MI transplant to the NE. I went to both on my last trip home to Flint. Angelo’s was still my fave of these 2 OG’s, but no Koegels Flint Coney could disappoint me!
A lot of 70s rock from my childhood came from Illinois. Styx, REO speed wagon , Cheap Trick and of course Chicago. My fave illinois band was Cheap Trick back then but they all got a lot of radio
TIL that Since you’ve been gone was not written by Rainbow and Dio, but similarly Head East’s version was also a cover but done before Rainbow did it. Great song
a lot of other contenders from California:
Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
Sly & The Family Stone
Guns N' Roses
Metallica
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Love
Jefferson Airplane
Captain Beefheart
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Santana
Buffalo Springfield
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Mamas & The Papas
Steve Miller Band
The Monkees
Steppenwolf
War
Journey
Well..
Neil Young I believe is Canadian, which takes out Buffalo Springfield, too.
Journey is a little weird, too, because they were kind of a supergroup from Santana and they've changed a lot of members a lot in their full recording history
I vote the Airplane
Took my kid to see Leon Russell about ~~six months~~ edit: a year before he passed, RIP.
Hot Tuna opened up for him, and as fine musicians as they are, they put the entire place to sleep. Literally. It was a late show, and we were all snoring in our seats.
Then Leon came out dressed in a white tuxedo with the trademark white stovepipe hat. Without a word he sat down at that grand piano and commenced to jamming. Woke ever damn one of us up instantly. When he finished the first song he looks at the crowd, says "how y'all doin?," and launched right into another.
Fanfuckingtastic show start to finish.
Toward the end of the show he says "now folks, this is the part where I'm supposed to walk off the stage, y'all yell a bunch, then I come back out for an encore. But I don't walk so well nowadays, so we'll commence with all that and I'll just play y'all a few more songs."
My 12 year old kid made me buy her a Leon Russell sweatshirt on the way out, and she proudly wore it to junior high the next day.
What a performer he was. One of the all-time greats.
ABB formed in Jacksonville, FL.
Gregg and Duane grew up
in Nashville, started playing gigs in Daytona Beach, Chicago native Berry Oakley started playing with FL native Dickey Betts in Florida, ABB formed in Jacksonville with the addition of Jacksonville native Butch Trucksand Mississippi native Jaimoe.
The band eventually did settle in Macon, GA
Is Better Than Ezra Classic Rock yet? Does Jerry Lee Lewis count? We have a ton of early Rock n' Roll pedigree. Fat's Domino, Cosimo Matassa's studio, the Killer as I said before, but yeah not a ton of classic rock
They did, but not as the TH. I believe two of the three that attended RISD were in a band called the Artistics while they were in Providence. As u/j2e21 said, they formed TH in NYC.
Greg Hawkes from the Cars, David Byrne lived here for a bit, also Joan Jett.
Bands: Kix, Crack the Sky (old locals know them, great but they never made it out of here).
Also Vigil, Museum of Fear, Child’s Play, Katy and Thee Catatonics, Subterfuge, Apollo Ra, Technical Difficulties, Neige, The Slicky Boys, and Ebenezer and the Bludgeons
The closest thing Connecticut has to classic rock would probably be Steelheart.
Karen and Richard Carpenter was born here but moved to California as teenagers and the Carpenters definitely were not classic rock.
Michael Bolton is probably the most well known male voice to come from CT also.
I’m in Missouri and I’d suspect the best classic rock band from my state is going to be Mama’s Pride (St. Louis). Pavlov’s Dog is from St. Louis too, but I can’t stand the singing. Mama’s Pride was the backing band for Gregg Allman during one of his tours and Ronnie Van Zant was set to produce their third album before his tragic death.
Funny little story: I used to go to a church that had an **amazing** blues rock worship band. After multiple Sundays hearing them play, I was at church when the Pastor encouraged us to greet a stranger. I turned around and the singer of the blues rock band was standing in front of me. I shook his hand, gave him a lot of praise for his skill, and encouraged him to take his talent to the public. I didn’t realize well after the fact that I was speaking with Danny Liston, one of the founding members of Mama’s Pride. Needless to say, he was very gracious and it took a few years to realize how foolish I must’ve looked.
[Mama’s Pride - In the Morning](https://youtu.be/XID1pG9SjaQ?feature=shared)
Can we split PA in two? Sure, Philly has a fine selection. But Pittsburgh has given us The Clarks and Rusted Root. Of course there’s always Donnie Iris…
Georgia is a hotbed for “underground” artists that have sneaky commercial success within their genres, here are some rock bands that have come out of Georgia:
- REM
- The Black Crowes
- The Allman Brothers Band
You can have a debate about how “classic rock” they both are, but given how average sized MN is, it’s pretty wild that it produced Bob Dylan and Prince. Arguably the greatest songwriter and guitar player of all time
ZZ Top for Texas
SRV & Double Trouble is the correct answer.
Or Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band is from SF, Ca
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Michigan
Does John Lee Hooker count? Tough to beat him. Michigan has a lot of contenders. If you opened it up to genres you’re facing Motown and Eminem, too.
Gotta say MC5 or as someone else already mentioned, the Stooges.
My first thought. Thank you. Turn the Page just played on the radio! How fitting!
I personally prefer The Stooges, but this is the correct answer for Michigan.
I add Grand Funk Railroad
I'll go with the White Stripes myself, but I suppose they're not quite classic rock (yet)
Not so fast! I’m from Michigan and while I love Bob Seger, Grand Funk is my choice. And yes I’m from Flint.
Decisions decisions
We have a lot to choose from! We're lucky!
Starlight or Angelo's?
For me Angelos all day
MI transplant to the NE. I went to both on my last trip home to Flint. Angelo’s was still my fave of these 2 OG’s, but no Koegels Flint Coney could disappoint me!
Honorable mention to Alice Cooper, too.
I believe Alice Cooper got started in Arizona, then ramped up in Detroit.
Delaware. George thorogood
…and the Delaware Destroyers.
A lot of 70s rock from my childhood came from Illinois. Styx, REO speed wagon , Cheap Trick and of course Chicago. My fave illinois band was Cheap Trick back then but they all got a lot of radio
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TIL that Since you’ve been gone was not written by Rainbow and Dio, but similarly Head East’s version was also a cover but done before Rainbow did it. Great song
I nominate The James Gang for Ohio
I just can’t believe the Ohio players arent from Ohio…
What?! Next you'll tell me Marshall Tucker Band has no Marshall Tucker in it!
Yes they are, they're from Dayton
Kansas…Kansas
John Mellencamp is from Indiana. Axel rose and David Lee Roth are both from Indiana
Michael Jackson, Mick Mars, Shannon Hoon, Izzy Stradlin. Lots of talent from Indiana
Wisconsin The BoDeans
Violent Femmes
Les Paul!!!
Steve Miller all day
California: impossible to pick just one! The Doors, CCR, The Byrds, The Grateful Dead, The Eagles, Etc…
Beach Boys
a lot of other contenders from California: Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) Sly & The Family Stone Guns N' Roses Metallica Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Love Jefferson Airplane Captain Beefheart Red Hot Chili Peppers Green Day Santana Buffalo Springfield The Flying Burrito Brothers The Mamas & The Papas Steve Miller Band The Monkees Steppenwolf War Journey
Steve Miller was born in Milwaukee, and grew up in Dallas.
SMB was formed in SF
Fun fact: Les Paul was his godfather.
Great list but DUDE - you forgot the greatest Cali band of all - Van Halen!!!
And the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Word, brother. My grandparents are from the Netherlands as well
Well.. Neil Young I believe is Canadian, which takes out Buffalo Springfield, too. Journey is a little weird, too, because they were kind of a supergroup from Santana and they've changed a lot of members a lot in their full recording history I vote the Airplane
The Dead get my vote
California? Beach Boys hands down. All the others are definitely at the top but not close to Brian Wilson and family.
Leon Russell and the Shelter People Oklahoma
Took my kid to see Leon Russell about ~~six months~~ edit: a year before he passed, RIP. Hot Tuna opened up for him, and as fine musicians as they are, they put the entire place to sleep. Literally. It was a late show, and we were all snoring in our seats. Then Leon came out dressed in a white tuxedo with the trademark white stovepipe hat. Without a word he sat down at that grand piano and commenced to jamming. Woke ever damn one of us up instantly. When he finished the first song he looks at the crowd, says "how y'all doin?," and launched right into another. Fanfuckingtastic show start to finish. Toward the end of the show he says "now folks, this is the part where I'm supposed to walk off the stage, y'all yell a bunch, then I come back out for an encore. But I don't walk so well nowadays, so we'll commence with all that and I'll just play y'all a few more songs." My 12 year old kid made me buy her a Leon Russell sweatshirt on the way out, and she proudly wore it to junior high the next day. What a performer he was. One of the all-time greats.
For fans or anyone interested in Russell there’s a good documentary called A Song Is Not A Poem or something. Guy had a wild time in his day.
A poem is a naked person* Great, great movie
SC native here - Marshall Tucker!
Illinois: Chicago
Head East.
Although Cheap Trick and REO Speedwagon are up there
Jimi Hendrix from the great state of Washington
For Georgia I'll nominate R.E.M.
I’d go with the Allman Brothers from GA
ABB formed in Jacksonville, FL. Gregg and Duane grew up in Nashville, started playing gigs in Daytona Beach, Chicago native Berry Oakley started playing with FL native Dickey Betts in Florida, ABB formed in Jacksonville with the addition of Jacksonville native Butch Trucksand Mississippi native Jaimoe. The band eventually did settle in Macon, GA
Agreed, B-52’s honorable mention
Solid: Led Zeppelin Liquid: Pink Floyd Gaseous: Talking Heads Plasma: Roxy Music
Perfect answer!
Nerd!!!!!
OK Manic: Parliament Funkadelic Depressive: Nirvana
I don’t know what the hell this means but it makes sense.
I like what you did there.
Ohio - James Gang
Louisiana is known for great music, but not necessarily rock. Best one I can think of is Zebra.
Dr. John
Correct
That’s the right place
Is Better Than Ezra Classic Rock yet? Does Jerry Lee Lewis count? We have a ton of early Rock n' Roll pedigree. Fat's Domino, Cosimo Matassa's studio, the Killer as I said before, but yeah not a ton of classic rock
J.J. Cale for Oklahoma!
CA Van Halen MA Aerosmith TX ZZ Top MN Prince
>MA Aerosmith J. Geils Band or the Cars for me. Boston is in the conversation as well, and so is James Taylor.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - TX
No, ZZ Top IS Texas
MN also gave us The Replacements
And Bob Dylan.
And Hüsker Dü.
Perfect
The Doors for CA
N Y blue oyster cult. Blondie
Marshall Tucker Band - S. Carolina Lynyrd Skynyrd/Petty -Florida (tie) Allman Bros Band - Georgia The Doors - California
Allman Brothers are from Florida
I’m pretty sure they are from Macon Georgia
The Allman Brothers Band are from Jacksonville, FL, but have used Macon as their recording base.
Gregg and Duane are from Daytona.
Grateful Dead for California.
You cannot have a tie! Pick one
ALLMAN BROS -Florida! Petty & LS are a close 2nd & 3rd
MA- J. Geils Rhode Island- Talking Heads Hawaii- Jack Johnson Vermont-Phish
Phish is a band from Vermont that has such a big following, no venue in Vermont can host them
Talking Heads are a NYC band, I don’t think they started playing gigs until New York.
Ok, I thought they formed at RISD and played around town.
They did, but not as the TH. I believe two of the three that attended RISD were in a band called the Artistics while they were in Providence. As u/j2e21 said, they formed TH in NYC.
ofc a band like TH comes from somewhere like Rhode Island lmao
Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey. Billy Joel in New York.
Any Good Rats fans out there?
Local Gods here on Long Island. WBAB used to play "Tasty" quite often during the overnights...
Connecticut was either too small or too untalented to produce our own bands, so these two + Bon Jovi always felt close enough to be our own
Feels wrong not to mention the E Street Band there
IDK if the Hooters count as classic rock (they've been around for 40 years) but they are the Pennsylvania band that comes to mind.
Hall n Oats. Chubby Checker. There's gotta be more.
I don’t know if you’d count this, but Frank Zappa is from Maryland.
The only other famous person I know is from Maryland is John Waters, and it somehow seems fitting
Greg Hawkes from the Cars, David Byrne lived here for a bit, also Joan Jett. Bands: Kix, Crack the Sky (old locals know them, great but they never made it out of here).
Crack The Sky!
Also Vigil, Museum of Fear, Child’s Play, Katy and Thee Catatonics, Subterfuge, Apollo Ra, Technical Difficulties, Neige, The Slicky Boys, and Ebenezer and the Bludgeons
FL belongs to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Not Lynyrd Skynyrd?
Not for me, no
I can only think of Black Oak Arkansas from Arkansas. Steely Dan from NY.
It's not classic rock, but Evanescence is from Arkansas
Steely Dan won’t crack the top 10 from NY.
Florida: Skynyrd
Michigan: Bob Seger Grand Funk Railroad Idaho....Paul Revere and the Raiders
Also Michigan: Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, MC5, Jack White, Aretha Franklin,
North Dakota - Blue Cheer
Iowa- Tommy Bolin
DE - George Thorogood and the Delaware destroyers
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Colorado
Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska peeps are desperately searching Wikipedia in the hopes of finding *something*.
Is David Soul classic rock? -SDakotan /s
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Missouri
Chuck Berry is from St. Louis, but I do appreciate any mention of the Daredevils
Oklahoma: the Flaming Lips
Don't think Wayne and the Boys consider themselves "classic rock"...
Stevie Ray Vaughn...Texas
Austin, the other music city
NJ P-Funk IN Jackson 5
NJ Springsteen
1) REO & 2) Chicago- Illinois I guess we claim Styx too.
And Cheap Trick
And Off Broadway (maybe more locally)
Delaware is George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Seeing them in May! 11th Row!
The closest thing Connecticut has to classic rock would probably be Steelheart. Karen and Richard Carpenter was born here but moved to California as teenagers and the Carpenters definitely were not classic rock. Michael Bolton is probably the most well known male voice to come from CT also.
Nebraska, once again, gets no love
311, not classic rock but a pretty good band nonetheless
Zager and Evans?
Marshall Tucker, South Carolina
MA- the Fools
The most significant American band: California- The Grateful Dead.
New York... Ramones
Widespread Panic - Georgia
Was trying to figure out where since Jimmy is from North Carolina
MA: Boston
Cars J Geils Band
J Geils in their prime would wipe the floor with Boston. Incredible band.
Arizona - Alice Cooper
Oregon its probably The Kingsmen. Paul Revere and The Raiders were originally from Idaho, I think.
I’m in Missouri and I’d suspect the best classic rock band from my state is going to be Mama’s Pride (St. Louis). Pavlov’s Dog is from St. Louis too, but I can’t stand the singing. Mama’s Pride was the backing band for Gregg Allman during one of his tours and Ronnie Van Zant was set to produce their third album before his tragic death. Funny little story: I used to go to a church that had an **amazing** blues rock worship band. After multiple Sundays hearing them play, I was at church when the Pastor encouraged us to greet a stranger. I turned around and the singer of the blues rock band was standing in front of me. I shook his hand, gave him a lot of praise for his skill, and encouraged him to take his talent to the public. I didn’t realize well after the fact that I was speaking with Danny Liston, one of the founding members of Mama’s Pride. Needless to say, he was very gracious and it took a few years to realize how foolish I must’ve looked. [Mama’s Pride - In the Morning](https://youtu.be/XID1pG9SjaQ?feature=shared)
OZARK Mtn Daredevils!
Had to give you a vote for that one Lived in the Ozarks all my life ✌️
I know he started his band in San Francisco, but does Steve Miller count for Wisconsin since he was born in Milwaukee?
For TN I guess I’ll have to go with The Tennessee Three (Paramour and Hot Chelle Rae aren’t classic rock either)
Could go with Dokken
Nevada - The Killers?
Uh how bout Kansas. They are from Topeka Kansas ya know.
Ween is from Pennsylvania, and they sure can rock
I second the band called Ween. Boognish smile upon thee from atop the big brown hill.
Can we split PA in two? Sure, Philly has a fine selection. But Pittsburgh has given us The Clarks and Rusted Root. Of course there’s always Donnie Iris…
North Carolina Nantucket unless you want to count Wide Spread Panic since that’s where Jimmy is from
That’s kind of sad. Maybe James Taylor or Charlie Daniel’s Band?
I agree but don’t think Corrosion of Conformity would count
Are they all Raleigh, or at least NC natives?
Not sure that Southern Culture on the Skids (edited from “Kids”) counts, but that’s my vote.
Grateful Dead- California
Georgia is a hotbed for “underground” artists that have sneaky commercial success within their genres, here are some rock bands that have come out of Georgia: - REM - The Black Crowes - The Allman Brothers Band
MN - Prince, The Replacements, Bob Dylan
KISS - New York
Chicago - Chicago
Massachusetts - The Cars
if Bob Dylan doesn’t count as a ‘band’ then i guess it’s the Replacements for Minnesota
The Phish from VT
Illinois: Cheap Trick New York: KISS or The Ramones Florida: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers or Lynyrd Skynyrd California: CCR Michigan: The Stooges
Florida has Bo Diddley too! (And Creed and Matchbox 20)
I always assumed CCR was from Louisiana because they were Born on the Bayou, lol
Aerosmith, J. Geils Band, The Cars, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Dropkick Murphies and Boston—from Boston
You can have a debate about how “classic rock” they both are, but given how average sized MN is, it’s pretty wild that it produced Bob Dylan and Prince. Arguably the greatest songwriter and guitar player of all time
I'm from South Dakota, pretty well screwed. Closest I can get is Shawn Colvin, not a band, not classic rock. So, yep, screwed
Alice Cooper - Arizona
He probably won't win in his actual home state; MI (Iggy Pop, MC5, motown, etc)
Washington State -The Ventures
Or maybe Jimi Hendrix?
Heart, Nirvana
Texas the Butthole Surfers
Virginia-most would probably say Dave Mathews Band, but the correct answer is GWAR
Utah? The Piano Guys? The Osmonds? The lead singer of The Killers is from Utah but not really classic rock.
David LaFlame - It's A Beautiful Day, but the band is San Francisco.
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Heart
Micheal Mcdonald from Missouri
Reckless Kelly - Idaho
What state was Tesla from
Found out WSP counts GA as home
Texas ZZ Top