Music of the United States
Local music
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History (Timeline)	Ethnicities
Before 1900	African American
1900-1940	Native American (Inuit and Hawaiian)
40s and 50s	Latin (Tejano and Puerto Rican)
60s and 70s	Cajun and Creole
80s to the present	Other immigrants (Jewish, European, South and East Asian, modern African and Middle-Eastern)
Genres (Samples): Classical - Hip hop - Rock - Pop - Folk

Famous musicians from Maryland include Francis Scott Key, who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" and pop punksters Good Charlotte, from Waldorf. While much of Maryland is a suburb of Washington DC, its musical community has been largely independent. The city of Baltimore, though only thirty-five miles from DC, has had little connection to DC.

Punk rock

Baltimore's hardcore punk scene was overshadowed by DC's, but included bands like Law & Order, Bollocks and Fear of God. The city also saw some New Wave action, including Ebeneezer & the Bludgeons and Null Set. Later in the 1980s, emo bands like Reptile House and Grey March had some success and recorded with Ian MacKaye in DC.

References

• Blush, Steven. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. 2001. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-717-7