# The Sound of your home City **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431 "2005-10-22T15:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/21 "2005-10-24T03:28:44Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Not sure if this is Cafe Society or IMHO, but since it’s really about bands I put it here. > > I’m from Boston. When I think of the music scene here several bands come to mind; Aerosmith, J Geils Band, the Pixies, and, of course, Boston. I suppose I could also add the Boston Pops. 🙂 > > So, what are the bands that represent your city/area? Granted, places like NY and Memphis might be a bit of a problem, but give it a shot. Let’s see, Memphis music, on this street corner we have Elvis and Carl and Jerry Lee and all of the other Sun Studio folk, if you go and stand on that street corner you have the new rap singers that seem to be on every billboard around here, and then on that street corner you have all of the old blues players Memphis Minnie, BB King, MUddy Waters, and WC Handy. If you listen real closely, you can hear country coming from the northeast, bluegrass from east and west, and western swing also coming from the west, gospel coming from the south and more blues coming from all over the place. New Orleans blues, Mississippi blues, St Louis blues, Delta blues and maybe some ducks from the Peabody blues as well. All mixed in with some fine smelling barbeque. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/22 "2005-10-24T05:30:54Z")
Since my hometown was a small town of 2500 people, I’ll have to go with my adopted hometown of Milwaukee… **Violent Femmes** **Promise Ring** **Citizen King** **BoDeans** (Waukesha) **Steve Miller** **Les Paul** (Waukesha) and uh… **Liberace**. Plus, **Garbage** is from 1-hour-away Madison ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/23 "2005-10-24T05:47:11Z")
Steve Miller, being from Milwaukee, I guess couldn’t have come from Seattle, too, as mentioned by **picunurse** , eh? Is it common belief in Seattle that he’s a local? ---
**Author:** ![party\_store](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@party\_store](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/party_store)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/24 "2005-10-24T06:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally Posted by edwino_ > Over the past decade or so, there has been quite a branching out. I think the H-town rap scene of DJ Screw, Slim Thug, UGK, Pimp C, Bun B, Lil’ Flip and others as well as La Mafia and Selena and the other big Tejano acts could very well line up next to country and Southern rock. H-town music to me _is_ Screw. I guess I could come up with ZZ-Top or some country if I thought a bit more, but if you ask me about Houston, I’m going to be thinking woodgrain, candy paint, purple sprite and screwtapes. Despite **picunurse** ’s disparaging comments, Kurt Cobain is a credit to Seattle (please… Jim Morrison… talented?) Of late, though, I’d identify the city with northwest indie rock - the sort of music made by serious boys with guitars who spend a lot of time inside because it’s always raining. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/25 "2005-10-24T06:24:25Z")
**Telemark** , when I think of Boston music, I think of Morphine - which I was actually just listening to today. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/26 "2005-10-24T06:33:06Z")
I’m from Marin. Close enough to [San Francisco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Sound) to count as “local,” I think. What do I win? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/27 "2005-10-24T13:35:56Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Steve Miller, being from Milwaukee, I guess couldn’t have come from Seattle, too, as mentioned by **picunurse** , eh? Is it common belief in Seattle that he’s a local? I’m not sure what association he has with Seattle. It’s also a question of how stringent we want to be with “performers from a city.” In Steve Miller’s case, he moved out to San Fransisco prior to fame. Even the Violent Femmes picked up and left. In any case, the groups I’ve mentioned are **from** Milwaukee, though I think a lot of them moved to one of the coasts once the music biz came calling. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/28 "2005-10-24T13:47:47Z")
Isn’t Stevie Guitar Miller a Dallas native? I’ll always associate Houston with The Top. I need nothing beyond Billy, Dusty & Frank. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/29 "2005-10-24T14:33:25Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Isn’t Stevie Guitar Miller a Dallas native? allmusicguide says he was born in Milwaukee. Of course, he didn’t achieve any notoriety until he moved to San Francisco. [Sid Dithers] San Fransiski! Did ya driven or did ya flew? [/Sid Dithers] ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/30 "2005-10-24T14:38:32Z")
Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Brown, Trouble Funk. (For my home city, not my current location.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/31 "2005-10-24T14:46:55Z")
Pittsburgh’s soundtrack is a strange blend of Henry Mancini, Perry Como, Bobby Vinton, Donny Iris, and Rusted Root. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/32 "2005-10-24T14:47:17Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > allmusicguide says he was born in Milwaukee. _The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock_ says Miller was born in Dallas (10/5/43), but also mentions that he attended the University of Wisconsin. [This bio](http://www.gangster-of-love.com/bio.html) says he was born in Milwaukee and his family moved to Dallas in 1950. In any case, he did live in Seattle for some time. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/33 "2005-10-24T15:23:48Z")
The only one I can think of actually from my city?.._shudder_…Helix. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/34 "2005-10-24T15:35:06Z")
Hmmm… home town… the closest where I’m from is a couple cities away, and that was **Eric’s Trip**. Second closest was a province away, **Sloan** , and whoever else comes out of Halifax. Oh, and a helluva lot of bagpipe and Celtic music. Now that I live in Seattle… well… grunge aside, I can proudly claim **Assemblage 23**. Tom Shear is an awesome guy, too, I spoke to him for a while, and he was pleased to see another East Coaster living in Seattle, since he’s originally from Philly. He said I had made a further trip than he did, but I said I had a feeling he generally travelled further than me when he toured. 😛 A couple others are **Death Cab For Cutie** /\*\*Postal Service \*\* (well, Bellingham, anyway), and I think \*\*Modest Mouse \*\* is from Issaquah… kinda nearby. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/35 "2005-10-24T16:44:05Z")
I’m from the DC metro area. Our claims to fame all fall under doom metal and hardcore. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/36 "2005-10-24T16:58:02Z")
Toronto? Um… I’ll go out on the proverbial limb and say: Alanis Morisette and the Barenaked Ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/37 "2005-10-25T04:35:00Z")
I’m from El Cerrito, California, home of _Creedence Clearwater Revival_. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431/38 "2005-10-25T05:07:15Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Today San Diego is probably best known for Rocket from the Crypt. Maybe, but I’d tend to think Blink 182, Mojo Nixon, The Beat Farmers, or Jewel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-your-home-city/327431.md?page=1)