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Re: Great Bands from Texas

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:51:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 20:51

The fucking 13th Floor Elevators who have the no. 1 spot on my chart!

Also, The Red Krayola are pretty good.

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:41:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 19:41

Austin is a hipster mecca and it's disgusting. We have quite a bit of music it's just usually not very good and doesn't align with the mainstream. The most diverse scene is probably Austin, with country, blues, and indie rock dominating; San Antonio has a relatively solid metal scene, though I don't know of any band that's really taken off, and there's some jazz here too (mostly big band stuff); Houston has the rap scene, with that chop-n-screw stuff and some mixtapes streaming out of there; I don't know what goes on around DFW or El Paso.

Re: Great Bands from Texas

monosyllables — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:19:41 GMT

Author: monosyllables

Posted: 01/04/2012 18:19

See from what I've heard, the hipsters are ALL OVER Texas. I mean, Austin is supposed to be some kind of hipster-mecca

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Charicature — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:08:26 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 01/04/2012 18:08

Applerill wrote:

monosyllables wrote:

For instance, Nine Inch Nails, Devo, and Guided by Voices are all from Ohio!

Seriously, though, considering that it provides about 50% of America's new jobs, it's sorta surprising that Texas has a crappy music scene. But it's true.

Oh well. At least it has Janis Joplin and Britt Daniels.

They're mostly tech jobs, though, and male tech nerds like to pretend they're tough by listening to metal and rap, while the females listen mainly to pop and classical music (if any music at all). The average business exec lacks imagination and listens to mainstream rock (primarily 70s rock), while the sales folks all listen to pop and dance (they're the partiers). Music scenes are typically defined by small-time local alt-bands, and hipsters are the ones who listen to them, but I'd wager there's a shortage of hipsters in Texas 🤣

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 06:46:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 11:46

This Will Destroy You

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Re: Great Bands from Texas

40footwolf — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 03:39:27 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 01/04/2012 08:39

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Spoon
The Sword
William Basinski
Townes Van Zandt
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pantera
At the Drive-In

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Anonymous — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:57:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/04/2012 07:57

let's not forget Shearwater 😁

Link

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Bork — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 22:32:04 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 01/04/2012 03:32

A lot of these have been listed already, but Texas has the greatest country scene in the country (and, in this case, thereby the world) by far. Austin isn't (or at least wasn't) called the live music capital of the world for nothing:

Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings (R.I.P.)
Guy Clark
David Allan Coe
Steve Earle
Pat Green
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Robert Earl Keen
Lyle Lovett
Shawn Colvin
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Reckless Kelly
Jerry Jeff Walker
Dale Watson
Stevie Ray Vaughan (R.I.P.)

...this will obviously not be everyone's cup of beer.

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Anonymous — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:00:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/03/2012 15:00

most of them have been mentioned already. The only ones I've listened to are Spoon, Butthole Surfers, At-theDrive-In/Sparta/Mars Volta, Ornette Coleman, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, T-Bone Walker, Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Janis Joplin, some Steve Miller Band, and Pantera (among the larger signed acts at least). The only two I find worth listening to frequently nowadays are Spoon, Ornette Coleman, and Butthole Surfers but every now and then I'll need some blues and Leadbelly and T-Bone Walker are my favorites for those... never got into SRV, but here's a cool statue of him from Austin

Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Jimmy Dread — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:00:03 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 01/03/2012 14:00

I've gone on about them before, but you can add Ringo Deathstarr to this list...

Re: Great Bands from Texas

RFNAPLES — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:59:17 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/03/2012 13:59

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Albert Collins
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Buck Owens
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Destiny's Child
Dixie Chicks
Don Henley
Ernest Tubb
Gene Autry
George Jones
Guy Clark
Janis Joplin/Big Brother and The Holding Company
Jim Reeves
Johnny Horton
Kenny Rogers
Kris Kristofferson
Lefty Frizzell
Lyle Lovett
Meat Loaf
Miranda Lambert
Nelly
Norah Jones
Ornette Coleman
Ray Price
Roy Orbison
Stephen Stills
Steve Earle
Stevie Ray Vaughan
T-Bone Walker
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
ZZ Top

Re: Great Bands from Texas

amirmishali — Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:49:31 GMT

Author: amirmishali

Posted: 01/03/2012 09:49

Guy Clark
Waylon Jennings
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Phil Ochs
Townes Van Zandt
Steve Miller Band
Janis Joplin
Steve Eaele
Willie Nelson
Stevie Ray Vaughan

I just love me some Texas music...

Re: Great Bands from Texas

ShaneSpear — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:41:46 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 01/02/2012 21:41

Neon Indian is from Texas 😮

Re: Great Bands from Texas

CellarDoor — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:37:13 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 01/02/2012 21:37

Where's purple on this ??

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Applerill — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:13:56 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 01/02/2012 21:13

monosyllables wrote:

For instance, Nine Inch Nails, Devo, and Guided by Voices are all from Ohio!

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Jackwc — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:47:14 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 01/02/2012 19:47

Mars. Fucking. Volta (and At The Drive-In by extension, I guess)

Re: Great Bands from Texas

monosyllables — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:46:40 GMT

Author: monosyllables

Posted: 01/02/2012 19:46

Not usually a fan of Country music, but I never knew Ornette Coleman and Janis were from Tejas! Wonderful!

Re: Great Bands from Texas

Hayden — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:45:09 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/02/2012 19:45

Leadbelly
Willie Nelson
Kenny Rogers
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Spoon
T-Bone Burnett
Stevie Ray Vaughan
ZZ Top
Vanilla Ice
Janis Joplin
Ornette Coleman
Okkervil River
Scarface

And I'm sure a few more.

Great Bands from Texas

monosyllables — Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:34:18 GMT

Author: monosyllables

Posted: 01/02/2012 19:34

Anybody know of any? I think the problem is that there are just a lot of bands out there from Texas that I don't know are from Texas.
Aren't the Butthole Surfers from Texas?
I like grouping bands (solo artists, too!) like this because it's interesting to see what kind of a mix you can get. For instance, Nine Inch Nails, Devo, and Guided by Voices are all from Ohio!
So I thought I'd see what bands or acts there are out there that people know from Texas that just really rock the house.
Also, if anybody knows of any shining states/cities that might surprise people, feel free to give the low-down!