Music of Ohio
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland, Ohio.
The most famous musicians from Ohio are The McGuire Sisters, Dean Martin, Doris Day, The Mills Brothers, The McCoys, Joe Walsh, The James Gang, Ohio Players, The O'Jays, The Isley Brothers, Sawyer Brown, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Devo, and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders; the 19th century composer Daniel Emmett, wrote many of the most popular songs in his era, including some that remain well-known to this day. Richie Furay was elected to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame for his contributions as lead singer of the Buffalo Springfield. He later went on to form and lead the country rock group Poco.
Other artists include Mushroomhead, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Albert Ayler, The Afghan Whigs, The Raspberries, Roger Troutman, Frank Yankovic, Kathleen Battle, Blue Ash, Dead Boys, Glass Harp, Human Beinz, The Choir, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Macy Gray, Filter, Bootsy Collins, Roy Rogers, Tracy Chapman, The Black Keys, Death of Samantha, Darren Scott, Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices, Swearing at Motorists, Brainiac, The Breeders, Hawthorne Heights, The Six Parts Seven and Dale Wright And The Wright Guys.
There is an active Serbian rock scene in the Greater Cleveland area.
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[edit] Garage rock
Central Ohio and Greater Cleveland were home to a wide variety of garage bands from the 1960s, including The Myrchents, who appeared on the influential Nuggets compilation series. The Choir later added singer Eric Carmen and became The Raspberries, pioneers of power pop in the early 1970s.
[edit] Funk
During the 70's, southwest Ohio, and Dayton in particular, was known for its stable of funk bands, including Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Ohio Players, Lakeside, Slave, Heatwave, Sun, Faze O, and Zapp featuring Roger Troutman.
[edit] Punk rock
Ohio is known for a wide variety of punk rock icons from Akron, Cleveland and Cincinnati, primarily; these include The Dead Boys, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, The Cramps, Pere Ubu, Rachel Sweet, Pagans, Devo and the Rubber City Rebels. Hardcore punk had considerable beginnings in Ohio, most notably with Maumee's Necros and Dayton's Toxic Reasons. However, despite being an Ohio band, Necros played the majority of their shows in Detroit.
[edit] Power pop
Ohio has produced a number of famous power pop bands. Raspberries ("Go All the Way") from Cleveland and Youngstown's Blue Ash ("Abracadabra Have You Seen Her?") are considered seminal artists in this genre. The Action from Kent, Color Me Gone of Akron and Circus from Cleveland were also major exporters of the classic Ohio power pop sound.
[edit] Underground hip hop
Scribble Jam, arguably the nation's best annual underground hip hop festival, is held each year in Cincinnati. Cleveland, OH boasts Weightless Recordings, home of Blueprint, Illogic, and DJ Przm, among others. DJ Hi-Tek, best known for his work with Talib Kweli on Reflection Eternal, is also from Cincinnati. Darren Scott from Columbus Ohio was known as one of powerpops firsts. PBT Entertainment is one of the up and coming groups to come out of Dayton.
[edit] References
Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History (2001). Feral House. ISBN 09229157177.
