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GALLERY: Classic Rockers from the Midwest

Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter January 23rd

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!

  • Cheap Trick

    Rockford, Illinois

  • John Mellencamp

    Seymour, Indiana

  • Styx

    Chicago, Illinois

  • REO Speedwagon

    Champaign, Illinois

  • Izzy Stradlin (far right)

    Lafayette, Indiana

  • Axl Rose

    Lafayette, Indiana

  • Bob Seger

    Born in Detroit, Michigan. Grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

  • Iggy Pop

    Ypsilanti, Michigan

  • Bob Dylan

    Born in Duluth, Minnesota. Grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota.

  • Chuck Berry

    St. Louis, Missouri

  • Chrissie Hynde

    Akron, Ohio

  • Joe Walsh

    Born in Wichita, Kansas. Lived in Columbus, Ohio as a kid.

  • Steve Miller

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • Glenn Frey

    Born in Detroit, Michigan. Grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan.

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