List of Bakersfield bands, listed by their level of fame. This Bakersfield musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Bakersfield bands are included, as well as many Bakersfield musicians of underground status. This list of Bakersfield musical artists includes information like what genre the artist falls under, what albums they've put out and more. If you want to know more about these famous Bakersfield bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. Bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more.
Korn and Merle Haggard are only the beginning of the bands on this list.
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Korn
Dubstep, Nu metalAlbums: Follow the Leader, The Vinyl Classics, Issues, Life Is Peachy, Take a Look in the Mirror
Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in... more on Wikipedia2
Merle Haggard
Outlaw country, Bakersfield soundAlbums: A Country Christmas With Merle Haggard, I'm a Lonesome Fugitive / Mama Tried, Last of the Breed, A Christmas Present, If We Make It Through December
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer,... more on Wikipedia
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Buck Owens
Bakersfield sound, CountryAlbums: The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990), Christmas With Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, I Don't Care, Your Tender Loving Care, The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), professionally known as Buck Owens,... more on Wikipedia4
Brian Welch
Nu metal, Industrial metalAlbums: Save Me from Myself, Paralyzed
Brian Philip Welch (born June 19, 1970), also known by his stage name Head, is an American... more on Wikipedia5
Jonathan Davis
Nu metal, Electronic musicAlbums: Queen of the Damned, Queen of the Damned, Alone I Play, Evilution, Got Money
Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD, JDevil, or J Devil, is an... more on Wikipedia6
Adema
Nu metal, Rock musicAlbums: Adema, Unstable, Planets, Kill the Headlights, Insomniac's Dream
Adema is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California. The band formed in 2000 with members... more on Wikipedia7
Orgy
Synthpunk, Nu metalAlbums: Fiction, Family Values Tour '98, Vapor Transmission, Punk Statik Paranoia, Candyass
Orgy is an American rock band formed in 1994, from Los Angeles, California. Orgy described... more on Wikipedia8
Mark Chavez
Nu metal, Progressive metal9
Doyle Holly
Bakersfield sound, RockabillyAlbums: Doyle Holly, Just Another Cowboy Song
Doyle Floyd Hendricks (June 30, 1936 – January 13, 2007), known by the stage name Doyle Holly,... more on Wikipedia10
L.A.P.D.
Nu metal, Thrash metalAlbums: L.A.P.D., Who's Laughing Now
L.A.P.D. was an American heavy metal band, formed in 1989, in Bakersfield, California. From... more on Wikipedia11
Cradle of Thorns
Nu metal, Gothic rockAlbums: Download This!, Remember It Day, Videodrone, Feed-Us, All Over Again
Cradle of Thorns is a five-piece industrial rock band from Bakersfield, California, USA. The... more on Wikipedia
12Big House
CountryAlbums: Big House, Travelin' Kind, Woodstock Nation, Dollar In My Pocket (Pretty Things)
Big House is an American country music band based in Bakersfield, California. Grounded in the... more on Wikipedia13
The Calico Sunset
SynthpopAlbums: Deep Deep Paranoia
Calico Sunset is a Bakersfield, California-based electro-pop band, comprising Joseph and... more on Wikipedia14
Prussian Blue
Pop music, Folk musicAlbums: Fragment of the Future, The Path We Choose, The Path We Chose, For the Fatherland, Blue too
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Lost Ocean
Pop music, Alternative rockAlbums: Lost Ocean, Douse the Choir, Night to Life, The Tour EP
Lost Ocean is a Christian rock band from Bakersfield, California, USA; they are currently... more on Wikipedia16
The Buckaroos
Bakersfield sound, RockabillyAlbums: Carnegie Hall Concert, The Best of the Buckaroos
The Buckaroos were a Grammy-winning band led by Buck Owens in the 1960s and early '70s, who,... more on Wikipedia- 17
Midnight Panic
Rock music, Alternative rockAlbums: Midnight Panic
- 18Sex Art was an American alternative metal band that formed in 1991.
Sexart
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The Lighthouse Boys are a Southern Gospel band from Bakersfield, California, and progenitors... more on WikipediaThe Lighthouse Boys
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