For those who've never heard Pylon, check it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_cGt2Ay2s

I suspect some folks around here might dig 'em. Legendary Athens, GA band for sure.

I rock Pylon's first LP. found it used a decade or so ago Good stuff




never fond anything else. Think the above was finally re-released on CD

And we've all heard R.E.M.'s cover of Pylon's "Crazy," haven't we?

John Peel

Wins

The cassette tape
The compact disc

I win :D

don't forget





best concerts I've ever seen were his, with Silver Mt Zion and that guy from Fugazi as backing band

In my particular corner of West London, Freddie grew up. Brian May and Roger Taylor also went to Longford school down the road.

This was the "star" they attempted to make for him in the town centre, but as you can see it didnt turn out that well

Is that a Zoroastrian symbol? Mercury was raised Zoroastrian

The Golden Triangle of Texas......90 miles East of Houston:

01. Blind Willie Johnson
02. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
03. George Jones
04. Tex Ritter
05. Johnny & Edgar Winter
06. Janis Joplin
07. Johnny Preston
08. Marcia Ball
09. Lee Hazlewood
10. Mark Chesnutt
11. Clay Walker
12. Tracy Bird
13. Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) one of the three who died (Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valen) on the Day The Music Died: February 3, 1959.

^ Man, that's impressive.

O'Jays
Macy Gray
Marilyn Manson
Reliant K
Boz Scaggs (!!!! I didn't know thus until I looked it up. I guess everyone's ashamed.)

What a sad list.


I'll widen the circle about 15 minutes:

Chrissy Hynde
Black Keys
Pere Ubu
Devo

That's better.

If we're spreading out a bit im claiming Bowie too
only 15 mins from here but different borough

Not so much city-wide but local to where I was born are Iron Maiden, The Small Faces and, erm, Vera Lynn.

suchfriends, you didn't say Cypress Hill?

weren't they from LA?

Yeah, those fuckers are from South Gate nearby where I grew up BUT I didn't think they were necessarily our greatest contributions.. I do dig em though

A to the K to the 4 to the 7

Mogwai, probably

jim o'rourke.