Music of Florida
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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 a myriad of musical styles from punk rock to salsa and heavy metal being popular in various parts of the state.
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[edit] Early recording industry
The Miami recording industry did not begin until the 1970s, beginning with Criteria Studios, which is where such noteworthy recordings as Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Hotel California by The Eagles were made. Long-time local music entrepreneur Henry Stone and his label, TK Records, created the local indie scene in the 1970s. 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.
[edit] Southern Rap
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Mainly an African-American, Latino based neighborhood, called Liberty City, located in northern part of Miami, is where many of the underground rappers are from. Liberty city, not well known by many, but represented by many southern underground rappers in the rap game. One artist known as "Trick Daddy" is from Liberty city, Miami. is known as the gunshine state, the murder capital, Liberty city, Miami.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Florida breaks
Main article: 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.
[edit] Miami bass
Main article: 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 Maggotron, 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]
[edit] Tampa Jook Music
A mixture of Bass, House & Hip Hop, this dance driven genre is native to Tampa, FL. Tampa is crowned by Florida natives as "Jook City."
Some of "Jook Music" most noted acts are Khia, 2 pistols,DJ Strizzo, DJ Lil Kee, Tom G, Acafool, YoungFella, T.Geezy, Jolli Boi, Tampa Tony, Rated-R, DJ Trans, Dirty Game, Platinum, Lady Duet & Jubilee.
[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 (both of 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: 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. 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.
Usually associated with what has become known as nü-emo is Chris Carrabba and his band, Dashboard Confessional from Boca Raton. Dashboard Confessional helped make emo music popular in the early 2000s. His former band, Further Seems Forever, is also a popular indie rock band from Pompano Beach.
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: the Crumbs, November Charlie, Against All Authority, Anberlin, Underoath, Poison the Well, 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, Hangman, Bloodlet, Solid Answer, Culture, Burgundy Romance, Roosevelt, Murrychestones, Endure, Grasspatch, Death, Obituary, Morbid Opera, Spoke, Raging Pus Bags, The Doldrums, Hellwitch, Compton Static, Weakling, Hot Water Music, Morning Again, Drop, Milky Filth, Chokehold, False Crisis, Lobotomy, etc.
[edit] Independent Rock
Indie bands Iron & Wine and Copeland are from Florida. 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".
[edit] 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 Cannibal Corpse, the legendary innovators of the genre Death and Morbid Angel, as well as seminal acts like Deicide, Obituary, Hate Eternal, Monstrosity, Nocturnus, Atheist, Hellwitch 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, Hellwitch, Hateplow, Kult ov Azazel, and Hibernus Mortis.
[edit] "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.
[edit] 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.
