The Unfan

Well with a list like that I'm not too surprised.

Janszoon

lol

FireInCairo

most of those genres bore me to tears...
the only good punk band from the USA outside of new york i can think of off the top of my head is black flag...
im not bagging new york
my statement was limited to the rest of america which seems intent on producing ****ty hippie throwback music, corporate rock radio, insipid country, and horrendous hip hop.

of course there are exceptions
just not heaps...

and what is zydeco??


and with regards to my listening of sea shanties....what you got against sea shanties???
haha

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ProggyMan

You must have really limited taste.

Janszoon

Wow. You just completely dismiss genres as broad as jazz with the wave of a hand. That's realy something.

How about Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Seven Seconds, X, Fear, Flipper, The Misfits, etc., etc.

Well, talking about American music without including New York is like talking UK music without including London, but here's a heap of American artists that aren't from New York for you:

An Albatross
Big Black
Book of Knots
Busdriver
Dalek
Death
Devo
Dillenger Escape Plan
DRI
Dropkick Murphys
Earth
The Faint
Flaming Lips
Fugazi
Jane's Addiction
David Garza
Grandaddy
Husker Du
Kill Me Tomorrow
Land of the Loops
Lightning Bolt
The Locust
Los Lobos
Madlib
Taj Mahal
Man Man
Mastodon
Mates of State
Matmos
The MC5
Mirah
The Modern Lovers
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Lif
Need New Body
Neurosis
Pelican
Pig Destoyer
The Pixies
Iggy Pop
Racebannon
REM
Rocket from the Crypt
Scratch Acid
Secret Chiefs 3
Slayer
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Social Distortion
Sunn 0)))
Tortoise
Trans Am
Tom Waits
Wall of Voodoo
Ween
Gary Wilson
Stevie Wonder


Wikipedia is your friend.

Kamikazi Kat

In terms of laying the foundations for so many new genres and styles of music to the world and in terms of the amount of bands being produced (both good and band), the US is at the top. Other countries as well as the US have done so much to push these genres to new heights however. Even if you don't really like some of the big genres that came from America (Blues and Jazz for example), its still a fact that many of your bands wouldn't be here if it weren't for those genres. I agree with Loose Lips that no specific country really does a specific genre better then another though, although there may be more bands in America for a specific genre then in another country, that doesn't mean that country is better at it.

What I've seen so far is so many post based soley on preference instead of fact. Theres nothing wrong with saying "I like more bands from *insert country here*." But when it starts coming to something like "I like more bands from *insert country here* which means they produce the best music," thats when the whole arguement goes to ****.

In terms of personal taste, most of my favorite bands tend to be American, but I also love bands from other countries. Mr. Bungle (and the various solo projects produced by its members), John Zorn, The Locust, Lightning Bolt, captain Beefheart, Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem, Hella and many others are from America. The bands I listen to from other countries is much more limited, but is expanding.

The Unfan

Its between U.K. and America. I'm not decided yet as I think 90s till now America has gotten it by a long shot, while the UK gets most of the past with the exception of jazz, which again was America dominated. I'll have to give it more thought.

GreenStreet

also populair way back was during beat generation (writers)
they described music a lot in books, take on the road of jack kerouac (don't know if it's spelled right)
the music was so beloved back than that they wrote pages about it

so still america, even though uk has great music aswell

FireInCairo

you spelt it right
im a big beat fan.
those cats and their jazz
never really got the whole jazz thing

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GreenStreet

haha me neither, but i enjoyed the way they talked about it and beat, it fellt like i was there myself, and that's why i prefer usa