What's the city with the best history for music?

[Travis]

Manchester, England.

Discuss.

[Fugazi]

New Jersey.

Yes I know it's a state, but a crapload of great bands have come from there.

[WOW! I"M HIGH]

Nashville, TN.

duh

[Travis]

Interesting mix of responses so far...I expected someone to say Nashville but New Jersey caught me by surprise. I can understand both answers.

[shadowrunner]

umm.......jesus?

[Backlash]

I'd say either Seattle (although short lived, produced some awesome-tastic music), or Nashville.

[[[tavis]]]

seattle, jimmi and grundge

[orcus116]

London.

Pink Floyd, The Who, Iron Maiden, Queen, The Rolling Stones

[[[tavis]]]

oh shit i forgot, SIR MIX A LOT

[peasantlover]

El Paso, Texas.

[Jesus]

Melbourne, Victoria.

[Crow]

Manchester, England.

The Stone Roses
The Verve
Oasis
The Smiths
Happy Mondays
Doves
etc etc...

[Kay B]

London-Pink Floyd, The Who, Iron Maiden, Queen, The Rolling Stones.

Queen rule

[Viper]

London and Detroit.

[Omega]

Nashville and New Orleans

[goku2057]

YUeah, i was gonna say New Oleans as well. Blues and th e like.

Without blues, there would be no rap today.

[Crow]

there'd definately be no R&B, sure there'd be R&, thats just not enough though

[Travis]

The Stone Roses
The Verve
Oasis
The Smiths
Happy Mondays
Doves
etc etc...

JOY DIVISION
The Charlatans
Electronic
Revenge
Monaco
NEW ORDER
Johnny Marr & The Healers
MORRISSEY
Starsailor
etc...

[Crow]

JOY DIVISION
The Charlatans
Electronic
Revenge
Monaco
NEW ORDER
Johnny Marr & The Healers
MORRISSEY
Starsailor
etc...

Ocean Colour Scene
etc...

[Travis]

Yes, so Manchester > all.

[Perfect Agent]

Too easy, Manchester.

[nolifeking]

its not a city, but scandinavia has produced the best metal bands.

[WOW! I"M HIGH]

I agree with london also...


Austin, TX is another good one. Same with motown (detroit).

[Perfect Agent]

Pfft hardly.

Manchester > London.

Also, the people from London are complete douches.

[TyBO]

Well... can't say I know too much about cities where genres/new types of music are formed, but I do like these bands, all of which are (appearently) from Manchester:

The Stone Roses
The Verve
Oasis
The Smiths
Happy Mondays
JOY DIVISION
The Charlatans
NEW ORDER
MORRISSEY

So I guess I'll say Manchester... although Motown is good too.

[/n00b]

[Perfect Agent]

w00t!

Looks like Manchester wins then.

[Skull Kid]

Detroit and Manchester.

[Travis]

Yes. Manchester > all. Especially better than fucking London.

[Perfect Agent]

It's funny how Travis thinks he's a well ard Manc like me and Macca.

[Travis]

That's because I am a well ard Manc, fucking twat. I'll fuck your mam in the arse well good, after I spark you, fucking bender.

EDIT: Plus, you aren't Manc, you're from Testicleville.

[Perfect Agent]

You sound like a ****.

And if I'm not a Manc, neither is Macca.

[Perfect Agent]

Right, OK twat I have gone to the liberty of proving this to you.

"Testicleville" is circled in red, MANCHESTER Airport is circled in purple, and that's about a whole 2 miles away. Macca's gay town is circled in blue. And seeing as Macclesfield which is classed as Manchester isn't even on that fucking map, I think I can call myself a Manc.

[Crow]

Greater Manchester Travis.....

[plebben]

Knutsford thats like a swedish name.. or atleast Knut is... and i could pull off a boring joke but i wont.

[Lord Worm]

Montreal has the best underground scene for all sorts of jazz and big band and rap.
Nobody can outrap the French Canadians.

[Relient J]

I think the crown has to go to the state of Tennessee in general. Memphis and Nashville have shaped the genres of Rock, Country, and Christian. Ultimately I would give the nod to Nashville. It's not called Music City, USA for nothing.

Then again, I'm probably a little biased toward Nashville since I'm hoping to live in the area by next year.

[GTATrumpet]

its not a city, but scandinavia has produced the best metal bands.

:headbang:

[X2_revolution]

The entire nation of England has put out amazing bands...so I say all of England in general.

[Travis]

Right, OK twat I have gone to the liberty of proving this to you.

"Testicleville" is circled in red, MANCHESTER Airport is circled in purple, and that's about a whole 2 miles away. Macca's gay town is circled in blue. And seeing as Macclesfield which is classed as Manchester isn't even on that fucking map, I think I can call myself a Manc.

OK...fuck you.

;)

[orcus116]

Pfft hardly.

Manchester > London.

Also, the people from London are complete douches.

And that effects the musical history how? Out of all the bands mentioned from Manchester I don't see one name I can see that's truely influenced music. You can't say that the bands I've mentioned haven't influenced music at all.

[Travis]

1 great example: Happy Mondays created modern dance culture. The Hacienda in Manchester was the very first modern club. This thread is about more than just the bands, it's about the city as well. I don't see how you can say London has more musical history than Manchester, being that music is one of the main parts of Manchester's culture.

Tell me that Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, The Smiths, Morrissey, etc etc haven't influenced music. Just because they aren't as popular as the bands you might have mentioned doesn't mean they aren't as important or more important.

[plebben]

its not a city, but scandinavia has produced the best metal bands.
wích scandinavian metal bands have become famous outside scandinavia?
scandinavia has only produced pop for the international scene...

[Crow]

The Verve are l337, just about everybody's heard Bitter Sweet Symphony

[nolifeking]

wích scandinavian metal bands have become famous outside scandinavia?
scandinavia has only produced pop for the international scene...

it doesnt matter if they become popular or not, that has nothing to do with it, most of the best bands arent insanely popular.

[Mercury Shadow]

El Paso, Texas.

At the Drive In fan, eh? :)


wích scandinavian metal bands have become famous outside scandinavia?
scandinavia has only produced pop for the international scene...

Opeth, In Flames (most popular), Soilwork, Dimmu Borgir, Meshuggah, Children of Bodom, etc. are all popular in the states among the metal scene. They all have a huge following.

[Travis]

Dan = didn't answer.

[Perfect Agent]

Haha owned.

[The Dude]

I would say Detroit but since I dont like the music that comes out of it (eminem, motown) so no.

[Lord Worm]

wích scandinavian metal bands have become famous outside scandinavia?
scandinavia has only produced pop for the international scene...

Uh, Vader?
Finntroll?
Mayhem?
Emperor?

[Mercury Shadow]

Dan = didn't answer.

The music I like is so spread out, I can't say... and narrowing it down to favorite 'city' would be even harder.

Best country.... England.

[Travis]

Word.

Good choice, bitch. ;)

[BigChops]

Birmingham, England. Birthplace of metal.

[Perfect Agent]

Why? Just because Sabbath are from there?

[orcus116]

???

I think it's a perfectly good statement.

[BigChops]

Why? Just because Sabbath are from there?
And Judas Priest. And Napalm Death, the founders of grindcore.

[sam stoepee]

brooklyn

[orcus116]

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, dude.

[HylianKWG]

its not a city, but scandinavia has produced the best metal bands.

You can't argue with that too much unless your just insane.


Uh, Vader?
Finntroll?
Mayhem?
Emperor?

Don't forget Burzum, Darkthrone, Satyricon, Old Man's Child, Immortal, Enslaved, Ulver, 1349, ya know just to name a few others for anyone who is curious (plebben). I could go on all day but I am not going to.

[The joker]

Everyones forgetting a little something called the Harlem Renaissance

[Jon]

How come I don't know any bands you guys are talking about? My favorite band is U2. U2 > Everything. I listen to happy music. I don't listen to depressing metal music or music about "all my homies shootin in the LBC". Jack Johnson would have to be one of my favorites. Brushfire Fairytales. Ahhh, such happy music.