Music of San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley encompasses a large part in the Northeast region of the Greater Los Angeles area. This region played a major role in the music of Los Angeles, and California. The San Gabriel Valley remains home to several influential performing groups, such as, Van Halen and the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra.
Genres of Music.
Rock.
Compared to other parts of Los Angeles, like Silver Lake (where frequent alternative Indie bands play) and Long Beach (where many successful rap, punk, ska and reggae groups originated from), rock music from the San Gabriel Valley included genres of rock music, like, glam metal, heavy metal and hard rock were especially popular between the 1970s and 1990s.