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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.
Bay Area thrash metal (also known as Bay Area thrash) referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. [1] Along with Central Florida, the scene was widely regarded as a starting point of American thrash metal, crossover thrash and death ...
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 sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in San Francisco, particularly the Haight-Ashbury district, during these years. [ 1 ]
San Francisco 1978–1979 The Elite Club: San Francisco early 1980s Venue is currently, formerly, and better known as The Fillmore: The Farm: San Francisco late 1970s–1980s Fender's Ballroom: Long Beach 1984–1989 Grand Olympic Auditorium: Los Angeles 1980–2005 Great American Music Hall: San Francisco 1972–present Hong Kong Café: Los ...
415 Records was a San Francisco record label created in 1978. The label focused its efforts on local punk rock and new wave music acts of the late 1970s through the late 1980s, including The Offs, The Nuns, The Units, Romeo Void, and Wire Train.
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.
California was an important part of the American folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, led by the San Francisco Bay Area group the Kingston Trio. Their first hit, the 1958 single " Tom Dooley " ( a Billboard #1 Hot 100 hit), sold more than 3 million copies [ 2 ] and inspired the addition of a "folk" category to the Grammy awards ...