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- Saving Escape
Saving Escape started as a basement project in 2014. The...
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- 90 Proof Twang
2015, 2017 & 2018 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARD WINNERS &...
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- Tooth Lures a Fang
Lightly hinged Power Pop from Cincinnati, OH -- "A glorious...
- New Moons
Led by the musicianship and song writing of front man Curtis...
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Aug 3, 2023 · List of Cincinnati bands, listed by their level of fame. This Cincinnati musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Cincinnati bands are included, as well as many Cincinnati musicians of underground status.
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Various Artists We Were Living In Cincinnati
The roots of American punk rock run through Ohio, most notably in Cleveland and Akron. But this compilation, released by HoZac Records in 2019, shines a much-needed spotlight on Cincinnati’s punk and new wave underground in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. There may not be a Rocket From the Tombs or Devo here, but We Were Living In Cincinnatifeatures a bunch of bands that helped form the foundation for what’s happening in the city now. The bands may no longer exist, but many of the players are...
Vacation Existential Risks and Returns
Formed in 2009, Vacation calls their music “Grit Pop,” which is just another way of saying “catchy punk.” Many of the people involved in Cincinnati’s current wave of punk and post-punk point to Vacation as the most influential band in town. “They changed the trajectory for me in Cincinnati,” says Carlyle. “When I first saw Vacation play, I was like, ‘Oh, these people in this sort of lane is what I’ve been looking for.’ They’re a bit older than me, though, so we had to do our own thing.” Says...
Crime of Passing Crime of Passing
If there’s a breakthrough band in Cincinnati right now, it’s this quintet, which plays a particularly chilly brand of post-punk built from pulsing beats, prickly guitars, heavy echo, and Andie Luman’s intense howls. The band’s debut sounds like a Xerox of a Xerox of the most menacing vibe the ‘80s could muster.
The Serfs Primal Matter
One of a handful of Cincinnati projects helmed by Dakota Carlyle and Vacation drummer Dylan McCartney, The Serfs are the duo at their most industrial. Rhythms throb at breakneck speed, synths ricochet around the songs and deadpan voices cut through the din like moonlight through the dark of night.
The Drin Engines Sing For the Pale Moon
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL nailed it when they called The Drin “cassette-only mystery music,” although Engines Sing for the Pale Moon has since been reissued on LP by the great Drunken Sailorlabel. No matter, because the key word there is “mystery,” which sums up this Carlyle/McCartney project: a strange blend of lo-fi krautrock, murky dub, and avant-punk.
Corker A Bell That Seems to Mourn
Among the next generation of Cincinnati bands, Corker seems to be the one that’s most influenced by the current post-punk scene. Their music is dark and abrasive but not harsh; plenty of weird hooks surface from within their noisy, new wave-y rock. Their 2021 tape release on Future Shock is great—and sold out.
Louse Dressed in Skin
Where most of the bands on this list land on the punk side of post-punk, Louse—another pandemic project now starting to play gigs—is more of a goth-pop band, thanks to their sweeping sound and Sam Souders’s dramatic vocals, which sound more than a little like Robert Smith of the Cure.
Willie & The Cigs “Hand Me Down”
Willie & The Cigs are still largely a mystery outside Cincinnati, with only a couple of songs on Bandcamp. (A full-length is due out soon.) But Dakota Carlyle saw them play recently and came away impressed. “They sounded like the Velvet Underground if they were on Flying Nun,” he says. “They’re younger kids. It was so good.”
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- Adrian Belew. Hailing from Covington, KY, Adrian Belew is a multi-instrumentalist mainly known for his guitar work as the frontman of progressive rock act King Crimson Crimson from 1981 to 2013.
- Mamie Smith. The oldest entry on this list, Mamie Smith, known as "The Queen of the Blues" holds quite the distinction: she is the first ever black artist (male or female) to ever record a blues song with vocals.
- Phillip Paul. Phillip Paul is one of the most widely-regarded studio drummers of the 20th century. After a stint in Harlem playing with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, and Bud Powell, Paul cut his chops as the house drummer at the Cotton Club in Newport, Kentucky, the top nightclub for the black community at the time.
3 days ago · Prizoner was formed in 1980 by Tim Keyes, Paul Hoffman, Chuck Campbell, and Bill Parsons in a garage in northeastern suburbs of Cincinnati. Shortly thereafter Paul was replaced by Billy’s friend Scott McCroby.
Categories: Music of Cincinnati. Musical groups from Ohio. Musical groups by city in the United States.
StaggerLee Band is one of the longest running bands in Cincinnati. Winner of multiple CAMI awards, SLB has developed an exciting new sound and playlist that includes everything from Merle Haggard to Blackberry Smoke and even Stevie Ray.
