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I actually have a lot of "knowledge of the actual culture in DC" and I am particularly fond of Go-Go.
50 Go-Go bands do not play in the region every night. This is definitely overstating how large the Go-Go scene is here. You'd be lucky to find 3 bands playing on any given night. And no, high school Go-Gos do not count. Any time Woodrow Wilson HS has a school dance, of course they're going to hire a band, and it's going to be a Go-Go band 10 out of 10 times. If HS Go-Gos count, then school dances in every city where a band performs should count too.
The City Paper lists all of the live performances in the city. There are only three bands performing tonight: Lissen, Familar Faces, and R.E. And tonight's a Friday, so you know the other days of the week are a wash. You also failed to mention that most of these bands only stay together for a year or so and then disappear, never to be heard from again. Even my uncle claims he had one of the "most cranking" bands in the area back in the 70s. The only remotely successful bands in DC, and this pretty much constitutes the entire universe of successful bands, have been: Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, E.U., Trouble Funk, Myiesha and the Hip Huggers, the N.E. Groovers, Suttle Thoughts, Rare Essence, 9-1-1 Band, Backyard Band, Lissen, TCB, UCB, and Vybe. And by "successful," I mean that people actually PAY to go see them at some venue other than a high school gymnasium.
LOL....I'm sorry but you don't seem to know much about GoGo. I'll update your city paper for you...lol
Each and every Friday shows:
LePearla: ABM Band UEB Band
MaryGolds: Lissen Band EU Band Obsession Band
Hanger Club: Timeless Vision Band
Takoma Station: Suttle Thoughts Band
Plaza23: TCB Band
TradeWinds: Rare Essence Band
Legend: Backyard Band
HayDees: W.H.A.T. Band
Icon: Vybe Band CrossOver Band
MJ's: DaMixx
SweizyLand: ReneGade Band AllStars Band RMB Reflections Band
CFE: Reaction Band
GoGo is mainly underground so the paper won't have a clue.
I expected to get nothing out of this thread, but it turns out I was wrong and there was something to be learned from it after all; namely that go-go fans rank right up there with mall cops, tax collectors and the French as the most irritating people on Earth.
The D.C. area is the only city in the U.S. that has it's own music form called "GoGo". Some shows are all ages welcome. Other shows are 18 and up. And some shows are 21 and over. Gogo bands range in style. The diversity ranges from "Traditional GoGo" to "Gospel GoGo" and the new movement of "Bounce Beat GoGo".
There are about 400 GoGo bands in the D.C. area that play at over 150 clubs/venues. It doesn't get any bigger than GoGo when it comes to live music.
Some GoGo shows have had over 10,000 people attend.
Prices to attend a show range anywhere from $5-$50 depending on the band and how many bands are playing. The average price is $20-$30 dollars for men and $5-$15 for women.
Ya, here is my list of cities that equal or even best DC:
1. New York
2. LA
3. Austin (south-by-southwest, austin city limits, etc.)
4. Atlanta (Big hop-hop presence here)
5. Seattle (Grunge. Nirvana came from here)
6. Chicago (Blues, and House, both of which are more popular genres than gogo. Also many, many FREE summer music festivals are held here. Its really a great town to live in if you like live music)
7. Detroit (Motown. Also a number of more modern bands came from here. Many of the bars out there pretty good live music; not as polished of a scene as DC but the genres is well balanced between r&b, hip-hop, and rock/punk)
8. New Orleans (Jazz)
9. Memphis (Shares title with Chicago as blues capitol)
10. San Francisco (psychedelia music started here)
With that said, one of my favorite groups, Thievery Corporation, is from DC; they put on a hell of a show!
^^^I completely agree man! lmao at this whole thread.
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Originally Posted by 14thandYou
By what standards? Next to Go-Go, punk is probably DC's most well-known musical export. Quite a few rock and punk clubs throughout the city, actually.
DC is also a particularly good city to catch live jazz. We have some phenomenal talent here.
Although the go-go boosting on this thread didn't help at all, I've always felt that DC probably had a better and more diverse music scene than it's been given credit for on a national level.
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