L.A. MUSIC
We all know that L.A. is the center of the movie and TV industries, but L.A.'s place in the music industry has been much less clear. Well, consider L.A.'s dominance by this:
RECORDING COMPANIES HQED IN L.A.
| Universal Music group | Warner Music group | EMI of America |
| Interscope Records | Sony music studios | Capitol Records |
| MCA Records | Virgin Records of America | Walt Disney Records |
| Reprise Records | Hollywood Records | A&M Records |
| Chess Records | Death Row Records | Atomic Pop records |
| Epitaph Records | Discipline Global Mobile | Maverick Recording co. |
| Nitro Records | Hopeless Records | Vagrant Records |
| Suburban Noize records | Avatar Records | Century Media Records |
| Verve Music Group | Mosaic Records | Blue Note records |
| Delos International | Harmonia Mundi |
-check out more at http://www.at-la.com/biz/@la-record.htm#label
BIG NAME MUSIC ARTISTS AND BANDS
BASED IN THE L.A.AREA
(based = currently reside in)
Whitney Houston
Will Smith
Cher
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
Patrice Rushen
Van Halen
Lionel Richie
Stevie Nicks
Poison
Korn
Guns N Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Crazytown
Sugar Ray
Incubus
Lifehouse
Eve 6
Rage Against the Machine
Wierd Al Yankovic
Ice-T
Dr. Dre
the late Tupac Shakur
NWA
Snoop Doggy
Coolio
Tyrese
Montell Jordan
KuRuPt
BabyFace
Weezer
Meat Loaf
Tool
The Offspring
Green Day
Tonic
L7
Tom Petty
Shelby Lynne
Alanis Morissette
Gwen Stefani
Leann Rimes
Babyface
98 Degrees
Check out lamusic.com for info on hundreds of L.A. area bands and music artists
Check out info on L.A.'s underground music scene