Editing South Bay (Los Angeles County) (section)

==Music==
The South Bay has a rich history in music, and has produced a number of significant rock bands, like Hawthorne natives [[The Beach Boys]] in the early 1960s, and continuing particularly in [[punk rock|punk music]]. Other notable South Bay-based artists include:

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* [[98 Mute]] (Hermosa Beach)
* [[Ab-Soul]] (Carson)
(Ambrosia) Torrance
* [[Ash Riser]] (Redondo Beach)
* [[Big Syke]] (Inglewood)
* [[Bishop Lamont]] (Carson)
* [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] (Hermosa Beach)
* [[Blu (rapper)|Blu]] (San Pedro)
* [[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]] (Carson)
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (Carson)
* [[By All Means]] (Torrance)
* [[Cali Swag District]] (Inglewood)
* [[Circle Jerks]] (Hermosa Beach)
* [[Cuco (musician)|Cuco]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Custom Made (hip hop group)|Custom Made]] (Hawthorne, Inglewood, Redondo Beach)
* [[Darlene Love]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Descendents (band)|Descendents]] (Manhattan Beach)
* [[James Newton Howard]] (Torrance)
* [[Omarion]] (Inglewood)
* [[Ras Kass]] (Carson)
* [[KeyKool]] (Torrance)
* [[Kurupt]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Left Alone]] (Wilmington)
* [[Joyce Manor]] (Torrance)
* [[Mack 10]] (Inglewood)
* [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]] (San Pedro)
* [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] (San Pedro)
* [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] (Hermosa Beach)
* [[Pigeon John]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Ray-J]] (Carson)
* [[Redd Kross]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Rotting Out]] (San Pedro)
* [[Seahaven (band)|Seahaven]] (Torrance)
* [[Shannon Lay]] (Redondo Beach)
* [[Slip Capone]] (Hawthorne)
* [[Smut Peddlers]] (Redondo Beach)
* [[The Thirsty Crows]] (Redondo Beach)
* [[Tokimonsta]] (Torrance)
* [[Tom Smothers]] (Redondo Beach)
* [[Tyga]] (Gardena)
* [[Tyler The Creator]] (Hawthorne)
* [[The Last (band)|The Last]] (Hermosa Beach)
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Black Flag guitarist [[Greg Ginn]]'s [[SST Records|SST]] record label, a seminal [[alternative rock]] label of the 1980s, maintained its headquarters in Lawndale.