Denton, TX
Music connected to Denton
About Denton
- • Pat Boone, famous singer and actor, called Denton home during his college years.
- • The popular music genre, 'Bubblegrunge', emerged from Denton's indie music scene.
- • Becoming the county seat secured Denton's place as a regional hub in 1857.
- • Legend claims a phantom black dog haunts the historic courthouse square.
- • A devastating fire in 1860 nearly destroyed the town's original wooden buildings.
- • It's named for John B. Denton, a preacher and lawyer, and incorporated in 1866.
- • Home to over 148,000 residents, the population is bigger than Waco's.
- • Sitting 662 feet above sea level, the air is drier than down near the coast.
- • Education and healthcare are major employers, thanks to the universities.
- • Denton feels like a creative, quirky haven where art and music thrive.
- • The area's rock formations are primarily Cretaceous-era limestone and shale.
- • The Elm Fork of the Trinity River flows through Denton County.
- • The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is a common bird species seen in the area.
- • Post Oak Savannah is a prominent plant ecosystem in the area.
- • The Caddo people inhabited the area before European settlement.
- • Denton was established in 1857 as the seat of Denton County.
- • The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was built in 1896.
- • US Route 380 connects Denton to Greenville and Decatur.
- • The area's geology is characterized by Cretaceous-era limestone and shale formations.
- • Denton is part of the Trinity River watershed.
- • White-tailed deer are commonly observed in wooded areas around Denton.
- • The Blackland Prairie ecosystem, featuring native grasses, once covered much of the area.
- • Caddoan-speaking peoples inhabited the area before European contact.
- • Denton was officially established in 1857 as the county seat.
- • The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was completed in 1897.
- • Audrey Hall at TWU is rumored to be haunted by a former music student.
- • I-35 splits into I-35E and I-35W just north of Denton.
Artists From Denton
Adam's Farm
Ann Sheridan
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Atcitdio
Atomic Rainbow
Atomic Tanlines
Baboon
Bad Sports
Baptist Generals
Beef Jerky
Billy Goat
Bog
Bone Leech
Bosque Brown
Brave Combo
Brutal Juice
Buffalo Ruckus
Camp Annawanna
Cancerian Moon
Caulk
Centro-matic
Charlie Shafter
Chomsky
Claire Morales
Corn Mo
Creeping Death
CURL
Deep Blue Something
Dillon Myers
Dust Congress
El Gato
Faceless Werewolves
Fergus & Geronimo
Flesh Born
Flesh Narc
Flickerstick
Heavy Baby Sea Slugs
Hen and the Cocks
Herschel Evans
Hogpig
I Promised The World
Idler
International Spark Dome
Jessie Frye
Jetscreamer
Jim Fielder
Julia Smith
Kody West
Kombat
Laszlo
Laughing Matter
Lift to Experience
Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks
Madaline
Mandarin
Mazinga Phaser
Meat Loaf
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Memphis May Fire
Midlake
Mind Spiders
Mossy
Mugzu
My Point of You
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Oso Closo
Pinebox Serenade
Pops Carter
Python Potions
Ralph Kirshbaum
Ray Peterson
Record Hop
Riverboat Gamblers
Robert Gomez
Rosasharin
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Ruby Terrill Lomax
Sad Cops
Sarah Jaffe
Scott H. Biram
Seryn
Shiny Around the Edges
Sid King
Siren City
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Slobberbone
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Snarky Puppy
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Spitfire Tumbleweeds
Stumptone
Sub Oslo
Sundress
Super Love Attack
Tea Leigh
Ten Hands
Texas Boys Choir
The Allmost Brothers
The Baptist Generals
The Briks
The Chessmen
The Drams
The Fabulous Badasses
The Felicity
The Holophonics
The Infamists
The Marked Men
The Reds
The Wee Beasties
Tommy Taylor
Tonya and the Hardings
Treatment
Tristan Thorndyke and the Rock and Roll Cannibals
Uncle Lucious
Under the Gallows
Veil of Tears
We Drowned in Pompeii
Will Johnson
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Xander Mobus
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Adam's Farm
Ann Sheridan
Antigua
Atcitdio
Atomic Rainbow
Atomic Tanlines
Baboon
Bad Sports
Baptist Generals
Beef Jerky
Billy Goat
Bog
Bone Leech
Bosque Brown
Brave Combo
Brutal Juice
Buffalo Ruckus
CURL
Camp Annawanna
Cancerian Moon
Caulk
Centro-matic
Charlie Shafter
Chomsky
Claire Morales
Corn Mo
Creeping Death
Deep Blue Something
Dillon Myers
Dust Congress
El Gato
Faceless Werewolves
Fergus & Geronimo
Flesh Born
Flesh Narc
Flickerstick
Heavy Baby Sea Slugs
Hen and the Cocks
Herschel Evans
Hogpig
I Promised The World
Idler
International Spark Dome
Jessie Frye
Jetscreamer
Jim Fielder
Julia Smith
Kody West
Kombat
Laszlo
Laughing Matter
Lift to Experience
Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks
Madaline
Mandarin
Mazinga Phaser
Meat Loaf
Memphis May Fire
Midlake
Mind Spiders
Mossy
Mugzu
My Point of You
Neon Indian
Oso Closo
Pinebox Serenade
Pops Carter
Python Potions
RTB2
Ralph Kirshbaum
Ray Peterson
Record Hop
Riverboat Gamblers
Robert Gomez
Rosasharin
Ruby Terrill Lomax
Sad Cops
Sarah Jaffe
Scott H. Biram
Seryn
Shiny Around the Edges
Sid King
Siren City
Sleazus Fist and the Latter Day Taints
Slobberbone
Sly Stone
Snarky Puppy
Sons of Perdition
South San Gabriel
Spitfire Tumbleweeds
Stumptone
Sub Oslo
Sundress
Super Love Attack
Tea Leigh
Ten Hands
Texas Boys Choir
The Allmost Brothers
The Baptist Generals
The Briks
The Chessmen
The Drams
The Fabulous Badasses
The Felicity
The Holophonics
The Infamists
The Marked Men
The Reds
The Wee Beasties
Tommy Taylor
Tonya and the Hardings
Treatment
Tristan Thorndyke and the Rock and Roll Cannibals
Uncle Lucious
Under the Gallows
Veil of Tears
We Drowned in Pompeii
Will Johnson
Wrought of Obsidian
Xander Mobus
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