The Bay Area scene, kept on the record

Punk from the Mission, blues out of Oakland, Latin rock, jazz at the clubs and a hundred bands who played the circuit. A directory of who was here — profiles, the blog, and a few notes for the people still doing it.

Band profiles

The full directory →
Hip-hop AmpLive Oakland, California Hip-hop Andre Nickatina San Francisco, California Acoustic pop Curt Yagi San Francisco, California Blues DELTA WIRES Oakland, California Jazz JON HAMMOND Band San Francisco, California Jazz Kim Nalley San Francisco, California Punk rock La Plebe San Francisco, California Dream pop Sentinel Oakland, California Rock Still Time San Luis Obispo, California Latin rock Zebop! San Jose, California

On the scene

All 89 bands →

The directory keeps the full roster of bands that held a profile on the site — 89 in all, from 2nd Class Citizens to Zebop!. The names above have restored write-ups; the rest are kept as an index of the scene.

From the blog

All posts →

For musicians

All guides →

The unglamorous writing a music life asks for — the bio, the pitch, the school application. Our own guides are below; a band's online footprint is half the job now too, and structora has a guide to building a clear LinkedIn profile for anyone juggling a day job alongside the music.

An independent archive of the Bay Area scene, rebuilt from the original Bands of the Bay. Band names, genres and details are drawn from public record and the site's own pages.