YOUR local band scene: GOOD or BAD???

PRESOMNIAguitar · 08-21-2011, 10:34 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, 10:57 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, 12:07 AM

Complete ****.

Guybrush · 08-22-2011, 02:07 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, 06:31 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, 07:02 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.

PRESOMNIAguitar · 08-22-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

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.

Have you ever heard of a band called "Vices?" I think they are from that area as well. I was just curious to see if they had any kind of buzz going on for them.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 08-22-2011, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrd00d

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.

The avant-garde lineage of that area is astounding. I would not complain.

Mrd00d · 08-26-2011, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

The avant-garde lineage of that area is astounding. I would not complain.

Thank my lucky stars for that. Still have to dig deep to find out about the bands and shows... It's a big area.

IWP · 08-22-2011, 07:23 AM

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

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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 07:53 AM.

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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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