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This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or were closely associated with the region for a significant part of the group's active existence. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they were primarily solo artists.
Pages in category "Musical groups from the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of 125 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The San Francisco bands' music was everything that AM-radio pop music wasn't. Their performances contrasted with the "standard three-minute track" that had become a cliché of the pop-music industry, due to the requirements of AM radio, to the sound capacity of the 45 RPM record, and to the limited potentials of many pop songs and song treatments.
The earliest documented roots of the Bay Area thrash scene date back to the formation of Exodus in 1979. [4] By the time the group recorded their full-length album four years later, five different guitarists or bassists had already passed through the lineup, with some going on to join or form bands that were equally relevant to the area's burgeoning metal scene. [5]
The Police, Devo, and Blondie were some of the notable bands that made their first Bay Area appearances at the Mabuhay Gardens. [1] The first punk performance at Sound of Music was in February 1980, with the bands The Employees and Freon. The venue became a full-time punk club, with many new up-and-coming bands playing most days of the week.
The 2005 reissue—the special 25th-anniversary edition—features the original artwork and a bonus 55-minute DVD documenting the making of the album as well as the band's early years. [6] On March 25, 1980, Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards in an effort to give the event some "new wave credibility", in the ...
San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni (44 P) Pages in category "Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total.
Cry Wolf is a hair metal band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1980s. Originally named Heroes, the original band consisted of Tim Hall (vocals), Steve McKnight (guitar), Phil Deckard (bass), John Freixas (drums) and JC Crampton (keyboards).