Fugazi, duh.


But what do you think?

Pat McGee.

David Grohl.

Emmet Swimming.



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+1 on Fugazi

They recorded most of their stuff in Arlington, so technically they're NoVA-related

9353

emmet swimming

Quitter UK

SmartBomb

Don't forget old rockers

-Face Dancer (Alexandria)

-Kix (Hagerstown, close at least)

Pre Fugazi -----> Minor Threat

Bad Brains

honorable mention: Dave Grohl

Henry Rollins came out of DC, although Black Flag was not a DC band...

When did this area become a bastion of emo punk and death metal?

Someone in another music thread mentioned BOB, and it seems like they're doing well for themselves. Which is surprising to me, because I thought rap-rock died with Fred Durst...

not many dc artists Wrote:
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> Bad Brains
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> honorable mention: Dave Grohl


Most influential - Bad Brains for sure. Henry Rollins and his incarnations to be sure, if he counts.

Other faves, Razz - a pre-knack power pop band gone long before their time.

And I was at a 9353 show years ago and met a girl, we exchanged some kisses and phone numbers. She turned out to be very schizophrenic. Later I saw the lead singer at the old 930 and started a conversation. I told him about the girl and he laughed and said something like "we attract a lot schizophrenics for some reason".

And who could forget the Slickee Boys?

These guys went to Georgetown University together and claim to be a "DC band." Hardly great, but I do like this song. Call it a guilty pleasure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0bKL0rJZM

This is funny. Henry Rollins real name is Henry Lawrence Garfield. Sounds like he came from a pretty ritzy background...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_rollins

Quite the "punk," indeed.

FUGAZI

Does Marvin Gaye count?

Emmet Swimming got it right with this song.

Arlington

Ivana's a sculptor and she's tending
bar she's piercing her nipples in the name of art.
Rick's an accountant and he likes tattoos.
He keeps them all hidden so his boss approves.
It's the suburb of the week Arlington,
There's beautiful people in the bar tonight.
Not much of a looker, she does all right. He says he's an
outlaw and he always scores. They all have a motto, be rich, dress
poor. It's the suburb of the week. Arlington.
French kiss when we meet. How'd we ever get so chic? Who's your favorite
kennedy? What's the flavor of the week? I live next to Fugazi. It's
the suburb of the week. It's just like on TV. Greenwich Village



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WashingToneLocian Wrote:
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> This is funny. Henry Rollins real name is Henry
> Lawrence Garfield. Sounds like he came from a
> pretty ritzy background...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_rollins
>
> Quite the "punk," indeed.

I listened to "Get In The Van," where he reads from his journal during his Black Flag days. He admits to being a manager at an ice cream parlor or something, and doing well for himself, but giving it all up to travel across the country in a shitty van with his favorite band.

If even half of what he says is true about his touring days back then, it's still pretty awesome to me, even though I've never heard a Black Flag song in my life. I don't even like punk.

I am surprised no one mentioned Betty.

Jawbox and Nation of Ulysses are 2 DC bands that deseve a mention, bands from an era when Dischord was actually a relevant record label.

Regarding Rollins, in the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life", Ian Mackaye talks about hanging out with Rollins when they were in high school, somewhere in NW DC, near Friendship Heights, I think. There's also a chapter on Black Flag that has some amusing descriptions of when Rollins joined the band- he was basically some dude rocking out in the audience, and the band thought he was cool so they asked him to join the band.

How about worst band? I vote for OAR.

Rveltr Wrote:
>>>> How about worst band?

Emmett Swimming




(sorry folks, I just think they're really lame)

Other area acts good or bad: Good Charlotte, Eva Cassidy, Danny Gatton...

FUNdamental Wrote:
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> Does Marvin Gaye count?


Was Marvin Gaye? Is George Strait?

Minor Threat, you dummies! They started the whole straightedge movement. Either that or Bad Brains and Fugazi!

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Jawbox and Nation of Ulysses are 2 DC bands that
> deseve a mention, bands from an era when Dischord
> was actually a relevant record label.
>
> Regarding Rollins, in the book "Our Band Could Be
> Your Life", Ian Mackaye talks about hanging out
> with Rollins when they were in high school,
> somewhere in NW DC, near Friendship Heights, I
> think. There's also a chapter on Black Flag that
> has some amusing descriptions of when Rollins
> joined the band- he was basically some dude
> rocking out in the audience, and the band thought
> he was cool so they asked him to join the band.

Ian went to Wilson High School, class of 1980

Does Nils count?

FUNdamental Wrote:
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> TheMeeper Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Jawbox and Nation of Ulysses are 2 DC bands
> that
> > deseve a mention, bands from an era when
> Dischord
> > was actually a relevant record label.
> >
> > Regarding Rollins, in the book "Our Band Could
> Be
> > Your Life", Ian Mackaye talks about hanging out
> > with Rollins when they were in high school,
> > somewhere in NW DC, near Friendship Heights,
> I
> > think. There's also a chapter on Black Flag
> that
> > has some amusing descriptions of when Rollins
> > joined the band- he was basically some dude
> > rocking out in the audience, and the band
> thought
> > he was cool so they asked him to join the band.
>
> Ian went to Wilson High School, class of 1980


Henry Rollins, formerly kown as Henry Garfield, attended The Bullis School in Maryland, back when it used to be a military academy. He and Ian worked at the Haagen-Dazs and The Key Theatre in Georgetown (back in the Georgetown Punks days), where they used to do the Little Shop of Horror screenings.

GeorgetownPUNKS Wrote:
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> FUNdamental Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > TheMeeper Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Jawbox and Nation of Ulysses are 2 DC bands
> > that
> > > deseve a mention, bands from an era when
> > Dischord
> > > was actually a relevant record label.
> > >
> > > Regarding Rollins, in the book "Our Band
> Could
> > Be
> > > Your Life", Ian Mackaye talks about hanging
> out
> > > with Rollins when they were in high school,
> > > somewhere in NW DC, near Friendship
> Heights,
> > I
> > > think. There's also a chapter on Black Flag
> > that
> > > has some amusing descriptions of when Rollins
> > > joined the band- he was basically some dude
> > > rocking out in the audience, and the band
> > thought
> > > he was cool so they asked him to join the
> band.
> >
> > Ian went to Wilson High School, class of 1980
>
>
> Henry Rollins, formerly kown as Henry Garfield,
> attended The Bullis School in Maryland, back when
> it used to be a military academy. He and Ian
> worked at the Haagen-Dazs and The Key Theatre in
> Georgetown (back in the Georgetown Punks days),
> where they used to do the Little Shop of Horror
> screenings.

Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings - and I am pretty sure much more is made of that and the ice cream parlor than actually happened.

Henry was the roady for Ian's first band, Teen Idles (Dischord Band #1); Bad Brains use to rehearse in the basement of Nathan Strejcek, lead singer of Idles and later (DC) Youth Brigade, back in those days; it was the Idles that imported "straight edge" from California prior to Minor Threat.

Chuck Brown, the godfather of GO GO, of course!

Bad Brains
E.Swimming

On the last Alice in Chains tour, the opening band, Hurt, claimed to be from DC, there wiki page doesn't reveal much of a connection though. make of it what you will.

umm Wrote:
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> GeorgetownPUNKS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > FUNdamental Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > TheMeeper Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Jawbox and Nation of Ulysses are 2 DC bands
> > > that
> > > > deseve a mention, bands from an era when
> > > Dischord
> > > > was actually a relevant record label.
> > > >
> > > > Regarding Rollins, in the book "Our Band
> > Could
> > > Be
> > > > Your Life", Ian Mackaye talks about hanging
> > out
> > > > with Rollins when they were in high school,
> > > > somewhere in NW DC, near Friendship
> > Heights,
> > > I
> > > > think. There's also a chapter on Black
> Flag
> > > that
> > > > has some amusing descriptions of when
> Rollins
> > > > joined the band- he was basically some dude
> > > > rocking out in the audience, and the band
> > > thought
> > > > he was cool so they asked him to join the
> > band.
> > >
> > > Ian went to Wilson High School, class of 1980
> >
> >
> > Henry Rollins, formerly kown as Henry Garfield,
> > attended The Bullis School in Maryland, back
> when
> > it used to be a military academy. He and Ian
> > worked at the Haagen-Dazs and The Key Theatre
> in
> > Georgetown (back in the Georgetown Punks days),
> > where they used to do the Little Shop of Horror
> > screenings.
>
> Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings - and I am
> pretty sure much more is made of that and the ice
> cream parlor than actually happened.
>
> Henry was the roady for Ian's first band, Teen
> Idles (Dischord Band #1); Bad Brains use to
> rehearse in the basement of Nathan Strejcek, lead
> singer of Idles and later (DC) Youth Brigade, back
> in those days; it was the Idles that imported
> "straight edge" from California prior to Minor
> Threat.


My bad... thanks for the correction. They did the screenings into the early nineties. I know because I went a couple of times. They also used to show it at Fair Oaks.

As far as straightedge goes, The Teen Idles were not straightedge per say, they may lived it, but not preached it. Nor did they did they sing about it, did they? Neither was Minor Threat, but they coined the term and sang about it, so they are credited with it, not The Teen Idles. Youth Brigade was way later. My faovrite straighedge band was Shelter, Verbal Assault, and Earth Crisis.

Also straightedge didn't come from Cali. Ask anyone who was in the scene. What Henry and Ian did bring back from Cali, was the Hardcore/slamming intensity. Everybody was just pogoing around before that. Californis didn't start straightedge, nor did the Idles import. DC created straightedge, cali started the hardcore slamming shit. This is common knowledge.

Please pardon the above typos. The keys on my laptop were sticking.

GeorgetownPUNKS Wrote:
>> Neither was Minor Threat,

Yeah. At one point, the other Minor Threat bandmates complained to Mr. holier-than-thou, goody-two-shoes, Ian MacKaye, about the straight-edge attitude. Something to the effect of "Hey, we understand that you don't like drinking, or smoking, or sex out of marriage- BUT MAYBE WE DO!!".

Minor Threat was fucking great, I'm gonna have to crank that up here in a few!
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Duke Ellington

Nils, band "Grin", circa 1971-2, played in Falls Church at the FC Community Center at least once or twice. Don't start tellin' "White Lies"...

FUNdamental Wrote:
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> I am surprised no one mentioned Betty.


Allison was a Bartener at the old 930 and Bitsy was bartender at dcSpce. A real DC success story - even though they moved to New York.

Best band to almost make it from Fairfax: SEV.

Pepsi Blue Balls Wrote:
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> Best band to almost make it from Fairfax: SEV.


Haha!!! I was friends with them and they were o.k., but definitely not meritous of the Best of D.C. title when compared to other groundbreaking acts like Fugazi, Bad Brains, etc. Best out Fairfax: Scream, hands down!

Pepsi Blue and SEV...Ironic and funny because both failed to succeed commercially!

Nobody even mentioned the only band from DC (Marvin Gay is not a band) I know of to come from DC who is in the rock and roll Hall of Fame.



Bll, John, Taffy and Margot RULED!



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It is Marvin "Gaye."

Let us not nitpick, we are talking musical successes from the DC area. And speaking of success, five time Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter grew up here as a tween and a teen.



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the mamas and the papas got their start here in one form or another. just based on raw hits and records sold, I vote for them. Based on talent I go with minor threat or fugazi.

Mary Chapin Carpenter also was a DJ on a radio station here for awhile before she became famous as a singer. But she's not a band.

Back Yard Band

the rest of your suggestions suck

Wasn't Mary Prankster from around here?

Duke Ellington
Pentagram
The Obsessed

+1 for The Obsessed. I sorta forgot about them. In fact, all of Wino's bands really rocked.

Good pick.

Jim Morrison grew up around here (Mclean; a friend of mine knew him), but The Doors is really a California band.

Keeley Smith ("That Old Black Magic") was picked up from Norfolk by Lois Prima.

Some more people from Virginia (but mostly from Tidewater):

Ella Fitzgerald
Pearl Bailey
Wayne Newton
Roy Clark
Patsy Cline
The Carter Family
Statler Brothers
Dave Matthews Band
Bruce Hornsby
Gary "U.S." Bonds
Lamb of God
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Robert Cray
Chris Brown

already mentioned:
Duke Ellington (DC)
Eva Cassidy
Keeley Smith
Jim Morrison
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Marvin Gaye

some 70s bands:
Starland Vocal Band ("Afternoon Delight")
Peaches & Herb (DC) ("Reunited")


Steely Dan is not from around here, and "My Old School" is
about Annandale On The Hudson (NY), not Annandale, Virginia.

I'm sure there are lots of other (and I'd slap myself in the head for
forgetting them) artists and bands from the area, or who at least
lived here as transients during some formative period, but few major
bands seem to have come from Northern Virginia per se. NoVa is not
really the kind of scene where musicians meet up and incubate bands.
You need a more intimate (and geographically smaller) area for
that. This is not a special area that artists move to because it is
"interesting", and it's not the right kind of college-aged scene for
hooking up, and it's not some historic musical innovation nexus.
More common places are Nashville, New Orleans, Boston, New York City,
various California scenes. I'm sure there's a musicology/sociology
thesis in there for someone who is interested. (You might research at
some place like Berkley in Boston to see who has already done this...)



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Doobie Brothers drummer John Hartman was from Falls Church...

Walter Egan "Magnet and Steel" 70's hit lived in DC, went to G'Town or GW

Nils Lofgren ( a great talent, Springsteen should be in HIS band) is a Chevy Chaser. Fun fact: Lofgren did the Jhoon Rhee comercial in the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PEMGuA6tw

Jorma Kakounen: Jefferson Airplane,Starship,Hot Tuna- a great picker also grew up in Chevy Chase..

Matt Sharp, original Weezer bassist is from Arlington, Washington Lee HS

Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot was class president of Fort Hunt High in 1976 (ha! caught you just kidding!!)

Spacy Wrote:
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> Jim Morrison grew up around here (Mclean; a friend
> of mine knew him),

Morrison was from Alexandria City and went to George Washington High School on Mt Vernon Ave, It's been a middle or JR high since TC Williams opened in thelate 60s or early 70's (Remmeber the Titans was about the football team that was forced together after black and white HS's were forced together)

FYI, Jim Morrison did not live in McLean. He lived in Falls Church for a brief time when he was in elementary school, and then came back to the area (Old Town Alexandria) during his sophomore year until he graduated from high school while his dad was stationed at the Pentagon.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> FYI, Jim Morrison did not live in McLean. He
> lived in Falls Church for a brief time when he was
> in elementary school, and then came back to the
> area (Old Town Alexandria) during his sophomore
> year until he graduated from high school while his
> dad was stationed at the Pentagon.

Morrison in Falls Church?? That's too good to be true, anyone know where?

WingNut Wrote:
>>> Morrison in Falls Church?? That's too good to be true, anyone know where?


A local author documented it in the book “The Lizard King Was Here: The Life and Times of Jim Morrison in Alexandria, Virginia."


http://www.amazon.com/Lizard-King-Was-Here-Alexandria/dp/1425713300

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> FYI, Jim Morrison did not live in McLean. He
> lived in Falls Church for a brief time when he was
> in elementary school, and then came back to the
> area (Old Town Alexandria) during his sophomore
> year until he graduated from high school while his
> dad was stationed at the Pentagon.


A lot of people who live in Pimmit Hills like to think they actually live in McLean.

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Uh-oh someone's out of jail, look out.

RESton Peace Wrote:
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> Uh-oh someone's out of jail, look out.

Do you mean inkahootz?

Turns out, he wasn't actually in jail. He just moved to Florida and is working on a defense contract.

Why did anyone ever think he was in jail? What did he do? Enlighten me.

I was just joking about the speculation about his encarceration that took place in another thread. I know nothing about Inkahootz.

Bob Wrote:
>> > A lot of people who live in Pimmit Hills like to think they actually live in McLean.


Yeah, I could never figure out why that apartment complex that sits on 7 next to Pimmit Hills was called "The Peachtree of McLean". I thought maybe the 22102 zip code boundary made some odd curve down that way, but looking at a map, it's clearly in Falls Church. Maybe they're trying to secede?

"Yeah, I could never figure out why that apartment complex that sits on 7 next to Pimmit Hills was called "The Peachtree of McLean". I thought maybe the 22102 zip code boundary made some odd curve down that way, but looking at a map, it's clearly in Falls Church. Maybe they're trying to secede?"

More like the Pisstree.......

Jack Casady, bass player for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna

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Anyone remember the New Potato Caboose? They are playing a reunion show the day after Xmas at the Birchmere.

RIPPED OFF FACE

you know that one was coming, lol

oops, knew*

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