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Gary Louris
Gary Louris
American musician
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Mark Olson
Mark Olson
American musician
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Golden Smog
Golden Smog
band
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Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
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Hagfish
Hagfish
American rock band
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Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz
American metal band
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Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
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The Time
The Time
American funk and dance-pop ensemble
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Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson
American musician
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The Left Banke
The Left Banke
rock band
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Hot Snakes
Hot Snakes
American post-hardcore band
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Utopia
Utopia
Todd Rundgren band
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon
American musical group; rock band from Champaign, Illinois
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The Queers
The Queers
American punk band
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Rough Cutt
Rough Cutt
band that plays heavy metal music
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Vixen
Vixen
American all-female hard rock band
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Poco
Poco
American country rock band
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Rare Earth
Rare Earth
American rock band
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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88 Fingers Louie
88 Fingers Louie
band
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Trixter
Trixter
American rock band
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PFR
PFR
Nashville Christian rock band
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Not by Choice
Not by Choice
Canadian punk rock band
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Phil Seymour
Phil Seymour
American musician, drummer and singer
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The Breeders
The Breeders
American alternative rock band
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The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem
American rock band
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The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
American rock band
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The Shins
The Shins
American indie rock band
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White Heart
White Heart
Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band
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Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
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Senses Fail
Senses Fail
American post-hardcore band
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Misery Signals
Misery Signals
American metalcore band
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Eyesburn
Eyesburn
band
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The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
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Barren Cross
Barren Cross
band
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Stabbing Westward
Stabbing Westward
American band
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The Bangles
The Bangles
American pop rock band
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Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law
American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California
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Zeromancer
Zeromancer
Norwegian band
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Scream
Scream
American band
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Motionless in White
Motionless in White
American metalcore band
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Veruca Salt
Veruca Salt
American alternative rock band
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Semisonic
Semisonic
band
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The Pagans
The Pagans
1970s American punk band
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Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton
American songwriter, guitarist, singer & producer
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Magazine
Magazine
English post-punk band
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Pilfers
Pilfers
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Versa
Versa
American rock duo
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The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
American alternative rock band
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Nekromantix
Nekromantix
Danish-American psychobilly band
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
band that plays punk rock
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The Zombies
The Zombies
English rock band
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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James
James
British rock band
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Dokken
Dokken
American heavy metal band
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Canadian-American rock group
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Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch
American rock band
Members, past and present
Gary Louris of the Jayhawks in May 2009

The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and country rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene during the mid-1980s. Led by vocalists, guitarists and songwriters Gary Louris and Mark Olson, its country rock sound was influential on many bands who played the Twin Cities circuit during the 1980s and 1990s like Uncle Tupelo, the Gear Daddies and the Honeydogs. They have released eleven studio albums with and without Olson who left the band in 1995, including five on the American Recordings label. On hiatus from 2005 to 2009, the 1995 lineup of the band reunited, releasing the album, Mockingbird Time, in September 2011. After the tour, Olson again left the band. After another hiatus in 2013, the 1997 lineup led by Louris reunited to play shows in 2014 to support the reissue of three albums released between 1997 and 2003. The band has remained active touring and recording since, including the release of the albums Live at The Belly Up in 2015, Paging Mr. Proust, produced by Peter Buck in 2016, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels in 2018 and XOXO in 2020.