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Chicago blues to Seattle grunge: the 15 US music scenes that changed rock forever

The 15 US music scenes that changed rock forever Cheap rent, legendary clubs and remarkable musicians: the American cities where rock repeatedly reinvented itself and changed music forever

Nobody screams through heartbreak like a rock record. 💔

Pop hands you tissues. Rock hands you a guitar and tells you to let it out. Sometimes the loudest song in your library is the only thing that actually understands what you're going through.

What's the song that gets you every single time?

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The mainstream charts are fine, but the club circuit is where the real magic's happening. Return to Dust, The Haunt, CLKWRK, GASKET.

These bands are grinding 200-cap rooms and writing the riffs everyone will be "discovering" in five years. Finding a band before they blow up hits different. It feels like it's yours.

Tag an underrated band everyone needs to hear.

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