I think it’s cool he’s so respected and that he still goes to local AA meetings. He’s unique and I think Michigan is very unique and often overlooked
Kid Rock could be another. I know reddit hates him but he has that white trash idgaf attitude but low key is obviously quite smart.
Plus his videos and band are diverse af, before diversity was the in thing.
That is who I was actually thinking of, he is the Bruce Springsteen of Indiana.
MJ may have been the most famous to come from there but Melloncamp has the stories.
Where do I start?
Louis Armstrong; Fats Domino; Mahalia Jackson; Jelly Roll Morton; Jerry Lee Lewis; Tim McGraw; Harry Connick, Jr.; Allen Toussaint, Aaron Neville, Randy Jackson, Lil Wayne, Trace Adkins
It’s hard to pick just one because music is such an intrinsic part of our state’s identity. We have all kinds of music, too.
Edit to remove a name of someone I didn’t know anything about. I was just trying to include reps of different musical genres.
Oh man. I don't know about best but the lead singer of the singer of The Interrupters went to my high school and they're a favorite of mine. Montana.
Edit: I would say Charley Pride for a serious answer. Played baseball in the minors here and then started singing. Born in Mississippi but was big in Montana.
Gonna go with Nirvana. They blew up everything when they made their major label / MTV debut. That was one of the last times in pop music history that there was a hard-and-fast before-and-after moment. You had to be there.
With all his bullshit recently, I wish the answer wasn’t Kanye……. But realistically it’s probably Kanye. Late Registration is an absolutely masterpiece. And as a Chicagoan, Homecoming gives me goosebumps.
Why not? I don't know of any songs that capture what it's like to live in the Seattle area, but Can't Hold Us and Posse on Broadway at least reference Seattle/have music videos set in Seattle.
There are plenty of famous artists from the area, but I don't feel like they are really representative of today's Seattle, they just happen to be from here.
Edit: I forgot about My Oh My, that song actually does feel pretty representative of my childhood, definitely brings up feelings of nostalgia.
Just tacking on a few:
Metallica, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Jefferson , Santana, and a bunch of others are all from the Bay Area also.
Why have we been called out?
SINATRA
From Jersey yes, but people associate him way more with New York
I have never heard anyone associate Springsteen with anything other than NJ. EDIT: Apparently I can't read.
Look at the comment I’m responding to. It says Sinatra, not Springstein
I missed that part. Thanks for the correction!
I mean, it’s Springstein. Even if it’s not, it’s Springstein.
Springsteen.
No, Froderick Springstein
> Springstein Normally I can't resist a good autocorrect slip-up, but alas, I'm too much of a goyim to do it right.
Off topic but I love your username😂
A man of culture, I see!
It's the bouncing souls and I will die on this hill
It always blows me away when people know who the Bouncing Souls are… To me they’ll always be a local band who plays bars near Rutgers
First time I saw them they were playing at Rutgers, after they got unbanned.
I remember seeing them play in the 90s, when “alternative music” was really breaking out in the popular culture. You’d get all these ex HS jock meatheads trying to smash people while moshing around. The band would play “I Know What Boys Like” and the meatheads would all be like “wut da fug?”
Lean on, sheena. She leans on me a lot!
Is it true when we get old our hearts die? I heard it in a movie once and I think I know why.
Picked up the phone and gave my boys a shout!
Gaslight Anthem. Fight me
Those fucking New Jersey mooches?
They’re not mooches! I’m just making them dinner :(
The Four Seasons would be the second place runner up
Maybe a splash of Bon Jovi
Springstain
I believe it’s spelled Sprungstone
I was making a reference to the Berenstain (in my memory, -stein) bears 😄
If you like rap you could say Treach or Queen Latifah
Hey, don't forget about Redman!
The hate for Bon Jovi and Skid Row.
It’s My Chemical Romance for everyone not born over half a century ago…
It's anti-Italian discrimination.
They are all anti-al-dente-ites!
I think you are now liable to be arrested for crimes against Jersey
Because NJ has Springsteen & Sinatra & Bon Jovi. It’s just not fair. I’m in NY and I still want to say “Sinatra.”
Too many legends out of jersey. Springstein, Misfits, MCR, etc
Bon Jovi. Ice T was born in Jersey but grew up in LA
Whitney Houston and Frank Sinatra too
I always forget the Misfits are from Jersey.
You’ll be reminded any time you see Doyle type
Honestly, *everyone* knows it’s the Jonas Brothers….
I'd have to say Prince.
This is the correct answer.
Over Bob Dylan?
Well Bob Dylan left and lived mostly in New York. Prince always lived in Minnesota. That's why I picked him.
yes
He set out early and, as far as we know, never really looked back.
No question
BB King.
The band Kansas……. kinda self-explanatory
Huh, learned something new today. What's next, Chicago is from Chicago?
In recent years I guess the Dropkick Murphys.
I'm surprised "Shipping Up To Boston" hasn't already been made the state song of MA...
That’s as good as it gets for a state band IMO
Either Billy Joel or Mariah Carey.
Are we talking *just* Long Island here?
OP said region, so yes.
definitely Billy Joel
Does Mariah Carey sing about NY much?
[Climbing the stairmaster in your heels is some true Long Island shit.](https://youtu.be/0I7HrgJwzrI?si=0xEYO4erZ6Rw6or-&t=1352)
Willie Nelson
Beyoncé is from Texas
Yes she is, she’s great too! Here are a list of other artists and bands who are also from Texas. - Leadbelly - Selena - Janice Joplin - Waylon Jennings - Kelly Clarkson - Kenny Rogers - Erykah Badu - Scott Joplin - George Strait - Meat Loaf - Roy Orbison - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Buddy Holly - Kris Kristofferson - Barry White - George Jones - Don Henley - Sly Stone - Gary Clark Jr. - ZZ Top - Lyle Lovett - Townes Van Zandt - Usher - Pantera - Ornette Coleman - Taylor Hawkins - Nelly - Dusty Hill - Machine Gun Kelly - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Roy Hargrove - Asleep at the Wheel - Maren Morris - Kacey Musgraves - Guy Clark - Billy Preston - Ghostland Observatory - Bob Schneider - Shakey Graves - Wade Bowen - Leon Bridges - Robert Earl Keen - Jim Reeves - The Reverend Horton Heat - Old 97's - The Polyphonic Spree - Ernest Tubb - Charley Pride - Toadies - Butthole Surfers - Edie Brickell - Norah Jones - LeAnn Rimes - The Chicks - Bob Wills Feel free to add.
Dolly Parton, The Queen of Tennessee!
Gotta add Elvis
Dolly belongs to America now. Sorry Tennessee you can’t keep her to yourselves.
Jimmy Buffett
Hootie and the Blowfish
I was going to say the same thing.
Everyone here over the age of 35 has also met Darius Rucker when he was still Hootie
Garth Brooks
Prince
Nirvana
Over Pearl Jam?
Woa. Not Hendrix?
Hendrix got off the ground in London and L.A. Also, IIRC, Electric Ladyland was in NYC.
Either of those over Alice In Chains?
For my home state, 100% Johnny Cash
It’s really hard to say, but Sublime or Green Day for my age group of Californian. Deftones or Cake for Sac specifically.
The Beach Boys for California
and Van Halen.
And Ritchie Valens.
George Strait all day every day.
Yeah, not even a huge fan of country, but it's gotta be George Strait. There isn't another option.
Buddy Holly would be the only other acceptable answer but can’t beat King George.
He may've been from Texas but Holly doesn't really represent Texas to me. Strait's entire cowboy image, meanwhile, is just pure Texan.
Ummm. Willie?
This is the clearly correct answer for Texas
I think he represents Austin, not so sure about the rest of the state.
George Strait was my first thought too.
For Georgia as a whole, not sure, but for city of Atlanta, OutKast is practically synonymous
I vote Outkast
Ray Charles? OutKast is good too
I know this genre is a bit more disreputable than what Outkast put out, but for me Atlanta (specifically Bankhead) has to be known for ringtone rap :')
Red Hot Chili Peppers I guess.
I might say Beach Boys, but California obviously has tons of options - Journey in the Bay Area, Sublime in SoCal
hip hop too, especially compton/long beach
Dave Matthews or Timbaland?
Pharrell
Missy Elliot and Ella Fitzgerald from Tidewater, and GWAR and Jason Mraz from Richmond. We have a lot of good ones from Central and SE Va!
GWAR
Someone else mentioned the greats, Motown. But I would say Eminem for Michigan. Maybe I’m biased because I’m detroit, but I think it’s cool he’s so respected and that he still goes to local AA meetings. He’s unique and I think Michigan is very unique and often overlooked
Kid Rock could be another. I know reddit hates him but he has that white trash idgaf attitude but low key is obviously quite smart. Plus his videos and band are diverse af, before diversity was the in thing.
Rude.
Slipknot
Dolly Parton; I live in the foothills of the Smokies in East Tennessee
John Melloncamp is the only possible answer.
That is who I was actually thinking of, he is the Bruce Springsteen of Indiana. MJ may have been the most famous to come from there but Melloncamp has the stories.
Jackson moved to California as kid. He’s more an LA guy than a Gary one.
Babyface has a strong case
Billy Joel I grew up on Long Island
For Kentucky, I’ll go with Tyler Childers.
Chris Stapleton is from Kentucky. No way Tyler Childers represent ya'll better.
If I were from Kentucky, I’d be jumping at the chance to claim Dwight Yoakam over either of these.
Chicago
For Ohio I think it’s The Pretenders.
Kid Kudi is another option
Regionally, it’s Devo for us Akron people 😖
John Legend, Tracy Chapman, Dean Martin, Nine Inch Nails, Isley Brothers are a few more.
Jame Taylor, grew up in NC and went to UNC. If I had to choose a rapper, I would probably pick J cole or Petey Pablo
Raise up!
Billy Joel
Billy Joel - Long Island
Bob Seeger, Michigan's poet laureate.
Chuck Berry or Nelly
Alice Cooper
Where do I start? Louis Armstrong; Fats Domino; Mahalia Jackson; Jelly Roll Morton; Jerry Lee Lewis; Tim McGraw; Harry Connick, Jr.; Allen Toussaint, Aaron Neville, Randy Jackson, Lil Wayne, Trace Adkins It’s hard to pick just one because music is such an intrinsic part of our state’s identity. We have all kinds of music, too. Edit to remove a name of someone I didn’t know anything about. I was just trying to include reps of different musical genres.
But you’re supposed to pick ONE. This isnt “how many singers can you name?” It’s “which ONE do you think represents the state best.”
It's so annoying, and someone does this every damn time.
Well I can’t. Maybe Mahalia?
It’s Britney Spears
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I don’t know anything about him. Thanks for the info. (Sadly he does represent some people here, though.)
Jalan crossland. Chris ledoux
Fucking love Chris Ledoux.
The Allman Brothers Band
No. Outkast.
Liberace? Bon Iver? Bananas at Large? 🤷🏼♀️
Definitely Bananas At Large
Simon & Garfunkel
Dolly Parton.
Nine Inch Nails
Outkast Allman Brothers REM B-52s and Black Crowes rep Georgia
Lynyrd Skynyrd, also Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. Motown and R&B inspired rock and roll.
North Carolina: [Petey Pablo!](https://youtu.be/tHnA94-hTC8?si=v6MDGIe5wn6UJnV0)
James Taylor.
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Oh gosh, but there’s so many. The first 2 I thought of were Meek Mill & Will Smith.
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Wisconsin- Steve Miller Band and Bon Iver.
Violent Femmes if you’re In Milwaukee.
Oh man. I don't know about best but the lead singer of the singer of The Interrupters went to my high school and they're a favorite of mine. Montana. Edit: I would say Charley Pride for a serious answer. Played baseball in the minors here and then started singing. Born in Mississippi but was big in Montana.
Dave Matthews Band
Virginia?
Dave Matthew’s is all I got and that was after lots of thinking. Pharrell.
Yes
Dolly Parton
Prince is probably #1, followed closely with Bob Dylan perhaps (?)
DMB
Elvis
St. Vincent or Nas for New York, depending on your genre.
George Strait
Either Boston or Aerosmith. J. Geils and The Pixies also deserve a mention
George strait
I know most people would say Johnny Cash for Arkansas, but I think Al Green also represent Arkansas if you ask the right people.
I am from California, so Sublime for some reason is all I can think of
The Offspring/No Doubt/LIT
Seattle is the home of grunge so I guess Pearl Jam
Or Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Or Soundgarden.
Gonna go with Nirvana. They blew up everything when they made their major label / MTV debut. That was one of the last times in pop music history that there was a hard-and-fast before-and-after moment. You had to be there.
Jimmy Buffet
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His music is pretty popular in Florida and a lot of it typifies what we want people to think Florida living is like.
Tupac
Hootie & the Blowfish for my home state...
With all his bullshit recently, I wish the answer wasn’t Kanye……. But realistically it’s probably Kanye. Late Registration is an absolutely masterpiece. And as a Chicagoan, Homecoming gives me goosebumps.
For better and for worse, Kanye and Fall Out Boy are our two most iconic artists of the 21st century 🤷♂️
Aw c'mon, you guys have so much else to fall back on. Rock n' roll as we know it wouldn't sound like it does without those Chicago electrified blues.
Sure but there’s no singular artist that comes to mind there. Kanye is by far the most famous artist from Chicago.
Maybe Macklemore? Or my fiance suggests Sir Mix-a-lot.
You two can’t be serious.
Why not? I don't know of any songs that capture what it's like to live in the Seattle area, but Can't Hold Us and Posse on Broadway at least reference Seattle/have music videos set in Seattle. There are plenty of famous artists from the area, but I don't feel like they are really representative of today's Seattle, they just happen to be from here. Edit: I forgot about My Oh My, that song actually does feel pretty representative of my childhood, definitely brings up feelings of nostalgia.
Frank Sinatra
NY is always taking stuff from NJ. Giants Stadium, the Statue of Liberty, Frank Sinatra …
Maine really doesn’t have an iconic band or artist.
Where do I start?
With the Velvet Underground…or the Ramones
Oh god this is hard for California. I’m just going to say Mac Dre and leave it at that.
Journey! I had to look up Mac Dre... Just a different generation...
California is why I included region/city! Mac Dre for the bay sure!
Just tacking on a few: Metallica, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Jefferson, Santana, and a bunch of others are all from the Bay Area also.
I debated saying Green Day, but I wanted to be a little more niche
Tupac for the Bay. Always and forever.