Can't believe no one has mentioned Eric Pulido of Midlake or Jana Hunter of Lower Dens. Also the mythic Jandek.
Yeah, he did all of his filmmaking work there, but he was born and raised in Houston, moved to Austin when he was 24.
Fun story: I grew up in New Caney where Adam grew up and I heard he was a real douche, so last time the white sox were in town I went to the game And was glad to see him go 0-4 with three strikeouts.
GETO BOYS I ran into them in and around Tuffly Park back in the late 80's and early 90's. I used to live in the Kashmere Gardens. <iframe width="854" height="510" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KutXyPEEbQs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
He went to Huntsville High School. He based Dazed and Confused on real people in Huntsville. The Real Slater runs one of the bookstores. He even held a couple of parties at the bookstore when I was in college at SHSU.