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The music of Long Island has a long history, as the island has long been part of US history and is near the most populous city in North America, yet is located in the suburbs and as such is strongly influenced by youth culture. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Long Island, has had a long recorded history from the first European settlements in the seventeenth century to today Long Island's Commuter towns are well known for supplying skilled labor to more urban places but its four counties have their own factories offices schools and other workplaces Every major form of transportation serves Long Island, including three major airports railroads and subways and several major highways As a major region of New York State, Long Island has a significant impact on state and national politics This is a list of famous people from Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. Public Beaches Long Island is well known for its many public beaches The List of Long Island law enforcement agencies provides an inclusive list of law enforcement agencies serving New York 's Long Island. There is also a Town of Nassau in Rensselaer County. Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Suffolk County is a county located in the US state of New York. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast bordering Long Island Sound. The South Shore of Long Island, in the US state of New York, is the area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline The North Fork of Suffolk County, New York, is a Peninsula in the northeast part of the county on the North Shore of Long Island. The South Fork of Suffolk County, New York is a Peninsula in the southeast part of the county on the South Shore of Long Island. Long Island Sound is an Estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various Rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. A youth subculture is a Youth -based Subculture with distinct styles behaviours and interests Psychedelic rock was widely popular in the 1960s as flocks of disaffected youth travelled to NYC to participate in protest and the culture of the time. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. R & B also has a history in Long Island, especially in Nassau County, where population is denser and more closely influenced by New York City (Queens and Brooklyn).
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Musical artists from Long Island
Pop
Famous musical artists have roots in Long Island. For example, superstar diva Mariah Carey was born and raised in Huntington in Suffolk County. The Town of Huntington is a town located on the North Shore of Long Island, in northwestern Suffolk County, New York. R&B singer Ashanti grew up in Glen Cove, Paris-based singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy was raised in Garden City (the song "Garden City" describing his teenage years is included in the album Murph the Surf) and Billy Joel is from Hicksville in Nassau County. Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Elliott James Murphy (born March 16 1949 on Long Island, New York) is an American rock Singer-songwriter, Garden City New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York, in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Jack Roland Murphy or Murph the Surf (born 1938 in Los Angeles California) is a Surfing champion musician author artist and Convicted William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. Hicksville is a hamlet in the Town of Oyster Bay and Census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States.
Billy Joel's debut solo album, Cold Spring Harbor, was a reference to the Long Island town of the same name. Cold Spring Harbor was Billy Joel 's first solo album and was released in 1971. See Cold Spring Harbor for other uses of the name Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Many compositions by Billy Joel pertain to life on Long Island, particularly his youth. Examples include the songs "Keepin' The Faith", "Captain Jack", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and most notably "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", which names local eateries and hangouts. " Captain Jack " is a song by Billy Joel, featured on his 1973 album Piano Man. " Scenes from an Italian Restaurant " is a song from Billy Joel 's 1977 album The Stranger. The restaurant itself is believed to be Christiano's in Syosset, New York. Syosset is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, within the Town of Oyster Bay. Also, the song "Movin' Out" is a highly identifiable song for Long Islanders. " Movin' Out (Anthony's Song " is a hit song written and recorded by Billy Joel. Its commiseration of the increasing cost for living on Long Island has its protagonists working too hard just to "move up", all too familiar to this island's inhabitants. The songs "No Man's Land" and "Downeaster Alexa" lament the increasing development of the island, the latter song specifically referring to the eastern island and its effect on the fishing industry. " The Downeaster 'Alexa' " is a song originally released in 1989 on Billy Joel 's eleventh studio album Storm Front.
Heavy metal
The pioneering heavy metal/psychedelic rock group Blue Öyster Cult came together around Stony Brook University, releasing hits such as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Astronomy", and "Godzilla". Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Pioneering technical death metal band Suffocation come from the Farmingdale area in Nassau County. Technical death metal (also called tech death for short or also can be known as Progressive death metal) is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre Death Farmingdale is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. Eddie Money was a graduate of Island Trees High School in Levittown. Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 21 1949) is an American rock Singer-songwriter who found success in The Island Trees High School is a coeducational 9-12 high school located at 59 Straight Lane Levittown, New York, ( USA) 11756 on Long Island Levittown, a Suburb of New York City is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead located on Long Island in Nassau County New York. In addition, the progressive metal band Dream Theater has most of its members stemming from Long Island, including John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy. Progressive metal (often referred to simply as prog metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music which blends the powerful guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American Guitarist best known as a founding member of the Progressive metal band John Ro Myung (ˈmaɪəŋ (born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Bassist and a founding member of the Progressive Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) American Drummer primarily known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the Progressive World-known drummer John Miceli, who plays with Meat Loaf, and formerly with Blue Oyster Cult, is from Port Jefferson. Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County New York on the North Shore of Long Island He currently resides in St. James, which is the hometown of singer/songwriter Axella Johannesson. St James is a Census-designated place (CDP in Suffolk County, New York, United States. One of the first "music cyber stars" due to the ability to distribute her music primarily via the Internet, Australian Singer/songwriter Axella Television and film composer Roy Harter currently resides in Manhasset. Roy Harter (born March 6 1973 is an American composer music producer audio engineer and musician most known for his work in television and film Manhasset is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. Leslie Wunderman of Baldwin, better known as the diva Taylor Dayne, had an abundance of hits in the late 1980s and in the early 1990s. Baldwin is also a Town in Chemung County New York. ---- Baldwin is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) located A diva is a celebrated female singer The Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare outstanding talent in the world of Opera, and by extension in theatre and Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman, March 7 1962) is an American pop Vocalist, dance artist and Some of the members of The Good Rats hail from Baldwin. The Good Rats are a rock band from Long Island, New York. Their music mixes elements of Hard rock with Jazz and pop Four-time Grammy Award winner, Pat Benatar, grew up in Lindenhurst. Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American Lindenhurst is a village in Suffolk County, New York, on the southern shore of Long Island in the Town of Babylon. Brian Setzer (Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra), Lee Rocker (Stray Cats) and Dee Snider, the lead singer of Twisted Sister, all hail from Massapequa, where Stanley Drucker (principal clarinetist, New York Philharmonic) resides with his wife, clarinetist Naomi Drucker. Brian Setzer (born April 10 1959, Massapequa, New York) is an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter The Stray Cats are a Rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/ Brian Setzer Orchestra) with The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes going by the acronym BSO is a swing and Jump blues band formed in 1990 by Stray Cats frontman Daniel Dee Snider (born March 15 1955) is an American Musician, radio personality, and Actor. Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Massapequa is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) located in Nassau County New York. Stanley Drucker (born 4 February 1929 Brooklyn, New York) is an American Clarinetist He began clarinet studies at age ten with Leon Russianoff The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 Harry Chapin lived in Huntington until his death in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway, and was active in numerous local charities such as Long Island Cares. Harry Forster Chapin ( December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer Songwriter, and Humanitarian [1]
Rap and hip-hop
Long Island is known for producing some of the most popular acts in hip-hop and rap music. Grammy winning rap group De La Soul (Dave, Posdnuos, Masseo) came from Amityville, Public Enemy and Flava Flav from Roosevelt, Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Dinco D, Cut Monitor Milo) from Uniondale, underground rapper Aesop Rock from Northport, EPMD (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith), Keith Murray, Bad Boy-associated acts Black Rob and Craig Mack grew up in Brentwood, producer Prince Paul, R.A. The Rugged Man, and Rakim from the Eric B. & Rakim rap duo hails from Wyandanch. De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Amityville is an upscale village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism William Jonathan Drayton Jr (born March 16, 1959) better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper television star Roosevelt is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The Leaders of the New School were an American hip hop crew composed of Uniondale New York natives Charlie Brown Dinco D, Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr, (born May 20 1972 better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American actor and Musician of Jamaican descent Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the Comic Uniondale is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz on May 11 1976 is an American hip hop artist EPMD is an American Hip hop group from Brentwood, New York, active for more than 20 years ( 1986 –present is one of the most Erick Sermon, also known as Erick Onassis, (born November 25, 1968 in Bay Shore New York) is an American Rapper, Musician Parrish J Smith (born May 13, 1968) better known as PMD (Parrish Makes Dollars is an east coast rapper from Smithtown, Long Island Keith Murray (born on September 13, 1974 in Central Islip, New York) is a rapper and a member of the rap trio Def Squad Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is an East Coast Hip-Hop / R&B Record label founded by producer/rapper Sean Black Rob (born Robert Ross) is a Rapper currently signed to Bad Boy Entertainment. Craig Mack (born May 10, 1971 in The Bronx New York) is an American rapper notable for being the first artist to debut on Puff Brentwood is a hamlet and CDP (census-designated place in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island Paul Huston, better known by the Stage name Prince Paul, is an American Disc jockey and hip-hop Record producer. RA Thorburn, better known as RA the Rugged Man, is a emcee from Suffolk County New York on Long Island. Rakim (pronounced Rah-KIM (full name Rakim Allah, born William Michael Griffin Jr Eric Barrier ( Eric B) and William Barrier Griffin Jr ( Rakim) were a hip-hop duo known as Eric B Wyandanch is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Method Man and LL Cool J were also born in Long Island. ---- Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971) better known by his Stage name Method Man, is an American hip hop artist, James Todd Smith (born January 14 1968 better known as LL Cool J, is an American Rapper and actor
Indie
Modern music in Long Island includes indie music, which has rapidly grown in popularity, particularly in Suffolk County where the local emo and hardcore punk scene continues to grow. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s It has been felt nationally by the moderate success of local bands such as Glassjaw, Head Automatica, Quinn, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Straylight Run, The Movielife, Nightmare of You, I Am the Avalanche and From Autumn to Ashes selling Gold albums nationwide. Glassjaw is an influential four-piece Hardcore punk band from Long Island New York. Head Automatica is a Powerpop band formed by Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo. Taking Back Sunday is a band from Amityville New York, Long Island, New York. Brand New is an Alternative rock band based in the United States. Straylight Run is an Indie rock band based in Baldwin, Nassau County, Long Island, New York. The Movielife was a Long Island band which was together from 1997 to 2003 and comprised of vocalist Vinnie Caruana, bassist Sebastian Harrison Nightmare of You is an Indie rock band from Long Island New York, featuring Brandon Reilly, formerly of The Movielife. I Am the Avalanche is an Indie rock band from Merrick New York. From Autumn to Ashes (often abbreviated as FATA) was an American band that formed in Long Island in 2000 Many churches and synagogues, as well as VFW Halls and community centers constantly house underground shows, affording cheap entertainment and an underlying sense of "scene community". Pop punk bands also have an impressive following, with bands like Patent Pending, Jeff Orlick's Ex-Planets, SGT, topping the list of crowd pleasers. Patent Pending is a Pop punk band from Mt Sinai New York. The band has been together since 2001 and has played hundreds of shows all across the United States It is a self-serving "business", so to speak, and most bands that are known on the island spill over into adjoining regions such as New Jersey and Connecticut. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Rising bands Envy On The Coast,Few Never Fail,Disarming Arctica, Pristine Cadre, The Adventures Of. . . , As Tall As Lions, WD-39, Rob Yourself Blind, Gabriel the Marine, This Endeavor, Valet Parking, Casari, The Vision, Greyscale, Styrofoam Junkies and Bayside also hail from Long Island. As Tall as Lions, sometimes referred to as ATAL, is a band from Long Island, New York. The Vision is an international monthly dedicated to Universal Love and Service In Computing, a grayscale or greyscale Digital image is an image in which the value of each Pixel Bayside is an American punk rock band signed to Victory Records from Bayside, Queens, New York, from which their named is derived The emerging awk-rock collective Nondance Records calls Roslyn its home. Bela Kiss, The Resurrection, Anterrabae, The Ambition, The World We Knew, This Is Hell, Crime In Stereo, Dr. The World We Knew is a 1967 album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Crime In Stereo is a Long Island -based punk band Comparable to Gorilla Biscuits, Dag Nasty, Brand New, and Lifetime Acula, Idala, The Partisan Turbine, Two Will Witness, Sown In Tears, From The Pawn, Figure Without Form and the late Skycamefalling are also frequent contributors to the LI hardcore/metalcore scene. Skycamefalling was a metalcore band from Long Island, New York, USA Most notably, long island hardcore legends Vision Of Disorder, hail from wantagh and merrick. Vision of Disorder was a band from Long Island, New York, USA The band played on ozzfest, toured with the tattoo the earth festival and also went out in support of pantera, slayer, black sabbath, and other heavy metal legends. Members of Vision of Disorder can now be found in BloodSimple.
Ska
Long Island's ska scene has also garnered an impressive following. Many local venues, such as the Crazy Donkey, The Village Pub South, and the late Downtown often hold ska-oriented concerts. The Downtown was a Music venue located on 190 Main Street in Farmingdale New York. The long-disbanded Edna's Goldfish, whose trombonist Ian McKenzie has gone on to join famed ska punk band Catch 22 were one of the dominant bands in the late nineties music scene on Long Island. Edna's Goldfish was a Third wave ska band from Long Island. Together from 1997 to 2000 their studio albums include Before You Knew Better (1998 Catch 22 is a Ska punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey. The band was formed by Guitarist vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky The experimental jazz and skacore band The Vagabonds also calls Long Island home. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches came out of Baldwin in the mid-nineties. Baldwin is also a Town in Chemung County New York. ---- Baldwin is a hamlet (and a Census-designated place) located Though the group has since disbandment, several members continue to participate in frontman Jeff Rosenstock's current project, Bomb the Music Industry!. Bomb the Music Industry! (commonly abbreviated as BtMI!) is a Musical collective originally from Baldwin Nassau County New York. Other notable bands to emerge from the Long Island ska scene include The Watergate Brigade, The Homecoming Queens, and High School Football Heroes, The Fad, Old Fashioned Oyster Crackers, Skanking in the Streets, Drop It Jeffrey, Royal City Riot and The Haberdashers. High School Football Heroes (HSFH were a ska/punk band from Long Island, New York Additionally, groove rock band Stealing Jane is frequently found in ska lineups to their ska influences and their origins in the scene.
Other Music on Long Island
Long Island has a meagre Bluegrass scene spearheaded by Buddy Meriam and Backroads Bluegrass.
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Venues and music education
Jones Beach State Park is a popular place to view summer concerts, with new as well as classic artists performing there during the summer months at its outdoor venue. Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach" is a State park of the U It hosts a large Fourth of July fireworks show every year, and the stands are filled. In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth) is a Federal holiday commemorating the adoption People park cars along the highway leading to the show, and others watch from the nearby beaches.
In 2003, a group of local business people/music lovers, led by Rich L'Hommedieu, the publisher of a paper called Long Island Entertainment, began meeting to create a Long Island Music Hall of Fame. The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is an organization located in Lake Grove New York. The organization was incorporated as a not for profit corporation in July of 2005. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage It held its first inauguration ceremony in October of 2006, inducting prominent musical Long Islanders from various genres and eras. Plans for the future include the creation of a physical space for a museum of Long Island music history that will also serve as a multimedia resource center, an educational facility and outreach program, and a venue for musical performance.
Long Island is also known for its schools' music programs. Many schools in Suffolk County have distinguished music programs, with high numbers of students who are accepted into the state-wide All-State music groups, or even the National All-Eastern Coast music groups. Both the Suffolk County and Nassau County Music Educator's Associations are both recognized by MENC, and host numerous events, competitions, and other music-related activities. Many colleges are also well-recognized for their rich music programs, such as Stonybrook University and C. W. Post.
With the rise of DIY and Noise related tape culture, Long Island too saw the rise of underground noise & diy scenes which included bands such as Insect, Jazz Became Elevator Music, United States, Megerk, Say No! to Architecture, James Kiwi, Buried Moth Duo, Ian Najdzionek, Telegraph, The Curator, Corey Larkin. is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his ten-volume work Blame!. Say No! to Architecture is an experimental psychedelic electronic music project from Long Island artist Allen Roizman. Several collectives of such artists spawned, and thus were born groups of the likes of Ghosthunter's Club CO-OP, which focused on the promotion of various artists developing eclectic sounds. The DIY co-operative also booked shows around the NYC and surrounding areas showcasing Long Island's underground.
Another DIY faction, The Long Island Alternative Music Associaton, interviewed various artists bringing attention to the lack of venues opening their doors to independent Long Island artists. LIAMA, as they are commonly referred to, often book shows at the Plainview Old-Bethpage Public Library, to help to alleviate the problems created in local scenes form the shortage of underground supportive venues and booking agencies.
Controversies
The greatest controversy surrounding the Long Island music scene is the prevailing "pay-to-play" policy at most venues/clubs. Pay to Play can refer to several different concepts In politics See also Quid pro quo In politics pay to play refers to a system Pay-to-play entails venue owners committing nothing to the promotion of local music shows, instead demanding a large sum of money from the performing acts, and issuing a given number of tickets which the musicians must sell in order to make the money back. Critics cite the policy as corrupt and demeaning to the integrity of local music, due to the way it financially cripples musicians, and provide newer bands with little opportunity to reach greater audiences. Advocates, on the other hand, sympathize with club owners struggle to stay afloat financially in the face of generally poor ticket sales at most all-ages shows, even though the policy is seldom found in other parts of New York, or the rest of the country. Pay-to-play creates such a dire musical landscape that the more dignified, forward-thinking bands in the area have set their sights on New York City, where there are more venues and pay-to-play doesn't exist, almost completely severing their ties to Long Island.
Another controversy surrounding the local music scene is the overwhelming indifference among local show goers to new music. Bands complain that fans show up for one band, and fail to stay for other acts on the bill, which is especially frustrating to artists trying to gain an audience. However, many bands encourage fans to show up only for their own sets, creating a sense of disunity among local musicians.
Long Island, having become a well-documented hotbed for the receding "emo" trend, a polarizing style of music that appeals to a largely female, adolescent demographic, has often received heavy criticism from outsiders of the scene. Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when Such detractors consider emo to be a highly contrived and redundant form of music, and favor greater lyrical and musical sophistication in the place of emo's high emphasis on teenage angst and drama. Still, on a local scale, emo remains the most prominent and widely-played style of music, and nearly all local bands that find national success fall into the genre.
See also
References
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