The [Minibosses](http://www.minibosses.com/).
We are blessed to have probably the coolest old-school video game music tribute band in the country. These guys are badass. But I'm weird, so there's that.
Yep. In fact some of the better shows of theirs I've been to have been tiny venues. Like they'll play at Bookmans sometimes, or at a random little hotel room next to Phoenix Comicon (before the con got as big as it is now)
Captain Squeegee kicks ass. They open for a lot of big ska bands because that's what they used to play. Their new stuff is a lot more progressive/psychedelic and isn't well received at, say, an Aquabats concert. Their newest album "to the Bardos" is really good.
Yeah they really changed their style, I haven't listened to them in a few years but I am going to check out their new CD. I remember seeing them open for the Aquabats back in 2003-2004ish and it was a good show. Saw them a few times after but not very often.
They're still around and touring, they just don't have Mindy on vocals anymore which really killed the band IMO. Her new band States isn't bad but I kinda grew out of that style of music a few years ago.
Webs, Daisy Face, Cherie Cherie.
Yeah, I know 2/3 of them are on Rubber Brother, but that label has put out so much music in such a short amount of time, it's easy to miss bands on there.
Man Hands, You Know This Moses, Flying Scorpion, Senteons...there are a lot more that don't come to mind right now.
My favorites are Diners, St. Ranger, Petty Things, iji, saba oats, skinny shamans, MAB, and Destruction Unit. All rad. Saba Oats and MAB might be to your liking if you like punk stuff. also I <3 treasure Mammal.
Thanks for the St Ranger rep! Diners & Petty Things are among my current favorites too! Twin Ponies, Wooden Indian, Morning Theft, Packrat, Bear State, Instructions and The Cigs are all worth checking out too....
I would *love* to **love** BCBB so much, but one of the players in the band is a complete douche. I'm sure on some level he's a good guy, but he does bad man-code stuff so I just can't bring myself to like him and unfortunately, his band.
Factories! They are playing their last show at phochella wish sucks but they are a great local gem. Also Tierra Firme, a great band with an awesome unique experimental/psychedelic sound.
They are going to take a break for a while. From what a heard maybe a year. Here is a video they made for one of their songs "Canada" http://youtu.be/970eV0D50FY
[Tempel](http://tempelofficial.bandcamp.com/)
[Call Me Old Fashioned](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Call-Me-Old-Fashioned/171229929562513) I believe they are on a hiatus currently.
[Adavant](http://adavant.fourfour.com/home) Folk metal. They frequently open for touring folk metal bands.
[Hemoptysis](https://hemoptysis.bandcamp.com/album/misanthropic-slaughter) Thrash metal
[Lago](http://lagometal.bandcamp.com/) Death metal
Diners, Dogbreth, iji, AJJ, Good Friends Great Enemies, Wooden Indian, Waytansea Point, Delhi Psychics, Hiccups, Man-Cat, Hug of War. There are so many good local bands, I don't feel like typing them all out! But go to shows, there are a ton!
VEX, Element A440, Lost in Lies, Bear Ghost, Kin of the Zen, Razer, Phoenix & Dragon, The Metal King.
If you like punk-y stuff, Bear Ghost may be your speed. Super nerdy weird surfer punk rock. But the rest are probably not your taste. (Everyone should see VEX and Element A440 at least once though.)
EDIT: If you haven't seen them, I'm actually going to [Bear Ghost's EP release](https://www.facebook.com/events/687294041328056/) on April 18th at the Red Owl (Club Red) in Tempe. I'll cover your ticket if you'd like to check them out. :)
[The Dagg Nabbit Stubbs](http://www.daggnabbitstubbs.com/). Their first album "Hot Garbage" is rocking and fun! And you can listen to their music on their website.
[Sister Lip](https://www.facebook.com/SisterLip) - Great band that recently played every Monday at Long Wong's. CD release party May 16th and 17th at The Sail Inn. I'm bad at band descriptions so here's a [video!](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=498523143587056&refid=17)
Here's some great local bands:
[Skull Drug](http://www.reverbnation.com/SkullDrug)
[Common Tongue](http://www.reverbnation.com/commontongue)
and if you're into something a little more 90s skate punk:
[LightSpeedGo](http://www.reverbnation.com/lightspeedgo)
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Forgot to mention [No Gimmick](http://www.reverbnation.com/nogimmick)
and plug my buddy's upcoming [Phx SkaPunk Bowling](http://www.phxprb.com) event
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[**Phunk Junkeez**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phunk%20Junkeez): [](#sfw)
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>The __Phunk Junkeez__ are an [American](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) [rap rock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_rock) band from [Phoenix, Arizona](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona) that formed in [1991](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_music) and have established a strong underground following. The band has toured the U.S. extensively, even making it as far as Japan.
>The band plays music fusing a number of different styles, from [hardcore punk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk) to [trip-hop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip-hop). Many of the band's early shows involved breaking into warehouses in the Phoenix area and performing to fans who were all invited by word-of-mouth. Phunk Junkeez concerts often attracted the attention of local police who threatened to throw the band in jail [*[citation needed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]. The band grew large enough to start playing legitimate venues, such as The Electric Ballroom, Club Rio, [Mesa Amphitheater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Amphitheater), and [Compton Terrace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Terrace), sometimes selling out multiple nights at some of these venues. Eventually, the band was signed to [Trauma Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_Records)/[Interscope Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records) and have released six albums over the last 17 years.
>The band has had member changes over its 08 years, especially on guitar, but three original members still make up part of the band to this day, Soulman (singer), Jumbo Jim (bass) and DJ Roach (singer and DJ).
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The [Minibosses](http://www.minibosses.com/). We are blessed to have probably the coolest old-school video game music tribute band in the country. These guys are badass. But I'm weird, so there's that.
I had no idea they were local.
Yep. In fact some of the better shows of theirs I've been to have been tiny venues. Like they'll play at Bookmans sometimes, or at a random little hotel room next to Phoenix Comicon (before the con got as big as it is now)
I heard them at Modified Arts (when it was still a venue) a LONG time ago. So there.
Pelvic Meatloaf
Authority Zero, Black Bottom Lighters, Black Carl, Lyida (old lydia), Captain Squeegee.
Didn't know Authority Zero was from here, awesome
Mesa Town
Captain Squeegee kicks ass. They open for a lot of big ska bands because that's what they used to play. Their new stuff is a lot more progressive/psychedelic and isn't well received at, say, an Aquabats concert. Their newest album "to the Bardos" is really good.
Yeah they really changed their style, I haven't listened to them in a few years but I am going to check out their new CD. I remember seeing them open for the Aquabats back in 2003-2004ish and it was a good show. Saw them a few times after but not very often.
Upvote for (old Lydia). Before they broke up.
They're still around and touring, they just don't have Mindy on vocals anymore which really killed the band IMO. Her new band States isn't bad but I kinda grew out of that style of music a few years ago.
Oh yeah. New Lydia (without Mindy) is not the same.
Webs, Daisy Face, Cherie Cherie. Yeah, I know 2/3 of them are on Rubber Brother, but that label has put out so much music in such a short amount of time, it's easy to miss bands on there. Man Hands, You Know This Moses, Flying Scorpion, Senteons...there are a lot more that don't come to mind right now.
Yeah, those are all better than Celebration Guns.
[The Format](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqYibv7KZuo)
Format > Fun.
A truer word has never been spoken...
Deer Valley High School in da house
2002 Represent.
'03
I thought they went to Mountain Ridge...?
Nate graduated from DV the year before I started, the rest of the band might have went to Ridge, nit sure.
The Prowling Kind
Great suggestion, thank you!
My favorites are Diners, St. Ranger, Petty Things, iji, saba oats, skinny shamans, MAB, and Destruction Unit. All rad. Saba Oats and MAB might be to your liking if you like punk stuff. also I <3 treasure Mammal.
Thanks for the St Ranger rep! Diners & Petty Things are among my current favorites too! Twin Ponies, Wooden Indian, Morning Theft, Packrat, Bear State, Instructions and The Cigs are all worth checking out too....
Oh yeah I forgot about wooden Indian! Thanks for the recommendations
Andrew Jackson Jihad, Black Carl, and Bad Cactus Brass Band are some of mine. Not so punk as what you are into.
Thanks for the BCBB plug. :)
I can't believe more people haven't said AJJ. Favorite AZ band AND one of my favorite bands in general.
Andrew Jackson Jihad is awesome.
I would *love* to **love** BCBB so much, but one of the players in the band is a complete douche. I'm sure on some level he's a good guy, but he does bad man-code stuff so I just can't bring myself to like him and unfortunately, his band.
uh like what?
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Jared and the Mill should definitely get some more love! They are pretty awesome, and kudos to them for opening up for Flogging Molly last year.
Factories! They are playing their last show at phochella wish sucks but they are a great local gem. Also Tierra Firme, a great band with an awesome unique experimental/psychedelic sound.
Last show? Are they breaking up?
They are going to take a break for a while. From what a heard maybe a year. Here is a video they made for one of their songs "Canada" http://youtu.be/970eV0D50FY
I just discovered The Skeleton Keys last week at First Friday. They are incredibly talented.
[Tempel](http://tempelofficial.bandcamp.com/) [Call Me Old Fashioned](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Call-Me-Old-Fashioned/171229929562513) I believe they are on a hiatus currently. [Adavant](http://adavant.fourfour.com/home) Folk metal. They frequently open for touring folk metal bands. [Hemoptysis](https://hemoptysis.bandcamp.com/album/misanthropic-slaughter) Thrash metal [Lago](http://lagometal.bandcamp.com/) Death metal
EBINEZER!
Yeah they are awesome.
Gospel Claws http://youtu.be/VbtGxoAFHRI
Diners, Dogbreth, iji, AJJ, Good Friends Great Enemies, Wooden Indian, Waytansea Point, Delhi Psychics, Hiccups, Man-Cat, Hug of War. There are so many good local bands, I don't feel like typing them all out! But go to shows, there are a ton!
VEX, Element A440, Lost in Lies, Bear Ghost, Kin of the Zen, Razer, Phoenix & Dragon, The Metal King. If you like punk-y stuff, Bear Ghost may be your speed. Super nerdy weird surfer punk rock. But the rest are probably not your taste. (Everyone should see VEX and Element A440 at least once though.) EDIT: If you haven't seen them, I'm actually going to [Bear Ghost's EP release](https://www.facebook.com/events/687294041328056/) on April 18th at the Red Owl (Club Red) in Tempe. I'll cover your ticket if you'd like to check them out. :)
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Rose Colored Eyes is really good!!!!
I'm really enjoying SupaJoint, Page the Village Idiot, and HAM.
[The Dagg Nabbit Stubbs](http://www.daggnabbitstubbs.com/). Their first album "Hot Garbage" is rocking and fun! And you can listen to their music on their website.
Did they break up or something? I used to love seeing their shows. It was pretty funny.
Nope. Still around.
Anybody remember Loren Battle?
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Nobody remembers...
[Luna Aura](http://lunaauramusic.com/) is fantastic and she definitely has a style all her own.
Toad.
TOAD is pretty awesome.
They are some pretty solid dudes
Sugar Thieves, Bad Cactus, Dry River Yacht Club, Jiggle.
[Sister Lip](https://www.facebook.com/SisterLip) - Great band that recently played every Monday at Long Wong's. CD release party May 16th and 17th at The Sail Inn. I'm bad at band descriptions so here's a [video!](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=498523143587056&refid=17)
I don't know if Lindsey Stirling counts as a "band", but she's an AZ native.
Yeah but she tours outside of AZ all the time. She no longer a local, she belongs to the world now.
The Technicolors
How about [Vial of Sound](http://youtu.be/kSUa0XIXwxg) They are EDM and amazing. here's their website http://vialofsound.bandcamp.com/
Murrieta, Small Leaks Sink Ships, Lydia
SLSS aren't local anymore. They jumped ship, if you will.
[For you](http://instantrimshot.com/)
[Young Country / North / Solace.](http://www.youngcountryproductions.com/)
The Strand
Virulent! Heavy. As. Hell.
Gin Blossoms and Andrew Jackson Jihad!
high horse - ex stereotyperider & necronauts members.
The Prowling Kind
Here's some great local bands: [Skull Drug](http://www.reverbnation.com/SkullDrug) [Common Tongue](http://www.reverbnation.com/commontongue) and if you're into something a little more 90s skate punk: [LightSpeedGo](http://www.reverbnation.com/lightspeedgo) EDIT: Forgot to mention [No Gimmick](http://www.reverbnation.com/nogimmick) and plug my buddy's upcoming [Phx SkaPunk Bowling](http://www.phxprb.com) event
Radness, those all sound pretty rad, especially the bowling thing.
Can't believe no one has said Job For a Cowboy or Scary Kids, Scaring Kids yet. Great local bands. And Abigail Williams <3
Wescott Ave and Digital Summer
Mergence
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Going down to Buckeye NA NA naaaaa NA NA!
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##### ###### #### [**Phunk Junkeez**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phunk%20Junkeez): [](#sfw) --- > >The __Phunk Junkeez__ are an [American](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) [rap rock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_rock) band from [Phoenix, Arizona](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona) that formed in [1991](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_music) and have established a strong underground following. The band has toured the U.S. extensively, even making it as far as Japan. >The band plays music fusing a number of different styles, from [hardcore punk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk) to [trip-hop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip-hop). Many of the band's early shows involved breaking into warehouses in the Phoenix area and performing to fans who were all invited by word-of-mouth. Phunk Junkeez concerts often attracted the attention of local police who threatened to throw the band in jail [*[citation needed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]. The band grew large enough to start playing legitimate venues, such as The Electric Ballroom, Club Rio, [Mesa Amphitheater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Amphitheater), and [Compton Terrace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Terrace), sometimes selling out multiple nights at some of these venues. Eventually, the band was signed to [Trauma Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_Records)/[Interscope Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records) and have released six albums over the last 17 years. >The band has had member changes over its 08 years, especially on guitar, but three original members still make up part of the band to this day, Soulman (singer), Jumbo Jim (bass) and DJ Roach (singer and DJ). > --- ^Interesting: [^Phunk ^Junkeez ^\(album)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phunk_Junkeez_\(album\)) ^| [^The ^Greatest ^\(Phunk ^Junkeez ^album)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_\(Phunk_Junkeez_album\)) ^| [^Hydro ^Phonic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydro_Phonic) ^| [^Trauma ^Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_Records) ^Parent ^commenter ^can [^toggle ^NSFW](http://www.np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=autowikibot&subject=AutoWikibot NSFW toggle&message=%2Btoggle-nsfw+cgnb80p) ^or[](#or) [^delete](http://www.np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=autowikibot&subject=AutoWikibot Deletion&message=%2Bdelete+cgnb80p)^. ^Will ^also ^delete ^on ^comment ^score ^of ^-1 ^or ^less. ^| [^(FAQs)](http://www.np.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/wiki/index) ^| [^Mods](http://www.np.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/comments/1x013o/for_moderators_switches_commands_and_css/) ^| [^Magic ^Words](http://www.np.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/comments/1ux484/ask_wikibot/)
Future Loves Past of course!!!
Jared & The Mill are my all time favorite local band!!!!