What famous groups/performers are from your city/area?

[LarsVenice]

I live in Venice, which is part of Los Angeles, and I guess the most famous group from here was The Doors. There was a mural of Jim Morrison on the boardwalk until a few years ago.

Other local (L.A.) groups that I like include Oingo Boingo and Überzone. I'm sure there are others - I just don't know that they are local.

I like a lot of groups from Düsseldorf as well as UK and San Francisco, where I used to live. I tend to prefer European music over American, although there are California groups I like.

 

[renegade_killerbee]

There's a little town about 30 minutes south of Tulsa, called Okemah and Carrie Underwood is from there/here. She even sings a song on her "Some Hearts" CD about comin' into Tulsa on the weekends and partying. I LOVE country music but not Underwood's overly produced, formulaic brand. And the biggest-selling country act of all-time, Garth Brooks -- I'm not sure if he is from Tulsa, but he lives here. I saw him and wife Trisha Yearwood at an Old Navy about five years ago.

Amber Valleta, Hanson and Vince Gill are also from Tulsa. Them, I can appreciate.

*** KEVIN IN TULSA ***

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[QuakrBoi]

The Goo Goo Dolls!

 

[G-Lexington]

Denver's list of celebrities is incredibly short.

Kip Winger
Big Head Todd & the Monsters
String Cheese Incident
The Fray
Single File

Done.

Lex

 

[sunoftheskye]

Unfortunately....Good Charlotte.

 

[Orlandude]

Orlando has quite a few....

Lorenzo Lamas
N Sync-They are not from here but they met here and formed the band here.
The late screen siren of the past- Hedy Lamaar
Mandy Moore
Backstreet Boys
Kara Langer - singer/songwriter/pianist
Britany Spears
Sam Rivers
Creed
Mickey Mouse

.....just to name a few.

 

[donnykabob]

Bands/Singers
Boys Night Out
Finger Eleven
Sarah Harmer
Idle Sons
Melissa McClelland

Actors/Actresses
Ryan Gosling
Jim Carrey
Jillian Barberie

So thats not bad.... it's quality and not quantity... minus a few. Well, it's good enough for a small town.

 

[LarsVenice]

I found this article on California music, and got some info on L.A. bands that I left out. Most importantly, there is Jane's Addiction, which is from Venice and one of my favorite bands. Going back to the surf period you have

The Beach Boys
Jan & Dean
Chantays
Surfaris
Dick Dale

and then later:

The Byrds
Buffalo Springfield
Frank Zappa
The Eagles
Poco
Jackson Brown
Sly & the Family Stone
Motley Crüe
X
Black Flag
Circle Jerks
Red Hot Chili Peppers

More recently there have been a lot of hip hop groups from south central L.A., but I haven't followed any of those.

Danno - you omitted the Philadelphia Phunk sound, started by George Clinton. That's what I mainly associate with Philly.

 

[LarsVenice]

Bands/Singers

Actors/Actresses

Jillian Barberie

Jillian (who now uses the last name Reynolds) just had a baby last Friday, a girl named Ruby. Jillian is our local weather girl on Good Day L.A., the Fox morning news show that I watch. I love her!! Years ago, I sent GDLA a fax one morning, and they read it on the air and they all said "Thanks" to me personally.

I thought Mickey Mouse was from L.A. (created in Hollywood), and I thought Britney Spears was from Louisiana.

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>Danno - you omitted the Philadelphia Phunk sound, started by George Clinton. That's what I mainly associate with Philly.

And the 70s Philly sound - MFSB, Three Degrees, McFadden & Whitehead. Plus it was the home of American Bandstand.

Lex

 

[bostonboy20]

well I'm from Massachusetts....so there are QUITE a few bands/singers and actors from here:

Aerosmith
New Kids on the Block
Marky Mark(Mark Whalberg)
Carly Simon
James Taylor
Extreme
Donna Summer
JoJo
Tracy Chapman
The Click Five
Amerie(just found this out and i'm listening to her right now...she's from like 2 exits up from me apparently!)
Bobby Brown
Mike Ness
Frank Black
Paula Cole
Godsmack
Kay Hanley(Letters to Cleo)
Mary Lou Lord
JoDee Messina
Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate was born here
Linda Perry
American Hi-Fi
Boys Like Girls
Buffalo Tom
The Cars
Damone
The Dresden Dolls
Dropkick Murphys
Guster
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones(duh can't believe it took me that long to remember them..haha)
The Lemonheads
Powerman 5000
Receiving End of Sirens
Shadows Fall
The Sheila Divine
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers



Actors/Actresses
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
Chris Evans
Eliza Dushku
Kate Bosworth
Bette Davis

and so many more but i'm kinda bored listing right now...haha

 

[Yeehaw]

Bands:
Our Lady Peace
Barenaked Ladies
Broken Social Scene
Metric
Rush

Solo:
Sarah Slean is the only one I can think of who's actually from Toronto, must be a lot more though...

 

[okstatecowboy]

Garth Brooks was born in Yukon, Oklahoma. He also has a home in Owasso, Oklahoma -where his daughters attended public school before he remarried. He was quite the celebrity when he attended parent events... very polite and friendly.

Rue Machallahen (Blanche from Golden Girls) and Heather Langenkamp (Nancy from teh Nightmare on Elm Street movies) are also from Tulsa.

The All American Rejects started out as a garage band in Stillwater, where they attended Oklahoma State University. Did I mention Garth Brooks also attended OSU, where he lived at 1106 Kerr Hall and was on the track/field team?

mikey

 

[sunoftheskye]

Oh! JC Chasez

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Chrissi Hynde- from the "Pretenders"
Warrant- 80's Hair Metal Band that Sang "heaven" and "cherry Pie"
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Marilyn Manson

 

[pacz]

I grew up in Neptune, NJ, right next to Asbury Park. I used to see Bruce Springsteen before he was famous. In fact, he yelled at me once for smoking outside a record shop.

 

[luminum]

I went to highschool with Jack White's cousin (The White Stripes). I lived near d-town, so the White Stripes were from my area. Eminem lived on 8 mile, and Blanche, my favorite MI group, is from MI, too.

 

[getoverit]

From Maryland....lets see...

Good Charlotte
Toni Braxton
Sisqo
JC Chasez
The black girl that was in the group from Popstars season 2
Mario
John Waters - Director

 

[andrews_20]

destinys child, brooke valentine, letoya luckett, natalie, mike jones, paul wall, chamillionaire, slim thugg, lil flip, ugk.

 

[dr_beat]

Here are a few:

Mike Myers
Howie Mandel
Jim Carrey (Newmarket is just north of Toronto)
Lorne Michaels
John (J.D.) Roberts