GALLERY: Classic Rockers of the Midwest

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

January 23rd, 2018 8:07 AM

Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander celebrates his birthday today (January 23), and with Cheap Trick being the pride of Rockford, Ill., it made us realized how many awesome classic rockers we all know and love hail from the midwest.

In honor of Zander’s birthday, below is a small gallery of some of our favorite classic rockers of the midwest.  Enjoy!

• John Varvatos & Sony Present The 35th Anniversary Of Cheap Trick At Budokan

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  Cheap Trick - Rockford, Illinois

• John Mellencamp In Concert – Minneapolis, Minnesota

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  John Mellencamp - Seymour, Indiana

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  Styx - Chicago, Illinois
• REO Speedwagon Appears At Rok Vegas Nightclub At New York-New York

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  REO Speedwagon - Champaign, Illinois

• Three Members Of Guns N’ Roses

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  Izzy Stradlin (far right) - Lafayette, Indiana

• Guns N’ Roses Perform In Sydney

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  Axl Rose - Lafayette, Indiana
• The Billboard Touring Awards

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  Bob Seger - Born in Detroit, Michigan. Grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Iggy Pop Performs At The Premiere Of STARZ’s “Ash vs Evil Dead”

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  Iggy Pop - Ypsilanti, Michigan

• 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards – Show

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  Bob Dylan - Born in Duluth, Minnesota. Grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota.
• Chuck Berry In Concert – January 1, 2011

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  Chuck Berry - St. Louis, Missouri

• Chrissie Hynde With The Rails In Concert – Nashville, Tennessee

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  Chrissie Hynde - Akron, Ohio

• 2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival – Weekend 1 – Day 2

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  Joe Walsh - Born in Wichita, Kansas. Lived in Columbus, Ohio as a kid.
• The 7th Annual Little Kids Rock Benefit

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  Steve Miller - Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.

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Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

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