California Songs by Local H

Album: Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? (2004)

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Thanks to artists like The Beach Boys and a thriving music scene, California has been mythologized in a number of songs, as has New York City. Local H is from Zion, Illinois, which doesn't get mentioned in a lot of songs. In this track, they take aim at the arrogance of the coastal cities in the United States that act like there's nothing going on in the Midwest.
Despite the clearly anti-California and New York lyrics, the song is still very well received when the band plays this song in those states.
Lead singer Scott Lucas has called this song "the battle cry of the Midwest." >>>
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James - La Crosse, WI, for all above

Comments: 3

Joe from Chicago, Ilyea brian (the drummer) actually lived in california and now lives in NY...
Grant from Mpls, Mnstrangely no there not. they are from Zion, Illinois.
Mindy from Bristol, CtStrangely, the band is from Connecticut.

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