Top 5 Music Scenes

[Blendin Inc.]

Taking the variety of venues and bands started in a given city into consideration and some other things I think probably the best music scenes would have to be

(in no specific order):

New York
Austin
Toronto
Portland
Chicago

What are your picks?

[The Joker Magician]

I would say...
New York (especially in Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Seattle
The Bay Area
Montreal
Chicago

[tehMick]

New York
London
Montreal
Austin
Idaho

[LickMyLovePump]

Liverpool
Manchester
Seattle
Nashville
Vienna

[Frightened Inmate #2]

New York
London
Paris
Munich
...everybody talk about, mmm, Pop Musik.

(and Seattle)

[tehMick]

I would like to replace my joke answer of "Idaho" with this real answer that just hit me when i woke up this morning: Detroit.
How quickly we forget about our past.
In summation:
New York, London(and all those towns where they have accents), Montreal, Detroit, Austin

[Frightened Inmate #2]

I would like to replace my joke answer of "Idaho" with this real answer that just hit me when i woke up this morning: Detroit.
How quickly we forget about our past.
In summation:
New York, London(and all those towns where they have accents), Montreal, Detroit, Austin

C'mon tehMick, stick to your gut instincts. You know deep down that Potato-Powered Snake River Rock is all the rage these days.

[tehMick]

Mo-Town or Pota-Town
You're right FI#2.
My God, how could i have been so foolish?!

I would like to replace my joke answer of "Idaho" with this real answer that just hit me when i woke up this morning: Detroit.
How quickly we forget about our past.
In summation:
New York, London(and all those towns where they have accents), Montreal, Detroit, Austin

C'mon tehMick, stick to your gut instincts. You know deep down that Potato-Powered Snake River Rock is all the rage these days.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Mo-Town or Pota-Town
You're right FI#2.
My God, how could i have been so foolish?!

I would like to replace my joke answer of "Idaho" with this real answer that just hit me when i woke up this morning: Detroit.
How quickly we forget about our past.
In summation:
New York, London(and all those towns where they have accents), Montreal, Detroit, Austin

C'mon tehMick, stick to your gut instincts. You know deep down that Potato-Powered Snake River Rock is all the rage these days.

Or, you can cut London. Honestly, I can't think of a single band from there that's made an impact.

[tehMick]

The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Pink Floyd
Queen
David Bowie
Free
T-Rex
The Who
Elvis Costello
Sex Pistols
The Clash
Billy Bragg
Fleetwood Mac
Police
The Jam
Jamiroquai
Faithless
Underworld
Prodigy
Basement Jaxx
Lemon Jelly
Groove Armada
Kano
Wiley
Estelle
The Streets
Dizzee Rascal
Bloc Party
The Libertines
Razorlight
Babyshambles
The Magic Number
Dogs
Patrick Wolf
Hard-Fi
Towers of London

Mo-Town or Pota-Town
You're right FI#2.
My God, how could i have been so foolish?!

I would like to replace my joke answer of "Idaho" with this real answer that just hit me when i woke up this morning: Detroit.
How quickly we forget about our past.
In summation:
New York, London(and all those towns where they have accents), Montreal, Detroit, Austin

C'mon tehMick, stick to your gut instincts. You know deep down that Potato-Powered Snake River Rock is all the rage these days.

Or, you can cut London. Honestly, I can't think of a single band from there that's made an impact.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Honestly, I've never heard of any of those bands.

[tehMick]

Me neither.
I did a google search and those were the results that came back.

Honestly, I've never heard of any of those bands.

[Blendin Inc.]

Wow this thread is burst at the seams with sarcasm, but yea I hadn't thought about non US cities, but yea London most definitely

[LickMyLovePump]

I'd say Manchester has a greater musical legacy than London.

Badly Drawn Boy
The Bee Gees
Black Grape
Ian Brown
The Buzzcocks
Richard Ashcroft
The Charlatans
The Chemical Brothers
Doves
Elbow
George Formby
David Gray
Happy Mondays
Herman's Hermits
The Hollies
Inspiral Carpets
James
Joy Division
Lamb
Johnny Marr & The Healers
The Mock Turtles
Morrissey
Crosby, Stills & Nash
New Order
Oasis
Finlay Quaye
The Seahorses
Simply Red
The Smiths
Lisa Stansfield
Starsailor
Stone Roses
Take That
10cc
Urban Cookie Collective
The Verve
Robbie Williams



To name a few.

[Touchlamp]

To add to the list of Londoners

Peter Gabriel
Cat Stevens
Coldplay