Bands/Musicians List of Famous Bands from Tampa

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List of Tampa bands, listed by their level of fame. This Tampa musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Tampa bands are included, as well as many Tampa musicians of underground status. This list of Tampa 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 Tampa 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.

Examples include Iced Earth and The Outlaws.

If you're wondering, "What bands are from Tampa?" or "What is a list of Tampa bands?" then this list will answer your questions. (43 items)

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Iced Earth is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Iced Earth Thrash metal, Progressive metal, Power metal Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. It was formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory by guitarist and main songwriter Jon Schaffer and original drummer Greg Seymour. ...more

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The Outlaws is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
The Outlaws Rock music, Country rock, Country The Outlaws are a Southern rock/country rock band best known for their 1975 hits "There Goes Another Love Song" and "Green Grass and High Tides".

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Khia is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Khia Hip hop music, Dirty rap, Gangsta rap Khia Shamone Finch, better known just as Khia, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer.

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Slim Whitman is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Slim Whitman Folk music, Country Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr., known professionally as Slim Whitman, was an American country music and western music singer, songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his ...more

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Brooke Hogan is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Brooke Hogan Hip hop music, Pop music, Dance-pop Brooke Ellen Bollea better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American reality television star, actress, singer, and media personality. She is the daughter of famous professional ...more

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Willa Ford is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Willa Ford Pop music, Dance-pop Amanda Lee Modano known by her stage names Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut ...more

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Mel Tillis is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Mel Tillis Outlaw country, Country Lonnie Melvin "Mel" Tillis is an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long ...more

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Aaron Carter is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Aaron Carter Hip hop music, Synthpop, Pop music Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the ...more

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David Sanborn is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
David Sanborn Pop music, Rock music, Smooth jazz David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo ...more

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From First to Last is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
From First to Last Pop punk, Rock music, Emo From First to Last is an American rock band based in Arizona, originally coming from the Los Angeles Area, Illinois and Tampa, Florida. The band currently consists of vocalist Spencer Sotelo, ...more

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Nat Adderley is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Nat Adderley Hard bop, Soul jazz Nathaniel "Nat" Adderley was an American jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" ...more

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Deicide is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Deicide Heavy metal, Death metal Deicide is an American death metal band formed in 1987 by bassist and vocalist Glen Benton and drummer Steve Asheim. The band rose to mainstream success in 1992 with their second album Legion, ...more

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Yo Majesty is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Yo Majesty Hip hop music, Alternative hip hop, Dirty rap Yo! Majesty is an American hip hop group consisting of singer Jwl B and rappers Shunda K and Shon B, produced by UK-based electro group HardfeelingsUK. Yo! Majesty was mentioned as one of the ...more

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Cordell Francis is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Cordell Francis Popular music, Christian music, Hip Pop R&B

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Morbid Angel is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Morbid Angel Heavy metal, Death metal Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked Morbid Angel's 1989 debut Altars of Madness first in its list "Top 40 greatest ...more

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Acheron is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Acheron Black metal, Blackened death metal, Death metal Acheron is an American death/black metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was formed by Vincent Crowley in 1988.

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Nocturnus is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Nocturnus Technical death metal, Heavy metal, Death metal Nocturnus was an American progressive death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by drummer/vocalist Mike Browning. They were known for their science-fiction themed lyrics and use of ...more

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Obituary is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Obituary Heavy metal, Death metal Obituary is an American death metal band formed in October 1984 in Tampa, Florida, United States, under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed ...more

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Zulema is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Zulema Rhythm and blues, Soul music Zulema Cusseaux, usually credited as Zulema, was an American disco and rhythm & blues singer and songwriter. Aside from her solo career, she was a member of an early line up of Faith, Hope ...more

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Massacre is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Massacre Heavy metal, Death metal Massacre was an American death metal band. They were formed in 1984 by Allen West, Bill Andrews, Rick Rozz, and Terry Butler, and soon after vocalist Kam Lee joined. The band has reunited ...more

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Six Feet Under is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Six Feet Under Groove metal, Death 'n' roll, Heavy metal Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of ...more

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Resurrection is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Resurrection Heavy metal, Death metal

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Aubrey Haynie is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Aubrey Haynie Bluegrass, Country Aubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which ...more

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Matt Hires is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Matt Hires Pop rock Matt Hires is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist ...more

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This Runs Through is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
This Runs Through Deathcore, Christian hardcore, Metalcore This Runs Through was an American metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded in April 2002, and only one month later begun touring throughout the east coast of America. They have to date only ...more

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Pee Shy is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Pee Shy Indie pop, Alternative rock Pee Shy were an indie pop band from Tampa, Florida, whose clever, literate lyrics and unorthodox if primitive instrumentation led them to a brief major label career that ended just as they were ...more

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The Absence is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
The Absence Thrash metal, Deathcore, Melodic death metal The Absence is an American melodic death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Their style has been described as aggressive thrash metal with Scandinavian metal influences. They were previously signed ...more

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Success Will Write Apocalypse ... is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death metal Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky is an American extreme metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2006. The group was founded by guitarists Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill, shortly ...more

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John Wesley is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
John Wesley John Wesley, also known as Wes Dearth is an American singer, songwriter and guitar player. John Wesley's professional music career began in the early 1980s in the Tampa, Florida area where he ...more

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Mighty Joe Plum is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Mighty Joe Plum Post-grunge, Alternative rock Mighty Joe Plum is an American alternative rock band active in the late 1990s. They are best known for their US radio hit, "Live Through This".

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P.Y.T. is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
P.Y.T. Pop music, Rhythm and blues PYT was an American girl group from Florida that formed in 1998 and parted in 2002.

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Powersurge is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Powersurge Power metal Powersurge was an American power metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1984 and disbanded in 1991.

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Rabbit in the Moon is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Rabbit in the Moon Electronic music, House music, Electronic dance music Rabbit in the Moon was an American electronic music group. Their style draws from psychedelic trance, house music and breakbeat, along with other diverse influences.

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Grant Brandell is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Grant Brandell Metalcore, Post-hardcore, Alternative metal Grant Brandell is a bassist.

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Circle II Circle is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Circle II Circle Progressive metal, Power metal, Heavy metal Circle II Circle is an American Heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist, Zachary Stevens, and long-time friend and band manager Dan Campbell in ...more

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Robert Wegmann is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Robert Wegmann Pop rock

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Melissa McGhee is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Melissa McGhee

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Pink Lincolns is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Pink Lincolns Punk rock The Pink Lincolns are a punk rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1986 by vocalist Chris Barrows and guitarist Dorsey Martin. The rest of the lineup has frequently changed and currently ...more

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ALAS is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
ALAS Progressive metal, Symphonic metal Alas are an operatic progressive metal band from Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

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J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Hip hop music J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, is an American record production team composed of producers and instrumentalists from Tampa, Florida. The group is made up of members Erik "Rook" Ortiz, Kevin ...more

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Moon Dog Mane is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Moon Dog Mane Post-grunge, Southern rock Moon Dog Mane were a rock band from Sacramento, California, led by former Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon. The band released one album in 1998 entitled Turn it Up, which spawned two minor hits on ...more

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Scrotum Grinder is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
Scrotum Grinder Punk rock, Hardcore punk Scrotum Grinder was a hardcore punk band from Tampa, Florida, United States. The band consisted of people who also were/are members of the following bands: Assück, Slap Of Reality, Failure ...more

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The Trojan Warfront is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list List of Famous Bands from Tampa
The Trojan Warfront