I'm friends with a few of the local rock bands back home:
Energy is a really great local band that's gaining a good following within the region. They play a lot of shows at
The Monkeybar and in Columbus, OH.
On a larger scale, there's
Bobaflex . They're a great bunch of guys, and I used to work with the McCoy brothers (who are descended from the McCoys of Hatfield/McCoy fame). They've got a CD out, and they're signed, but I don't think they're getting the recognition they deserve.
Natural Born Losers are a bunch of guys from Beckley, WV that I hang out with at local shows. They're not that well known, yet, but they're good fun to see play, or to drink with afterwords.
I've been friends with the lead singer from
Aftermath for a while, since we both used to hang out at the local tattoo studio all the time.
A couple of guys I work with used to be in an assortment of other bands: GI Jesus, Frontier Bastards, Big Country Band, Mindstream...
I tend to know a lot of bands, since I spend a lot of time either at the tattoo parlors, or at shows.