Music of Missouri

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

St. Louis, Missouri was an important center of jazz and blues, as well as country and bluegrass.

Punk rock

St. Louis had a vibrant New Wave scene, including Trained Animals, The Ooze Kicks, The Strikers and Zany Misfits. Nearby Belleville, Missouri spawned influential hardcore punk band Blind Idiot. The most famous hardcore band though was St. Louis' White Pride, a notorious White Power band. The University of Missouri at Columbia had an influential annual Thrash Bash, inaguarated in 1983 with Causes of Tragedy and The Croppy Boys, along with Die Kreuzen from Milwaukee. Kansas City, Missouri was also part of a vibrant scene along with Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. For more information, see Music of Kansas.

References

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