Music Thread With A Twist

[troutman]

I'll start this one. Name a city or region, and the next poster has to name bands that come from there. Then, pick another place.

Name three (3) bands or artists from Minnesota:

[looooob]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 10:43 AM
I'll start this one. Name a city or region, and the next poster has to name bands that come from there. Then, pick another place.

Name three (3) bands or artists from Minnesota:
Husker Du, the Replacements, Prince

Winnipeg

[Displaced Flames fan]

Wooohoo Troutman! 2 of my favorite subjects in one thread, music and geography!

1. Prince
2. Husker Du
3. Soul Asylum


Edited: Shamed by the genius that is Loooooob. :(

[octothorp]

Originally posted by looooob+Aug 12 2004, 04:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (looooob @ Aug 12 2004, 04:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-troutman@Aug 12 2004, 10:43 AM
I'll start this one. Name a city or region, and the next poster has to name bands that come from there. Then, pick another place.

Name three (3) bands or artists from Minnesota:
Husker Du, the Replacements, Prince

Winnipeg [/b][/quote]
Weakerthans, Guess Who, Watchmen


Scotland

[troutman]

Big Country
Franz Ferdinand
Nazareth

Athens, Georgia (2)?

[looooob]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 11:03 AM
Big Country
Franz Ferdinand
Nazareth

Athens, Georgia (2)?
rem
b-52s
indigo girls

halifax

[Displaced Flames fan]

REM
B-52's

I'm obviously too slow for this thread.

[looooob]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Aug 12 2004, 11:07 AM
REM
B-52's

I'm obviously too slow for this thread.
ah I"m sure it's not you...it's your computer (besides all that triple posting you are doing is slowing you down) ;)

[RougeUnderoos]

Ha ha ha ha.

[troutman]

Halifax:

Sloan
Super Friendz
Ashley MacIssac

Germany(3)?

[RougeUnderoos]

Kraftwerk
Rammstein
Hasselhoff

San Francisco

[troutman]

SF:

Metallica
Call and Response
Journey
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead

Seattle (name 10)?

[looooob]

10?

tough

Heart
Hendrix
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Tad
Mudhoney
Green River
Mother Love Bone
Soundgarden
Fastbacks (were they from Seattle?)

assuming I'm right.....Manchester

[troutman]

Good Job on Seattle! Also, Screaming Trees, Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Queensryche, Posies.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/popm...086_nite20.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/popmusicnightlife/2001861086_nite20.html)

Can only think of one Manchester band now, so I'll leave that one for another.

[looooob]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 11:21 AM
Good Job on Seattle! Also, Screaming Trees, Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Queensryche, Posies.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/popm...086_nite20.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/popmusicnightlife/2001861086_nite20.html)

Can only think of one Manchester band now, so I'll leave that one for another.
yoinks Screaming Trees and Posies two of my favorite bands. what was I thinking?

edit: I"ve been listening to the Shins record alot lately too, had no clue they were from the Pacific NW

[troutman]

I thought the Shins were from New Mexico. Maybe they moved to Seattle.

[peter12]

3 good bands from London.

[troutman]

Sorry I'm posting so much, but this one is fun . . .

Manchester:

New Order
Stone Roses
Oasis
James

I knew two before I consulted this site:

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/A-Z.htm

What a great scene.

New Zealand (3)?

[looooob]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 11:38 AM
Sorry I'm posting so much, but this one is fun . . .

Manchester:

New Order
Stone Roses
Oasis
James

I knew two before I consulted this site:

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/A-Z.htm

What a great scene.

New Zealand (3)?
The Smiths would have been an obvious answer too, but well solved

I'll sit back on New Zealand for a few minutes to let someone else enter the fray

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 11:38 AM
Sorry I'm posting so much, but this one is fun . . .

Manchester:

New Order
Stone Roses
Oasis
James

I knew two before I consulted this site:

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/A-Z.htm

What a great scene.

New Zealand (3)?
Holy crap what else do they do in Manchester?

Bee Gees
Buzzcocks
Charlatans
Chemical Brothers
808 State
The Fall
Godley & Creme
Happy Mondays
Herman's Hermits
ONe of the Monkees
The guy from Thin Lizzy
Morissey &
The Smiths
Joy Division
Finley Quaye
Simply Red
and a million others that you might have heard of (but I haven't)

[habernac]

Originally posted by troutman@Aug 12 2004, 11:38 AM
Sorry I'm posting so much, but this one is fun . . .

Manchester:

New Order
Stone Roses
Oasis
James

I knew two before I consulted this site:

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/A-Z.htm

What a great scene.

New Zealand (3)?
Humble Pie, Killing Floor and Split Enz


How about 5 from New York City?

[RougeUnderoos]

The Ramones
Velvet Underground
The Strokes
Simon and Garfunkel
Beastie Boys

Three from New Jersey

[octothorp]

New Jersey:

Bruce Springsteen
Frank Sinatra
Jon Bon Jovi

and my favorite indie-college rock band, Yo La Tengo

four from quebec

[looooob]

Originally posted by octothorp@Aug 12 2004, 12:30 PM
New Jersey:

Bruce Springsteen
Frank Sinatra
Jon Bon Jovi

and my favorite indie-college rock band, Yo La Tengo

four from quebec
Province of Quebec?

Mitsou
the Box
Men Without Hats
Corey Hart

oooh those are some bad ones. I'll throw in Voivod. that should help

State of Illinois

[RougeUnderoos]

Chicago
Smashing Pumpkins
Liz Phair

Detroit Rock City

[troutman]

Detroit:

Iggy Pop (Stooges)
MC5
White Stripes
Ted Nugent
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Eminem
Madonna

Boston (5) and "Boston" does not count?

[Reaper]

Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Aug 12 2004, 11:12 AM
Kraftwerk
Rammstein
Hasselhoff

San Francisco
Hey, just because David Hasslehoff is big in Germany doesn't mean he's from there! I call shennanigans! :o

[looooob]

Boston eh?

Not much of a college town, to quote Spinal Tap but still

um Pixies, Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr

Kingston Ontario

[troutman]

Boston eh?

Not much of a college town, to quote Spinal Tap but still

LOL!

Also, The Cars, Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block, Throwing Muses.
EDIT; Mission of Burma, Mighty Might Bosstones

[octothorp]

Originally posted by looooob@Aug 12 2004, 08:03 PM
Boston eh?

Not much of a college town, to quote Spinal Tap but still

um Pixies, Buffalo Tom, Juliana Hatfield, lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr

Kingston Ontario
Tragically Hip
Headstones
Sarah Harmer
David Usher

three from Washington, DC

[troutman]

Washington DC:

Bad Brains
Fugazi
Dave Grohl (from Virgina - suburban Washington?)

Calgary (5)?

[octothorp]

mico
ronnie hayward
reverie sound revue
national dust
jann arden

next: three from saskatchewan

[troutman]

Sask:

Northern Pikes
Colin James
Wide Mouth Mason

Japan(3)?

[troutman]

Let's keep this going . . .

Japan:

Shonen Knife
5,6,7,8s
The Plastics

Ireland (8)?

[octothorp]

Does Riverdance count as a band?

U2
The Pogues
Irish Rovers
The Cranberries
Delores Keane
The Cheiftains
The Corrs
Sinead O'Connor
Boyzone

Four from Oregon

[troutman]

Oregon:

Everclear
Modest Mouse
Dandy Warhols
Cherry Poppin' Daddies

http://www.pdxnet.net/bands/atoz.html

Jamaica (5) (in honour of the upcoming Reggae Festival in Calgary)?

[calgaryred]

okay

BobMarley (obviously)

Burning Spear

Black Uhuru

in the spirit of the olympics name 3 bands from greece

[octothorp]

Hmmm... Greece is really tough. Can't think of any famous greek bands or singers. Here's some obscure ones, though:

Tiesto
Aphrodite's Child
Rotting Christ



Here's a three-part one:
three from Norway
three from Sweden
three from Finland

[calgaryred]

ok I take that challenge

NORWAY

Dimmu Borgir to all the black metal fans out there
AHA
Secret Garden



SWEDEN

ABBA probably the biggest group to come out
of Sweden
CARDIGANS

BLINDSIDE take did a song for NHL 2003


FINLAND

AMORPHIS the only music that i have heard from
Finland has been metal
APOCALYPTICA

SENTENCED


can someone name 3 groups from France

[troutman]

Originally posted by calgaryred@Aug 13 2004, 06:01 PM
okay

BobMarley (obviously)

Burning Spear

Black Uhuru

in the spirit of the olympics name 3 bands from greece
I think Nana Mouskouri is Greek. B)

[looooob]

hmmm France

Air
Daft Punk
Vanessa "Mrs Johnny Depp" Paradis

5 bands from Southern California

[peter12]

I can do 3... 5 is too hard.

Rancid
The Doors?
Beach Boys?

[troutman]

If Southern Cali. includes LA, there are many candidates:

No Doubt
Guns N Roses
Motley Crue
Los Lobos
Blasters
Frank Zappa
Poison
Eagles
Tom Petty
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Knack
Van Halen
Steely Dan

How about Texas (6)?

[Displaced Flames fan]

ZZ Top
Pantera
Willie Nelson
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
Roy Orbison
Buddy Holly


How about Virginia?

P.S. I had Tom Petty originally, but I think that's wrong.

[calgaryred]

it was tricky but here they are
artists from virginia


Statler Brothers

Roy Clark

Dave Matthews Band




Artists from Arizona name three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[troutman]

Arizona:

Calexico
Meat Puppets
Linda Ronstadt

Re: Tom Petty - started in FLA, but has been in SoCal for a long time.

St. Louis, Missouri (3)?