a list of Kalamazoo area bands from the 1960's to the 1990's. Mostly rock and the offshoots. The bands after that have google, MySpace, etc. The bands before the past decade had waxy cylinders and photocopied zines. Thanks to everyone for their help! Rules for the band list are here. Last updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:00 PM

here's the format: band name - area - genre - links - notes

1. 111MZD Kalamazoo Brent Oberlin
2. The Aardvarks (1960's)
3. Abiku Red
4. Aleister Crowley Kalamazoo metal 90's
5. Altered Ego Kalamazoo
6. Aluminum Spiderchain Kalamazoo rock 90's
7. Anthem Kalamazoo emo 90's
8. Ark Of Bone Kalamazoo
9. Arnold Kalamazoo rock 90's
10. Atlantic Bridgefield Plainwell 60's
11. Avatar Kalamazoo 60's
12. Babylon 11 Kalamazoo 60's
13. The Bastard Children Kalamazoo punk 90's
14. The Bendy Things Kalamazoo K College 80's
15. Beowulf Scantron Test Kalamazoo
16. Berwer Kalamazoo rock 90's-present
17. Big Head Syndrome Kalamazoo goth/industrial 90's
18. Black Spring Kalamazoo
19. Blanket Party Kalamazoo
20. Blue Dahlia Kalamazoo rock 90's to present
21. Bone China Battle Creek
22. Boneyard Battle Creek
23. Botfly Kalamazoo
24. Bounder Kalamazoo pop punk previously known as Roo Steak 90's
25. The Box Kalamazoo 60's
26. Braintree Kalamazoo rock 90's
27. The Breaks Kalamazoo 90's
28. Bremens Kalamazoo
29. Brian Benson And The Buttplugs Of Blues Kalamazoo K College 80's
30. Broken Hearts Are Blue Kalamazoo emo 90's
31. Buddhachrist Kalamazoo
32. Buffalo Shufflers Kalamazoo 60's
33. Burning Tent Revival Kalamazoo prog/jazz Bill Clements 90's
34. The Bus Stop Bullies Kalamazoo
35. Captain Dave And The Psycheldelic Lounge Cats Kalamazoo 80's
36. Captain Zero Kalamazoo 60's
37. Carpet Knights Kalamazoo rock 90's
38. Catharsis Kalamazoo
39. Chen Edict Kalamazoo K College 80's
40. Jim Cherry Kalamazoo one man band
41. The Cheswicks Kalamazoo everyone was named Steve Cheswick K College 80's
42. Chiltern Hundreds Kalamazoo
43. Church Of The Bomb Kalamazoo punk ex Jihad and NEMA 90's
44. Clarence Polk and the Minnesota Zephyrs Kalamazoo 60's
45. Clockmaker Kalamazoo prog/metal post Thought Industry 90's
46. Coagulated Child Kalamazoo
47. Cohen Lamp Kalamazoo 60's
48. Constantine Sankathi Kalamazoo emo 90's
49. The Corner Store Kalamazoo 60's
50. The Cornfed Girls Kalamazoo bluegrass Darcy Sahlgren 90's-present
51. Donna Collins Kalamazoo experimental 90's
52. Common Ground Kalamazoo
53. The Confirmation
54. Cottage Cheese Kalamazoo
55. Crick Kalamazoo
56. Crowded Morgue
57. Cry Kalamazoo
58. Cryonax Kalamazoo metal
59. Dazzleheads Kalamazoo Leppotone
60. Dead River Drag
61. The Deconstruction Kalamazoo post punk
62. Desacrator
63. Dick And The Balls Kalamazoo punk rock 80's
64. Dirty Tricks Kalamazoo
65. Domestic Problems Kalamazoo
66. Double Wide Kalamazoo rock 90's
67. Doxie Kalamazoo
68. Dynamic Ribbon Device Kalamazoo rock 90's
69. The Dutch Reformed Kalamazoo 90's
70. Edison's Fault Kalamazoo new wave
71. Eel Pie Island Kalamazoo
72. Eleven Eleven Kalamazoo punk 90's
73. Elisha Kalamazoo 60's
74. The Erj Kalamazoo
75. Euro-K Kalamazoo rap rock 90's
76. Eustacia Vye Kalamazoo emo
77. Eye Teeth Kalamazoo rock 90's
78. FAQ Kalamazoo
79. Fat Amy Kalamazoo
80. Fat Sack Kalamazoo
81. Fatty 2x4 Kalamazoo
82. Feedbag
83. Fiddler Crab Kalamazoo 60's
84. Firesale Kalamazoo post punk
85. The First Cavale Kalamazoo post hardcore 90's
86. Fleshy Timeclock Kalamazoo
87. Fletcher Kalamazoo
88. Flunk Browneye Kalamazoo 4 track shenanigans ex King Tammy 90's
89. The Food Band Kalamazoo free jazz pic 80's
90. Fortune And Maltese Kalamazoo/Detroit frat rock/garage Leppotone
91. FourPeace Kalamazoo metal
92. The Free Agents Kalamazoo 90's post Moonshine Mountain
93. Gauge Kalamazoo
94. Genius Hired Guns Kalamazoo members of Thought Industry and Screwtape
95. The Glowfriends Kalamazoo shoegazer 90's to present
96. Goat Kalamazoo noise
97. The God Bullies Kalamazoo
98. Goldstar Kalamazoo Leppotone
99. The Gore Gore Girls Kalamazoo
100. Ian Gorman Kalamazoo acoustic/folk 90's
101. Grady South Haven
102. Griever Sauliks Kalamazoo
103. Grog
104. Grotto North Kalamazoo
105. Hammer 13 Kalamazoo?
106. The Harmones Kalamazoo K College 80's
107. Harrison Fielding Kalamazoo 60's
108. Hate Marshall punk 90's
109. Headache Kalamazoo Sean Jones
110. Headsocket Kalamazoo punk rock Adam Poling 90's
111. Heathen Alliance Kalamazoo
112. Helles-Dostoevsky Septet Kalamazoo experimental/free jazz 90's-2006
113. The Hopscotch Plan Kalamazoo post hardcore became The Mayday Quartet 90's
114. Hot Ice Kalamazoo rock Purple Dave 80's
115. Hotel Art Memories Kalamazoo rock 90's
116. The Human Torch Kalamazoo folk rock Miles Raymer one man show 90's
117. I Against Marshall punk 90's ex members of Hate
118. I Heart Kalamazoo Singers Kalamazoo K College 80's
119. I Robot Kalamazoo
120. In Tension Kalamazoo industrial 90's
121. InOurselves Kalamazoo
122. Interstate Brickface Kalamazoo FAQ changed their name to this for a while
123. Irony Kalamazoo 60's
124. Irrelevant Kalamazoo
125. The Itch Battle Creek
126. Jabberwock Kalamazoo
127. The Jah Kings Kalamazoo reggae
128. Jasmine Tea Kalamazoo 60's
129. Jesus Penis Death Ray Kalamazoo punk Snorkel 90's
130. Jihad Kalamazoo hardcore
131. Jim Jones And The Koolaid Kids Kalamazoo/Holland punk rock 80's
132. Jockesses Kalamazoo experimental 90's
133. Johnny With An Eye Kalamazoo 90's
134. Johnny's Own Kalamazoo
135. Joey Division Kalamazoo K College 80's
136. Joint Chiefs Kalamazoo ex Dirty Trix
137. The Jonez Kalamazoo rap/metal 90's
138. Jupiter 2 Kalamazoo rock Sahlgren in the 90's
139. Justus Kalamazoo 60's
140. Keleton DMD Kalamazoo
141. Kilgore Trout Kalamazoo
142. Killswitch Kalamazoo
143. King Tammy Kalamazoo Leppotone
144. Knee Deep Shag Kalamazoo
145. The Kona Buds Battle Creek
146. Konichi Wah Kalamazoo industrial/rock 90's
147. LAPD Riot Midgets Kalamazoo had a Wood Bro 90's
148. Last Laugh Kalamazoo
149. Latchkey Kids Kalamazoo
150. L.E.S.C. Marshall punk 90's
151. Lickety Spliff Kalamazoo
152. Liminal Kalamazoo experimental
153. Lint Kalamazoo 90's
154. Lo Fi Scorpio Kalamazoo industrial/metal 90's
155. Lockheed Electra
156. Logic Bomb Galesburg 90's
157. Lollygore Kalamazoo rock 90's
158. Loop D. Loop Kalamazoo
159. Los Inyecteros Kalamazoo Sean Jones
160. Louisiana Kalamazoo rock Steve & Rob from Griever Sauliks 90's
161. Love Offering Kalamazoo rock 90's
162. The Lucky Stiffs Kalamazoo
163. Lunatic Fringe Kalamazoo 60's
164. Lung Kalamazoo
165. Lust Of The Vampire Kalamazoo experimental/noise 90's
166. Ma Hood Kalamazoo 60's
167. The Mad Butchers Kalamazoo ska 90's
168. Man Alive Kalamazoo
169. Manchowder Kalamazoo
170. Marakesh Kalamazoo 60's
171. Mass Kalamazoo 60's
172. Matt G. Portage rap 90's
173. The Mayday Quartet Kalamazoo post hardcore 90's
174. Memories Of Tomorrow Kalamazoo
175. Mezz Chamber Kalamazoo
176. Micro X Kalamazoo Sean Jones, Pat Dirkin
177. The Middletons Kalamazoo
178. Minor Lee Jam Band Kalamazoo 60's
179. Moline-Dorr Kalamazoo/Moline-Dorr exit
180. Mom Handy Kalamazoo
181. Monoglot Kalamazoo rock 90's
182. Monsoon Kalamazoo Moogman
183. Monster Zero Kalamazoo
184. Moonshine Mountain Kalamazoo garage/psyche 90's
185. Jeremy Morris Kalamazoo
186. The Muffinheads Comstock 90's
187. Murder Of Crows Kalamazoo
188. The Mussies South Haven
189. Naked Lunch Kalamazoo industrial 90's
190. New Hogg Generation Kalamazoo clown metal Brent Oberlin, Dave Fox
191. Nontheless Kalamazoo rock 90's
192. North American Music Kalamazoo post Lint
193. Novocaine Kalamazoo
194. Obtrusive Mode Kalamazoo Dave Fox
195. One Hundred Million Dollars Kalamazoo Justin Miller, Sean Barney
196. Ordination Of Aaron Kalamazoo emo 90's style
197. Ormandy Kalamazoo 60's
198. Our Sister From Minnesota Kalamazoo K College 80's
199. Overman Kalamazoo 90's
200. Owsla Kalamazoo Chris Bryers from Twitch 90's
201. Panic Button Kalamazoo
202. Parade Kalamazoo 60's
203. Paraguay City Rollers Kalamazoo post hardcore 90's
204. Pasta Madonna Paw Paw
205. Pawn Kalamazoo former members of Logic Bomb 90's
206. People Love Dreams Kalamazoo
207. The Mark G. Peeters Experience Kalamazoo solo recordings on Leppotone
208. Pencilneck Kalamazoo noise/experimental 90's
209. Phil A. Sheo And The Wet T-Shirt Contest Kalamazoo
210. Phoenix Kalamazoo 60's
211. Plug One Kalamazoo rock 90's
212. The Polish Noise System Kalamazoo experimental 90's
213. Port Wine Lads Kalamazoo rock 90's Leppotone
214. Promise Kalamazoo 60's
215. Pure Smack South Haven 60's
216. The Purple Dave Experience Kalamazoo Purple Dave 90's
217. The Quitters Kalamazoo
218. Quixote Kalamazoo post punk 90's
219. Red Hot Sodomy Kalamazoo
220. Rekombo Krap DNA Kalamazoo
221. Resin Mattress Kalamazoo Kiry
222. Riot Mantra Kalamazoo
223. Rob Cooley's Pants Kalamazoo punk Sean Jones, Sean Barney, Brian Balcom in 90's
224. Rock Candy Kalamazoo 60's
225. Rollinghead Kalamazoo
226. The Roman Invasion Suite Kalamazoo post hardcore 90's
227. Roo Steak Kalamazoo pop punk later became Bounder 90's
228. Rumpleforeskin Kalamazoo K college
229. Sad Monkey Railroad Kalamazoo
230. The Scary Tweezers Kalamazoo Leppotone
231. The Schmeglords Kalamazoo
232. Scooter & The Worms Kalamazoo punk rock 80's
233. The Screamin' Leads Kalamazoo K College 80's
234. Screwtape Kalamazoo jazz/metal 90's
235. Scrotum Poles Kalamazoo
236. Selling Heaven Kalamazoo
237. Señior Cummypants Kalamazoo pre Beowulf Scantron Test 90's
238. Seppuku Kalamazoo metal Marty from Forte 90's
239. September Kalamazoo 60's
240. Sexplosive B Kalamazoo punk had a split 7" with Fatsack
241. Shazam Kalamazoo
242. Short Term Effect Kalamazoo K College 80's
243. Shroud Of Secrecy Kalamazoo prog rock 90's
244. The Sinatras Kalamazoo interview Leppotone
245. Six Demon Bag Kalamazoo prog/jazz Bill Clements 90's
246. Skillkrane Kalamazoo rock 90's
247. Skin Killing Skin Kalamazoo metal
248. Sky King Kalamazoo 60's
249. The Sleestacks Kalamazoo 90's Leppotone
250. Slow Drag Kalamazoo rock 90's
251. The Sludgebutts Kalamazoo
252. Small Brown Bike Marshall punk 90's
253. Snorkel Kalamazoo
254. So This Is Outer Space Kalamazoo power pop ex Fletcher 90's
255. The Soviet All Stars Kalamazoo Soviet Records group 90's
256. The Space Brothers Kalamazoo prog/space rock 90's
257. Spastic Rhythm Tarts
258. Spite
259. Spitting Nickles Kalamazoo
260. Spork Kalamazoo
261. Steamroller Kalamazoo 60's
262. The Storks Kalamazoo punk rock
263. Struggle Kalamazoo
264. Stunt Cops Kalamazoo see Triple Nipple
265. Subliminal Limo Kalamazoo
266. Suiciety Kalamazoo
267. Sum 1 Kalamazoo K College 80's
268. Sun Of Man South Haven/Kalamazoo
269. The Super Sonic Four Comstock/Kalamazoo post Muffinheads 90's
270. Supercopter Kalamazoo rock 90's
271. Sutherland Gravel Pit Kalamazoo 60's
272. Sweetcorn Kalamazoo bluegrass 70's-80's
273. The Swollen Members Kalamazoo
274. Swope Kalamazoo
275. T-Snakes Kalamazoo new wave/arty myspace 80's
276. Table Kalamazoo
277. TASM Lab Kalamazoo prog rock 90's
278. Team Spider Kill Kalamazoo ex Jim Jones And The Kook Aid Kids 90's
279. THC And The Happy Campers Kalamazoo
280. Thought Industry Kalamazoo metal myspace - wiki - bnr page 1989-2002
281. The Thyme Kalamazoo
282. Tits And Ashtrays Kalamazoo Magic Becky 90's
283. TKO Kalamazoo
284. Tom Collins And The Cocktail Shakers Kalamazoo
285. Tongue Kalamazoo
286. Touchstone Kalamazoo 60's
287. Triple Nipple Kalamazoo punk John Livingstone, Chris Monsma, Dee Ewing, John Barneveld, Scott Towne
288. Triplemint Kalamazoo
289. Trocar Kalamazoo
290. Tulsa Kalamazoo 60's
291. Twister Kalamazoo
292. Twitch Kalamazoo metal myspace tasm 1990-1995
293. Two Chicks Who Can Sing Kalamazoo K College 80's
294. Two Fine Young White Boys Kalamazoo K College 80's
295. Uncarved Block Kalamazoo rock 90's
296. Vatican Kalamazoo industrial/techno
297. Vicious Kiss Kalamazoo
298. The Vicksburg Stealers Kalamazoo/Vicksburg 90's
299. Vine Kalamazoo
300. Violent Apathy Kalamazoo hardcore 80's
301. The Virelles Kalamazoo hardcore Mike Hard 80's
302. Vulture Island Kalamazoo/Lansing rock 90's
303. The Young And The Useless Kalamazoo
304. Young Rossums Kalamazoo
305. Water For The Pool Kalamazoo
306. The Waterladies Kalamazoo rock 90's
307. (We Are) The Nocturnal Breed Kalamazoo 90's
308. Bruce White Kalamazoo poet/spoken word appeared on a Godbullies record 80's-90's
309. The Wild Woodies Kalamazoo
310. The Zabello Quartet Kalamazoo free jazz Andy from Goat
311. Zanardi Kalamazoo members of TKO

These resources were used with many thanks and much respect:

• Henry Weld's awesome page on Michigan punk rock
• Leppotone Electrical Recordings and that Leppotone Crowd
• TASM Lab
• Kill From The Heart site
• Vanished Kalamazoo especially the awesome punk show flyers!
• friends: in alphanumerical order (like my comics) Amy, Bat Guano, Chad Houts, Chris Monsma, Dutch Hercules, Hugh, Jim, John Ball, John H, Justin M, Leigh-Ann, Matt Dorbin, Mickey Mac, Mike P, Paul K, Richard B, Rob Backus, Ron C, Scott S.

Any and all information about any bands from the 60's to 90's from the Kalamazoo area please send me some info right heeere!