The other day it dawned upon me...other than the obvious states New York and California...Ohio has given birth to more awesome bands than any other state I can think of.
Devo
Guided By Voices
the New Bomb Turks
Brainiac
Pere Ubu
Rocket From the Tombs
the Dead Boys
the Afghan Whigs
Swearing At Motorists
the Breeders
Lou Barlow
the Ohio Players
the Electric Eels
the Black Keys
David Allan Coe
Chrissie Hynde
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Tracy Chapman
Mushroomhead
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Nine Inch Nails
Jon Spencer (from the blues explosion was born in cleveland!)
Premonitions of War
the Sun
SA Smash
the Kelley Deal 6000
Shesus
Stylex
the Libertines
84 Nash
...and probably a whole lot more. The purpose of this thread is to a) comment on the "Rock-a-tude" of Ohio or b) pimp your own state and their rock lineage.