The Music of North Dakota has followed general American trends over much of its history, beginning with ragtime and folk music, moving into big band and jazz. With the development of mass media, local artists in North Dakota, as in the rest of the country, saw a rapid loss of opportunity to create, perform, and sell popular music to the regional audience that had previously provided a market. The United States is home to a wide array of regional styles and scenes. ... Alaska is a state of the United States. ... Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music. ... Arkansas is a Southern state of the United States. ... The Samoas are a Polynesian island chain, currently divided between the independent state of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and an American territory called American Samoa. ... Arizonas musical history has been heavily influenced by Mexican immigrants. ... 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Though perhaps unexpected from an agricultural region, country music is not a major genre in the modern youth scene of North Dakota. However, a number of country artists who appeal to older audiences have emerged from the state. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Musical organizations

Popular music

Presently, North Dakota has a number of active punk rock, metal, and indie acts. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ...

The most active music scenes for local artists in popular styles are in Fargo, Minot, and Grand Forks, while Bismarck, Dickinson, Williston, and Devils Lake are active to a lesser extent. Most shows are booked by independent promoters who find space for shows wherever available, though occasionally groups like the AMP have held permanent venues for musical acts. Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Cass County Founded 1871 Mayor Dennis Walaker Area    - City 98. ... Nickname: Magic City Map Location in Ward County, North Dakota Political Statistics Founded 1886 Incorporated June 28, 1887 County Ward County Mayor Curt Zimbelman Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 37. ... Motto: A Place of Excellence Nickname: The Sunflake City Map Political Statistics Founded 15 June 1870 Incorporated February 22, 1881 County Grand Forks County Mayor Michael Brown Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 49. ... Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Burleigh County Founded 1872  - Mayor John Warford Area    - City 71. ... Dickinson is a city in Stark County, North Dakota in the United States. ... Williston is a city in Williams County, North Dakota. ... Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota in the United States. ... The AMP is a youth center and music venue in Minot, North Dakota. ...

Touring acts

Smaller musical groups passing through North Dakota often play at the independently-promoted shows in the state's larger cities alongside local acts.

Medium-sized groups may be headlined in events thrown by financially interested promoters, such as Playmaker's Pavillion in Fargo or the annual Rockin' The Hills event in Bottineau. Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Cass County Founded 1871 Mayor Dennis Walaker Area    - City 98. ... Bottineau is a city located in Bottineau County, North Dakota. ...

Large touring acts crossing North Dakota often use the state's larger event venues such as the Alerus Center (Grand Forks), Fargodome (Fargo), and Bismarck Civic Center (Bismarck), to draw large arena rock crowds. National acts in a variety of styles are also often booked for the North Dakota State Fair (Minot), though the fair does tend to have more country-western groups in keeping with the fair's rural focus. The Alerus Center is an indoor stadium located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. ... Motto: A Place of Excellence Nickname: The Sunflake City Map Political Statistics Founded 15 June 1870 Incorporated February 22, 1881 County Grand Forks County Mayor Michael Brown Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 49. ... The Fargodome is an indoor stadium located in Fargo, North Dakota. ... The Bismarck Civic Center is a 10,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Bismarck, North Dakota. ... Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Burleigh County Founded 1872  - Mayor John Warford Area    - City 71. ... Arena rock is a loosely defined style of rock music, often also called anthem rock, and the style of music is closely associated with corporate rock and AOR. Arena rock is usually medium hard rock, but lacks the edginess or rage often inherent in heavy metal. ... The North Dakota State Fair is a state fair held each July in Minot, North Dakota. ... Nickname: Magic City Map Location in Ward County, North Dakota Political Statistics Founded 1886 Incorporated June 28, 1887 County Ward County Mayor Curt Zimbelman Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 37. ...

Classical music

In addition to popular music, classical music and jazz are common across the state.

Many of North Dakota's universities have excellent music programs; the choir program at Jamestown College and the instrumental music programs at the University of Mary and Minot State University are particularly notable. Jamestown College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church located in Jamestown, North Dakota. ... The University of Mary is a four-year Roman Catholic university in Bismarck, North Dakota founded in 1959 by the Sisters of St. ... Categories: University stubs | Universities and colleges in North Dakota ...

Concert orchestras operate in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot. Of these, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra is the largest, while the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra is the oldest. Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Burleigh County Founded 1872  - Mayor John Warford Area    - City 71. ... Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Cass County Founded 1871 Mayor Dennis Walaker Area    - City 98. ... Motto: A Place of Excellence Nickname: The Sunflake City Map Political Statistics Founded 15 June 1870 Incorporated February 22, 1881 County Grand Forks County Mayor Michael Brown Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 49. ... Nickname: Magic City Map Location in Ward County, North Dakota Political Statistics Founded 1886 Incorporated June 28, 1887 County Ward County Mayor Curt Zimbelman Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 37. ... The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra (FMSO) is a professional orchestra based out of Fargo, North Dakota. ...

Many opera groups exist in the state. Two of the larger ones include the Fargo-Moorhead Opera Company and The Western Plains Opera Company of Minot, each of which stage two performances a year.

Choral music organizations include the Grand Forks Master Chorale, the Fargo Chamber Chorale, and the Nodakords, based in Minot. This article is about choirs, musical ensembles containing singers. ...

International Music Camp, a summer camp providing intensive instruction in music and fine arts, is held each summer at the International Peace Garden. The International Music Camp is a summer youth camp held annually at the International Peace Garden on the North Dakota-Manitoba border. ... Summer camp is a common destination for children and teenagers during the summer months in some countries. ... Peace Towers The International Peace Garden is a 3. ...

Modern history

Since the late 20th century, North Dakota has seen a number of active musical scenes. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

1970s and 1980s

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a small but thriving New Wave/power pop scene based in Fargo. Groups like "The Metro Allstars", "The Newz", "Patriot", and "Fat City" were the premier bands. These bands played extensively throughout the upper Midwest, benefitting from a shortlived surge in bars that booked rock and roll bands during the early 80s. For example, in Jamestown, North Dakota, there was one bar and a "teen canteen" that booked rock and roll bands in 1978, but by 1984, there were five such venues. This pattern was briefly replicated in many similar cities in the region. This led several regional bands to write original music and even record albums, some of which sold respectably by regional standards. The scene was also lucrative enough to allow many bands from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area to play in North Dakota. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Location in North Dakota Coordinates: Country United States State North Dakota County Cass County Founded 1871 Mayor Dennis Walaker Area    - City 98. ... Jamestown is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota in the United States. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ...

As the 1980s progressed and a farm crisis hurt the state's economy, this music scene shrank and a number of bars and clubs that had booked music ceased to do so. For example, the five Jamestown bars that had booked bands back in 1984 were all closed or no longer booking in 1989. By mid-decade, most of the leading bands had disbanded. "The Metro Allstars" had decamped to Minneapolis, Minnesota and become "The Metros" and "The Newz" followed suit and became known as "The Phones". As the thriving Twin Cities music scene of the mid-1980s dissipated so to did the Fargo music scene fade. Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ...

Many homegrown bands spawned in the wake of this brief renaissance. Some bands tried to emulate bands from bigger markets by mixing originals in among the hours of cover songs. Most earned a living playing the hits of the day instead of original music. In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ...

Heavy metal bands were also popular in the 1980s. Chuck Klosterman wrote a tongue-in-cheek book on his experiences in the rock scene in North Dakota in the book Fargo Rock City. Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] took the rock music basis to create some aesthetic with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Charles John Chuck Klosterman (born June 5, 1972, in Wilkin County, Minnesota) is an American pop-culture journalist, critic, and essayist. ... Fargo Rock City is a book by Chuck Klosterman. ...

1990s and 2000s

Today, hardcore, metal, metalcore and some indie. dominates the youth music scene in North Dakota, though it is by no means exclusive, with a number of death metal and Black Metal bands on the heavier end of the spectrum, to industrial and on the lighter side. It has been suggested that hardcore music be merged into this article or section. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ... Metalcore is a musical genre consisting of a mix between heavy metal and hardcore. ... The term indie is short for independent and refers to artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream, without the support of a major record label, major movie studio, or other source of a large budget. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ...

Many of the acts are transient, seeking opportunity in larger cities, or breaking up as the band members grow older and move their separate ways. Though some organizations attempt to provide opportunities to local musicians, most bands are not able to obtain sufficient backing to allow them to "quit their day jobs".

Modern musical acts in North Dakota

• The Butt-Kickin' Shoe (Bismarck) - rock/hard rock
• Code of the West (Fargo) - indie rock
• The Corprolites (Minot) - grunge
• Death Toll (Grand Forks) - black metal
• Derrick Mitchell (Bismarck) - old-time country
• The Diversion Scene (Fargo) - Alternative/Indie Rock
• Fat Dad (Bismarck) - jazz/funk
• Fist Full of Knuckles (Minot) - folk punk
• Five Star Fracture (Fargo) - metal
• Gypsy Foot (Bismarck) - jam
• The Harrowing (Mandan) - metal/mathcore
• Identity 5 (Grand Forks) - rock
• Kentucky Sound Arsenal (Fargo) - instrumental rock
• The Knights Of Chaos (Grand Forks) - heavy metal
• Hot Karl (Grand Forks) - Country
• Luke Graner (Bismarck) - indie
• Necktie Suicide(Fargo) - Hardcore/Heavy Metal
• Nerve Impulse (Mandan) - metalcore
• Oblivious Enslavement (Minot) - blackened death metal
• Obsidian (Fargo) - death metal
• The Pukes (Grand Forks) - street punk
• Symbiont (Grand Forks) - Gothic Metal
• The Throne, The Scroll (Bismark/Mandan) - metalcore
• Viscera (Minot) - black metal
• The White Foliage (Fargo) - indie rock
• Wolfhunter (Minot) - black metal
• Wicked Darling (Bismarck) - indie rock
• Viper Strike (Bismarck/Mandan) - black metal

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Notable North Dakota musicians

• Lawrence Welk - Welk, born in rural Strasburg, became one of the most popular band leaders in American history. His long-running weekly television show brought his style of "Champagne Music" into millions of homes. His low-key on-air manner and faint rural German accent mixed with a shrewd sense of business and showmanship to create a franchise that lasted over thirty years.
• Peggy Lee - Pop torch singer Lee was born Norma Delores Edstrom in Jamestown in 1920. She left North Dakota in her late teens, and joined the Benny Goodman band. For the next two decades, she was one of the United States' most popular pop singers.
• Bobby Vee - Vee, born Robert Velline and a native of Enderlin, North Dakota, got his break when Buddy Holly was killed in the 1959 plane crash known in popular culture as "The Day the Music Died", enroute to a concert in Moorhead, Minnesota. The 16-year-old Velline and his band, "Bobby Vee and the Shadows" replaced Holly at the concert. Vee went on to over forty years of popular music stardom.
• Lynn Anderson - Anderson, a Grand Forks native, went on to stardom in country/western music. Her biggest hit was 1971's "Rose Garden".
• Jonny Lang - Jonny Lang was born in Fargo and became a nationally-acclaimed breakout blues guitarist and singer in 1997.

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External links

• GuitarSync.com Forums - Resource and forum for guitarists. Based in Fargo.
• ndrocks.com - ND music directory
• Forum For Local Bands
• Fargo Band Family Tree - wiki covering the Fargo indie scene
• Bismarck Mandan Music Scene Coverage - Site covering the Bismarck and Mandan North Dakota Music Scene
• In Tune Music - Listen to bands in the Fargo/Moorhead area. In Tune Music also promotes music shows.
• Minot Area Music - An archive of music recorded by minot area bands from 1992 to the present.