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List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area

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This is a list of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area, music groups founded in the San Francisco Bay Area or closely associated with the region. Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they are solo artists. The list is grouped in three sections: San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay, East Bay, and South Bay.

San Francisco Peninsula/North Bay[edit]

The Ace of Cups

The Action Design

The Aislers Set

American Music Club

Andre Nickatina

Animosity

Anvil Chorus

Automatic Pilot

Avengers

Babylon A.D.

Back in the Saddle

Beaten by Them

The Beau Brummels

The Beatnigs

Beefy Red (based in Marin County, 1969-1972)

Beulah

Big Brother and the Holding Company^[1]

Blame Sally

Blaqk Audio

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Blue Cheer

BOMB

Bracket

Brittany Shane

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Buckethead

Butch Engle & the Styx

The Cat Heads

The Charlatans

Chris Isaak

Chrome

Chuck Prophet

Clover

Con Funk Shun

Consolidated

Conspiracy of Beards

The Contractions

Cormorant

Craig Abaya

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Crime

Crown City Rockers

The Cubby Creatures

Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

Dan the Automator

Dead Kennedys

Deafheaven

Death Angel

Deerhoof

Dexter Danger

Diego’s Umbrella

The Dodos

The Doobie Brothers

The Donnas

E-40

The Ebb and Flow

Eddie and the Tide

Enemy You

Every Move A Picture

Eric Lindell

Eric McFadden

Faith No More

The Family Crest

Fifty Foot Hose

Film School

First Blood

Flamin’ Groovies

Flipper

4 Non Blondes^[2]

The Fucking Buckaroos^[3]

Geographer

Girls

The Gone Jackals

Graham Central Station

Grateful Dead^[4]

The Great Society

Her Space Holiday

Hickey (band)

Hoodoo Rhythm Devils

The House Jacks

Hot Flash Heat Wave

Hot Tuna

Huey Lewis and the News

Imperial Teen

It’s a Beautiful Day

J Church

Jefferson Airplane^[1]

Jefferson Starship

Jim Campilongo^[5]

JoJo

Journey

Kaskade

Kronos Quartet^[6]

Larry Graham

Latin Soul Syndicate

Leila and the Snakes

Leon’s Creation

Leviathan (musical project)

Linda Tillery

Logos

Loquat

LoveLikeFire^[7]

The M Machine

Mac Dre

Malo

Matt Nathanson

Michael Franti

Michelle Lambert

Mink DeVille

M.I.R.V.

Moby Grape

Mojo Men

Mordred

Morning Glory Sixties band

Mother Earth

Mount Rushmore

Mr Bungle

N2Deep

Naked Lunch

Negativland

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Night Ranger^[2]

The Nuns

Oxbow

The Other Half

Pablo Cruise

Papa Roach

Pansy Division

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions

Pointer Sisters

Psychefunkapus^[2]

Quicksilver Messenger Service^[4]

The Residents

Romeo Void

Rubicon

Rupa and the April Fishes

Sammy Hagar^[2]

Santana

Sean Hayes

Secret Chiefs 3

Seventeen Evergreen

Sly and the Family Stone

Snakefinger

Snake River Conspiracy

Sons of Champlin

Sopwith Camel

The Sorentinos

Soundhole

Spiral Starecase

Steel Breeze

Steve Miller Band

Steve Kimock

The Stone Foxes

Sun Kil Moon

SVT

Swell

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Thee Oh Sees

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Third Eye Blind^[2]

Those Darn Accordions

Thunderegg

Time in Malta

Toiling Midgets

Tommy Tutone

Tower of Power

Train

Translator

Tsunami Bomb

The Tubes

Tuxedomoon

The Union Trade

The Units

Until December

Two Gallants

Tycho

Ty Segall

Vain

Vejtables

The Velvet Teen

Vernian Process

Vetiver

Victim’s Family

Voice Farm

Von

Waycross

We Five

Whipping Boy

Whirr

Wire Train

Wooden Shjips

X-tal

Young Elders

East Bay[edit]

Adrian Marcel

AFI

All Shall Perish

American Steel

Attitude

Attitude Adjustment

Automatic Man

Audrye Sessions

Blackalicious

Blatz

Brett Dennen

Cold Blood

Communiqué

Condemned Attitude

Counting Crows

Country Joe and the Fish^[4]

The Coup

Creedence Clearwater Revival^[8]

Crimpshrine

Critical Mass

Cry Wolf

Dance Hall Crashers

The Dandelion War

Day Wave

Death Angel^[2]

Defiance

Deltron 3030

Desa

Digital Underground

En Vogue

Ensemble Mik Nawooj

Everyone Is Dirty

Exodus^[2]

Filth

Fifteen

Finish Ticket

Fleshies

Forbidden

The Frustrators

G-Eazy

Green Day

Guapdad 4000

Hazel English

Heathen

Hieroglyphics

High on Fire

Honeycut

Hurricane

Iamsu!

Idiot Flesh

Imager

Kehlani

The Jars

Jay Som

Jellyfish

Joe Satriani^[2]

Joy of Cooking

Judgement Day

Kai

Lȧȧz Rockit

Lil B

Link 80

The Loading Zone

The Lonely Island

The Lookouts

The Lovemakers

Luniz

Lyrics Born

Mac Dre

Machine Head

Maldroid

The Matches

MC Hammer

Metal Church

Michael Franti

Monsula

Montrose

The Mother Hips

The Mr. T Experience^[2]

Negative pH^[2]

Neurosis^[2]

New Diplomat

Operation Ivy

The Pack

Papa Wheelie

The Phenomenauts

Pinhead Gunpowder

Possessed

Primus^[2]

Rancid^[2]

Rogue Wave

Samiam

The Savage Resurrection

Screw 32

Sentinel

Set Your Goals

Shannon and the Clams

Sheila E

Souls of Mischief

Stoneground

The Story So Far

Sweet Baby

SWMRS

Testament^[2]

The Great Work

The Pointer Sisters

Tilt

Timex Social Club

Tony! Toni! Toné!

Too Short

Toro y Moi

Tower of Power

The Uptones^[9]

Vio-lence^[10]

Vitamin Party

Y&T^[2]

South Bay[edit]

Bassnectar

The Chocolate Watch Band

Camper Van Beethoven

Chris Cain

Count Five

Dada (band)

DJ Shadow

Dredg

Drunk Injuns

The Doobie Brothers

The Kingpins

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Los Microwaves

Manmade God

Monkeyska

No Use for a Name

Lindsey Buckingham

Los Tigres del Norte

Pablo Cruise

Papa Doo Run Run

Peninsula Banjo Band

People!

Sleep

Smash Mouth

Stained Glass

Stevie Nicks

Strata

Syndicate of Sound

Systematic

The Call

The Faction

Trapt

Tsunami^[2]

Vienna Teng

Xiu Xiu

References[edit]

^ Jump up to:^a ^b Gilliland, John (1969). “The Acid Test: Psychedelics and a sub-culture emerge in San Francisco” (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Show 41.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Various, Western Front News., 1988–1992
^ Savage, Emily (2012-01-17). “Localized Appreesh”. San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c Gilliland 1969, show 42.
^ Richardson, Derk (2006-09-07). “Hear & Now”. SF Gate. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ “Contact Kronos”. kronosquartet.org.
^ Molyneaux, Libby (2007-05-09). “Rock Picks”. LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
^ Gilliland 1969, show 54.
^ Best Ska Band – The Uptones East Bay Express, 2008. Retrieved on October 29, 2015.
^ “Vio-Lence signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records | Metal Blade Records”. metalblade.com. 2020-03-11.

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