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| Institutions | |
| Concert Association of Florida - Florida Grand Opera - Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - Raymond F. Kraviz Center - Rhythm Foundation - Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center | |
| Organizations | |
| Arts Council of Northwest Florida - Chopin Foundation | |
| Venues | |
| Quincy Music Theatre - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall - Cruzan Amphitheatre | |
| Festivals | |
| Calle Ocho Festival - Carnival Miami - Miami Reggae Festival - Winter Music Conference - Sunfest | |
| State song | "Florida" - "Florida, My Florida" - "Old Folks at Home" |
| Topics | Music of Fort Lauderdale - Music of Miami - Music of Sarasota |
Florida's ethnic diversity has led to myriad musical styles from punk rock to salsa and heavy metal being popular in various parts of the state.
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Early recording industry
The Miami recording industry began in the 1970s with Criteria Studios, which produced such noteworthy recordings as Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Hotel California by The Eagles. Long-time local music entrepreneur Henry Stone and his label TK Records created the local indie scene in the 1970s.Also winter albums by Bob Segar,Ted Nugent,and Grand Funk Railroad.,All Michigan bands down for the winters. T. K. Records produced the R&B group KC and the Sunshine Band along with soul singers Betty Wright, George McCrae and Jimmy "Bo" Horne as well as a number of minor soul and disco hits, many influenced by Caribbean music. In the 1970s and early 1980s Jacksonville saw a very active music recording scene with Southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet, The Allman Brothers Band, 38 Special, The Outlaws, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Bellamy Brothers also recorded their style of country music in the mid to late 1970s. They originated from Darby, Florida, just north of Tampa in Pasco County.
Southern Rap
Many underground rappers, like "Trick Daddy", come from little-known Liberty City, an African-American and Latino neighborhood in northern Miami. Other South Florida rappers are Rick Ross, Urban Horror Clique, Trina, Cool & Dre, Flo Rida, and Jacki-O. Orlando has been on the rise over the past few years with talented artists such as Wes Fif, Jon Young, J.Cash, Dee Boi, Smilez & Southstar, and the rap group Treal. The Runners are from Orlando as well. Plies is a Fort Myers native. Don't forget Lil-Ice from Broward County Carver Ranches (myspace.com/18stblessedchild),95 South and 69 Boys.
Latin pop
There are many Latinos in Florida, and an especially high number of Cubans in cities like Miami. The regional Latin music industry includes a wide variety of traditional and popular Cuban styles, as well as other Latin music genres. The Cuban community has produced traditional performers like Cachao and Israel Kantor, as well as mainstream pop stars like Gloria Estefan. Estefan is the most famous salsa musician to come from the Miami pop industry; others include Willie Chirino and Albita Rodríguez.[1]
Florida breaks
Florida breaks is a genre of breakbeat music originating in the state of Florida. It is particularly popular in the Orlando and Tampa Bay areas. In the latter, it is referred to as Tampa Breaks.
Miami bass
Miami bass is a kind of booming, bass-heavy hip hop music that developed in the mid-1980s in Miami. Innovators on the scene included DJ Laz, while the scene's eventual popularizer was Luther Campbell's 2 Live Crew. The lyrics to Miami bass were sexually explicit, and when 2 Live Crew began to achieve national attention, the words to their songs caused a controversy after several stores were prosecuted under obscenity laws for selling the disc, and members of 2 Live Crew were arrested for performing songs from the album Nasty As They Wanna Be.[1] And Premier DJ,DJ Laz with many cd's on the market now.
Miami Jook Music
A mix between hip hop, bass, and dance.It is similar to Tampa Jook but with a different vibe. Upcoming Miami Jook artists are Ballgreezy, Grindmode, Unda Surveillance,John Weseley, Gabriel Antonio, and many more. Mainstream Miami Jook artists are Flo-Rida and Brisco
Tampa Jook Music
A mixture of Bass, House & Hip Hop, this dance driven genre is native to Tampa, FL, and surrounding areas. Tampa is crowned by Florida natives as "Jook City."
Some of "Jook Music's" most noted acts are Khia, 2 pistols, DJ Strizzo, H.U.L.I.G.E.E.S., DJ Lil Kee, Blak Jack Boys, Tom G, Gutta Bleek, Acafool, Young Fella, Owe Jive, The Underdawgs, Krazy, Dirty South Divas, T.Geezy, Jolli Boi, Tampa Tony, Rated-R, DJ Trans, Dirty Game, Platinum, Lady Duet, Shyzte & Jubilee cant forget up and coming Cristol
Other notable Non - Jook Music artists and Producers from Tampa Include The Grammy Award winning Production team J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Funkghost ,Da Real Ones, Laws , and Celph Titled.
Fort Myers
Fort Myers Florida is a major city located in SouthWest Florida. Plies is the first mainstream successful artist who took over the state of Florida in just a few years with his big brothers label Big Gates Records under Slip N slide Records. Also hailing fast from the city and is the next big thing out of Fort Myers is Lil CZR a rapper on the rise doing big things all over Florida. http://www.myspace.com/officialczr
Rock
Rock/Alternative/Post-Grunge band, Matchbox Twenty originate from Orlando, Florida.
Usually associated with what has become known as the new wave of popular alternative music is Chris Carrabba and his band, Dashboard Confessional from Boca Raton. Dashboard Confessional quickly became popular with their pop rock music in the early 2000s. His former band, Further Seems Forever, is also a popular indie rock band from Pompano Beach.
Another up and coming rock band from Florida is Say Never. Originating from Daytona Beach, they feature full time cellist Petar Kecenovici and singer/songwriter Clayton Sturgeon. Their debut album 'Broken Record Dreams' will be available by the end of 2009
One of Tampa Bay's hottest bands, Retribution, featuring Damond Jiniya - former frontman of Savatage hit the Tampa Bay music scene in late 2009. [edit]
Punk rock
Florida has long been notorious for repression of youth culture, and punk rock was no exception. Centered out of Gainesville, Tampa and other cities, hardcore punk gained a widespread following. The first band is believed to be Roach Motel of Gainesville, but The Eat, from Hialeah, had formed around 1978-79. Rat Cafeteria (Tampa), Sector 4, Hated Youth, and Paisley Death Camp (all from Tallahassee), Morbid Opera (Miami) and Crucial Truth (Pompano Beach) also gained an audience. The SlutBoys and The Implications were two early Tallahassee bands from 1980/81. The LP compilation Killed By Florida, an homage to the punk bootleg compilation series Killed By Death, contains a selection of tracks representative of the Florida punk scene from 1978 to 1985. Some blame the death of Florida hardcore on an influx of hard-right Cuban skinheads.[2] The mid/late 1980s had a new wave of Hardcore/Punk bands: Nuclear Beer from Coral Springs, Krypto from Pompano Beach,The Roidz, The Chosen, and The Believers from West Palm Beach, Awake and Slap Of Reality from Tampa, Beyond Reason, Powerhouse, (both from Miami), People's Court, Raging Pus Bags, The Doldrums from Gainsville, Altered Grey & Deal With It from Palm Beach Gardens, No Fraud from Venice Florida, Gasoline, & Chokehold from Melbourne Florida.
The new wave of pop punk, emo, and screamo is heavily influenced by Florida bands, especially from South Florida. Fairview from Satellite Beach and New Found Glory, a Coral Springs band, is a major player in the popular punk of the late 1990s and the 2000s. The emoviolence scene was also quite popular in years past in Florida, spawning such bands as Palatka.
Gainesville (as noted above) and Jacksonville were very popular punk in the late 1990s. Less Than Jake, Against Me! and Hot Water Music are from Gainesville, while Yellowcard and Evergreen Terrace are from Jacksonville.
Other Punk/Hardcore/Metal bands from Florida include:Sick Of Society (East Coast Oi!-Core), Blacksmoke Theory, The Crumbs, November Charlie, Against All Authority, Midnight Aria, Anberlin, Underoath, Poison the Well, Imperial and I Have Dreams. Shai Hulud, The Roidz, The Believers, The Chosen, PUI, FOS, LOAD, Amboogalard, Death Turd, Altered Grey, Mad Exploding Flowers, Faceplant, Deal With It, People's Court, Machine, Timescape Zero, Awake, Beyond Reason, Powerhouse, Ego Trip, Bad Acid, The Abusers, Hangman, Bloodlet, Solid Answer, Culture, Burgundy Romance, Roosevelt, Murrychestones, Endure, Grasspatch, Death, Obituary, Morbid Opera, Spoke, Raging Pus Bags, The Doldrums, Meatlocker, Raped Ape, Hellwitch, Compton Static, Weakling, Hot Water Music, Morning Again, Drop, Milky Filth, Chokehold, False Crisis, Lobotomy, The Mighty Shrill, Order of Importance, Reversal of Man,Cease, Andromeda, Moral Decline, A Day To Remember, The LivVers exc.
Tribute bands
In recent years a wave of tribute acts has emerged from primarily the Tampa Bay area. Under the tutelage of Maximum bands, a Florida-based booking and management agency, several notable acts have come to prominence.[citation needed] AC/DC tribute band HIGHWAY TO HELL [1] has led the pack playing many notable venues and festivals and sharing the stage with Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams of AC/DC in Sarasota, Florida in 2007.[citation needed] Other acts included "The Stones" a Rolling Stones tribute fronted by Richard Stewart a theatre veteran of many plays and shows, and recently a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne called Bark at the Moon[2], and Motley Crue tribute Carnival of Crue[3] has emerged. These acts along with several others can be found here [4] These acts have been playing notable festivals like Gasparilla, Biketoberfest, and more.
Some of the most successful tribute bands in Florida tend to be the contemporary acts like a Billy Joel[5] tribute or a Jimmy Buffett show [6].
Tribute bands are unlike cover bands as they usually dress and sound the part. It is more like a stage production than a bar gig.[citation needed]
Independent Rock
Indie bands Iron & Wine, Copeland and Two Years Till Tomorrow are from Florida, and newcomers The Cruz, who formed at the Tampa Jesuit High School. In addition to the nationally recognized talent this area has produced, an indie/americana scene is also popular in and around the Central Florida area. Another Indie Florida band was The Generators from Orlando, active from 1985 - 1992. The Generators were included on Breakout USA a Best Unsigned Band C.D. issues by the Westwood Radio Network in 1990. The Generators went on to work with Chris Wardman (producer) and Swell Entertainment of Canada. They recorded and released one album for Capitol/EMI Canada titled "Now Available in Paperback". In the mid 2000's Electric President emerged out of the Jacksonville Beach indie scene.
Death metal
The metal scene in Florida, especially Tampa, started in the mid-1980s and is still thriving today.
Tampa has produced death metal artists such as, the legendary innovators of the genre Death and Morbid Angel, as well as seminal acts like Deicide, Obituary, Hate Eternal, Monstrosity, Nocturnus, Atheist and Acheron.
Tampa is also home to the infamous Morrisound Studios. Records such as Deicide's debut album, Deicide; Morbid Angel's debut album Altars of Madness, Scream Bloody Gore from Death, as well as many other classic death metal albums.
Ft. Lauderdale has produced a few metal bands as well, such as Into the Moat, Malevolent Creation, Divine Empire, Kult ov Azazel, and Hibernus Mortis.
"Boy Bands"
The 1990s saw an increase in the popularity of "Boy Bands". Three such bands came out of the Orlando area: N Sync, O Town and Backstreet Boys.
"Industrial/Nu-Metal"
Marilyn Manson and Nonpoint from Fort Lauderdale. Limp Bizkit from Jacksonville. Kill Your Deity, referred to mostly as KY Deity is from Fort Myers.
See also
References
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-421-X.
- ^ Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 0-92291-571-7.
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