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Colorado is a state of the United States. The state has a vibrant garage rock and hip hop music scene, especially in the larger cities like Denver and Colorado Springs.
In the early 1970s, the band Zephyr became the hottest regional act, though they never broke in across the country. During the same period, a large number of Californian musicians, especially hippies, moved to Colorado. Coloradan punk rock began in 1976, with the formation of a Boulder group called The Ravers, who released a single for Screwball Records, the first punk recording from Colorado, before moving to New York City and becoming The Nails.
Though The Ravers had to leave Colorado for New York, the state's punk scene grew steadily more vibrant. A Wax Trax! Records store in Denver helped in this transition; store owners Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher had an enormous impact on the local music scene. The store hosted weekly parties beginning in 1977, where DJs played New Wave and punk rock. By the end of the decade, local bands became well-known in cities across the state; these included The Front, Corvairs, The Young Weasels, Dancing Asseholes, Defex, The Violators, The Guys and Johny Three.
In the 1980s, popular local bands included the funk-punk band Urban Leash, Gothic rock band The Soul Merchants, Acid Ranch, Electric Third Rail, Jux County, The Pink and Church and State. The Fluid was perhaps the most notable band, however, and was one of the very first to sign to the Sub Pop record label.
Later punk bands from Colorado included the Down-N-Outs, All, Descendants and Pinhead Circus.
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