YOUR local band scene: GOOD or BAD???

PRESOMNIAguitar · 08-21-2011, 11:34 PM

Where are you from and is your local music scene doing a great job of putting your area on the map or not???

Alfred · 08-21-2011, 11:57 PM

I have a terrible music scene around here. It's a rural county, for one, so there aren't many bands in the first place and barely any venues. To make matters worse, the bands that do form are one of the following: cover bands, generic imitation hard rock bands, or metalcore bands.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 08-22-2011, 01:07 AM

Complete ****.

Guybrush · 08-22-2011, 03:07 AM

It's pretty good here, I think. We got a nice mix of singer songwriters, folk artists who sing folk songs or shanties, rock bands, punk bands, metal bands, blues bands and even some country. There is something like a small underground music scene here for the lesser known bands whose main arena is a small annual garden festival where our band also play.

A very few of these musicians are famous on a national scale.

IWP · 08-22-2011, 07:31 AM

The only good thing about the music scene here in Philly, is that it has pretty good industrial, drum & bass, and dubstep scenes. A good rest of the local music around here blows though, unless you're into screamo and generic emo sounding pop punk. X(

Mrd00d · 08-22-2011, 08:02 AM

Bay Area has fairly decent underground hip-hop, plus the semi-mainstream hyphy movement.

There's a good few experimental avant-garde metal bands.

There seems to be interesting indie in San Francisco...

It's not bad...

It's far from idyllic though.

IWP · 08-22-2011, 08:23 AM

are they still playing neo-thrash down at the bay area?

LOLPOCALYPSE · 08-22-2011, 08:45 AM

Central Indiana is basically teeny-bopper hipster and post-hardcore bands, or the occasional Coldplay wannabes. The next best thing is a deathgroove band called The Surface from Ohio. They haven't released an album yet or anything, but you can find them on Facebook. Great band

Necromancer · 08-22-2011, 09:15 AM

I live in southeastern Ohio and there are some good musicians and bands that come from this rural area. One band that is right across the Ohio river in Pt Pleasant West Virginia has been opening up for major bands for the last couple of years now, their band name is Bobaflex.

Bobaflex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are 3 or 4 classic rock cover bands that have been playing for 30 years or so and they are all outstanding bands with good vocalist. Our band plays venues mostly in the Parkersburg, W.Va. and Belpre, Oh. area.

Our local band Blitzkrieg is one of the best classic rock cover bands in the area, these guys kick ass!

LoathsomePete · 08-22-2011, 09:47 AM

Reno's music scene is pretty shit. Like Alfred's scene, most of our bands are cover bands that play at casinos, generic hard rock imitators, and metalcore bands. There's also some sludge/ stoner metal bands, but they all want to either be Sleep or Down so hard it hurts. I think the only notable band to come out of Reno was 7 Seconds, and that's only if you like straight edge. Oh yes, for some reason Reno is a mecca for "straight edge" and it say it in quotations because it's actually classified as a gang by the local police because of the high amount of fights that break out during shows involving them. All in all, fuck this scene.

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PRESOMNIAguitar Groupie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 14	YOUR local band scene: GOOD or BAD??? Where are you from and is your local music scene doing a great job of putting your area on the map or not???

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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	I have a terrible music scene around here. It's a rural county, for one, so there aren't many bands in the first place and barely any venues. To make matters worse, the bands that do form are one of the following: cover bands, generic imitation hard rock bands, or metalcore bands. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	It's pretty good here, I think. We got a nice mix of singer songwriters, folk artists who sing folk songs or shanties, rock bands, punk bands, metal bands, blues bands and even some country. There is something like a small underground music scene here for the lesser known bands whose main arena is a small annual garden festival where our band also play. A very few of these musicians are famous on a national scale. __________________ Something Completely Different Last edited by Guybrush; 08-22-2011 at 08:53 AM.

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IWP A S T H E T I C Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 532	The only good thing about the music scene here in Philly, is that it has pretty good industrial, drum & bass, and dubstep scenes. A good rest of the local music around here blows though, unless you're into screamo and generic emo sounding pop punk. X( __________________ insert witty remark here

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Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	Bay Area has fairly decent underground hip-hop, plus the semi-mainstream hyphy movement. There's a good few experimental avant-garde metal bands. There seems to be interesting indie in San Francisco... It's not bad... It's far from idyllic though. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

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IWP A S T H E T I C Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 532	are they still playing neo-thrash down at the bay area? __________________ insert witty remark here

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LOLPOCALYPSE Aryan Wonder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 445	Central Indiana is basically teeny-bopper hipster and post-hardcore bands, or the occasional Coldplay wannabes. The next best thing is a deathgroove band called The Surface from Ohio. They haven't released an album yet or anything, but you can find them on Facebook. Great band

08-22-2011, 09:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	I live in southeastern Ohio and there are some good musicians and bands that come from this rural area. One band that is right across the Ohio river in Pt Pleasant West Virginia has been opening up for major bands for the last couple of years now, their band name is Bobaflex. Bobaflex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There are 3 or 4 classic rock cover bands that have been playing for 30 years or so and they are all outstanding bands with good vocalist. Our band plays venues mostly in the Parkersburg, W.Va. and Belpre, Oh. area. Our local band Blitzkrieg is one of the best classic rock cover bands in the area, these guys kick ass!

08-22-2011, 09:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Reno's music scene is pretty shit. Like Alfred's scene, most of our bands are cover bands that play at casinos, generic hard rock imitators, and metalcore bands. There's also some sludge/ stoner metal bands, but they all want to either be Sleep or Down so hard it hurts. I think the only notable band to come out of Reno was 7 Seconds, and that's only if you like straight edge. Oh yes, for some reason Reno is a mecca for "straight edge" and it say it in quotations because it's actually classified as a gang by the local police because of the high amount of fights that break out during shows involving them. All in all, fuck this scene. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too