Your favorite band/solo artist from: N. California

[Jbird]

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

The Kingston Trio, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Grateful Dead, Journey, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Huey Lewis & The News, Blue Cheer, Sly & The Family Stone, The Dead Kennedy's, Faith No More, Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Green Day, Rancid, Dave Brubeck, MC Hammer, Y & T, Sammy Hagar, The Pointer Sisters, Joe Satriani, Enchant, Night Ranger, Primus, Deftones, Papa Roach, Tesla

 

[B Valley]

John Fogerty, with or without Creedence, Santana, Big Brother, Tower Of Power.

 

[Acadiafall]

All these 'best band from certain states' threads have made me realise that to me theyre all just American bands to me. Ive no idea which states they come from.

So there

 

[Jeremy]

Rancid, Dead Kennedys, AFI (the early stuff anyway), early Green Day, Deftones.

 

[Denverdave]

Impossible.....and that is only a partial list......

 

[tiger roach]

GRATEFUL

DEAD

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Kowloon Walled City

 

[Grave Bomber]

The Cramps.

 

[335clone]

Dead, CCR, The Tubes, Doobie Bros, Big Brother & HC, Camper Van Beethoven, Metallica, EARLY Journey

 

[Punchy]

Rancid, Green Day, CCR, hammer.

 

[Grave Bomber]

We forgot Dokken. George Lynch grew up in the town I live in.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

GRATEFUL

DEAD

Amen, brother!

 

[tgk03]

Bob Brozman. Tower of Power. The Tubes. Sons of Champlin.

 

[bsman]

Lots of good shit here. If you wanna go back to the "nuggets" era, you can also add the Beau Brummels, Chocolate Watchband and Count Five.

 

[Chad]

Dead Kennedys, Deftones, Operation Ivy, Rancid

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

and Testament.

 

[335clone]

Bob Brozman. Tower of Power. The Tubes. Sons of Champlin.

I didn't include Bob since he grew up in NY, but he certainly lived here longer. Good call.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Green Day, Rancid.

 

[Lerxst]

Bmrc

 

[mongooz]

ummm.....THE DOOBIE BROTHERS??!!??
Santa Cruz (Loma Prieta Mountains)....that's still "northern" calif.