List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area
This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or closely associated with the region. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they are solo artists. The list is grouped in three sections: San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay, East Bay, and South Bay.
San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay
- The Ace of Cups
- The Action Design
- The Aislers Set
- American Music Club
- Andre Nickatina
- Animosity
- Anvil Chorus
- Automatic Pilot
- Avengers
- Babylon A.D.
- Back in the Saddle
- Beaten by Them
- The Beau Brummels
- The Beatnigs
- Beefy Red (based in Marin County, 1969-1972)
- Beulah
- Big Brother and the Holding Company[1]
- Blame Sally
- Blaqk Audio
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Blue Cheer
- Bracket
- Brittany Shane
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Buckethead
- Butch Engle & the Styx
- The Cat Heads
- The Charlatans
- Chris Isaak
- Chrome
- Chuck Prophet
- Clover
- Con Funk Shun
- Consolidated
- Conspiracy of Beards
- The Contractions
- Cormorant
- Craig Abaya
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Crime
- Crown City Rockers
- The Cubby Creatures
- Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
- Dan the Automator
- Dead Kennedys
- Deafheaven
- Death Angel
- Deerhoof
- Dexter Danger
- Diego's Umbrella
- The Dodos
- The Doobie Brothers
- The Donnas
- E-40
- The Ebb and Flow
- Eddie and the Tide
- Enemy You
- Every Move A Picture
- Eric Lindell
- Eric McFadden
- Faith No More
- The Family Crest
- Fifty Foot Hose
- Film School
- First Blood
- Flamin' Groovies
- Flipper
- 4 Non Blondes[2]
- The Fucking Buckaroos[3]
- Geographer
- Girls
- The Gone Jackals
- Graham Central Station
- Grateful Dead[4]
- The Great Society
- Her Space Holiday
- Hickey (band)
- Hoodoo Rhythm Devils
- The House Jacks
- Hot Flash Heat Wave
- Hot Tuna
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Imperial Teen
- It's a Beautiful Day
- J Church
- Jefferson Airplane[1]
- Jefferson Starship
- Jim Campilongo[5]
- Journey
- Kaskade
- Kronos Quartet[6]
- Larry Graham
- Latin Soul Syndicate
- Leila and the Snakes
- Leon's Creation
- Leviathan (musical project)
- Linda Tillery
- Logos
- Loquat
- LoveLikeFire[7]
- The M Machine
- Mac Dre
- Malo
- Matt Nathanson
- Michael Franti
- Michelle Lambert
- Mink DeVille
- M.I.R.V.
- Moby Grape
- Mojo Men
- Mordred
- Morning Glory Sixties band
- Mother Earth
- Mount Rushmore
- Mr Bungle
- N2Deep
- Naked Lunch
- Negativland
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Night Ranger[2]
- The Nuns
- Osees
- Oxbow
- The Other Half
- Pablo Cruise
- Papa Roach
- Pansy Division
- Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
- Pointer Sisters
- Psychefunkapus[2]
- Quicksilver Messenger Service[4]
- The Residents
- Romeo Void
- Rubicon
- Rupa and the April Fishes
- Sammy Hagar[2]
- Santana
- Sean Hayes
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Seventeen Evergreen
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Snakefinger
- Snake River Conspiracy
- Sons of Champlin
- Sopwith Camel
- The Sorentinos
- Spiral Starecase
- Steel Breeze
- Steve Miller Band
- Steve Kimock
- The Stone Foxes
- Sun Kil Moon
- SVT
- Swell
- Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
- Third Eye Blind[2]
- Those Darn Accordions
- Thunderegg
- Time in Malta
- Toiling Midgets
- Tommy Tutone
- Tower of Power
- Train
- Translator
- Tsunami Bomb
- The Tubes
- Tupac Shakur
- Tuxedomoon
- The Union Trade
- The Units
- Until December
- Two Gallants
- Tycho
- Ty Segall
- Vain
- Vejtables
- The Velvet Teen
- Vernian Process
- Vetiver
- Victims Family
- Voice Farm
- Von
- We Five
- Whipping Boy
- Whirr
- Wire Train
- Wooden Shjips
- X-tal
- Young Elders
East Bay
- Adrian Marcel
- AFI
- All Shall Perish
- American Steel
- Attitude
- Attitude Adjustment
- Automatic Man
- Audrye Sessions
- Blackalicious
- Blatz
- Brett Dennen
- Cold Blood
- Communiqué
- Condemned Attitude
- Counting Crows
- Country Joe and the Fish[4]
- The Coup
- Creedence Clearwater Revival[8]
- Crimpshrine
- Critical Mass
- Cry Wolf
- Dance Hall Crashers
- The Dandelion War
- Day Wave
- Death Angel[2]
- Defiance
- Deltron 3030
- Digital Underground
- En Vogue
- Ensemble Mik Nawooj
- Everyone Is Dirty
- Exodus[2]
- Filth
- Fifteen
- Finish Ticket
- Fleshies
- Forbidden
- The Frustrators
- G-Eazy
- Green Day
- Guapdad 4000
- Hazel English
- Heathen
- Hieroglyphics
- High on Fire
- Honeycut
- Hurricane
- Iamsu!
- Idiot Flesh
- Kehlani
- The Jars
- Jay Som
- Jellyfish
- Joe Satriani[2]
- Joy of Cooking
- Judgement Day
- Kai
- Lȧȧz Rockit
- Lil B
- Link 80
- The Loading Zone
- The Lonely Island
- The Lookouts
- The Lovemakers
- Luniz
- Lyrics Born
- Mac Dre
- Machine Head
- Maldroid
- The Matches
- MC Hammer
- Metal Church
- Michael Franti
- Monsula
- Montrose
- The Mother Hips
- The Mr. T Experience[2]
- Negative pH[2]
- Neurosis[2]
- New Diplomat
- Operation Ivy
- The Pack
- Papa Wheelie
- The Phenomenauts
- Pinhead Gunpowder
- Possessed
- Primus[2]
- Rancid[2]
- Rogue Wave
- Samiam
- The Savage Resurrection
- Screw 32
- Sentinel
- Set Your Goals
- Shannon and the Clams
- Sheila E
- Souls of Mischief
- Stoneground
- The Story So Far
- Sweet Baby
- SWMRS
- Testament[2]
- The Pointer Sisters
- Tilt
- Timex Social Club
- Tony! Toni! Toné!
- Too Short
- Toro y Moi
- Tower of Power
- The Uptones[9]
- Vio-lence[10]
- Vitamin Party
- Y&T[2]
South Bay
- Bassnectar
- The Chocolate Watchband
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Chris Cain
- Count Five
- Dada (band)
- DJ Shadow
- Dredg
- Drunk Injuns
- The Doobie Brothers
- Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
- Los Microwaves
- Manmade God
- Monkeyska
- No Use for a Name
- Lindsey Buckingham
- Los Tigres del Norte
- Pablo Cruise
- Papa Doo Run Run
- Peninsula Banjo Band
- People!
- Sleep
- Smash Mouth
- Stained Glass
- Stevie Nicks
- Strata
- Syndicate of Sound
- Systematic
- The Call
- The Faction
- Trapt
- Tsunami[2]
- Vienna Teng
- Xiu Xiu
See also
References
- Gilliland, John (1969). "The Acid Test: Psychedelics and a sub-culture emerge in San Francisco" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Show 41.
- Various, Western Front News., 1988–1992
- Savage, Emily (2012-01-17). "Localized Appreesh". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- Gilliland 1969, show 42.
- Richardson, Derk (2006-09-07). "Hear & Now". SF Gate. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- "Contact Kronos". kronosquartet.org.
- Molyneaux, Libby (2007-05-09). "Rock Picks". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- Gilliland 1969, show 54.
- Best Ska Band - The Uptones East Bay Express, 2008. Retrieved on October 29, 2015.
- "Vio-Lence signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records | Metal Blade Records". metalblade.com. 2020-03-11.
Further reading
- Selvin, Joel. San Francisco: The Musical History Tour. Chronicle Books: 1996.
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