Which Rock Stars Are From Your Hometown?

Question

Wanna know something interesting? Al Jourgensen may have been from Chicago, but he lives in my hometown now... have talked to him a couple of times

The artists from my hometown:

Bobby Fuller
Debbie Reynolds

At The Drive In
The Mars Volta
Sparta

These three bands put our city on a map - but so did Marty Robbins

Oh yeah, and Debbie Reynolds and Marty Robbins aren't rock stars but I figured, they were regarded as the equivalent during the golden age of music and cinema nonetheless

Ah - Bettierage, you must be from the "city of sin" ... I really miss the Double Down Saloon - the best jukebox in the world!

Answer 1

Smashing Pumpkins, Fall Out Boy, Veruca Salt, Chicago, Chi-Lites, Ministry, Styx, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, The Impressions.......

Sweet Home Chicago!

Answer 2

The Fireballs their biggest hit was "Sugar Shack" They still live in Clovis, NM. Check out Norman Petty Studio. I will add a link below. Also

By 1956, a frustrated Buddy Holly first came by the studio.
Buddy Knox, Roy Orbison, The Fireballs, String-A-Longs,
and countless others helped make Norman Petty one of the first independent
producers of rock & roll, and one of its most successful.

Norman & Vi played on several of Buddy’s recordings,
with Norman also receiving co-writing credit for many of Buddy & The Crickets’ hits.
He managed the group until the early 60s; The Crickets were signed to Liberty Records,
and Norman got busy with The Fireballs & String-A-Longs,
who recorded the smash hit “Wheels”, and earned another BMI Writers Award for Norman

Answer 3

ZZ Top
Kenny Rogers
Barbara Mandrell
Archie Bell (of The Drells)
Beyonce/Destiny's Child
Point Blank
Larry Gatlin
Lightin' Hopkins
King's X
Roy Head
Albert Collins


Others are from close to here. People like Janis Joplin, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, & Bo Diddley. It's no more than a coupla hrs. drive from Houston to where they are from.


That's all the ones I can think of rite off the top of my head that come from Houston Texas.

Answer 4

ZZ Top
Kenny Rogers
Destiny's Child
Point Blank
King's X
Barbara Mandrell
Archie Bell
Roy Head
Albert Collins
Lightin' Hopkins
to name a few

Answer 5

How bout I list a few from the surrounding areas?

Isaac Brock - the Quah (Issaquah that is...but it seems he's living in Portland now)
Chris Cornell - Seattle
Seaweed - Tacoma
MXPX - Bremerton
Andrew Wood - Bainbridge Island

There was a metal band called Forced Entry and one of the members lived in Lynnwood.

Don't think I need to list the most obvious.

Answer 6

That's true about Jourgensen. He ditched Chicago after supplying heroin to a local poet who then ended up ODing. I like Ministry and all but you can keep old Al, lol. We used to have an awesome music scene in the 90's. Now we have:

Plain White T's
Fall Out Boy
The Academy Is...
Chevelle
Madina Lake
Disturbed

Draw your own conclusions.

Kraziegurl listed all the great stuff from the glory days, good job.

Chuck Mangione rocks, LMAO!

Answer 7

Dr. John, Neville Brothers, "Fats" Domino, Louis Armstrong, Zebra, Better Than Ezra, Phil Anselmo (Pantera/Down), Cowboy Mouth

My hometown New Orleans, LA

Answer 8

Bruce Springsteen,Bon Jovi,Billy Joel

Answer 9

Philadelphia Area
Anti-Flag
August Burns Red

Answer 10

John Bush of Armored Saint and Anthrax