Music of Maryland

This article is a supplemental part of the Music of the United States series.

Roots music: before 1940

1940s and 50s

1960s and 70s

1980s to the present

African-American music

Native American music

Latin, Tejano, Hawaiian, Cajun, Puerto Rican and other immigrants

Famous musicians from Maryland include Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" and pop punksters Good Charlotte, from Waldorf. While much of Maryland is a suburb of Washington DC, its musical community has been largely independent. The city of Baltimore, though only thirty-five miles from DC, has had little connection to DC.

Punk rock

Baltimore's hardcore punk scene was overshadowed by DC's, but included bands like Law & Order, Bollocks and Fear of God. The city also saw some New Wave action, including Ebeneezer & the Bludgeons and Null Set. Later in the 1980s, emo bands like Reptile House and Grey March had some success and recorded with Ian MacKaye in DC.

References

• Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. 2001. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-717-7