OREGON & WASHINGTON MUSICIANS & BANDS Extensive, comprehensive and extremely useful guide with links to over 2,500 Northwest musicians and clubs. If you're in the biz, it's priceless. PORTLAND ONLINE MUSIC Articles, reviews and a thorough set of links to all sorts of music talent. POM is run by Ken DeRouchie of the frightfully funky Ken DeRouchie Band - who not only is a great web designer but was a drummer for Christian rocker Larry Norman for a time. MUSIC UNIVERSE Online version of several rags, including the Northwest's acclaimed The Rocket TREY GUNN Well, this fairly new member of the highly influential King Crimson may not live here now - but he spent five years at the University of Oregon. LARRY NORMAN Transplanted to Salem, OR from L.A. in the early `90s, this Christian rock pioneer is universally hailed as the first in the genre. THE INFAMOUS EXPLODING WHALE Oregon's Highway Department proved what NOT to do with the carcass of a beached whale in 1970. Downloadable video: http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html More about the incident (including Dave Barry's take on it): http://www.mlode.com/~sdave/whale.htm DIZZYFISH Soaring, intense, melodic eclectica from one of Portland's sleeping giants. The Rotating Leslies Driving, psychedelic, Middle-Eastern-influenced funk Rainforest Records The Portland-based indie label with its own surf music subsidiary. UNISUN COMMUNICATIONS Copious entertainment fun in Corvallis. SHEILA WILCOXSON One of Oregon's true blues queens. She's as rootsy and gutsy as she is experimental and innovative. THRILLBILLY Raucous Portlanders who recently acquired some national radio airplay. LENORA'S GHOST Way cool, highly atmopheric (and possibly haunted) live music venue in Independence - just outside of Salem.