(11-24-2014 07:15 PM)MeanGreenFan123 Wrote: Some from UNT/Denton:
Pat Boone
Brave Combo
Don Henley
Norah Jones
Roy Orbinson
The Blues Brothers (2 of the 3)
LeCrae
Sarah Jaffe
Polyphonic Spree
Riverboat Gamblers
Meat Loaf
Steve Turre (SNL Band)
Bowling for Soup
Midlake
Eli Young Band
Very impressive list from the Mean Green nation; however, you have an unfair advantage because your music program is one of the best in the nation.
El Paso famous rockers include:
Bobby Fuller (I fought the law and you know the rest)
At The Drive In (Coachella headliners in 2012 and scheduled for 2015)
Mars Volta
Sparta or Sleepcar (Jim Ward vocals is a UTEP grad)
The Royalty (new band that just signed with a major label; majority are UTEP grads)
Phil Ochs (Hippie rocker from the 60s)
Ministry (Uncle Al now lives in El Paso)
Stevie Nicks (lived in El Paso during her Jr. High/High school years)
Vicki Carr (okay not rock at all)
Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) High school years in El Paso
Nikki Sixx (see above w/o Counting Crows info)
Really good article on the El Paso Music scene from a 2009 Vanity Fair article:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2...y-in-texas