Los Angeles has been home to many new and established music bands. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire, include:
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edit- Abe Vigoda
- Above the Law
- Abysmal Dawn
- The Adored
- Against All Will
- Agent Steel
- The Aggrolites
- A.i.
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- Akwid
- Alcatrazz
- Allah-Las
- Tha Alkaholiks
- Art Alexakis
- Aimee Allen
- Alton McClain and Destiny
- Ambrosia
- Amen
- American Pearl
- Animotion
- Ken Andrews
- Angel City Chorale
- Angeles
- Angry Samoans
- Animals as Leaders
- Ankla
- Aria
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
- Armored Saint
- Army Navy
- As Blood Runs Black
- Atban Klann
- Audioslave
- Autograph
- Autolux
- Avenged Sevenfold
- AWOLNATION
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edit- B2K
- Bad Religion
- Badlands
- Bags
- Bates Motel
- Bang Tango
- The Bangles
- Devendra Banhart
- The Beach Boys[1]
- Beck
- Before the Mourning
- Beowülf
- Best Coast
- Beware of Safety
- The Big Phat Band
- Bigelf
- The Bird and the Bee
- Birtha
- Bitch
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Black Flag[2]
- Black Label Society
- Black 'n Blue
- The Black Pine
- The Blasters
- Bleached
- Blind Melon
- Body Count
- Bryndle
- Bread
- Brides of Destruction
- Buckcherry
- Buffalo Springfield[3]
- BulletBoys
- Buster
- Butcher Babies
- The Byrds[4]
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edit- Candygram for Mongo
- Canned Heat
- Capital Cities
- Captain Beefheart
- The Carpenters
- The Chambers Brothers
- Channel 3
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- Children[5]
- Chicano Batman
- China White
- Chokebore
- Christian Death
- Circle Jerks
- Cirith Ungol
- Coal Chamber
- Coasters[6]
- Coconut Records
- Cold Forty Three
- Cold War Kids
- Concrete Blonde
- Crazy Town
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Cryptic Slaughter
- Cruzados
- A Cursive Memory
- Cypress Hill
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edit- Dada
- Damn Yankees
- Dark Angel
- Dawes
- Dead Meadow
- Dead Sara
- The Deadly Syndrome
- Deap Vally
- Descendents
- Dia de los Muertos
- The Dickies
- The Dils
- Dionysos
- dios
- The Distillers
- Divine Heresy
- The Divine Madness
- Djinn
- Djoir
- Dokken
- Don and Dewey
- The Doors[7]
- downset.
- Dramarama
- Dream Syndicate
- Drift
- Dum Dum Girls
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edit- The Faceless
- Failure
- Family of the Year
- Fanny
- Far East Movement
- Faster Pussycat
- Fear
- Fear Factory
- Felony
- Femme Fatale
- FIDLAR
- Fishbone
- Fitz and the Tantrums
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Flattbush
- The Flesh Eaters
- Flo & Eddie
- Flogging Molly
- Flying Lotus
- Lita Ford
- Fort Minor
- Foster the People
- Foxygen
- From First to Last
- The Furys
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edit- Haim
- Half Way Home
- Haunted Garage
- Health
- Hed PE
- Hellion
- Hellogoodbye
- Hepcat
- Herb Alpert
- Hirax
- Hole
- The Hollywood Argyles
- The Hollywood Flames
- Hollywood Rose
- The Hollywood Squares
- The Hollywood Stars
- Hollywood Undead
- Julia Holter
- Bob Holz
- Honk
- Hoobastank
- Horse the Band
- Hotwire
- House of Lords
- The Human Abstract
- Human Drama
- HWA
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edit- L7
- L.A. Guns
- Lady Danville
- L.A.P.D.
- Latin Playboys
- Lavender Diamond
- Leatherwolf
- Letlive.
- Lifehouse
- The Linda Lindas
- Linkin Park
- Little Feat[8]
- Lizzy Borden
- LMFAO
- Los Lobos[2]
- Local Natives
- Loggins and Messina
- London
- London After Midnight
- Loomis & the Lust
- Los Angeles League of Musicians
- The Loud Bangs
- Love[8]
- Love/Hate
- Low vs. Diamond
- LPG
- Lyrics Of Two
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edit- Malice
- The Mamas and The Papas
- The Marías
- Maroon 5
- Medication
- Medicine
- Megadeth
- Metallica
- Methods of Mayhem
- Metro Station
- Midnight Movies
- Mika Miko
- A Million Pieces
- Minutemen
- Missing Persons
- MKTO
- Moaning
- Monkees[9]
- The Motels
- Mothers of Invention[7]
- Mötley Crüe
- Mr. Big
- Mr. Mister
- My Ruin
- mygrain
- Mystic Braves
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editS
edit- Saccharine Trust
- Saint Motel
- The Salvation Army
- Saosin
- Saviour Machine
- Say Anything
- Scarling.
- Scars On Broadway
- The Scream
- The Screamers
- Screams for Tina
- Sea Wolf
- The Seeds[2]
- Shattered Faith
- She Wants Revenge
- Shiny Toy Guns
- Shotgun Messiah
- Shwayze
- Silent Civilian
- Silversun Pickups
- Sister
- Sixx:A.M.
- The Skulls
- Sky Ferreira
- Slayer
- Slightly Stoopid
- Smallpools
- Snoop Dogg
- Social Distortion
- Sound Barrier
- SouthGang
- Sparks
- Spindrift
- Spineshank
- Spock's Beard
- Starbomb
- Starcrawler
- The Standells
- Static-X
- Steppenwolf
- Stone Poneys
- Strawberry Alarm Clock
- Stryper
- Sublime
- The Submarines
- Suburban Legends
- Sugar Ray
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Suicide Silence
- Super Heroines
- Swampwater
- System of a Down
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 20, 34, 37.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "50 Best L.A. Bands". L.A. Times Magazine.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, shows 34, 44.
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Show 33.
- ^ "5 Rad Albums from Local Artists You Might Have Missed Last Month". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, show 13.
- ^ a b Gilliland 1969, show 43.
- ^ a b c d "POP MUSIC : L.A.'s Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band--Who Is It?". Los Angeles Times. 1988-08-21.
- ^ Gilliland 1969, show 44.
- ^ a b Gilliland 1969, show 5.
- ^ "Talk Time - About - Year of Self".
- ^ Baines, Huw. "Bay Watch: ZULU". Kerrang!. Retrieved 14 June 2023.