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Musical Acts by City #1

We give you two bands or solo artists. You guess the urban area that could be considered the "home city" of both.
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First submittedJuly 17, 2012
Times taken29,982
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Musical Act
City
The Beatles | A Flock of Seagulls
Liverpool
Nirvana | Pearl Jam
Seattle
Jay-Z | The Ramones
New York City
Louis Armstrong | Harry Connick Jr.
New Orleans
Aretha Franklin | Diana Ross
Detroit
R.E.M. | The B-52's
Athens, Georgia
Boyz II Men | Hall and Oates
Philadelphia
AC/DC | Rick Springfield
Sydney
Kanye West | Buddy Guy
Chicago
Oasis | The Smiths
Manchester
Miley Cyrus | Lady Antebellum
Nashville
Ludacris | Gladys Knight & the Pips
Atlanta
The Grateful Dead | MC Hammer
San Francisco
ABBA | Robyn
Stockholm
Daft Punk | David Guetta
Paris
The Rolling Stones | Adele
London
Aerosmith | Marky Mark
Boston
Snoop Dogg | Guns N' Roses
Los Angeles
U2 | Sinéad O'Connor
Dublin
Ricky Martin | Luis Fonsi
San Juan
dt1
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Level 43
Jul 17, 2012
6 total guesses, got them all with 2:01 left
Zefyrinus
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Level 71
Aug 26, 2012
Lol, five of them I knew or kinda guessed, and 12 I got just by spamming cities. :D
Goomaster7
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Level 67
May 27, 2014
Impossible if you're not American. I ended up just guessing US cities, before realising that I can't tell which are cities and which are states. In New Zealand we just have cities, which are easy to remember, and provinces, which nobody cares about.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 6, 2018
People outside of the US don't listen to music?
Deadpool246
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Level 70
Aug 24, 2018
Its more that non-Americans don't really think about each of the cities in USA when it comes towards bands. As an Australian myself, I can tell you we just say British Bands, American Bands etc. because really saying that one comes from New Orleans and one comes from San Diego doesn't mean a thing to an Australian. I would like to see some foreigner tell me every city that Australian bands come from, because I could tell you where they all are but to everyone else they are all just Australian bands, the cities don't mean anything. It works the same way with America.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 18, 2019
I'm American and had no problem getting the Beatles, Rolling Stones, U2, ABBA, AC/DC, or Oasis. Had to guess some for Black Sabbath but it's not like that's impossible. Liverpool, London, and Dublin are currently among the 4 most-guessed answers, with Liverpool being #1 and it's not like Liverpool is the first city everyone thinks of when they think of British cities. Don't blame your ignorance on your nationality.
brandybuck96
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Level 83
Aug 14, 2019
^ For the non-American bands in this quiz, they've chosen some really obvious ones. Like, everyone knows the Beatles come from Liverpool, and that ABBA are Swedish so that one's just an easy guess. Stop criticising people as an excuse to show off.
Tramp
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Level 76
Aug 19, 2019
@Deadpool - I guess it depends on how big of a fan you are. Non American big fans of music like blues, punk and rap definitely care about which US cities certain musicians/bands are from because different regions/cities have their own distinct sounds, and certain cities are famous for producing lots of certain types of music. NYC and Washington DC for example are really well known for having produced a ton of hardcore punk bands in the late 70s/early 80s.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Nov 4, 2019
haha.. I'm not showing off. :D Stop accusing others of showing off as a way to make yourself feel better about not knowing the answers. I missed one this time, too, and it was an American city that I missed. But that's not the quizz's fault... it's a well-known artist and a well-known city I just didn't know the answer.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Nov 4, 2019
Most of the American bands and cities chosen represent specific sounds that are iconic to those cities. They didn't just pick a random act from Detroit like the White Stripes. They picked Diana Ross, one of the Motown label's biggest names. People who know music should know Motown is from Detroit. Ditto Pearl Jam and Nirvana, the two biggest grunge bands. People who know music should know Seattle was the epicenter of the grunge scene. Ludacris and Gladys Knight both sing about Georgia. Buddy Guy is a famous blues musician and Kanye West mentions Chicago in half of his songs. Louis Armstrong is a jazz musician and probably New Orleans's most iconic native. The airport is named after him. The clues for Boston and Philadelphia are definitely the hardest, but Boyz II Man has a famous song called "Motown Philly" and Mark Wahlberg's Boston roots are pretty well-known from his acting days. Athens is definitely the hardest.
ruudsje
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Level 69
Nov 4, 2019
what jmellor says. definitely an excellent choice of band/city combinations. for me nashville was a fluke, but then again not so much, because country music.
lespods
+6
Level 25
Aug 30, 2014
As a Chicagoan I am outraged that people say kanye west is from Chicago. HE IS NOT. He is from Oak Lawn Illinois
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Nov 4, 2019
Which is in the Chicago metro area.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Nov 4, 2019
This is a really weird thing to be outraged by. Oak Lawn is a ten-minute drive from the city limits. It is enveloped in Chicago culture. Also people tend to say they're from Chicago when talking to people from elsewhere because "I'm from River Forest" doesn't mean anything to anyone.
dcasey
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Level 30
Feb 18, 2015
AC/DC is from Melbourne. Not Sydney.
comjag
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Level 90
Mar 20, 2015
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Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 13, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

"AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney"

mishmosh
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Level 46
Feb 18, 2015
I just guessed the only cities in the UK I could think of (except the Beatles I knew).
dorindai
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Level 77
Mar 22, 2015
great quizz
lespods
+1
Level 25
Jun 2, 2015
If you want to be technical Ludacris was born in chicago
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
Nov 4, 2019
If you want to be even more technical, Kanye was born in Atlanta.
pamu
+2
Level 49
Aug 6, 2015
I was pretty abysmal at this quiz (as I expected that I would be!). I did score one of the least known answers because REM was playing the night club circuit while I was a student at the University of Georgia.
beccimoo
+2
Level 56
Dec 29, 2015
I agree with Tiger1313. According to a couple of references I have checked since doing the quiz, Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis.
jmellor13
+1
Level 67
Nov 4, 2019
Yes, born in Memphis, but she lived almost her entire life in Detroit and that's the city she's associated with. Including Diana Ross also removes any doubt in that clue.
WillA25
+1
Level 35
Oct 18, 2016
Only did this because I knew the Beatles XD Just named big cities after that XD
Tsmalls12
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Level 35
Jun 14, 2017
you need to accept ATL for luda. respect the culture
quizrockervbl1999
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Level 36
Nov 17, 2017
I knew 16 of the 22 artists/bands. :) Not all their cities though. :( But their countries I knew. :)
luxint
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Level 65
Nov 4, 2019
Good quiz but reckon you should make it a yellow boxer?
ChipOtley
+1
Level 74
Nov 5, 2019
I laughed at Flock of Seagulls ... but you could have put anyone else from Liverpool I suppose and not made a difference
ChriSLIAB
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Level 45
Dec 27, 2019
Nice quiz, but a bit US-centered considering there are sooooo many artists outside the US who would've made this quiz more interesting
AnAngryYordle
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Level 69
Oct 16, 2023
Knew 11 and just guessed the rest
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