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.

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