Music of Missouri
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Template:USstatesmusic St. Louis, Missouri was an important center of jazz and blues, as well as country and bluegrass.
Punk rock
St. Louis had a vibrant New Wave scene, including Trained Animals, The Ooze Kicks, The Strikers and Zany Misfits. Nearby Belleville, Missouri spawned influential hardcore punk band Blind Idiot. The most famous hardcore band though was St. Louis' White Pride, a notorious White Power band. The University of Missouri at Columbia had an influential annual Thrash Bash, inaguarated in 1983 with Causes of Tragedy and The Croppy Boys, along with Die Kreuzen from Milwaukee. Kansas City, Missouri was also part of a vibrant scene along with Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. For more information, see Music of Kansas.
References
Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. 2001. ISBN 0-922915-717-7