Music of Missouri

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Music of the United States
Local music
AK - AL - AR - AS - AZ - CA - CO - CT - DC - DE - FL - GA - GU - HI - IA - ID - IL - IN - KS - KY - LA - MA - MD - ME - MI - MN - MO - MP - MS - MT - NC - ND - NE - NH - NM - NV - NJ - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - PR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VA - VI - VT - WA - WI - WV - WY
History (Timeline)	Ethnic music
Colonial era	Native American
to the Civil War	English: old-time and Western music
During the Civil War	African American
Late 19th century	Irish and Scottish
Early 20th century	Latin: Tejano and Puerto Rican
40s and 50s	Cajun and Creole
60s and 70s	Hawaii
80s to the present	Other immigrants
Genres (Samples): Classical - Folk - Popular: Hip hop - Pop - Rock

St. Louis, Missouri was an important center of jazz and blues, as well as country and bluegrass. The state also has a vibrant tradition of fiddling characterized by a driving bowing style.

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.

Reference

Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History (2001). Feral House. ISBN 09229157177