I live near Detroit, and the one that comes to mind is Bob Seger. I hear his music on the radio a lot, and I’m certain it’s because he’s a hometown boy. Not that there is anything objectionable about him–it’s just that he’s not churning out hits anymore, so under normal circumstances I think he’d be a once-in-a-while artist I’d hear on the radio. As it is, I must hear his music every week.
Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent probably also get a little more airplay here than they would otherwise.
Other “local” artists I don’t notice so much. Madonna doesn’t feel local anymore; Kid Rock and Eminem are big enough that I don’t expect their airplay here is noticeably more than it is anywhere else.
Even though they aren’t local, BareNaked Ladies has always gotten a lot of airplay here. They were big along the border before they were big across the U.S., so I think places like Buffalo and Detroit feel some ownership.
Nickelback, who came out of Vancouverm when they were huge and had a several hits out. It would be on both the alternative/old rock stations, the pop music station, and various tv music channels(not MTV, just stations with nothing on the screen but audio on the background). It was not unusual to have the videos of them being played on MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic whilst one of the radio stations would be playing it.
At least two times they released a song where it was no. 1 on all three stations and multiple songs of theirs would be on the top 30.
And they did bring upon us a wave of nu metal, and most of it was crap beyond mine eyes had ever seen(with a few exceptions).
Jack Johnson. At least twice a day, I’ll hear something of his on the radio.
In reference to the OP, I haven’t heard Kid Rock in months, if not longer, so any play he’s getting in Motor City is probably due to being a home-town hero.
Waaaaaay too much airplay and TV play and pictures on the cover of the local newspapers. That song of Adams’ that had the line “I’m ready” about 50 million times made it so I’d avoid any kind of public venue where I might here it. Once I got some strange looks walking through a video store with my fingers in my ears, humming so I wouldn’t hear that damn song.
Isn’t Michael Stanley a DJ on 98.5? I’ve never heard any stuff from his band except self-promotion. So that’s more of a station thing than a city thing.
So you’re saying his new single with Sheryl Crow, “Picture,” isn’t on every single station (Top 40, alternative, country, rock, new rock, adult contempo, lite rock) 4 times an hour there?
