Musicians and Bands That Are Associated With A Particular City

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

The Beach Boys & The Doors always make me think of L.A. (The Beach Boys get the daytime and The Doors get the nighttime.)

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Whammy - that is a cool observation - so true

[@ttmilbr]

Cleveland - Michael Stanley Band. Basically unknown everywhere else but set attendance records selling out 4 consecutive 20,000 seat shows back in the 80s. On the radio all the time. Michael Stanley died of lung cancer last week and the city is absolutely heartbroken.

[@painless465]

Rosewood Bitters Great song Much respect to Michael Stanley band from New Jersey

[@jmoran4ma]

The Beatles - Liverpool Beach Boys - Southern California Prince - Minneapolis Ramones - NYC Bad Boys from Boston - Aerosmith John Mellencamp - Indiana/midwest/middle America Snoop Dog - LA Greatful Dead - SF Iggy Pop/MC5 - Detroit The Doors - LA Velvet Underground - NYC Supremes - Detroit

[@radiator-gb7pk]

I can't think of any other act who so embody an era and city in their music and imagery as Joy Division and Post-War Manchester.

[@burmajones803]

Sun Ra - Saturn. That is all.

[@BazStrickland]

The sound of Philadelphia- the o’jays, Harold melvin and the blue notes, the trammps etc... The velvet underground...talking heads...the New York dolls...clues in the last one From there Manchester and the smiths Black sabbath with Birmingham/West Midlands Ac/dc Sydney There’s loads aren’t there

[@RPS67]

I will try and hit some that havent been mentioned - Can - Cologne, Germany The Fall - Prestwich, England MC5 - Detroit, MI Big Star - Memphis, TN The Flaming Lips - Oklahoma City, OK The Go-Betweens - Brisbane, Australia Jenny Lewis - Los Angeles, CA The Modern Lovers - Boston, MA The Libertines - London, England And Cat Stevens - The beach

[@trickygoose2]

Some British places and bands/musicians that are from there (or near there) and are strongly associated with them in terms of style/scenes/songs: London - The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Who, The Clash, Ian Dury (also associated with Essex), Squeeze, Madness, Blur, various grime/rap acts (e.g. Dizzee Rascal, Stormzy) Manchester - Joy Division/New Order, The Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis Liverpool - The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Coral Cardiff and The Valleys of South Wales - Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals Sheffield - Joe Cocker, Human League/Heaven 17, ABC, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys Hull - The Housemartins/Beautiful South Leeds - The Wedding Present Newcastle - The Animals, Lindisfarne West Midlands (inc Birmingham , Coventry, Wolverhampton & Black Country) - Moody Blues, The Move/ELO, Black Sabbath, Slade, The Specials, The Beat, UB40, The Wonderstuff, Pop Will Eat Itself, Ned's Atomic Dustbin Bristol - Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Ronnie Size Leicester - Kasabian Canvey Island - Dr Feelgood Edinburgh - The Proclaimers Glasgow - Alex Harvey Belfast - Them/Van Morrison Derry - The Undertones

[@pauldaniels2019]

The Chicago blues guys: Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Elmore James St. Louis: Chuck Berry Macon, Ga: Allman Bros. Erie, PA: The Wonders. ;)

[@BeckyLStoutWriter]

Well, see now you have to do a Listography for The Clarks. Thanks, Joe!

[@TheGenreman]

As a Londoner the big three for me are madness, squeeze and the clash

[@chip9649]

London has so many great bands

[@tomunderwood238]

Dave Clark Five

[@davidpalmer9014]

NYC: Lou Reed, the Ramones, Blondie, Velvet Underground, Beastie Boys

[@milescory8928]

Throw in A Tribe Called Quest and The Strokes

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@milescory8928 throw in Talking Heads

[@davidpalmer9014]

Even though the Talking Heads were a big part of the NYC scene, I don't think of them as especially New Yorky.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@davidpalmer9014 hmm - why? because no leather jackets?

[@davidpalmer9014]

Help! I have been zinged!

[@danny1959]

I agree with Jason. KISS is a New York City band. Alice Cooper, MC5, and The Stooges are all Detroit bands.

[@sherryraisbeck9547]

Cheap Trick ~ Rockford Illinois..everybody and their grandma's, and throughout the tri-state area knew and listened to this band.....i agree with Jason, when I think of KISS I think of New York...🎶🎵rolln numbers, rocknroll, got my Kiss records Ouuttt🎵🎶📻😁😁😁

[@ChesterCopperpott02]

When I think of Huey Lewis and the News I think about:DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town Boston and Baton Rouge Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City Seattle, San Francisco too Everywhere there's music, real live music Bands with a million styles But it's still that some old rock and roll music That really, really drives 'em wild.....

[@realCaptainSanta]

Van Morrison - Belfast

[@lfbl7166]

There are so many artists that I associate with NYC. Someone mentioned Lou Reed in the comments and I agree completely. And what about Television and New York Dolls?

[@tayloroquinn1976]

I'm late to the party by 2 hours, and already there's a laundry list of artists. Nice to see! I'll add my 2 pennies: 1. Big Star -- Memphis, TN 2. Funkadelic & Parliament -- Plainfield, N.J. 3. Real Estate -- Ridgewood, N.J. 4. Grizzly Bear -- Brooklyn, N.Y. 5. Yo La Tengo -- Hoboken, N.J. 6. Todd Rundgren -- Philadelphia, PA* 7. The Innocence Mission -- Lancaster, PA* * I mention the last two b/c I wanted PA to be on the map more. I lived there for a few years, and have an affinity for it.

[@pauldaniels2019]

Speaking of Hoboken . . . Sinatra

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

the band Live from York, PA

[@tayloroquinn1976]

@@pauldaniels2019 So true 👍

[@tayloroquinn1976]

@badfishy911 Yes! I had totally forgotten about that fantastic duo!

[@tayloroquinn1976]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Happy to add them to the roster!

[@markgatica12]

Prince - Minneapolis Beatles - Liverpool The Doors, Van Halen, X - LA Bob Seger, White Stripes, Alice Cooper - Detroit Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Strokes, Interpol, Blondie - NYC Talking Heads - RISD B-52s, REM - Athens Springsteen- Asbury Park, NJ Gary Clark, Jr. - Austin Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane/Starship - San Fancisco David Bowie, The Clash - London J. Geils Band - Boston/Detroit Arcade Fire - Montreal The Killers - Las Vegas I'm gonna stop here. I could keep going all day.

[@lubilou64]

My hometown of Southend here in the UK had a massive "Pub Scene" back in the '70's with the likes of Eddie and the Hotrods, Dr Feelgood to mention just a couple. Wilko Johnson (ex Dr Feelgood) pops into The Railway Arms every once in a while to jam along with live bands. The Wilko Johnson Band is still going strong with the bassist from Ian Dury & the Blockheads (Norman Watt-Roy - incredible bass player). Going into the '80's and about 5 miles down the road we have Basildon, birth place of Depeche Mode and Yazoo. Also another 80's band, the very excellent Talk Talk, with their bassist Paul Webb and drummer Lee Harris also coming from Southend. Just to give you an idea geographically, we're about 40 miles east of London :) Have a good day guys!

[@burmajones803]

I just watched Oil City Confidential about Dr. Feelgood. Loved their story. Is Canvey Island anywhere near Southend?

[@lubilou64]

@@burmajones803 👍🏻 Canvey is about 3 miles down the road from Southend town but Canvey comes under the Southend post code (zip code).

[@burmajones803]

The Minutemen - San Pedro, or, for Mike Watt and D Boon, San Peedro.

[@edgustafson]

Nobody represents San Pedro like the Minutemen.

[@burmajones803]

@@edgustafson Truth.

[@roberthardin2133]

having lived in SF from 80-84, there was a strong musical identity with the popular bands based there. on the radio you could not get away from Huey Lewis, Grateful Dead, Romeo Void, Y&T (to name a few), but the band who cemented the Bay Area association would be the Jefferson Starship ("We Built This City" anyone?). Los Angeles gets associated with the Doors for me thanks to LA Woman. Yellow Magic Orchestra name checks Tokyo. Rush name checks Toronto via the airport YYZ. the Clash, London Calling; the Smiths, "Oh Manchester/so much to answer for"; and 2 bands that named themselves after their hometown, Boston and Chicago; Australian bands don't usually talk too much about where they're from, but the exception is Men at Work who are from a land "Down Under"

[@painless465]

Bands with members from Long Island; Velvet Underground,Blue Oyster Cult,Mountain,Twisted Sister,Good Rats,Dream Theater,De La Soul.Public Enemy,The Lemon Twigs,Northern State,Sunflower Bean,Vanilla Fudge

[@TorinoHammer]

From a UK perspective many artists are very associated with certain cities and regions Van Morrison- Belfast Andy Partridge-Swindon Black Sabbath- Birmingham Oasis/Smiths/Hollies/10cc- Manchester Stones/kinks- London Beatles- Liverpool Specials/Selector-Coventry ABC/Human League/Heaven17/Artic Monkeys-Sheffield Genesis/Pink Floyd/Yes in fact many prog rock bands associated with private Education institutions Manic Street Preachers/Tom Jones-Wales

[@johnmcwatters887]

Willie Nelson Texas

[@Ras137]

Kramzer...The Viper room didn't open till 93...I think The Troubadour was GNR most frequent club show in their early LA Days.

[@slaydesaid8741]

Lou Reed NYC is a definite. I also definitely connect The Mamas and the Papas with California.

[@doctorfutou]

Outside the ones you mentioned, I would add the following Rush -Toronto (also my hometown) Nazareth -Scotland Neil Diamond -NY Van Halen -California The Waterboys-Scotland And Midnight Oil ...I just think Australia

[@roxannewalsh]

Like Kramzer said, they do not necessarily need to sing about it. It is, you think the band and automatically think the city or vice versa. Lou Reed NYC Dr. John New Orleans Grateful Dead San Francisco Fela Kuti Lagos, Nigeria Joe Ely Texas (rural) Van Morrison Belfast, Ireland Alex Harvey Glasgow, Scottland Peter Tosh Kingston, Jamaica David Bowie Berlin, Germany (yes, yes...) Ian Dury London Chuck Berry St Louis JJ Cale Tulsa Caravan Canterbury Leonard Cohen Montreal Midnight Oil Sidney (or rather Australia in general) Miles Davis Paris, France (this is my personal association and it may just come from some of his 60s recordings and the many classic black and white pictures from the era when he was in Europe?) Björk Iceland J.Geils Band Boston I also (falsly?) associate a lot of musicians with Memphis, TN, probably because of Sun Records and Beale Street

[@pulsar861]

San Francisco - Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver, etc Detroit - Mitch Ryder New York - Ramones, Lou Reed

[@davidr5250]

Lindisfarne and Jimmy Nail from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

[@kevinmcardle4087]

1. Springsteen - specifically The Jersey Shore 2. The Smiths - O, Manchester, so much to answer for 3. R.E.M. - Athens GA 4. Prince - Minneapolis 5. Pearl Jam - Seattle

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

B 52's the other Athens band

[@Ryan-F.Y.T.S2006]

the doors - LA Kurt Vile - Philly The Cars - Boston lou reed - nyc neil young - Toronto the black keys - akron beatles - liverpool ac/dc - australia rammstein - germany aic - seattle

[@burmajones803]

BTW If you are a rock doc fan, watch Oil City Confidential, about the band Dr. Feelgood. Excellent, and gives you a great sense of their hometown, Canvey Island. Weird place.

[@burmajones803]

It's on the Criterion Channel right now, if any of you have that service.

[@mrp4242]

4:00 A shout out to my area (Boise-Boy-see). Nice. Yeah. Not a lot of bands from here.

[@k-dogg711]

The Strokes (New York) was the first band I thought of from this prompt. The Beatles (Liverpool) is also a pretty obvious one!

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

and also Echo and The Bunnymen and Frankie Goes To Hollywood from Liverpool

[@usmcfutball]

How about 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy'? The "city slick" Captain evokes Reg Dwight's London beginnings. And the Brown Dirt Cowboy speaks of Bernie's love and respect for Americana...John Dillinger, Marilyn Monroe and Roy Rogers. Cheers!

[@ThePhysicalillusion]

The band Kansas evokes the state to me pretty decently. Angra evokes Brazil for me with the tribal rhythms on Holy Land and prog metal leanings that the Iron Maiden fanatics down there probably like. I was so close to being an Athens resident around the time R.E.M. formed. My parents lived there for awhile in the 70’s since my dad went to college at the University of Georgia, but moved back up to NJ a few months before I was born in September of 1979 (and it’s the state I’ve lived my whole life).

[@burmajones803]

The fact that Kansas' founding members are actually from Kansas--I had never really associated them with their namesake state even though they had that name. Shows how dim I am. Dust in the Wind? Had to be from Kansas. Duh.

[@burmajones803]

The Hold Steady - Minneapolis. Finn drops Twin Cities references all over the place.

[@keithmarus8554]

They’re from Brooklyn. I’m thinking where the act is from. That’s what I think of

[@burmajones803]

@@keithmarus8554 You are right. They live in Brooklyn, but Craig Finn, the lead singer and songwriter, is from the Twin Cities, as is at least one other of the band members. Like I said, Finn references places in the Twin Cities metro all the time in the songs he writes. Stuck Between Stations is but one example. There are dozens, maybe even hundreds of references. There's even a wiki page devoted to annotating them.

[@kevtruth]

Joe, our boys Jellyfish are from San Francisco, although I don't necessarily associate them with the city. They almost sound British

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Yeah I wouldn’t have guessed San Fran based on their sound. - Joe

[@tzurlifshitz6938]

Chicago is literally called chicago to remind you they’re from chicago

[@gringosdarr]

Similar vibes with The Dubliners and Portishead

[@simonvaughan6017]

The Stranglers were originally called the Guildford Stranglers, but I don't particularly associate their music with the town.

[@burmajones803]

But Asia is not from Asia, so this is not a given.

[@simonvaughan6017]

@@burmajones803 True, though America were from America, and Europe were from Europe.

[@burmajones803]

@@simonvaughan6017 LOL. They were indeed, although America was actually formed in London. However, as I pointed out elsewhere in these comments, the band Texas is from Scotland, and Mission of Burma is not from Burma, so these things are not given. Safe to say Manfred Mann's Earth Band is from Earth though. 😊

[@scottmcrae3355]

RUSH- Toronto, Ontario. Guided By Voices-Dayton,Ohio, The Replacements-Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[@usmcfutball]

Two from Pennsylvania: Live - The pride of York,...and The Wonders - Putting Eire on the freakin' map!

[@independenceltd.]

One could definitely argue for Sinatra and "New York, New York". But when I think NYC I think of Ramones. Even before Kiss, BOC or...the New York Dolls.

[@moleholemolehole]

Hall and Oates Philadelphia

[@chrisdelisle3954]

Robert Pollard / Guided By Voices - Dayton, OH Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers - Gainesville, FL MC5 - the Motor City 5 - Detroit Boston - I'm guessing...Boston? Elvis Presley - Memphis, TN Black Sabbath - Birmingham, England

[@shoogerkane]

wow. too many to name, but off the top of my head.... Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Ramones, Blondie, all quintessential New York City. then there's the whole L.A. metal scene with Motley Crue and others (lots of others in hair metal) L.A. punk with Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, etc. Nashville country artists. Just a pretty huge category. and then there's London. Where do I start? Also, Manchester UK scene. New orleans has Dr. John, Fats Domino, The Meters, Neville Brothers, just to name a few. .

[@shoogerkane]

to add some Nola rap/hip hop artists: Juvenile, Master P, Lil Wayne, Big Freedia, etc.

[@BlindGordie]

I hate to go with Slipknot, but they are an easy pick as they're from Des Moines Iowa. Another band I can think of is Rush from Toronto, along with their buddies Max Webster who are also from Toronto... which is also where I'm from.

[@asmundgjystdal4204]

I see The Kinks as the perfect embodiment of London.

[@toonhkuitjes6382]

Elvis Presley - Memphis and Las Vegas Chicago - Chicago Beatles - Liverpool Bruce Springsteen - New Jersey Birmingham - Most early heavy metal bands (this one is the other way around where a city is identified with a particular genre as well as Seattle for grunge or soul for Detroit)

[@burmajones803]

NWA - Compton. Los Angeles. And Los Lobos is not just another band from East L.A.

[@independenceltd.]

1. The Beatles - Liverpool 2. Black Sabbath - Birmingham 3. The Clash - London 4. Motley Crue - L.A. 5. Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman - Detroit

[@robharrison8139]

California- Beach Boys Vermont- Phish New York City -Lou Reed/Velvet Underground

[@kenzoby8300]

Bruce Hornsby...Williamsburg John Cougar Mellencamp.... Indiana Dolly Parton...Tennessee Grateful Dead...San Fran

[@danh9764]

George Thorogood - Delaware. Allman Brothers - Georgia.

[@frangarcia7774]

VU, Ramones, Television, Blondie... And so many others:NY, Beach Boys :California, The Doors:L. A., New Order, The Smiths, Joy Division: Manchester, The Beatles :Liverpool, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Buffalo Tom: Boston, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky:Bristol... Fun little game

[@tenaciousbates]

Houston: Beyoncé Atlanta: TLC, Usher, Monica, Outkast... list goes on.

[@tommay631]

Chicago - Caribou Ranch. The Monkees - America. Bowie - Space. Zappa - Tinseltown.

[@zackamania6534]

“They Got the STEELY DAN T-Shirt” the DAN- NYC

[@jordynash4658]

Austin - Stevie Ray Vaughn and Janis Joplin

[@gringosdarr]

Liverpool - Echo & The Bunnymen; Manchester - Oasis; Newcastle - Dire Straits; Birmingham - Ozzy Osbourne; Oxford - Radiohead; Sheffield - Pulp; London - The Clash; Bristol - Tricky/Massive Attack; Leicester - Mark Morrison

[@RostyslavLogachov]

Black Sabbath & Electic Light Orchestra - Birmingham

[@kenzoby8300]

I married someone from Pittsburgh. And we got married in Pittsburgh. I had to hear all about Donny Iris that day from her friends.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

We don’t exactly have a vibrant rock scene. - Joe

[@painless465]

I love Ah Leah! Great song (were the Jaggerz from Pitt?)

[@wesleyorser4451]

Not sure if Thin Lizzy was the correct answer for band most associated with Dublin, Ireland...

[@independenceltd.]

Let me put your mind at ease, it was.

[@furaco77]

The Doors L.A. U2 Dublin The Beatles Liverpool Prince Minneapolis Bruce Springsteen New Jersey Oasis Manchester Van Morrison Belfast Neil Young Ontario

[@deanjonasson6776]

Pere Ubu: Cleveland Grand Funk: Flint Guess Who: Winnipeg Tragically Hip: Kingston The Band: Woodstock (not from there but most associated with that place/time) The Move/ELO: Birmingham Joni Mitchell: Laurel Canyon (she's actually from Fort MacLeod) Neu!: Düsseldorf Chicago: ah... give me a minute...

[@flaviojosefo7130]

I don't understand jokes about The Cranberries, they were really talented and unique. Probably the second most important irish rock band, even more than Thin Lizzy. They are from a small city in western coast of this island, in fact Dolores was born in a poor and rural district of less than 100 ihabitants.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

We were just messing with one of our commenters. Not a jab at the Cranberries.

[@edwardspearing5148]

Wherever Tony Joe White came from. Most probably was in his musical bones.. Professor Longhair NewLeanz Naw Leans.. Mamas n Papas /Beach Boys.. CALIFORNIA.. Ray Davies bona fide London.. Paul Heaton.. Any given Northern English city /large town of your choosing.. But its Lou Reed all the way New York.. The vocals alone.. Smalltown on Songs for Drella.. Charming.

[@edgustafson]

Regarding Guns N' Roses and L.A., I'd say you can probably extend that to pretty much every noteworthy hair metal band in the '80s. Which begs the question, why did those guys feel the need to wear so much leather and makeup? I've only been to L.A. a couple times, but on neither occasion was the weather appropriate for leather pants.

[@lfbl7166]

The most Irish artist of all must be Van Morrison. He also sings about his heritage quite a lot, sometimes about being Irish (Irish Heartbeat, One Irish Rover etc) and more often about Celtic spirituality in general (do a ranking of his albums some time). The Beach Boys made a career singing about an idealised Southern California lifestyle. Warren Zenón was very much LA in a darker way. The Kinks were incredibly English but more than anything they were a London band (Waterloo Sunset, Victoria). What about Bjork and Iceland? I don’t agree with associating The Pretenders with Ohio. It’s where Chrissie Hynde is from but the band has never been based there. They formed in London where she lived at the time and were very much a part of the British new wave scene.

[@billkeon880]

Dr John...New Orleans

[@srenkaarepetersen9034]

Can from Köln and Einstürzende Neubauten from Berlin.

[@greghansell5115]

Queen - London E.L.O. - Birmingham The Smiths - any seaside town in northern England with slate grey skies and Manchester Australian Crawl - Sydney Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Los Angeles Midnight Oil - Sydney

[@channingstrother]

A whole world of rappers. Eminem-Detroit, Lil Jon-Atlanta, Dr. Dre-Compton, Bones, Thugs and Harmony--Cleveland, Wale-DC. So far all of Philly has been left off, I think. Let's say Harold Melvin. Macon, Ga has quite a few, including the Little Richard and really the Allmans, although I would assign them to Atlanta. Chuck Berry--St. Louis. James Gang--Cleveland. Hank Ballard--Myrtle Beach, SC. Dylan-Hibbing, Mn. Buddy Holly-Lubbock, Tx. Elvis-Tupelo, Ms.

[@Sir_Eyeball]

The ones I immediately think of are probably not very known in the US: Amy MacDonald ---> Glasgow Die Toten Hosen ---> Düsseldorf Kaelan Mikla ---> Reykjavik When it comes to US artists it's hard for me to differentiate between the cities. I would go with Red Hot Chili Peppers for California and that sort of things, but no city in particular.

[@roxannewalsh]

Is Kraftwerk from Duesseldorf as well?

[@Sir_Eyeball]

@@roxannewalsh Had to look it up but yes they are! I don't feel a connection between them and Düsseldorf though.

[@andrewedwards8238]

Rolling Stones - London. Grateful Dead -San Francisco. NWA - LA. Public Enemy - New York

[@zaitsevvadym]

Metallica - San Francisco Nirvana - Seattle The Beatles - Liverpool Bob Marley - Jamaika AC/DC - Melbourne

[@Me-gs3uu]

Billy Joel - New York City The Beatles - Liverpool Elvis Presley - Memphis Prince - Minneapolis Stevie Wonder - Detroit

[@donallyons7504]

Do an mgmt albums ranking

[@robforzese5496]

Aerosmith from Boston

[@painless465]

Steve Tyler and Joey Kramer are from New York. Joe Perry New Hampshire

[@axelborner3460]

Athens - Widespread Panic, B 52's, REM Sacramento - Cake East LA - Los Lobos

[@guillembg9535]

Dr John, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Neville Brothers, Fats Dominos and a little bit Randy Newman to the New Orleans city.

[@marcussimendinger3065]

The pistols threw London in our faces, but the Kinks represented that town much better.

[@threestringsomg]

Oh and Caravan from Canterbury!

[@painless465]

and Soft Machine!

[@burmajones803]

It's okay Joe. No need to mention both St. Paul AND Minneapolis. It is called the Minneapolis Sound, after all. Pisses off all the St. Paulites, but they got the capitol so I thin they'll be fine.

[@brianmiller1077]

LA - Warren Zevon 'nuff said

[@northgeorgiahex6663]

Outkast - ATL Tom Petty - Gainesville FL

[@anthonysablan8650]

I think of Detroit when I think of the White Stripes cause Jack never shuts up about being from there

[@edgustafson]

Jack White has a long way to go before he catches up to Kid Rock in terms of not shutting up about Detroit.

[@bluerhumba1753]

Lou Reed~ New York, Dr John~ New Orleans, James Brown~ Atlanta Georgia, Elvis~ Memphis, Muddy Waters~ Mississippi, Funkadelic ~ Detroit, Black Sabbath~ Brum. The Dubliners, Ohio Players...

[@threestringsomg]

Oops deleted this comment lol....so here it is again... Massive Attack and Portishead, Bristol (Made me think are any other bands naming themselves the city or area they are from like Portishead??) The Levellers Brighton The Clash London

[@oppothumbs1]

Yeah maybe the only song by Billy Joel I like. Mostly he represents Schmaltz, NY The Replacements (and the lesser talented Prince) - Minnesota (a great music city) Neil Young and the Guess Who - Winnipeg, Canada Van Morrison - Belfast

[@TastesLikeMusic]

You’re boarding on heresy. - Joe

[@shoogerkane]

@@TastesLikeMusic I assume you are talking about the replacements vs prince regarding minneapolis. The 'Mats are one of my all time favorites, but I'd never say they're more talented than prince!

[@burmajones803]

Westerberg is a better lyricist than Prince, I think, but otherwise, no, the Purple One is an all around genius. Unmatched by anyone.

[@EvanB9487]

Yinz are great!

[@billkeon880]

Chicago from Chicago

[@independenceltd.]

Are Chicago and Boston too easy?

[@burmajones803]

Yes, but maybe no? After all, Asia isn't from Asia. Mission of Burma isn't from Burma. The band Texas is from Scotland. But Europe is from Europe. And America is from America even though they formed in London.

[@scorpiorising3741]

Fats Domino - New Orleans Bjork and Of Monsters and Men - Iceland Bob Seger, MC5 and the Stooges - Detroit Ramones - New York

[@simonboyers4917]

With regards to accents: I can detect New York, The South but rest is just American (and that includes Canada).

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Chicago and Boston are both distinctive - i know yer being funny but "the south" has many regional accents

[@keithmarus8554]

Prince

[@alanboas810]

RANDY NEWMAN- I LOVE 💕 LA. PET SHOP BOYS- WEST END GIRLS.

[@catsofsherman1316]

Velvet Underground NYC Jefferson Airplane San Fran Buck Owens Bakersfield

[@corleth84]

MC5 (close enough to... Detroit), The Cars (Boston)... to avoid the obvious choice...