The Middle East is a live music venue, bar

Bar (establishment)

A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...

 and restaurant

Restaurant

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 in the Central Square

Central Square (Cambridge)

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 area of Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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. Having featured a huge variety of musicians since 1987, the establishment, with its upstairs and downstairs rooms, "is the nexus of metro Boston's rock-club scene for local and touring bands", according to Boston Phoenix newspaper.

History

The Middle East opened as a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 restaurant in 1970. In 1975 after brothers Joseph and Nabil Sater Habib purchased the establishment they expanded into a store front at 472 Massachusetts Avenue

Massachusetts Avenue (Boston)

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 The brothers maintained the ethnic food and keeping in the theme of the restaurant they had Arab-language bands, music and belly dancers. The area is now known as The Middle East Upstairs. In the 1980s they booked blues and jazz music. It was not until 1987 that the first rock show was played by a solo Roger Miller

Roger Miller (rock musician)

Roger Miller is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for co-founding the groups Mission of Burma and Alloy Orchestra.His main instruments are guitar and piano...

 of Mission of Burma

Mission of Burma

Mission of Burma is an American post-punk band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979. The band was formed by Roger Miller , Clint Conley , Peter Prescott and Martin Swope...

 fame.

Later that year a birthday party was thrown by local music promoter Billy Ruane at T.T. The Bear's Place, a small rock club next door. Having overbooked
T.T.'s, Ruane worked with the Sater brothers to have some of his party spill over to The Middle East and allow bands to play at their establishment. Ruane was quoted in 2007 by the Boston Phoenix saying to a 20th anniversary reunion crowd: "You remember what happened — I threw a fuckin' party that got too fuckin’ big".

In 1988, there were several other expansions of The Middle East. First the Sater brothers converted a bakery at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Brookline Street into a bar/restaurant. This section, known as The Corner, has a small stage against the window to Mass. Avenue, where local small bands and DJs play.
In 1993, in order to create a space for more popular musical acts to perform, the basement of the building, that was formerly a bowling alley, was converted into a music venue. This is now known as The Middle East Downstairs. The Corner acts as an entrance, waiting area and ticket section to the Downstairs.

ZuZu was named after the childhood nickname of one of the Sater brothers, and is an upscale restaurant. In 2001 the Sater brothers ceased leasing the location and built in 2001 and is the latest Venue in the Middle East complex. In 2002 this venue was updated by Lilli Dennison to have a night club type style. ZuZu features live music and DJs several times a week.

Reputation

According to the Weekly Dig

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, The Middle East "reigns supreme as Boston's best rock and/or roll

Rock music

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 joint". The Boston Globe has called it the city's "hippest

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 night spot." Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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described the club as "the exalted Middle East. The importance of The Middle East to the music scene in Greater Boston

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 spans many genres. The Boston Phoenix described the site: Steve Albini

Steve Albini

Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...

 of Shellac

Shellac (band)

Shellac is an American group composed of Steve Albini , Bob Weston and Todd Trainer...

 and former member of Big Black

Big Black

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 commented in the Boston Phoenix:

The Middle East is also a venue for artists in other genres including "jazz

Jazz

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, blues, funk

Funk

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, reggae

Reggae

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, ska

Ska

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, pop

Pop music

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, punk, and various combinations thereof". In the early 1990s, The Middle East quickly became an instrumental part of the music culture in the Boston area. "It's where new talent was quickly discovered and given voice. It was where established bands tried out new things on their audience. It was slowly reshaping the scene." The Middle East receives continuous awards from local newspapers for their food and music venues.

Venue

Begun in 1974 as a Lebanese restaurant

Lebanese people

The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....

 owned and operated by the Sater family, The Middle East has since expanded into adjacent storefronts and is now a complex of four different areas each with its own entrance. They are (from left to right):

• Upstairs at The Middle East, a 194 person capacity concert space
• ZuZu, a restaurant and bar with sophisticated decor and menu that features live music several nights a week with small occasional cover charge
• The Corner, a 70 person capacity restaurant and bar that features live music several nights a week and open mic comedy on Tuesday nights with no cover charge; often has belly dancers
  Belly dance
  Belly dance or Bellydance is a "Western"-coined name for a traditional "Middle Eastern" dance, especially raqs sharqi . It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West, or by the Greco-Turkish term çiftetelli...
  
   (Sunday/Wednesday) and Lebanese musicians to complement the Lebanese cuisine
  Lebanese cuisine
  Lebanese cuisine includes an abundance of starches, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, and when red meat is eaten it is usually lamb on the coast and goat meat in the mountain regions...
  
  
• Downstairs at The Middle East, a 575 person capacity concert space that has hosted many better-known, national artists.

Recordings

There have been several live recordings at The Middle East Downstairs, including The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' Live from The Middle East

Live from the Middle East

Live from the Middle East is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on October 20, 1998 by Mercury Records. This album was recorded live in Cambridge, Massachusetts at The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub...

, Dinosaur Jr

Dinosaur Jr

Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...

's Live at the Middle East DVD, The Minibosses

The Minibosses

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' Live at the Middle East, and Mr. Lif's Live at the Middle East

Live at the Middle East (Mr. Lif)

Live at the Middle East is a 2002 live album by underground hip-hop artist Mr. Lif. The album, released on Ozone Records, was recorded live at The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub in Cambridge, MA. The performance includes appearances by fellow Perceptionists lyricist Akrobatik and DJ Akbar.In...

.

Collaborations

Since at least 2000, The Middle East has been host to the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble

WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble

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, a well-publicized "battle of the bands" more than three decades old. The Middle East is also a prominent participant at the Cambridge River Festival, an annual musical and cultural event along the banks of the Charles River

Charles River

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 between Central and Harvard Square

Harvard Square

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.

Awards

• 2004-2007 Boston Phoenix (Best Club for Rock)
• 2005-2008 Weekly Dig (Best Mid-Sized Music Venue)
• 2008 Improper Bostonian Awards (Boston's Best Rock Club)
• 2008 Citysearch (Best Music Venue)
• 2008 Citysearch (Best Live Music Venue)
• 2009 Boston Phoenix (Best Tattooed Bouncers)
• 2009 City Voter (Best Live Music Venue)
• 2009 Weekly Dig Awards (Best Middle Eastern Restaurant)
• 2010 Boston Phoenix Best (Best Hip-Hop Venue)
• 2010 WBZ's A list (Best Live Music Venue)

Musicians

In addition to those artists mentioned above, a partial list of musicians who have played at The Middle East includes:

• 3 (band)
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• Aesop Rock
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• Agnostic Front
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• Akron/Family
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• The Album Leaf
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• Alkaline Trio
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• Amazing Crowns
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• Angels of Light
• Apollo Sunshine
  Apollo Sunshine
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• The Apples in Stereo
  The Apples in Stereo
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• Architecture in Helsinki
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• Art Brut
• Autechre
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• Avail
  Avail
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• Bad Religion
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• Bang Camaro
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• Bayside
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• Beat Circus
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• Beat Happening
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• Beyond the Embrace
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• Big D and the Kids Table
  Big D and the Kids Table
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• Bishop Allen
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• Black Lips
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  Black Lips are a "Flower Punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia.-History:The band formed in 1999 in Dunwoody, Georgia after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Alexander and Swilley were known for their crude antics both...
  
  
• Bleu
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• Boris
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  is a Japanese experimental rock band, known for often combining and switching between different music genres including drone metal, sludge metal, noise rock, psychedelic rock, ambient and pop...
  
  
• The Bouncing Souls
  The Bouncing Souls
  The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...
  
  
• Bowling for Soup
  Bowling for Soup
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• Breaking Pangaea
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• The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....
  
  
• Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene
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• The Bruisers
  The Bruisers
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• Buckethead
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• Jeff Buckley
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• Built to Spill
  Built to Spill
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• Busdriver
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• The Business
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• Cake
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• Cave In
  Cave In
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• Clipse
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• Clutch
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• Cobra Starship
  Cobra Starship
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• Constantines
  Constantines
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• Cowboy Mouth
  Cowboy Mouth
  Cowboy Mouth is a rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their name usually means "One with a loud and raucous voice". The nucleus of the band formed in the 1990s, and they have become a powerhouse live act whose performances have been likened to "a religious experience."Some of their most...
  
  
• Crash Kings
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• Cute Is What We Aim For
• Da Bulldogs
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• Damon and Naomi
  Damon and Naomi
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• The Damn Personals
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• Darkbuster
  Darkbuster
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• Dashboard Confessional
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• Dillinger Escape Plan
• Death Cab for Cutie
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• Death From Above 1979
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• Del tha Funkee Homosapien
  Del tha Funkee Homosapien
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• Delta Spirit
  Delta Spirit
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• Destruction
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• The Detroit Cobras
  The Detroit Cobras
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• Dick Dale
  Dick Dale
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• Dinosaur, Jr.
  Dinosaur Jr
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• Dizzee Rascal
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• The Donnas
  The Donnas
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• Dr. Dog
  Dr. Dog
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• Draco and the Malfoys
  Draco and the Malfoys
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• Dread Zeppelin
  Dread Zeppelin
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• Dredg
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• Dresden Dolls
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• Dropkick Murphys
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• The Ducky Boys
  The Ducky Boys
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• Electric Six
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• Elephant House
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• The Ex
• The Exit
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• Explosions in the Sky
  Explosions in the Sky
  Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
  
  
• Finntroll
  Finntroll
  Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...
  
  
• The Flaming Lips
  The Flaming Lips
  The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
  
  
• Flyleaf
  Flyleaf
  Flyleaf is an American alternative metal band, formed in the Belton and Temple, Texas regions in 2000. The band has charted on mainstream rock, Christian pop and Christian metal genres. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005....
  
  
• Fog
  Fog (band)
  Fog is a band fronted by Andrew Broder, which includes members Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a...
  
  
• Folk Implosion
• Freezepop
• Garbage
  Garbage (band)
  Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
  
  
• Girl Talk
  Girl Talk (musician)
  Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....
  
  
• Girls Against Boys
  Girls Against Boys
  Girls Against Boys are an indie rock/post-hardcore band, originally forming in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and currently based in New York City.-Career:...
  
  
• Gravity Kills
  Gravity Kills
  Gravity Kills is an American industrial rock band from Jefferson City, Missouri. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."...
  
  
• Grupo Fantasma
  Grupo Fantasma (American band)
  Grupo Fantasma is an eleven-piece, Grammy Award winning Latin funk orchestra from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2000 from the merger of two Austin acts, The Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, the band emerged with a sold out show at the former Empanada Parlour in Austin...
  
  
• Neil Hamburger
  Neil Hamburger
  Neil Hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington.-Style:Hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets, including Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, The Red...
  
  
• Harry and the Potters
  Harry and the Potters
  Harry and the Potters are an American alternative rock band known for spawning the genre of wizard rock. Founded in Norwood, Massachusetts, the group is primarily composed of Joe and Paul DeGeorge, who both perform under the persona of the title character from the Harry Potter book series...
  
  
• Richie Havens
  Richie Havens
  Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
  
  
• The Hives
  The Hives
  The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
  
  
• High Places
  High Places
  High Places is a band originating from Brooklyn, NY, recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA. The band is a duo comprising multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson.-History:...
  
  
• Hoobastank
  Hoobastank
  Hoobastank is an American rock band, best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason" and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away". They formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, with singer Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist Markku Lappalainen. They...
  
  
• Immortal Technique
  Immortal Technique
  Felipe Andres Coronel , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics...
  
  
• Into Eternity
• Iron & Wine
  Iron & Wine
  Samuel Beam , better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album...
  
  
• Isis
  Isis (band)
  Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
  
  
• Islands
  Islands (band)
  Islands is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.-Return to the Sea:In mid-2005 Islands recorded a debut album titled Return to the Sea, which was released in April 2006...
  
  
• Jesu
  Jesu (band)
  Jesu is a post-metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of Godflesh. Jesu was the name of the last song on the final Godflesh release, Hymns, and Broadrick decided to adopt it as the name of this project....
  
  
• Jonas Brothers
  Jonas Brothers
  The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
  
  
• KMFDM
  KMFDM
  KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
  
  
• The Killers
• Ted Leo
  Ted Leo
  Theodore F. Leo , called "Ted," as a short form of "Theodore," is an American punk rock/indie rock songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, though he is most known for his singing and guitar playing...
  
  
• Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...
  
  
• Maximo Park
  Maxïmo Park
  Maxïmo Park are a British alternative rock band, formed in 2000. They are signed to Warp Records. The band consists of Paul Smith , Duncan Lloyd , Archis Tiku , Lukas Wooller and Tom English...
  
  

• Melvins
• mewithoutYou
  MewithoutYou
  Me Without You, stylized as mewithoutYou and abbreviated as mwY, is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band consists of vocalist Aaron Weiss, guitarist Michael Weiss, bassist Greg Jehanian and drummer Rickie Mazzotta. MewithoutYou's music is generally dominated by...
  
  
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• The Minibosses
  The Minibosses
  Minibosses is an independent progressive rock/progressive metal band originally from Northampton, Massachusetts and currently located in Phoenix, Arizona. They are known for their video game music covers, which are instrumental rock variations of the theme music from classic Nintendo video games...
  
  
• Miranda July
  Miranda July
  Miranda July is a performing artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called Snarla.- Background :Miranda...
  
  
• The Misfits
• Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...
  
  
• M.O.P
• Moniker
• Morphine
  Morphine (band)
  Morphine was an American alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman and Dana Colley in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. They disbanded in 1999 after frontman Sandman died of a heart attack....
  
  
• Mouse on Mars
  Mouse on Mars
  Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany who have been making electronic music since 1993. Their music is a sometimes quirky blend of IDM, krautrock, disco, and ambient with a heavy dollop of analog synth sounds and cross-frequency modulation...
  
  
• Mr. Butch
  Mr. Butch
  Harold Madison, Jr., , more widely known as Mr. Butch, and sometimes called the "King of Kenmore Square" and "The Mayor of Allston" was a homeless man living on the streets of Boston...
  
  
• The Muffs
  The Muffs
  The Muffs are a rock band based in Southern California, formed in 1991 and led by Kim Shattuck.-History:The Muffs' leader is singer-songwriter Kim Shattuck...
  
  
• Municipal Waste
  Municipal Waste (band)
  Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....
  
  
• Neutral Milk Hotel
  Neutral Milk Hotel
  Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. The band was noted for its experimental sound, obscure lyrics and eclectic instrumentation....
  
  
• No Age
  No Age
  No Age is a two-person American indie rock group consisting of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt. The band is based in Los Angeles and is currently signed to Sub Pop records...
  
  
• Oranjuly
  Oranjuly
  - Oranjuly :Oranjuly is an American alternative rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts founded in 2008 by American songwriter Brian E. King . Their sound has been described by music journalists as a mix of Weezer and The Beach Boys because of their catchy songwriting, intricate arrangements and...
  
  
• Page France
  Page France
  Page France was an American indie folk-pop music band that played melodic and emotional music. Their last record deal was with Suicide Squeeze Records, before the disbandment in 2008, because of band leader Michael Nau wanting to focus his full attention on Cotton Jones.The band was started as a...
  
  
• Papas Fritas
  Papas Fritas
  Papas Fritas is an American indie-rock band that formed in 1992 and released three studio albums before quietly breaking up around 2001. The band's name is Spanish for "French fries" but is also a pun on the phrase "Pop has freed us," which they used as both the name of their music publishing...
  
  
• Pedro the Lion
  Pedro the Lion
  Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Singer-songwriter David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. T. W. Walsh is considered to be the sole official band member besides Bazan. In...
  
  
• Pernice Brothers
• Piebald
  Piebald
  A piebald or pied animal is one that has a spotting pattern of large unpigmented, usually white, areas of hair, feathers, or scales and normally pigmented patches, generally black. The colour of the animal's skin underneath its coat is also pigmented under the dark patches and unpigmented under...
  
  
• Powerman 5000
  Powerman 5000
  Powerman 5000 is an American Metal band formed in 1991. Through the span of over two decades, the group has released several albums and gained their highest commercial success with 1999's science fiction themed Tonight the Stars Revolt!...
  
  
• Pretty Things
  Pretty Things
  The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
  
  
• Public Enemy
• Ra Ra Riot
  Ra Ra Riot
  Ra Ra Riot is an American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, consisting of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, cellist Alexandra Lawn , violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Kenny Bernard.-History:...
  
  
• Reverend Horton Heat
• Jonathan Richman
  Jonathan Richman
  Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...
  
  
• RJD2
  RJD2
  RJD2 is an American music producer, singer and musician. RJD2 was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was signed to the Definitive Jux label where he released two largely instrumental hip hop albums and has produced tracks...
  
  
• Rocketscience
  Rocketscience
  Rocketscience is a Boston-based power-pop / rock band, formed in 1998 by Weymouth, MA natives Andrew Galdins, Aaron Stein and John Barber. They were later joined in 1999 by guitarist Jon Towne...
  
  
• Sam Black Church
  Sam Black Church (band)
  Sam Black Church was a Boston hardcore band that played from 1988 - 2000. It was named after the West Virginia community of Sam Black Church.- History :Sam Black Church were known for their energetic live performances...
  
  
• Sevendust
  Sevendust
  Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...
  
  
• Shellac
  Shellac
  Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes , which are dissolved in ethyl alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish...
  
  
• Silver Jews
  Silver Jews
  Silver Jews was an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by David Berman along with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman remained throughout and was the only constant member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berman became a regular member of the band...
  
  
• Sleater-Kinney
  Sleater-Kinney
  Sleater-Kinney was an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 1994. Originally formed in Olympia, Washington, the group's name is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, the location of one of their early practice spaces. They were a...
  
  

• Sloan
  Sloan (band)
  Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...
  
  
• Elliott Smith
  Elliott Smith
  Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
  
  
• Smoosh
  Smoosh
  Smoosh is an American indie pop band from Seattle, Washington. They have released three albums, She Like Electric, Free to Stay and Withershins, all of which were written and performed by singer/keyboardist Asya and her sister, drummer Chloe...
  
  
• Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
  
  
• Spoon
  Spoon (band)
  Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel ; Jim Eno ; Rob Pope and Eric Harvey .-History:...
  
  
• Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
  
• Streetlight Manifesto
  Streetlight Manifesto
  Streetlight Manifesto is an American punk band with many influences from different genres including ska, from New Brunswick, New Jersey fronted by Tomas Kalnoky....
  
  
• The Strokes
  The Strokes
  The Strokes are an American indie rock band formed in 1999 in New York City. Consisting of Julian Casablancas , Nick Valensi , Albert Hammond, Jr. , Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti ....
  
  
• Sunn O)))
  Sunn O)))
  Sunn O))) is an American doom metal band known for its synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and black metal. Supported by a varying cast of collaborators, the band has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson .-History:Sunn O))) is named after the Sunn...
  
  
• Sunset Rubdown
  Sunset Rubdown
  Sunset Rubdown is an art rock band from Montreal, Canada. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in early 2005...
  
  
• Swervedriver
  Swervedriver
  Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band went on hiatus in 1998 before reforming in 2008 for a world tour, which included a performance at the high-profile Coachella Festival...
  
  
• Third Rail
  Third rail
  A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost...
  
  
• Richard Thompson
• Throwing Muses
  Throwing Muses
  Throwing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the...
  
  
• Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop ....
  
  
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
  Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
  The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players describe themselves as an "indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band", from the United States. Originally from Seattle, Washington, they are now based in New York, New York.-Overview:...
  
  
• TV on the Radio
  TV on the Radio
  TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....
  
  
• John Vanderslice
  John Vanderslice
  John Vanderslice is an American musician and songwriter. Previously a member of the band Mk Ultra, he now records and performs as a solo artist.-Early years:...
  
  
• Victims of Circumstance
  Victims of Circumstance
  -Early Years :In the fall of 2005, two veterans of the Florida Punk Scene, guitarist Michael Smyth and drummer Glenn Stewart were working together at a debt settlement company...
  
  
• The Vines
  The Vines
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• The Walkmen
  The Walkmen
  The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
  
  
• Tilly and the Wall
  Tilly and the Wall
  Tilly and the Wall is an indie pop group from Omaha, Nebraska. Their name originated from a children's book called Tillie and the Wall, written by Leo Lionni...
  
  
• Waltham
  Waltham (band)
  Waltham is a rock band that formed in 1999. The band takes its name from its hometown of Waltham, Massachusetts. The band is composed of Frank Pino, Jr...
  
  
• Warbringer
  Warbringer
  Warbringer is an American thrash metal band. The band formed in 2004. Warbringer is signed to Century Media Records. Century Media signed Warbringer after seeing them at a local show in LA. Originally, a Century Media rep was at the show to see another LA thrash metal band but decided to sign...
  
  
• White Stripes
  The White Stripes
  The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
  
  
• Wednesday 13
  Wednesday 13
  Joseph Poole, better known as Wednesday 13 , is a rock musician from Charlotte, North Carolina. He is most famous for his role as the frontman of the Murderdolls...
  
  
• Ween
  Ween
  Ween is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...
  
  
• Keith Fullerton Whitman
  Keith Fullerton Whitman
  Keith Fullerton Whitman is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the most familiar is Hrvatski...
  
  
• Saul Williams
  Saul Williams
  Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
  
  
• Wesley Willis
  Wesley Willis
  Wesley Willis was a musician and artist from Chicago. A diagnosed chronic schizophrenic, he gained an enormous cult following in the 1990s after releasing several hundred songs of simple but unique music, with emphasis on his humorous, bizarre, and frequently obscene lyrics...
  
  
• Xiu Xiu
  Xiu Xiu
  Xiu Xiu is an American avant-garde group originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception in 2002. His current bandmate is Angela Seo...
  
  
• Thalia Zedek
  Thalia Zedek
  Thalia Zedek is an American singer and guitarist. Active since the early 1980s, she has been a member of several notable alternative rock groups, including Live Skull and Come...
  
  

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