The Stars

In the summer of 2010, First Avenue gave itself a much needed paint job. After painting over the old artwork on the building, the stars returned with favorites from the past, present and blank stars for the future. This is a list of the artists that made the initial cut.

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311

10,000 Maniacs

7 Seconds

A Tribe Called Quest

Ace Frehley

Aerosmith

Albert Collins

Alejandro Escovedo

Alex Chilton

Alexander O’Neal

Alice Cooper

Alice In Chains

American Head Charge

Ani DiFranco

Animal Collective

Anthrax

Arcwelder

Arrested Development

Atmosphere

B.B. King

Babes in Toyland

Bad Brains

Bad Religion

Band of Horses

Ben Folds Five

Ben Harper

Big Black

Big Head Todd & The Monsters

Big Star

Billy Bragg

Billy Idol

Bjork

Black Eyed Peas

Black Flag

Black Keys

Black Uhuru

Blitzen Trapper

Blues Traveler

Blur

Bo Diddley

Bob Mould

Boiled in Lead

Bon Iver

Booker T. and the MGs

Boredoms

Bright Eyes

Brother Ali

Buckwheat Zydeco

Built To Spill

Burning Spear

Butthole Surfers

Cake

Camper Van Beethoven

Cheap Trick

Chris Isaak

Chubby Checker

Circle Jerks

Cloud Cult

Clutch

Coldplay

Conrad

Corrosion of Conformity

Cows

Cracker

Cradle of Filth

Cro-Mags

Culture

Curtiss A

Cypress Hill

Dale Watson

Dave Alvin

David Byrne

De La Soul

Death Cab For Cutie

Deftones

Depeche Mode

Descendants

Devo

Dillinger Four

DJ ESP

DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

DJ Smitty

Doomtree

Dr. John

Drive-by Truckers

Duran Duran

Earl Root

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Einsturzende Neubauten

El Vez

Electric Six

Elliott Smith

Eminem

Emmylou Harris

Erykah Badu

Eurythmics

Eyedea & Abilities

Faith No More

Fear

Fela Kuti

Firehouse

Fishbone

Flamin’ Oh’s

Flaming Lips

Fleet Foxes

Flogging Molly

Foo Fighters

Frank Zappa

Fugazi

G G Allin

G. Love & Special Sauce

Galaxie 500

Gang of Four

Garbage

GBH

Gil Scott Heron

Golden Smog

Goo Goo Dolls

Grace Jones

Grandmaster Flash

Grant Hart

Green Day

Grizzly Bear

Guided By Voices

GWAR

Hank Williams III

Har Mar Superstar

House of Large Sizes

Husker Du

Ian Hunter

Ice Cube

Ice T

Iggy Pop

Impaler

 

Indigo Girls

Information Society

INXS

Ipso Facto

Jack Meyers

James Brown

Jane’s Addiction

Jeff Buckley

Jesus Lizard

Jim Carroll

Jimmy Cliff

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Joe Cocker

John Cale

John Hiatt

John Lee Hooker

Johnny Thunders

Johnny Winter

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Jonathan Richman

Junior Brown

Jurassic 5

KD Lang

Kevin Cole

King Crimson

King Sunny Ade

KMFDM

Koerner, Ray and Glover

Kool and the Gang

Korn

Kristin Hersh

KRS-1

Kyuss

L7

Lee “Scratch” Perry

Lenny Kravitz

Leon Russell

Lifter Puller

Limp Bizkit

Link Wray

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Liz Phair

LL Cool J

Los Lobos

Los Straitjackets

Love & Rockets

Low

Lucinda Williams

Luna

Lydia Lunch

M.I.A.

Maceo Parker

Man Sized Action

Marianne Faithfull

Marilyn Manson

Mark Mallman

Mason Jennings

The Meat Puppets

Megadeth

Melissa Etheridge

Melt Banana

Melvins

Menudo

Metallica

Mick Ronson

Midnight Oil

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Mighty Mofos

Mike Watt

Ministry

Mission of Burma

Moby

Modest Mouse

Mojo Nixon

Monster Magnet

Morphine

Motion City Soundtrack

Motorhead

Mudhoney

Murder City Devils

My Bloody Valentine

My Life with Thrill Kill Kult

Naked Raygun

Neville Brothers

New Order

Nick Lowe

Nine Inch Nails

Nirvana

NOFX

Oasis

OutKast

Ozomatli

P.O.S.

Pantera

Parliament Funkadelic

Patti Smith

Paul Simon

Paul Westerberg

Pavement

PD Spinlove

Pearl Jam

Pere Ubu

Phish

PJ Harvey

Polara

Primus

Prince

Public Enemy

Public Image Limited

Queen Latifah

R.E.M.

Radiohead

Rage Against the Machine

Rancid

Ray Charles

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rhymesayers

Richard Thompson

Rifle Sport

RL Burnside

Robyn Hitchcock

Rocket From The Crypt

Rod Stewart & The Faces

Roger McGuinn

Roger Miller

Ronnie Spector

Roy Freedom

Ruben Blades

Run DMC

Run Westy Run

Sage Francis

Sam & Dave

Savage Aural Hotbed

Screaming Trees

 

Semisonic

Sepultura

Shane McGowan

She & Him

Shelia E

Shellac

Sheryl Crow

Sick of it All

Sinead O’Connor

Siouxsie Sioux

Skinny Puppy

Slayer

Sleater-Kinney

Slipknot

Smashing Pumpkins

Social Distortion

Solid Gold

Son Volt

Sonic Youth

Soul Asylum

Soul Coughing

Soundgarden

Sounds of Blackness

Southern Culture on the Skids

Spiritualized

Steel Pulse

Stereolab

Steve Earle

Steve McClellan

Suicidal Tendencies

Sun Ra

Sunny Day Real Estate

Suzanna Vega

Taj Mahal

Tapes ‘n Tapes

Tears for Fears

Television

Tesla

The Beastie Boys

The Birthday Party

The Black Crowes

The Buzzcocks

The Chemical Brothers

The Cramps

The Cult

The Cure

The Dead Weather

The English Beat

The Exploited

The Faint

The Fall

The Flamin’ Groovies

The Fugees

The Gear Daddies

The Go-Go’s

The Hang Ups

The Hold Steady

The Honeydogs

The Hypstrz

The Jayhawks

The Jesus and the Mary Chain

The Jets

The Kinks

The Lemonheads

The Litter

The Magnolias

The Minutemen

The Misfits

The National

The Ohio Players

The Pixies

The Plasmatics

The Pogues

The Pretenders

The Psychedelic Furs

The Raconteurs

The Ramones

The Replacements

The Residents

The Reverend Horton Heat

The Roots

The Samples

The Shins

The Sisters of Mercy

The Skatalites

The Specials

The Stray Cats

The Strokes

The Suburbs

The Sugarcubes

The Suicide Commandos

The Time

The Tragically Hip

The Verve

The Violent Femmes

The Wallets

The White Stripes

They Might Be Giants

Tina & The B-Sides

Tina Turner

Tiny Tim

Tito Puente

Todd Rundgren

Tori Amos

Tracy Chapman

Trampled by Turtles

Tricky

Trip Shakespeare

TSOL

TV On The Radio

U2

UB40

Umphrey’s McGee

Uncle Tupelo

Unwritten Law

Walt Mink

Wanda Jackson

Warren Zevon

Ween

Weezer

Wesley Willis

White Zombie

Widespread Panic

Wilco

Willie & the Bees

Wilson Pickett

Wu-Tang Clan

X

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yellowman

Yo La Tango

Ziggy Marley

Zuzu’s Petals