Music of Ohio

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located in Cleveland, Ohio. This state is also the home of four major symphony orchestras which are located in Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati, and Dayton as well as a "pops" orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops.

The 19th century composer Daniel Emmett, wrote many of the most popular songs in his era, including some that remain well-known to this day. Popular singers from Ohio include Dean Martin, Doris Day, The Isley Brothers, Marilyn Manson, and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders.

Country

Ohio can claim a number of country musicians as part of the state's legacy. Johnny Paycheck was born in Greenfield and lived in Ohio for much of his life, later being incarcerated in the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. David Allan Coe was born in Akron, and frequently makes tour stops multiple times a year in Ohio. Roy Rogers was born in Cincinnati and his family moved and lived in Portsmouth(Water Street and also rural County residence) and Lucasville as well. Dwight Yoakam, although born in Kentucky, grew up in Columbus. Rascal Flatts can also claim two members from Columbus. Country-rock band McGuffey Lane began in Columbus and has been based there since 1972. In Dayton "The Gold River Band" rocked the area with top 40 and country music. Members included Dan & Bev Schultz (vocals), Vic Olekas (guitar), Bill Borton (bass) and Loren Patten (drums).

The Pure Prairie League are from Cincinnati. Singer Craig Fuller and steel guitar player John Call and drummers Tom McGrail and Jim Caughlan are from Waverly and George Powell lives in Mt. Orab. The Goshorn brothers, Larry and Timmy, are from Cincinnati.

The Music Explosion were from Mansfield and singer Jamie Lyons later formed the Capitol City Rockets ("Breakfast In Bed") in Columbus.

Funk

During the 70's, southwest Ohio, and Dayton in particular, was known for its stable of funk bands, including Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Ohio Players, Lakeside, Slave, Heatwave, Sun, Dazz Band, Faze O, and Zapp featuring Roger Troutman.

One of the hottest Dayton bands in the early 70's was "The Magnificent 7" Very little has been written about them and they performed for years at the "Diamond Club." Members who made up the band varied from year to year; Phil Mehaffey(organ), Vic Olekas(guitar), Dan Schultz(bass), Vince Disalvo and Ron Pauley(drums), Bill and Ron witherspoon (horns), Marvin Smith (vocals). Cleveland, Ohio Dazz Band, O'Jays, Rude Boys and Men at Large.

Another popular band from the 70s and 80s was Asphalt Jungle, popular in the Cleveland, Ohio area. They were regulars at the Smiling Dog Saloon and other Cleveland night spots. The band consisted of Benny Curlutu (guitar), Bruce Grant (keyboards and vocals), Bobby Oyler (bass), Paul Bigby (keyboards and vocals), and a rotating cast of horn players and drummers. Bigby cowrote "Funky is the Drummer", recorded by Joe Walsh and Michael Stanley on the Friend and Legends album. Curlutu went on to work with the band Canada, and Grant with southern rock band Jasper Mills from Columbus, Ohio, and later Kevin Ball's Saints and Sinners of Nashville.

The Dazz Band is a former American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".

LeVert is a dance group, formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1984, comprising Sean and Gerald Levert, the sons of O'Jays founder Eddie Levert, as well as Marc Gordon. The Deele (pronounced The Deal) is an American 80s R&B band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally consisting of Indianapolis native Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds along with Antonio "L.A." Reid, Carlos "Satin" Greene, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Stanley Burke, and Kevin "Kayo" Roberson. They have currently reunited in an incarnation featuring Bristol, Greene, and Roberson. Burke has also rejoined this lineup.

Originally raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Isley Brothers (pronounced /ˈaɪzliː/, rhymes with wisely) are an American R&B, soul music and funk group. They have had notably long-running success on the Billboard charts, and are the only act to chart in the Top 40 in six separate decades. In 2006, their most recent release became their ninth album to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard 200. Over the years, the act has performed in a variety of genres, including doo-wop, R&B, rock 'n' roll, soul, funk, disco, urban adult contemporary and hip-hop soul. The group has gone through several lineups, ranging from a quartet to a trio to a sextet; they are currently a duo. the original group consisted of the three elder sons of O'Kelly Isley, Sr. and Sally Bell Isley: O'Kelly Jr., Rudolph and Ronald, who formed in 1954 and recorded with small labels singing doo-wop and rock 'n' roll. After modest success with singles such as Shout, Twist and Shout and the Motown single This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You), and a brief tenure with Jimi Hendrix as a background guitar player, the group settled on a brand of gritty soul and funk defined by the Grammy-winning smash "It's Your Thing" in 1969. Canton, Ohio.

The O'Jays are a Canton, Ohio based soul and R&B group, originally consisting of Walter Williams (born August 25, 1942), Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell (January 20, 1942–May 26, 1977) and Eddie Levert (b. June 16, 1942). The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. The O'Jays (now a trio after the departure of Isles and Massey) had their first hit with "Lonely Drifter", in 1963. In spite of the record's success, the group was considering quitting the music business until Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, took an interest in the group. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with "Back Stabbers" (1972), a pop hit, and topped the U.S. singles charts the following year with "Love Train".

Garage rock

Central Ohio and Greater Cleveland were home to a wide variety of garage bands from the 1960s, including The Myrchents and The Outsiders. The Choir later added singer Eric Carmen and became Raspberries, pioneers of power pop in the early 1970s. More recently, the Greater Cincinnati area has produced The Greenhornes and Plastic Inevitables.

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock band Blessed Union of Souls from Morrow, Ohio

Sanctus Real, a Christian Rock band, was formed in Toledo, Ohio.

Dave Windemuth- Guitar god, came from Louisville, Ohio

Joe Walsh and the James Gang started in Kent OH a suburb between Akron and Cleveland and thus could be claimed by both cities.

Rick Derringer from Fort Recovery, Ohio- when he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America.

Phil Keaggy and the Glass Harp are also from Ohio.

The band Jasper Mills was from Columbus, Ohio. Members were Darryl Smith (vocals), John Boerstler (guitar), Bruce Grant (keyboards and vocals), Chris Bell (keyboards), Bob Kocher (bass and vocals), and Greg Winter (drums). Boerstler and Smith have recorded with Artimus Pyle of Lynyrd Skynyrd and his Artimus Pyle Band. Grant has recorded with Tommy Spurlock and Byron House, and worked with the band Saints and Sinners.

The band Inhale Exhale is from Cleveland, Ohio.

Members of the 80's rock band Warrant, Jani Lane (Kent/Brimfield) and Steven Sweet (Wadsworth) are from the Akron area.

The band Material Rejection hailed from the Akron, Ohio area, and were known for their one-hit "Our Way Out".

Tom Scholz of the rock band Boston, was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in the suburb of Ottawa Hills.

David Grohl of the Foo fighters, Nirvana, and Them crooked vultures is from Warren, Ohio.

Glen Buxton the guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band was born in Akron, Ohio.

Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Maynard James Keenan (musician, lead singer for Tool (band), A Perfect Circle, etc.) (Ravenna, OH)

Marilyn Manson (musician) (Canton, OH)

Red Wanting Blue (rock band - Columbus, OH)

Boz Scaggs (singer, songwriter) (Canton)

Scott Shriner of Weezer (musician) (Toledo)

Michael Stanley (musician) (Cleveland)

The Gun Show (Band) (Mansfield) is a hardcore band that is vividly touring the United States.

The industrial metal band Mushroomhead hails from Cleveland.

"THEM" original name "The Torquays" and then "The Original Torquays" (Cincinnati)

Coffinberry- Rocknroll band from Cleveland.

Skeletonwitch of Athens, Ohio.

DISMEMBERMENT of Laurelville, Ohio

Tim "Ripper" Owens- Judas Priest hails from Akron

Devo was formed at Kent State University

The Forgotten Souls of Antiquity were formed in Cleveland

Motel Beds from Dayton

Gothic rock

In Cleveland in the early 90's, Gothic label Jevan Records established its first signing with the band Lestat (named after fictional vampire Lestat de Lioncourt), releasing Theatre of The Vampires (1990), Grave Desires (1991) and Vision of Sorrows (1994). They have also been featured on many compilations such as Jevan Records "One", and Cleopatra's "Goth Box", a 4 CD compilation. Other signed Jevan artists included experimental electro act Bath, who released Fools (1996), and N-Graver (1998), and electro industrial band Graven Image and their release Black Lung Cathedral (1998).

Indie Rock

The Black Keys originate in Akron. Karen O and Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs met at Oberlin College.^[1] Bitch Magnet formed while attending Oberlin College. Mark Eitzel of American Music Club fame founded his first bands, most prominently The Naked Skinnies while living in Columbus, Ohio. Many critically acclaimed bands were stalwarts of the 80s/90s indie punk scene in Columbus, Ohio: Great Plains, RC Mob, Scrawl, New Bomb Turks, and Gaunt, to name a few. At the moment Columbus is seeing a renaissance in DIY/lo-fi bands, such as Times New Viking. There was also an indie rock movement in Dayton in the early 90's with bands such as Guided by Voices, The Breeders, and Brainiac. Cincinnati's indie rock scene produced much-admired groups, such as the Ass Ponys, Quiet Tree, Wolverton Brothers, and the Afghan Whigs, all active in the 80s/90s as well as current indie rock bands Heartless Bastards and The National. Why? was formed in Cincinnati by the Wolf brothers Jonathan 'Yoni' and Josiah Wolf along with Doug McDiarmid.^[2]The indie rock scene also produced Come Here Watson and the Bad Veins of Cincinnati who are currently active in the area. New on the scene is The Ridges from Athens, Ohio.

Punk rock

Ohio is known for a wide variety of punk rock icons from Akron, Cleveland and Cincinnati, primarily; these include The Dead Boys, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, The Cramps, Rocket From The Tombs, Pere Ubu, Robert Quine, Rachel Sweet, Pagans, Devo and the Rubber City Rebels. Hardcore punk had considerable beginnings in Ohio, most notably with Maumee's Necros and Dayton's Toxic Reasons. However, despite being an Ohio band, Necros played the majority of their shows in Detroit. New Bomb Turks and Gaunt hail from Columbus, Ohio

Pop Punk

Christian crossover band Relient K comes from Canton, Ohio

Hawthorne Heights is from Dayton, Ohio

Rad Company is a pop punk band from Dayton, Ohio.

As Day Ends is from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hit The Lights is a pop punk band hailing from Lima, Ohio.

Into The Crowd is a pop punk band from Cleveland, Ohio

Dead Poetic is from New Lebanon, Ohio.

Life After Liftoff is a pop punk band from Dayton, Ohio.

Dear Christie is a pop punk band from Westerville, Ohio

Post-Hardcore

Before Their Eyes - Findlay, OH

Wolves At The Gate - Cedarville, OH

My Ticket Home - Columbus, OH

Destructive Heart Records - Columbus, OH

Metalcore

Death of An Era - Columbus Ohio

Corpus Christi - Cincinnati, OH

Miss May I- Troy, Ohio

The Devil Wears Prada - Dayton, Ohio

Attack Attack! - Columbus, Ohio

The Crimson Armada- Columbus, Ohio

Mushroomhead - Cleveland, Ohio (melodic/industrial metal)

Chimaira - Cleveland, Ohio

Salt the Wound - Cleveland, Ohio (deathcore)

Rose Funeral - Cincinnati, Ohio (death metal)

From A Second Story Window - OH/PA

The Plot In You - Findlay, OH

Power pop

Ohio has produced a number of famous power pop bands. Raspberries ("Go All the Way") from Cleveland and Youngstown's Blue Ash ("Abracadabra Have You Seen Her?") are considered seminal artists in this genre^{[citation needed]}. Color Me Gone of Akron and Circus from Cleveland were also major exporters of the classic Ohio power pop sound. The Bears (band) aka Psychodots aka The Raisins are also considered a successful Cincinnati band.

Hip Hop

Bow Wow and Fatty Koo are both from the Columbus area. Columbus is also a prime location for underground hip hop artists, such as rappers Illogic, Blueprint, and producer RJD2. The latter two formed the hip hop group Soul Position under Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Bone Thugs n Harmony, a popular midwest hip hop act, hails from Cleveland.

Hip-hop trio MOOD hails from Cincinnati

Record Labels

There have been a number of record labels based in Ohio. Most prominent was King Records (USA), a label based out of Cincinnati that specialized in "Hillbilly Records" and "Race Records". Also prominent from Cincinnati were Jewel Records and Fraternity Records. Quality classical music is amply served by Telarc Records of Cleveland. Free Age Music, llc of Columbus, Ohio. Tolmie Terrapin Press, an all cassette tape label is based in Cleveland.

References

• Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Los Angeles, California: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-71-7.

"Youngstownsrocknrollhistory" - Covering Northeast Ohio and Western Pa. Bands from the Day. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youngstownsrocknrollhistory/

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1. ^ Hanley, Lynsey (February 26, 2006). "Lynsey Hansley talks to Yeah Yeah Yeahs". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/feb/26/popandrock.yeahyeahyeahs. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
2. ^ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.anticon.com/index.php?section=artist&target=Why&js=yes. 

"Youngstownsrocknrollhistory" - covering Northeast Ohio and Western Pa.bands from the Day.