Have you ever become truly excited about a local band?

I don’t get that excited about local music, but I love The Aposematics from Peoria, Illinois.

I like to mention them here on questions about music and on Facebook whenever I get a chance.

Not locally because my local music scene is infested with cookie cutter scenecore, metalcore, and pop-punk acts that almost universally suck.

There are very small indie bands in other cities that I have loved and supported, though. The one that first comes to mind was called Moth!Fight! They were from Austin, Texas and they were absolutely awesome. I bought a ton of their merchandise from them and told all of my friends about them. Sadly, they broke up a few years ago and basically vanished off the face of the earth. They are still one of my favorite bands.

Yes, when my son was in a ska band in high school. They even played at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park a few times!

Hell yes! Living in Chicago area I have been fortunate to see the likes of Dave Uhrich, Griff Band, Koko Taylor, Dick Holiday and the Bamboo gang and the Rugburners to name a few.

Not that I ever was, but a lot of people here were really excited about Korn before they went big.

My brother was recording some songs for his album this week. I’m pretty psyched.

My brother is pretty dang good. :)

Owl CIty!

My daughter’s favorite song by Owl City Fireflies

Definitely. I had a father, uncle, and grandfather in the local music scene, and I was in a band myself for a while. Local music was very much my focus for many years. I used to wear t-shirts for my father’s bands, helped sell albums, and I would bring people along to shows on the weekends from time to time.

Outside of the family, I remember following the Goo Goo Dolls as they became progressively more well-known. They didn’t really need any help from me, though. I was also a fan of Merit early on. Lacking direct access to anyone in the band, I mostly supported them through word of mouth, radio requests, and voting for them in a battle of the bands.

There’s not much of a music scene at all where I live now, so I haven’t gotten excited about a local act for quite some time. I have introduced some of my friends to my father’s music, however.

I was excited about a local band in the first half of 1967.
The excitement went nationwide when they released Light My Fire in April (IIRC) of that year.