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Originally Posted by shane453
I think the best Oklahoma City style music - music that OKC can really claim as something pretty unique - Is the peculiar psych/trippy rock that comes from our area. Think Flaming Lips, Stardeath and the White Dwarves (recently signed by Warner Bros), Starlight Mints (Norman), and Colourmusic (Stillwater).
I see a growing local music scene here, where many of these unique bands are quite popular and have growing national/international fanbases. Now that we've started embracing that on a more mainstream level with all the recent attention for the Lips, that could develop even further.
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Exactly. These are the kinds of bands that could make this a great music town. I'm not sure about THE next great music town... but it's a helluva start. Sadly, none of these bands really play OKC that often. You might say the fact that they're touring is a sign of success, and it is, but the fact remains that if they chose to stay closer to home, they would quickly run out of appropriate venues to play.