Boston ......Aerosmith, pixies , lemonheads , buffalo tom , throwing muses
Seattle .....Hendrix, nirvana , alice in chains , pearl jam , soundgarden
Washington DC......Black Flag , Rollins Band , Bad Brains , Minor Threat , Fugazi
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Boston ......Aerosmith, pixies , lemonheads , buffalo tom , throwing muses
Seattle .....Hendrix, nirvana , alice in chains , pearl jam , soundgarden
Washington DC......Black Flag , Rollins Band , Bad Brains , Minor Threat , Fugazi
London ~ Bowie, The Who, Sex Pistols, Kate Bush, Paul Weller, Elton John...either born, based or associated with.
Liverpool ~ Cilla, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Elvis Costello (born in Liverpool, made in London)...
In the US, the motor city, Detroit, Tamla Motown ~ Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson born there, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves etc.
Philadelphia TSOP, Hall & Oates.
Memphis ~ Elvis (Presley), Stax.
Nashville ~ country and western.
Manchester - Loads
Cardiff and south wales in general ?
Not very many
Budgie , Badfinger , manics , stereophonics , Catalonia, dub war
Apart from the manics not big hitters
That really is scraping the barrel
Not a lot there at all
The Automatic , one hit wonders , Duffy, the same
Not much of a music scene in cardiff and south wales compared to manchester , glasgow , liverpool etc
Roger Glover , bassist for deep purple and rainbow may be welsh by birth but he soon nagged off
Sheffield-
Arctic Monkeys
ABC
Human League
Joe Cocker
Pulp
Heaven 17
Def Leppard
Long Pigs
Moloko
Scunthorpe: The Jags
Detroit (Motown) wins. The Stooges, The MC5, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quattro, The White Stripes, Madonna, Eminem, Kid Rock, Stevie Wonder, Aretha, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes etc etc
Minneapolis: Prince, Jam & Lewis, Alexander O’Neil
Athens: R.E.M.
Newcastle
Hank Marvin
Mark Knopler and brother David
Sting
The Animals
Jimmy Nail
i dont know how many bands i saw back in the day doing covers of cocaine and route 66...it was depressing
Manchester
10cc
slaughter and the dogs
the buzzcocks
warsaw/joy division
new order
the smiths
the chameleons
the wedding present (shared with Leeds)
the happy mondays
the stone roses
the fall
808 state
the mock turtles
wu lyf
the courteeners
badly drawn boy
BC Camplight
Beady Eye
Twang
Oasis
northside
Paris Angels
The Bee Gees
space Monkeys
black Grape
Blossoms
Delphic
Lost Under Heaven
Maitlands
Verve
A Certain Ratio
The Chemical Brothers
James
Inspiral Carpets
The Charlatans (with Wednesday)
The Durutti Column
Doves/sub Sub
delphic
elbow
FSOL
The High
I am Kloot
M People
Slow Readers Club
The Membranes
Ting Tings
Molly Half Head
Money
Glasgow, loads of em