Best band or musician from your hometown?

Dave Grohl lived around here for a while, but his parents currently reside in Bethesda, so I think that's what I'm going to take. For now.

Spike Jonze graduated from my high school…can he count, anyway? He's dated enough musicians. Close enough.

From the borough of Queens, N.Y.C.

Johnny,Joey,Dee Dee,Marky

THE RAMONES!

Danny Gatton
Duke Ellington

Minneapolis:
The Suicide Commandos
The Replacements
Prince
Hüsker Dü
Jayhawks

just to name a couple

the walkmen

Dresden, Germany.
So I can't provide you with any famous artist or band, but this is a band of a very good friend of mine:

Pete The Pirate Squid

and this one is a band I've seen some time this year and their show was amaaazing:

Polarkreis 18

I was born in Fremont, California, which begat bands that would eventually form Tower of Power.

well if Pee on you counts as a song Dave Chappelle from DC.

SEV from Fairfaix

Edan from Rockville

1 3rd of hip hop group little brother is from Alex.

Mad Skillz-Richmond

Neptunes, Timbo, Missy,-Norfolk, Hampton Roads.

they might be giants

not super into them, but prolly the best lincoln has got

for specific town, juliana hatfield. and her drummer in the mid 90's was also from my hometown.

for general area:

billy squier
aerosmith (one of the band members used to live 5 houses down from me for a short while)
tracy chapman
morphine
mission of burma
throwing muses
j. geils band
the cars
pixies
mighty mighty bosstones

and a whole lot more that i'm blanking on.

ahhh i forgot about the Walkmen! that's right. part of Ok Go grew up around here, too…


but if we're going DC in general, there is an obvious answer.

Dave Grohl is from Woodbridge, VA. I attended 2nd grade in Woodbridge.

What about Tommy???

Originally posted by Dr. Jonas Sulk:
From the borough of Queens, N.Y.C.

Johnny,Joey,Dee Dee,Marky

THE RAMONES!

hmmmm, depends on your definition of from

Bono is strictly speaking from Dublin but lived in my hometown of Bray while I was growing up (in a Martello Tower)
Phil Coulter lived literally across the street from us….not many people here will have heard of him but he's a pretty famous musician

Kelly Willis went to (and dropped out of) my high school (Annandale HS) and Dave Grohl would've went there as well had he been a year younger (they merged Thomas Jefferson into Annandale as it became a solely high tech school).

i'll go with

Rush or Neil Young

Roanoke/Salem: Wayne Newton, there's no contest.

My favorites were the local bands in the early ninties: Fallout, Integration, Equity, Swank.

Originally posted by beedubyah:
Roanoke. Agents of Good Roots.

Holla.

Rockville
OAR

Originally posted by asylumskater55555:
Rockville
OAR

Don't forget Ms. Myra Ellen Amos.

Hometown: San Diego

A few to choose from and if we are going by cool factor and not popularity then Mojo Nixon and the Beat Farmers trumps Blink 182.