Local radio station does a thing every year, sometimes twice, called Pointfest. Maybe a third of the bands are worth going to see, the rest are terribad emo ****s, including a majority of the local bands they have play there.
As far as my actual local scene, it's 90% emo bullshit, and all the good bands either break up or go emo when they're signed. Case in point: Story of the Year. They used to suck, but not as bad as they do now after they were signed and COMPLETELY changed their sound (i.e. sold out)
Best band to ever come out of my area (St. Louis, Missouri): The Urge, an amazing ska band that split in 2004. Back in '96 they did a song that featured Nick Hexum of 311 called Jump Right In. Youtube that shit if you're into ska, but on their 3rd album all hints of ska faded and they more or less became alternative rock, then later split.
Edit: Should've mentioned this, the "biggest names" to come out of my city are Nelly, a few other rappers, and the St. Lunatics who did that ****ing air force ones Nike song.
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