Next big city explosion of music?

More talented than Blink 182?! (just messin' with ya)

It definately won't be Kansas City...Puddle of Mud has a hit song now, but they suck, so I doubt it'll be here.

 

I dont know about towns, but a lot of bands seem to be coming from the midwest area. Maybe itll be an area explosion next.

 

Atlanta has missed the boat on this many times. I'm amazed at the pool of talent and how consistently Atlanta seems to turn out world-class acts and players that nobody has or will ever hear. I'm also amazed at how many of them end up breaking up or fizzling out due to lack of commercial support. People in my neck of the woods just don't provide the passionate support for music like people in places like Austin, TX.

 

Well, I may have a strong opinion about Chicago, but there are a hell of a lot of talented bands from the CHi town area that are very talented. Some of which have been noticed in the last few years. Smashing P'kins, to name one (What a name dropper).

Ya know, there are talented musicians and bands everywere, and it's kind of a shame that they all aren't noticed and played on the radio. There isn't enough radio stations that are willing to play everything - from bands signed to big labels to bands that are self produced.

It's a rough business to make it in.

There is a lot of money being made by musicians, just a very low percantage of musicians making the money.

 

Tampa Bay would be nice.

 

It sure isn't going to be phoenix! Our music scene is what ever concert is happening at the America West Arena! And playing there this week is Snoop Dog.....oi

 

I don't know jr. Besides Hollister Frackus, I haven't heard too many talented bands here. Lower and Given are good bands, I'm just not sure that the style they play is going to get them much attention from big lables, and Lower just lost their singer.

Tell me some good bands that you have seen or know of. I want to get out and see some.

 

there are TONS of great bands around here...

Phat Phunktion :-D
Smokin with Superman
Youngblood Brass Band
Bumpus
Left Undone
American Standard


and those are just a few. i wouldn't be surprised at all.



jason

 

Unfortunately there isnt a whole lot going on in my hometown Madison Wi. which is a college town. The local bands are mostly rehased rock, fusion, and "funk" bands that play 20 year old standards.
No one here is really interested in creating anything original, thats why I travel so much. But there is lotsa cool stuff hapening in Chicagoland!!

 

Just wondering what bands you mean that came out of the London explosion? And how about India next, a sudden radical change in popular music tastes?

 

I think the scene in Atlanta is beginning to get it. With Outkast and India.Arie getting the acclaim that they deserve. There are about 6 acts that have been signed to 7 figure label deals that will be coming out in the beginning of next year. Maybe this time we'll get right.

 

Correction. As someone who is living and breathing in Austin, it seems people in this town only provide passionate support(i.e. radio, media coverage, advertising) if you belong to a select few bands that have been in this market for years and even they seem to fit in to a blues/rock or latin/rock catagory. I'm sure I'm going to be flamed for this but I really am doing my best to be biased on all of this. I think you area's chance of being "the next big thing" are really what you make it.

 

I'll tell you one thing, there won't be any Liverpool revival - the live scene is basically being swallowed up by the Cream "superclub". When you decide were the explosion is going to be, let me know so I can move there.

 

I reckon the next great act will be from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, or maybe from Bangkok, or Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit as the Taiwanese call it.

No reason, I just wanted to throw in some long (but genuine) placenames.

 

some people don't call that music.

I hope there is a jazz explosion in Seattle. IMO, Seattle is unlike a lot of cities like Boston, New York, etc that have every style of music. Plus not practicing is a plus here.

The only music explosion i consider here was people like the Ventures, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Wailers, etc. in the 60s.

 

Well, I don't know about London per se, but England in general was a bit of a hotbed in the late 70s / early 80s-- Sex Pistols (London?), Siouxsie && The Banshees (Bromley), The Cure, Sisters Of Mercy (Leeds), Joy Division / New Order (Manchester), Echo And The Bunnymen, Human League, Throbbing Gristle (Hull), Duran Duran, Bow Wow Wow (London), Adam And The Ants, Culture Club, Bauhaus, etc.

As for the *next* explosion... who knows? It's sure as hell not going to be San Francisco. The music scene was decimated a few years ago by the city government, who closed down MANY clubs and, and the ".dot" boom, which raised the rent so far that musicians couldn't survive.

 

YEAH!!! Chicago!!!

Liz Phair came out of Chicago, as well

The problem in Chicago is that I haven't noticed a certain "sound", aside from Blues. There are talented people here, but for some reason, Chicago gets overlooked as a great breeding ground for rock bands...I don't know why.