Looking for a fun dinner party debate topic?
Here’s a list of the MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS TO COME OUT OF EACH STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
It’s probably not 100% correct. But it should be close enough for some good conversations over the fire pit this summer – we had to make some pretty strong choices for some states like Michigan (oooh, that one was tough).
Did your favorite band make the list? Are you going to debate about what it means to be “influential”? We’ll go grab some popcorn…
- Alabama: Alabama
- Alaska: Portugal. The Man
- Arizona: Jimmy Eat World
- Arkansas: The Gossip
- California: The Beach Boys
- Colorado: Earth, Wind & Fire
- Connecticut: The Carpenters
- Delaware: George Thorogood and the Destroyers
- Florida: Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Georgia: Outkast
- Hawaii: Ka’au Crater Boys
- Idaho: Built to Spill
- Illinois: Chicago
- Indiana: The Jackson 5
- Iowa: Slipknot
- Kansas: Kansas
- Kentucky: My Morning Jacket
- Louisiana: The Neville Brothers
- Maine: The Rustic Overtones
- Maryland: Kix
- Massachusetts: Aerosmith
- Michigan: The Temptations
- Minnesota: Prince and The Revolution
- Mississippi: The Allman Brothers Band
- Missouri: Chuck Berry and His Band
- Montana: The Mission Mountain Wood Band
- Nebraska: 311
- Nevada: The Killers
- New Hampshire: Aerosmith
- New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- New Mexico: The Shins
- New York: Ramones
- North Carolina: The Avett Brothers
- North Dakota: The White Stripes
- Ohio: The Black Keys
- Oklahoma: The Flaming Lips
- Oregon: Modest Mouse
- Pennsylvania: The Roots
- Rhode Island: The Low Anthem
- South Carolina: Hootie & The Blowfish
- South Dakota: The Spill Canvas
- Tennessee: Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys
- Texas: ZZ Top
- Utah: Imagine Dragons
- Vermont: Phish
- Virginia: Lamb of God
- Washington: Nirvana
- West Virginia: The Davisson Brothers Band
- Wisconsin: Violent Femmes
- Wyoming: Teenage Bottlerocket