Music by city · United States

Music from San Francisco

93 musicians born in San Francisco and 57 bands formed there, ordered by how many Wikipedias write about them.

1
Clint Eastwood born 1930 · documentary film, drama film
2
Courtney Love born 1964 · punk rock, grunge
3
Ansel Adams born 1902 · landscape painting
4
Kirk Hammett born 1962 · thrash metal
5
Jefferson Airplane formed 1965 · hard rock, blues rock
6
Darren Criss born 1987 · pop
7
Faith No More formed 1983 · alternative rock, alternative metal
8
Dead Kennedys formed 1978 · punk rock, hardcore punk
9
Journey formed 1973 · progressive rock, hard rock
10
Santana formed 1967 · Latin rock, music of Latin America
11
Daniel Handler born 1970 · fairy tale
12
Jerry Garcia born 1942 · rhythm and blues, progressive rock
13
Paul Kantner born 1941 · psychedelic rock, acid rock
14
Tiffany Young born 1989 · pop, K-pop
15
Krystal Jung born 1994 · K-pop
16
Jessica Jung born 1989 · K-pop
17
BD Wong born 1960
18
4 Non Blondes formed 1989 · alternative rock
19
Gracie Allen born 1895
20
Paul Desmond born 1924 · jazz
21
Simon Rex born 1974
22
Train formed 1994 · rock, pop rock
23
Margaret Cho born 1968
24
Johnny Mathis born 1935 · pop, easy listening
25
Counting Crows formed 1991 · alternative rock, rock
26
DNCE formed 2015 · pop rock
27
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle born 1990 · pop
28
Lauv born 1994 · electronic, pop
29
Nancy Wilson born 1954 · rock, hard rock
30
Steve Miller Band formed 1967 · blues rock, psychedelic rock
31
Bob Weir born 1947 · rock and roll, blues
32
Tony Martin born 1913 · big band
33
Jefferson Starship formed 1974 · rock, progressive rock
34
Metal Church formed 1980 · heavy metal, power metal
35
Paul Bostaph born 1964 · heavy metal, thrash metal
36
24kGoldn born 2000 · pop rap
37
The Dodos formed 2005 · alternative rock, rock
38
Blue Cheer formed 1967 · hard rock
39
Leon Fleisher born 1928 · classical
40
Marla Sokoloff born 1980
41
Big Brother and the Holding Company formed 1965 · hard rock, psychedelic rock
42
The Brian Jonestown Massacre formed 1990 · psychedelic rock
43
Deafheaven formed 2010 · post-metal, blackgaze
44
Andraé Crouch born 1942 · rhythm and blues, gospel
45
Third Eye Blind formed 1993 · alternative rock, post-grunge
46
Quicksilver Messenger Service formed 1965 · psychedelic rock
47
Kevin Cheng born 1969
48
Edith Massey born 1918
49
Martha Wash born 1953 · house, soul
50
Huey Lewis and the News formed 1978 · hard rock, doo-wop
51
Terry Bozzio born 1950 · new wave, avant-garde
52
Chanté Moore born 1967 · jazz, soul
53
Tycho born 1977 · ambient
54
Mike Bordin born 1962 · alternative rock, alternative metal
55
Malvina Reynolds born 1900 · traditional folk
56
Tuxedomoon formed 1977 · new wave, post-punk
57
Deerhoof formed 1994 · art rock, experimental
58
Moby Grape formed 1966 · psychedelic rock
59
Aubrey O'Day born 1984 · hip-hop, pop
60
Kreayshawn born 1989 · hip-hop
61
Julie Caitlin Brown born 1961
62
Sharon Robinson born 1953 · folk rock, traditional folk
63
Larry Van Kriedt born 1954 · jazz
64
Cock Robin formed 1982 · new wave
65
Zhu born 1989 · electronic, house
66
Vince Guaraldi born 1928 · jazz, bossa nova
67
The Weather Girls formed 1982 · rhythm and blues, soul
68
Flipper formed 1979 · hardcore punk
69
Heathen formed 1984 · thrash metal
70
Vio-lence formed 1985 · thrash metal
71
Ronnie Montrose born 1947 · rock
72
It's a Beautiful Day formed 1967 · psychedelic rock
73
Night Ranger formed 1982 · hard rock, glam metal
74
Michael Shrieve born 1949
75
Goa Gil born 1951 · psychedelic trance, Goa trance
76
The Great Society formed 1965 · psychedelic rock
77
Crush 40 alternative metal, glam rock
78
New Riders of the Purple Sage formed 1969 · country rock
79
Flamin' Groovies formed 1965 · rock
80
April March born 1965 · pop
81
Gryffin born 1987
82
Bobby Freeman born 1940 · soul
83
Emily Jane White born 1982 · alternative rock
84
Matmos formed 1995 · electronic
85
Trine Rein born 1970 · rock
86
Dan the Automator born 1967 · hip-hop
87
Barre Phillips born 1934 · jazz
88
Jake Holmes born 1939 · pop, folk
89
Hot Tuna blues
90
Hephzibah Menuhin born 1920 · classical
91
Joe Louis Walker born 1949 · blues, rhythm and blues
92
Tommy Guerrero born 1966 · alternative rock
93
Hugo Friedhofer born 1901
94
Set Your Goals formed 2004 · punk rock
95
Will Ryan born 1949
96
Francisca Valenzuela born 1987 · pop
97
The Tubes formed 1973 · punk rock, hard rock
98
Juliet Simms born 1986 · rock
99
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson born 1954 · opera
100
Von formed 1989 · black metal
101
Red House Painters formed 1989 · alternative rock
102
Enchant formed 1989 · progressive rock, art rock
103
Ya Boy born 1984 · hip-hop
104
Light This City formed 2002 · punk rock
105
Girls formed 2007 · indie rock, jangle pop
106
Secret Chiefs 3 avant-garde
107
Ben Kweller born 1981 · indie rock
108
George Watsky born 1986 · hip-hop
109
underscores born 2000 · electronic, indie rock
110
Don Friedman born 1935 · jazz
111
Lȧȧz Rockit formed 1982 · heavy metal, power metal
112
Jay Lane born 1964 · alternative rock, rock
113
The Beau Brummels formed 1964 · rock
114
Pansy Division formed 1991 · punk rock, queercore
115
Benay Venuta born 1911
116
Xian Lim born 1989
117
Kate Wolf born 1942 · traditional folk
118
Sandra Church born 1933
119
Gabrielle Roth born 1941
120
Jared Emerson-Johnson born 1981 · jazz
121
Jack Conte born 1984
122
Two Gallants formed 2002 · indie rock, folk rock
123
Michael Wilton born 1962 · progressive metal
124
Wini Shaw born 1907
125
Paris born 1967 · hip-hop
126
Mix Master Mike born 1970 · rock, hip-hop
127
Rappin' 4-Tay born 1968 · hip-hop, West Coast hip-hop
128
Larry Grenadier born 1966 · jazz, bebop
129
Jay Gordon born 1967 · rock
130
Chrome formed 1975 · punk rock, industrial
131
Cindy Herron born 1961 · pop, rhythm and blues
132
Vicki Randle born 1954
133
LaToya London born 1978 · contemporary R&B
134
Osees formed 1997 · alternative rock, noise rock
135
Fallujah formed 2007 · technical death metal
136
Harley Flanagan born 1967 · hardcore punk, crossover thrash
137
Romeo Void formed 1979 · new wave
138
Frederick Jacobi born 1891
139
Dick Berk born 1939 · jazz
140
Gabriel & Dresden formed 2001 · trance
141
Magellan formed 1985 · progressive rock, progressive metal
142
Switchblade Symphony formed 1989 · gothic rock
143
Trauma heavy metal, speed metal
144
Yaltah Menuhin born 1920 · classical
145
Sun Kil Moon formed 2002 · alternative rock
146
Constantine Orbelian born 1956
147
David Cope born 1941
148
Chris Hart born 1984 · J-pop
149
Bill Perkins born 1924 · jazz, cool jazz
150
Dave Raun born 1970 · skate punk

Where this comes from

Everything here comes from Wikidata, the free database behind Wikipedia: people whose place of birth is the city or one of its districts, and groups formed there, who have a MusicBrainz entry. They’re ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article about them. Each name links to its entry. Players are the artists’ official Spotify profiles or YouTube channels and only load when you press play; those services may set cookies.