The music

Music

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 of Indiana

Indiana

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was strongly influenced by a large number of German

Germany

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 and Irish

Ireland

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 immigrants

Immigration

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 who arrived in the 1830s.

Indiana was one of the first places where jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 music became popular outside of New Orleans and Chicago. In the late 1910s and through the 1920s the state had numerous bands of young musicians playing the new style for dancing.

Richmond, Indiana

Richmond, Indiana

Richmond is a city largely within Wayne Township, Wayne County, in east central Indiana, United States, which borders Ohio. The city also includes the Richmond Municipal Airport, which is in Boston Township and separated from the rest of the city...

 was home to the Gennett Records

Gennett Records

Gennett was a United States based record label which flourished in the 1920s.-Label history:Gennett records was founded in Richmond, Indiana by the Starr Piano Company, and released its first records in October 1917. The company took its name from its top managers: Harry, Fred and Clarence Gennett....

, known for recording a wealth of jazz, blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, and country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 in the 1920s.

Indiana-born musicians and composers include John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...

, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

, John Hiatt

John Hiatt

John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...

, Harry Von Tilzer

Harry Von Tilzer

Harry Von Tilzer was a very popular United States songwriter.-Biography:Von Tilzer was born in Goshen, Indiana under the name Aaron Gumbinsky which he shortened to Harry Gumm. He ran away and joined a traveling circus at age 14, where he took his new name by adding 'Von' to his mother's maiden...

, Rich Mullins

Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

, Kris Roe, the Bill Gaither Trio, Albert Von Tilzer

Albert Von Tilzer

Albert Von Tilzer was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"....

, Bobwheat Long, Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

, J. Russell Robinson

J. Russell Robinson

Joseph Russel Robinson was a United States ragtime and dixieland jazz pianist and a composer of jazz, blues, and popular tunes....

, Eddie Condon

Eddie Condon

Albert Edwin Condon , better known as Eddie Condon, was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in the so-called "Chicago school" of early Dixieland, he also played piano and sang on occasion....

, Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Alec Wilder, in his study of the...

, Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

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, J. J. Johnson, Henry Lee Summer

Henry Lee Summer

Henry Lee Summer is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, and Record producer from Brazil, Indiana best known for his hit singles "I Wish I Had A Girl" and "Hey Baby".-Career:...

, Axl Rose

Axl Rose

W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...

, Izzy Stradlin

Izzy Stradlin

Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...

, David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....

, Shannon Hoon

Shannon Hoon

Richard Shannon Hoon was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the frontman and lead singer of the band Blind Melon until his death from a cocaine overdose in 1995.-Early life:...

, Calvin Crabtree, Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life and education:Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. She attended Goshen College and received a B.A...

, Janie Fricke

Janie Fricke

Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....

, Lonnie Mack

Lonnie Mack

Lonnie Mack is an American rock, blues and country guitarist and vocalist....

 and David Baker.

Though born in Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, gospel singer Sandi Patty

Sandi Patty

Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics, because of her wide range and flexibility.-Early life:...

 began her musical career in Indiana at Anderson University

Anderson University (Indiana)

Anderson University is an accredited private Christian liberal arts university in Anderson, Indiana. The college is affiliated with the Church of God . Anderson University is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and the society. In 2010, U.S...

.

Country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 is very thick in Southern Indiana

Southern Indiana

Southern Indiana, in the United States, consists of the 33 counties located in the southernmost part of the state. The region's history and geography has led to a blend of Northern and Southern culture distinct from the remainder of Indiana. It is often considered to be part of the Upland South...

, an area considered part of the Upland South

Upland South

The terms Upper South and Upland South refer to the northern part of the Southern United States, in contrast to the Lower South or Deep South.-Geography:There is a slight difference in usage between the two terms...

.

Punk rock

In Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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, a vibrant 1970s punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 and New Wave

New Wave music

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 scene existed, including Latex Novelties, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Dow Jones and the Industrials

Dow Jones and the Industrials

Dow Jones and the Industrials were a punk band from West Lafayette, Indiana from the late 1970s until about 1981. During this time, they released a split LP with The Gizmos, entitled "Hoosier Hysteria", and a self-titled 7" EP...

 (from West Lafayette). Probably the most influential Indiana punk band, however, was The Gizmos

The Gizmos

Gizmos were a proto-punk band that formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 1975. Both leading members, Eddie Flowers andRich Coffee would move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s and becomeactive in the post-punk, underground rock scene there...

, from Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....

 - who spawned a thriving local alternative scene that included the likes of Amoebas in Chaos and Dancing Cigarettes. Later, a hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 and alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from Indianapolis called the Zero Boys

Zero Boys

The Zero Boys are a hardcore punk quartet from Indianapolis, Indiana fronted by Paul Mahern. Other members include bassist David "Tufty" Clough, drummer Mark Cutsinger and guitarist Vess Ruhtenberg....

 made some local waves. The Zero Boys started trying to make a local hardcore scene after seeing the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....

 in Chicago. Paul Mahern of the Zero Boys led the effort, and founded Affirmation Records, releasing several compilations and recordings from Articles of Faith

Articles of Faith (Band)

Articles of Faith were a Chicago-based hardcore punk band notable for songwriting in a class above most of their contemporaries . The band's later work, the posthumous In This Life LP in particular, either founds or foreshadows the emo sound...

 (from Chicago) and local band Killing Children

Killing Children

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 before going out of business. Today, local bands, such as The Glory City Disasters, Phoenix Bodies, Bushwhacked, Up! Scumbag, boLth, Cheap Bastard Squad (C//B//S), Mobocrat, Daisycutter, Dead in Marseille, The Five Second Cummings, The Displeased, Toxic Reasons, Wait til Wednesday, Axis & Allies, CounterActive , Wombat and Friends/Oilsnakes/"_____", The Mediocres, Sludgepacker, In the Face of War, Venable, Opponents, We The Hunters, The Life We Had, The Contortionist, Stone Throats, Pessoa, and others can be seen playing at The Emerson, The ES Jungle, Barley Island, The Melody Inn, The 1511 House, The Halloween House, Moria, The Firehouse Theatre, 1624 N Harrison St., Fort Wayne Hip Hop and Dance, Jam Crib, and Locals Only.

Currently in Indiana the music scene has changed with bands such as Blood In Blood Out from Northwest Indiana playing harder and more "hardcore" music than in the past. The local scene such as in Whiting,Hammond, and The east side of Chicago have almost all followed the scremo-post hardcore-and hardcore scene. Additionally, in Lafayette/West Lafayette, The Enders have emerged as a post-punk/hardcore band, and played their debut show to a crowd of over 300 people, illustrating the impact of punk and punk-influenced music in Indiana. There is also a small following in pop punk in the area led by bands such as Reclaim the Streets, Cardboard Cutout, and The Brave Day. Lafayette is also home to punk rock record label "Oi! the Boat Records" who's roster includes bands from around the US and Europe, notably including Sweden's Perkele who headline many punk festivals throughout Europe, Lars Frederiksen

Lars Frederiksen

Lars Erik Frederiksen is an American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991...

's (of Rancid (band)

Rancid (band)

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...

) side project band The Old Firm Casuals, seminal UK punk band Peter and the Test Tube Babies

Peter and the Test Tube Babies

Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band that was formed in the small town of Peacehaven, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre...

 along with many other internationally acclaimed punk and ska groups.

Hardcore

The Hardcore music scene has been flooding Indiana since early 2000. This is due to the constant influence from Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, and other large cities in the Midwest bordering Indiana. Bands like Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy

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 and Continuance

Continuance

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, and Haste The Day

Haste the Day

Haste the Day was an American Christian metalcore band signed with Solid State Records that was formed in Carmel, Indiana 2001. Their band is named after a lyric in the hymn "It Is Well With My Soul." The band released their debut release, an extended play titled That They May Know You, in 2002,...

 have come out of central Indiana. Hardcore music is a growing scene especially in Fort Wayne, IN. AXP

AXP

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 is a hardcore band from Warsaw, Indiana who toured the Midwest, East-Coast, and parts of Canada. The Face Of War

The Face of War

The Face of War is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. It was painted during a brief period when the artist lived in California....

is a hardcore/ pop-punk band from Kokom, Indiana. Bands such as AblesLaughter and The Day is Our, and In Silent Ruin have come from Warsaw and Fort Wayne respectively. Both gaining a large local fan base and are quickly becoming hometown heroes.

Urban music

Hip Hop/ Soul with a style brought from New York, Texas, New Orleans, and Chicago the Indiana hip hop scene has birthed some of the bravest talent in music. In 2008, we were introduced to two new anthems of hope in the Symphonics' "Commencement", which blazed with vocals by Brendon "Bishop" Garrett, and poetry by John "Juan Blanco" White and the ever present "Dream Again", which was produced by ManDog Productions. For more info on the Hip Hop/Soul scene in Indy try artists such as BPN, Black Box Ent., Ku-Dos the Kid, Z00 Krew Band, Trip Trae; and Calvin Crabtree with his South Central Indiana style of rap.

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References

• Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Los Angeles, CA: Feral House. ISBN 0-92291-571-7.
• Goshen, Larry, with Shaw, Mark (2002). Let the Good Times Roll: An Anthology of Indiana Music. Mentzer Printing. ISBN 0-9717596-2-6.
• Schiedt, Duncan P (1977). The Jazz State of Indiana. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 0-9603528-0-5.
• Oi! the Boat Records website: www.oitheboat.com