Name cities and their musical heritage

[nineofkings]

Providence:
Talking Heads
Deer Tick
Low Anthem
Les Savy Fav
Sage Francis
Dear Hunter
Downtown Boys

Not super famous except Talking Heads, but not a bad list.

[AnX]

Leeds:

Soft Cell
Sisters of Mercy

The natives would have me killed if I didn't add the Wedding Present, the (poor man's Blur) Kaiser Chiefs, Corrine Bailey-Rae, Utah Saints and Chumbawamba.

You missed the best one!

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

...and The Three Johns

.and Age of Chance!

Saw them live. They mimed. I threw my beer at them.

[fmr]

London, England:
.../...
Peter Gabriel
.../...

I just googled Peter Gabriel, because I was pretty sure he wasn't a Londoner, and I'm right. According to Wikipedia, he was born in Chobham, Surrey, and he started Genesis with his fellows in Charterhouse School. So, definitely not a Londoner.

[Numanoid]

Basildon:

Depeche Mode
Yazoo/Alison Moyet
John Jøn
Robert Marlow

[trampofnine]

Perth [Australia].

Eurogliders.
Jebediah.

[trampofnine]

Melbourne [Australia] from the Mornington Peninsula region [far out SE]

Australian Crawl.

[that's how specific I get. Better than a city. I give the part of the city!]

[Mister Natural]

Detroit : (partial list)
Aretha Franklin
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
4 Tops
Smokey Robinson
Wilson Pickett
Temptations
Supremes
Tommy Flanagan
Elvin Jones
Thad Jones
James Carter
Yosef Lateef
Kenny Burrell
Earl Klugh
Anita Baker
Marcus Belgrave
Madonna
Eminem
Bob Seger
George Clinton & Funkedelics
White Stripes
Bill Haley & the Comets
Question Mark & Mysterians
Grand Funk Railroad
Glenn Frey
Marshall Crenshaw
Alice Cooper
Sonny Bono
Iggy Pop
Kid Rock
Sufjan Stevens
MC 5
Romantics
Juan Atkins
Jeff Mills
Don Was

peace

[xalama qo]

More South Africans:
Eddie Kramer - Cape Town
Mutt Lange - Joburg, although born in Zambia
Trevor Rabin - Joburg

Born in SA...does that count?
Dave Matthews

[xalama qo]

Oh, and a ton of "World" musicians

[cryophonik]

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA:

The Replacements
Prince
The Jayhawks
Bob Dylan
Hüsker Dü/Bob Mould
Soul Asylum
The Time
Information Society
Urge Overkill
Babes in Toyland
Semisonic
Owl City
Atmosphere

...probably a bunch more that I'm missing.

[harryupbabble]

San Francisco, California:
Blue Cheer
Chris Isaak
Cold Blood
Counting Crows
Country Joe And The Fish
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks
Dead Kennedys
En Vogue
Faith No More
Green Day
Hot Tuna
Huey Lewis And The News
It's A Beautiful Day
Janis Joplin
Journey
Metallica
Moby Grape
Primus
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Santana
Sly And The Family Stone
Steve Miller Band
The Beau Brummels
The Call
The Donnas
The Doobie Brothers
The Grateful Dead
The Greg Kihn Band
The Jefferson Airplane (and Starship)
The Pointer Sisters
Tower Of Power
Xiu Xiu

Note: of course my source could be mistaken and lists are open to corrections. It's looking like America has quantity but obviously quality is subjective... world-wide.

[RichieWitch]

Seattle :

Jimi Hendrix
Nirvana
Pearl Jam

This is just pathetic .... try again:

Alice in Chains
Band of Horses
Candlebox
Critters Buggin
Death Cab For Cutie
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Harvey Danger
Heart
Jimi Hendrix
Judy Collins
Kenny G
Kenny Loggins
Macklemore
Melvins
Modest Mouse
Mother Love Bone
Mudhoney
Nirvana
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Pearl Jam
The Posies
Presidents of the United States of America
Queensrÿche
Quincy Jones
Ray Charles
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Soundgarden

Even this list isn't complete--Seattle's music heritage is huge.

[Redmerkurii]

Manchester, UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... Manchester

I know this is sorta cheating but there's too many to write down.

Also some are technically from Salford but it's only a few miles down the road.

Also included is The Verve (Wigan)

Mr. Scruff (Stockport)

etc.

Let the purists chime in and say who's Manc and who ain't. It's all good.

It's a big list and uses the qualifier of Greater Manchester which encompasses all the satellite towns around it which is roughly a 12 mile radius from the city centre.

[harryupbabble]

Manchesterians?

I have their music:
10cc
The Bee Gees
Buzzcocks
The Chameleons
The Chemical Brothers
Herman's Hermits
The Hollies
Davy Jones
Joy Division
Johnny Marr
Morrissey
Graham Nash
New Order
Oasis
The Outfield
Simply Red
The Smiths
John Squire
The Stone Roses
The Verve

I know of them:
808 State
Autechre
The Bodines
The Fall
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Mutineers
The Other Two
Swing Out Sister

[Rappo Clappo]

Nijmegen

Van Halen