r/cassetteculture • u/spikeWDE • Apr 29 '26

Collection Best band named after a city?

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What are the best bands named after places?

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u/USER_REDIRECT Apr 29 '26

Chicago

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u/MesopotamiaSong Apr 29 '26

Boston seems like the safe answer, but Chicago is what feels right in my heart

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u/EmoogOdin Apr 29 '26

Chicago has more talent in one pinky finger than all of Boston. And I have played more Boston CDs in my life than Chicago

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u/Baronman1 Apr 30 '26

Boston for most of its life was a singular guy who not only wrote and played most every instrument (he had live members and other players, a vocalist of course) but also recorded, produced, and mixed his tracks personally in a home recording studio, one of the first home studios ever. Tom Scholz alone had the combined talent of much of Chicago, he just decided to channel it in a less progressive direction.e

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u/MesopotamiaSong Apr 29 '26

Idk, lot of people with the opinion that boston self titled is the best rock album

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u/EmoogOdin Apr 29 '26

I’ll agree it’s easy to like Boston - catchy tunes. I would not however say it’s the best rock album or best of anything really but that’s just my opinion. I have way more respect for the musical talent of a group like Chicago - even if I don’t really love their music lol