List of Famous Bands from Tucson

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Updated June 9, 201721 items

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

Bands here include everything from Calexico to Machines of Loving Grace.

If you're wondering, "What bands are from Tucson?" or "What is a list of Tucson bands?" then this list will answer your questions. {#nodes}
  • Calexico

    Calexico

    Americana, Rock music, Alternative country
    • Albums: Feast of Wire, In the Reins, Carried to Dust, Garden Ruin, Hot Rail
    Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona-based Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP In the Reins, recorded with Iron & Wine, has reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, and tejano mixed with country, jazz, and post-rock. The band is named for the border town of Calexico, California, and has been described by some as "desert noir".
  • Machines of Loving Grace

    Machines of Loving Grace

    Industrial rock, Grunge, Industrial music
    • Albums: Concentration, Gilt, Machines of Loving Grace, Rite of Shiva, Butterfly Wings
    Machines of Loving Grace was an industrial rock band from Tucson, Arizona.
  • Michael Peterson
    • Albums: Being Human, Michael Peterson, Super Hits, Modern Man
    Michael James Peterson (born August 7, 1959) is an American country music artist. He made his debut on the country music scene in 1997 with his self-titled debut album, which produced five Top 40 hits on Billboards Hot Country Singles & Tracks, including the Number One hit "From Here to Eternity". Peterson's second album, 1999's Being Human, produced two more chart singles, and a third album, 2004's Modern Man, was issued only in Europe. Peterson also made a cameo appearance on an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
  • Bob Log III

    Bob Log III

    Noise rock, Punk blues, Rock music
    • Albums: Trike, Log Bomb, School Bus, Live!!! Aloha From Japan, My Shit Is Perfect
    Bob Log III (born November 21, 1969) is an American slide guitar one-man band based in Tucson, Arizona, and Melbourne, Australia. During performances, he plays old Silvertone archtop guitars, wears a full body human cannonball suit, and a helmet wired to a telephone receiver, which allows him to devote his hands and feet to guitar and drums. His show has been described as a blues punk guitar dance party. Log tours internationally, performing about 150 shows each year; he has made tours of North America, Europe, Japan and Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Iceland.
  • Brian Bromberg

    Brian Bromberg

    Jazz fusion, Jazz
    • Albums: In the Spirit of Jobim, Wood (Special Edition), Basses Loaded, You Know That Feeling, Choices
    Brian Bromberg (born December 5, 1960) is an American jazz bassist and record producer who performs on both electric and acoustic instruments. Though he tends to gravitate towards the genre of smooth jazz, Bromberg has released some straight-ahead jazz records in which he performs with a trio, and has even ventured into more rock-oriented jazz fusion territory as of late. His innovative and technically demanding style of playing extends to both electric and upright bass. On his acoustic bass albums, Bromberg performs jazzy interpretations of various pop and rock staples from the 1960s and '70s completely solo. Regarding his work with electric bass, Bromberg, among other bassists, helped popularize the piccolo bass, or bass with each string tuned an octave up, by releasing several albums in which he plays both the bass line and melody. For instance, upon first listen many will be surprised to learn that, although soaring guitar can be heard throughout the album, Bromberg's 2005 release Metal contains only Bromberg on two overdubbed basses, one of which is heavily effects-laden to make it sound like an electric guitar.
  • Sand Rubies
    The Sidewinders were a rock band from Tucson, Arizona, who released two major-label albums and scored two radio hits in the US before a lawsuit forced a change of name. Another album was released on a major label but by that time the band had nearly broken up. Since then the band has reunited and dissolved several times.