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GALLERY: Classic Rockers from the Midwest

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…

Robin Zander
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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

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Rockford, Illinois


John Mellencamp

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Seymour, Indiana


Styx

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Chicago, Illinois


REO Speedwagon

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Champaign, Illinois


Izzy Stradlin (far right)

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Lafayette, Indiana


Axl Rose

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Lafayette, Indiana


Bob Seger

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


Iggy Pop

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Ypsilanti, Michigan


Bob Dylan

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


Chuck Berry

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St. Louis, Missouri


Chrissie Hynde

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Akron, Ohio


Joe Walsh

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


Steve Miller

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Glenn Frey

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