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[x178x]

Decrepit Birth, Odious Mortem and Braindrill are all literally from my hometown.

I could probably go smoke one with Decrepit right now if I really wanted to, they're really chill dudes. My buddy used to get guitar lessons from their drummer, and my other friend used to get drum lessons from him.

I hate Braindrill, but my friend Ben works with their guitarist's mom at Safeway, and the guitarist's sister comes over to my buddy's house all the time. They're probably like a 5 minute drive from my house.

Other than that, it's all shitty hipster bands. :[

 

[Wi77iam]

AC/DC

 

[MFB]

Portland has The Surfacing, which will be huge in 2012.

But, really, Portland ain't got shit... unless you want to give credit to Everclear, She & Him, and The Decemberists.

I happen to enjoy the Decemberists, call me crazy I guess

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

We have Devin Townsend

 

[bluffalo]

About an hour south of here is Parkway Drive....... but i don't really like them.
An hour north.... Savage Garden

Can't really think of anything else at the moment.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

DAATH
Mastodon
Norma Jean
Becoming the Archetype
Sean Drover (of Megadeth)

That's it, off the top of my head. If you were to change gears and go to hip hop the list gets way longer.

Ying Yang Twins (originally from Miami, career started in ATL)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz
Outkast
T.I.
Ludacris (Originally from Chicago, career started in ATL "Welcome to Atlanta where the players play")
Dem Franchize Boyz
Usher
Ne-Yo
Soulja Boy
T-Pain (From tallahassee but resides in the A)
Akon
Cee-Lo
Young Jeezy

Basically any throw away pop hip hop song that has been obnoxiously infectious barring "In the Club" since about 2000.

Yeah, and Usher was born in Dallas, raised in Chattanooga.

Let's see from my area
Pantera
Toadies
Element 80
Burden Brothers
Fair to Midland
Embodyment
Sky Eats Airplane
Oh, Sleeper
A Dozen Furies
Faktion
Memphis May Fire
SouthFM
The Reverend Horton Heat

 

[Makelele]

Children of Bodom is from where I live.

Amorphis is from Helsinki (according to wikipedia).

It seems Stratovarius is from Helsinki too (according to Wikipedia).

Kingston Wall was from Helsinki.

Waltari

There's a few.

 

[JeffFromMtl]

Cryptopsy (Lord Worm lived in the same appartment building as a guy I know)
Neuraxis
(the) Plasmarifle
Augury
Martyr (From Trois-Rivieres, I think)
Gorguts (Quebec City?)
Kataklysm (Quebec City also, if I'm not mistaken)
Despised Icon
Beneath the Massacre
Quo Vadis
Steve Hill
Priestess
Blind Witness
The Last Felony
Camilla Rhodes
The Gorgeous
Mahogany Rush

SIMPLE PLAN

etc. etc. etc. Montreal's a pretty musical city.

 

[abysmalrites]

Not much talent out of vegas
the only popular bands i can think of are
Escape the fate
The killers
Panic at the disco
The Cab
Err that about all the famous or somewhat famous bands outta vegas that I can think of not amazing musicians though
lol

You have Guttural Secrete. I think they make up for all those bands.

 

[havocvulture10]

raymond herrera of fear factory went to my middle school i believe, if not him then one of the other guys from fear factory haha

 

[White Cluster]

Fate Warning-I work and am good friends with the brother of ex-bassist Joe Dibiase.
Hatebreed-from New Haven which is 2 towns over from me.
John Mayer and I apparently shopped at the same music store.
Let us not forget Black Metal artist extrordinaire----Michael Bolton

Oh and I forgot Vinnie Vincent.My mom worked with his sister.

 

[Seedawakener]

There are a few from Stockholm. Some of these I occasionally spot in town.

Candlemass
Opeth
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dismember
Entombed
Max Martin (went to the same school as I go to now)

 

[SerratedSkies]

There are a few from Stockholm. Some of these I occasionally spot in town.

Candlemass
Opeth
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dismember
Entombed
Max Martin (went to the same school as I go to now)

Epic win. Opeth + Yngwie = Game over.

 

[sothoth]

From Texas:

Absu
Devastation
Rigor Mortis
S.A. Slayer
D.R.I
Pantera
Fearless Iranians from Hell
Millions of Dead Cops
Butthole Surfers
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Devourment

 

[Randy]

Locally? All I can think of is Shadow's Fall, kinda.

 

[xXxPriestessxXx]

Locally? All I can think of is Shadow's Fall, kinda.

Coheed and Cambria

 

[Randy]

Oh yeah! Thanks for the save, love.

In that case, we'll also add 3 to the list.

 

[Decipher]

Tommy Chong (he spent a number of years in Calgary, where he discovered Pot, and I believe he also played live locally before moving to Vancouver....)
Jann Arden
Paul Brandt
Tegan & Sara

Really no Rock or Metal greats from this area I think....

 

[controversyking]

Scale the Summit!!!

ZZ Top is from Houston too, I think.



Nah, Memphis is all about that Three Six Mafia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's funny because I have virtually no rap on my iPod, but I have the entire Three Six catalog. Their old shit was just the right mix of hilarious lyrics and really good beats/basslines.

I'm from houston too, but we get some rights to Pantera (Dallas). Hmm what else... Destiny's Child (rofl). Yeah I'm dry here

 

[caughtinamosh]

Lyle Watt