Bands

• Cloud Cult (Minneapolis) - the indie rock band who does everything environmentally friendly as possible
• Hüsker Dü (St. Paul) - the punk rock trio influenced the pop-punk hybrid sound that came out in the early 1990s
• Low (Duluth) - indie rock group
• Semisonic (Minneapolis) - alternative rock; "Closing Time" was their 1998 hit
• Soul Asylum (Minneapolis) - their album, Grave Dancers Union, went multiplatinum; they played at Clinton's inaugural in 1992
• The Jayhawks (Minneapolis) - they blend country, folk, and bar band rock
• The Replacements (Minneapolis) - influential alternative rock group known for their loud, drunken performances
• The Time (Minneapolis) - led by Morris Day and featured in Purple Rain