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List Of Bands From The San Francisco Bay Area
This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or closely associated with the region. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they are solo artists. The list is grouped in three sections: San Francisco Peninsula/ North Bay, East Bay, and South Bay. San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay * The Ace of Cups * The Action Design * The Aislers Set * American Music Club * Andre Nickatina * Animosity * Anvil Chorus * Automatic Pilot * Avengers * Babylon A.D. * Back in the Saddle * Beaten by Them * The Beau Brummels * The Beatnigs * Beefy Red (based in Marin County, 1969–1972) * Beulah * Big Brother and the Holding Company Show 41. * Blame Sally * Blaqk Audio * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club * Blue Cheer * Bracket * Brittany Shane * The Brian Jonestown Massacre * Buckethead * Butch Engle & the Styx * Cacophony (band) * The Cat Heads * The Charlatans * Chris Isaak * Chro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Governments to include the nine counties that border the aforementioned estuaries: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco. Other definitions may be either smaller or larger, and may include neighboring counties that do not border the bay such as Santa Cruz and San Benito (more often included in the Central Coast regions); or San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus (more often included in the Central Valley). The core cities of the Bay Area are San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. Home to approximately 7.76 million people, Northern California's nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels was an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino (lead vocals), Ron Elliott (lead guitar), Ron Meagher (bass guitar), Declan Mulligan (rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica), and John Petersen (drums). They were discovered by local disc jockeys who were looking to sign acts to their new label, Autumn Records, where Sylvester Stewart—later known as Sly Stone—produced the group's early recording sessions. Initially, the band's musical style blended beat music and folk music and typically drew comparisons to the Beatles, while their later work incorporated other music genres such as psychedelic rock and country rock. The Beau Brummels broke into the mainstream with their debut single, "Laugh, Laugh", for which they would later be credited with setting one of the aesthetic foundations for the San Francisco sound, along with other bands such as the Charlatans; the song is in the Rock and Roll Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Engle & The Styx
Not to be confused with Styx (band) Butch Engle & the Styx was an American rock band formed in 1963 in Mill Valley, California. Originally named The Showmen, the members were Butch Engle (vocals), Bob Zamora (lead guitar), Mike Pardee (organ), Harry "Happiness" Smith (bass), and Rich Morrison (drums). The band released three singles before breaking up in 1968. A compilation album featuring all of the band's recordings, ''No Matter What You Say: The Best of Butch Engle & the Styx'', was released in 2000. History Butch Engle formed The Showmen—not to be confused with the 1960s pop group of the same name— in 1963 after he took over and renamed an earlier incarnation of the band, whose roster had included Bill Champlin. The group consisted of Engle, guitarist Bob Zamora, organist Mike Pardee, bassist Harry "Happiness" Smith, and drummer Rich Morrison. In 1964 the Showmen released the British Invasion-influenced single "You Know All I Want". The band changed their name in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckethead
Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans several genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, although he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and Skating Polly. He was also a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has recorded 325 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists. Buckethead performs wearing a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading ''FUNERAL'' in block letters, and an expressionless plain white mask inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American musical project and band led and started by Anton Newcombe. It was formed in San Francisco in 1990. The group was the subject of the 2004 documentary film called '' Dig!'', and have gained media notoriety for their tumultuous working relationships as well as the erratic behavior of Newcombe. The collective has released 18 albums, five compilation albums, five live albums, 13 EPs, 18 singles as well as two various-artist compilation albums to date. The bandname is a ''portmanteau'' of deceased Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones and the 1978 Jonestown Massacre. Releases 1993–1996: Early years The collective was founded by Anton Newcombe in San Francisco between 1990 and 1993. Their first albums were compilations of recording sessions and an early demo tape, titled ''Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse''. This release became a popular bootleg. A second album, ''Spacegirl and Other Favorites'', was released in 1993 as a vinyl-only release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Shane
Brittany Shane is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas. The Wisconsin-born and raised songstress blends rock and pop with poetry. She got her start performing at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California in 2000, playing acoustic in the Poster Room before acts such as The Wallflowers, Aimee Mann, Chris Isaak and Liz Phair graced the mainstage. After the release of her album, ''Have Heart Live Young'' (2010), she opened for Heart, Foreigner and Peter Frampton as well as headlining her own local shows around the Bay Area. Her first San Francisco released CD, ''Decked Out'' (2005), was selected by Aidin Vaziri, of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', as one of his top local CDs of 2005. Her first two recordings, ''Out of the Everywher''e (1999) and ''Moravian Star'' (2000) were released under her maiden name Brittany Safranek (Shane is her middle name) while attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Shane released her new CD ''Have Heart Live Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracket (band)
Bracket is an American rock band from Forestville, California formed in 1992. The lineup consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Marty Gregori, bassist and backing vocalist Zack Charlos, drummer Ray Castro, and guitarist and backing vocalist Angelo Celli, who replaced Larry Tinney in 1998. Bracket has issued numerous albums, EPs and singles since its inception, including many releases for Caroline Records and Fat Wreck Chords. Their sound could most easily be described as power pop influenced punk rock with a continued focus on vocal harmonies. Bracket emerged during the pop punk resurgence of the early 1990s and released its first two albums '' 924 Forestville St.'' (1994) and '' 4-Wheel Vibe'' (1995) on Caroline Records. Following a staff shake-up, the label dropped the group and cancelled the release of its third album ''Like You Know'' in 1996. Bracket's next two albums '' Novelty Forever'' (1997) and '' When All Else Fails'' (2000) were put out by Fat Wreck Chords, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style, and are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of heavy metal, with their cover of "Summertime Blues" sometimes cited as the first in the genre. They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge. History Main career (1966–1969) Blue Cheer were formed in 1966 by Dickie Peterson. Peterson had previously been with the Davis-based band Andrew Staples & The Oxford Circle along with future Blue Cheer members Paul Whaley and Gary Lee Yoder. The original Blue Cheer personnel were singer/bassist Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and Eric Albronda as drummer. Albronda was later replaced by Whaley, who was joined by Peterson's br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. The group originally consisted of Peter Hayes (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocals, bass, guitar), and Nick Jago (drums). Jago departed the band in 2008 and was replaced by Leah Shapiro. They have released eight studio albums: '' B.R.M.C.'' (2001), ''Take Them On, On Your Own'' (2003), ''Howl'' (2005), '' Baby 81'' (2007), ''The Effects of 333'' (2008), ''Beat the Devil's Tattoo'' (2010), ''Specter at the Feast'' (2013) and ''Wrong Creatures'' (2018), as well as several EPs, and live albums. History Formation and early years (1998–1999) The band was formed in 1998, originally called The Elements. After discovering that another band had the same name, the members changed the name to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, after Marlon Brando's motorcycle club in the 1953 film ''The Wild One''. Bassist Robert Levon Been and guitarist Peter Hayes met at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaqk Audio
Blaqk Audio is an American electronic music duo, formed by current AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget under Interscope Records. Their debut album, ''CexCells'', was released on August 14, 2007, and reached number eighteen on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band's second album, ''Bright Black Heaven'', was released on September 11, 2012, under Superball Music's imprint Big Death. The first single from ''Bright Black Heaven'', "Faith Healer", was released August 14, 2012. Their third album, ''Material'', was released on April 15, 2016, and became their third consecutive album to debut at number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Three additional albums, ''Only Things We Love'', ''Beneath the Black Palms'', and '' Trop d'amour''were released in 2019, 2020, and 2022 respectively. History Origins Havok and Puget started writing music for Blaqk Audio around 2001, but they were too busy with AFI to devote enough time to the project. They returned to the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blame Sally
Blame Sally is a collaboration of four solo female singer-songwriters from San Francisco who have recorded and performed together frequently over the past decade. The members of the group include Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar and vocals), Rob Strom (bass guitar), Jeri Jones (guitar, bass and vocals), and Monica Pasqual (piano, accordion, and vocals). The group was formed in 2000, and in 2001, KFOG "began playing the band's music on the popular 'Acoustic Sunrise' show, leading to more gigs and bigger venues"; the band "got national attention through XM Radio" and "by the end of 2006, the band was playing more than 50 shows a year." Allmusic praises their 2007 album, ''Severland'' as "the first on which they sound more like a proper band than four solo artists working collectively," and gives it a rating of 4.5 stars.Steward Mason, "Review: Blame Sally - ''Severland'' ''Allmusic'' As of 2009, the band was signed for a three-album, five-year contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother And The Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. After some initial personnel changes, the band became well known with the lineup of vocalist Janis Joplin, guitarists Sam Andrew and James Gurley, bassist Peter Albin, and drummer Dave Getz. Their second album '' Cheap Thrills'', released in 1968, is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the ''Billboard'' charts, and was ranked number 338 in ''Rolling Stone''s the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''. Joplin left the band in 1968, following the recording of ''Cheap Thrills'', for a successful solo career. The band recruited new members Nick Gravenites, Kathi McDonald, and Dave Schallock to replace her and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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