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You Weren't There

2025-10-09T14:19:43Z

Soco79: Added Reviews and YOURfLESH magazine No longer available (links to porn site now)

[[Image:YWT.jpg|thumb|right|You Weren't There]]

'''You Weren't There''' is documentary covering the Chicago Punk scene from [[1977]]-[[1984]]. It was done by [[Joe Losurdo]], formerly of [[Life Sentence]] and has extensive video coverage of old shows as well as dozens of interviews. Bands specifically mentioned in the trailer are [[Naked Raygun]], [[The Effigies]] and [[Strike Under]]. It premiered to a packed house at the Portage Theater in Chicago on November 24, [[2007]].

After the movie, an afterparty was held at The Beat Kitchen. Among the performers that night to the sold out crowd were [[End Result]], [[Negative Element]], a "[[Strike Under]] cover band" fronted by [[Steve Bjorklund]] and the first ever performance of [[The Mentally Ill]].

== Bands Featured (incomplete) ==

* [[Big Black]]
* [[Da]]
* [[The Effigies]]
* [[End Result]]
* [[The Mentally Ill]]
* [[Naked Raygun]]
* [[Negative Element]]
* [[Savage Beliefs]]
* [[Silver Abuse]]
* [[Strike Under]]
* [[The Subverts]]
* [[Tutu and the Pirates]]

== Reviews ==

* [https://letterboxd.com/pinkfrostydemo/film/you-werent-there-a-history-of-chicago-punk-1977-1984/ Letterboxd review]
* [https://www.factorytwentyfive.com/you-werent-there Factory 25 article by Directors Joe Losurdo & Christina Tillman]
* [http://logicaldinosaur.com/?p=55 Logical Dinosaur Review]
* [https://everything.explained.today/You_Weren%27t_There/ Everything Explained]
* [https://rateyourmusic.com/film/you-werent-there-a-history-of-chicago-punk-1977-to-1984/ Rate Your Music (1 Review)]
* [https://www.thepitchkc.com/dvd-review-you-werent-there/ Kansas City magazine The Pitch review]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340142/ IMDB Entry/Description/Review]
* [https://www.popmatters.com/115381-you-werent-there-a-history-of-chicago-punk-19771984-2496117287.html Pop Matters review]
* [https://www.binged.com/streaming-premiere-dates/you-werent-there-a-history-of-chicago-punk-1977-1984-movie-streaming-online-watch-on-tubi/#google_vignette Binged short review]
* [https://www.fandor.com/details/CEG10032507/You-Weren't-There Fandor Description]
* [https://alchetron.com/You-Werent-There Alchetron archive entry]
* YOURfLESh magazine review No longer available

== External Links ==

* [http://www.regressivefilms.com/FinalYWT.NEWtrailerpage.htm You Weren't There trailer]
* [http://www.regressivefilms.com/ You Weren't There homepage]
* [https://www.tvguide.com/movies/you-werent-there-a-history-of-chicago-punk-1977-84/2000135842/ Streaming Guide]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Weren%27t_There Wikipedia main article]

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Shenanigans

2025-04-05T23:05:24Z

Soco79: short informational

'''Shenanigans''' was located in Romeoville, IL and primarily hosted punk and metal bands during the 1990s. More information, including sources, are needed.

Some of the groups that played there semi-regularly were [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Blue Collar]], [[The Misdemeanors]] and other bands from the southwest suburbs of Chicago.

Main Page

2025-04-05T22:58:53Z

Soco79: added venue shenanigans

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== RIP Steve Albini and John Kezdy ===

[[Image:JohnKezdy-Thumb.png|left|85px]]

Chicago Punk lost two titans as [[John Kezdy]], lead singer of [[The Effigies]], had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. [https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/inbetweenradiostations-171-john-kezdy-11123/ Here is a long interview] with John from Lumpen Radio where he talked about his time with music in Chicago and stories about the Effigies and touring. An article on Kezdy's accident can be found [https://chi.streetsblog.org/2023/08/27/john-kezdy-64-singer-of-the-effigies-died-after-bike-crash-with-amazon-van-illegally-stopped-in-bike-lane here]

[[Steve Albini]] also passed away suddenly in May at the age of 61, a NYT article on his legacy can be found [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/music/steve-albini-dead.html here].

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=== Watch the Savage Beliefs Movie ===

[[Image:Savage-Beliefs-Movie.jpg|left|85px]]

In 1984 [[Savage Beliefs]] movie was mostly shot and thought lost forever, but in [[2019]] director Charlie Fink released the footage on his YouTube page. The movie is mostly complete and can be see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i77QVsk5ozQ&feature=youtu.be here]. Live performance footage for the movie was shot in October [[1984]] at [[West End]], the show also features [[Naked Raygun]].

A good writeup on the movie can be found [https://nostalgiakinky.com/2024/01/21/maximumrocknroll-savage-beliefs-1984/ here] and [[The Punk Vault|MXV]]'s writeup on the release show is [https://punkvinyl.com/2016/04/16/savage-beliefs-movie-screening-and-performance-41416-at-martyrs/#:~:text=The%20film%2C%20Savage%20Beliefs%3A%20The,quite%20finished%20and%20never%20released. here]

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Beautiful Mutants]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Sweep the Leg Johnny]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Shenanigans]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]
* [[Dupage County Hardcore]]

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Skullface

2024-01-18T08:04:30Z

Soco79: grammar

'''Skullface''' was (and remains) a largely enigmatic Chicago punk underground band that existed from circa 1995 - circa 2000. Although they had a loyal following, no one really knew who Skullface was, and those who did and were friends of the members largely helped keep the identities of the members private. The only publicity allowed was their band name, and the classic skull logo.

They played a mix of grind-core punk and hardcore with a splattering of brass instruments and piano which gave them a unique but bizarre, sinister sound that most fans found a genius cross-breed of genres, while a smaller percentage found it obnoxious.

Although they had more material, they only released one DIY EP demo that was mostly on cassette, despite cassettes being out of date by that time and CDRs being easily accessible. There was probably less than 100 of them, and there were no liner notes, only song names. They went on a short regional tour before breaking up 99 or 2000.

One on and off member was Kiki Martinelli (R.I.P.) who lived at [[El Rancho Orphanage]] who played the sax and the piano.

[[Category:1990s]]
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Main Page

2023-12-03T20:35:59Z

Soco79: added sweep the leg johnny will add page soon

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== RIP John Kezdy ===

[[Image:JohnKezdy-Thumb.png|left|85px]]

Chicago Punk lost a titan as [[John Kezdy]], lead singer of [[The Effigies]], had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. [https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/inbetweenradiostations-171-john-kezdy-11123/ Here is a long interview] with John from Lumpen Radio where he talked about his time with music in Chicago and stories about the Effigies and touring.

An article on Kezdy's accident can be found [https://chi.streetsblog.org/2023/08/27/john-kezdy-64-singer-of-the-effigies-died-after-bike-crash-with-amazon-van-illegally-stopped-in-bike-lane here]

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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== Main Pages ==

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Beautiful Mutants]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Sweep the Leg Johnny]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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The Beautiful Mutants

2023-12-01T15:14:52Z

Soco79:

[[The Beautiful Mutants]] were a "synth punk" band born in southeastern San Diego, CA near Chula Vista. They earned their keep in the Chicago underground, however, when in the late 1990s all four members relocated to Chicago. Singer, guitarist and leadman Andy Mutant, also known musically as "President Snack Cakes le Beef" among other monikers, was the first to arrive; around the time that the [[El Rancho Orphanage]] formed. He was also the longest to remain in Chicago, and continued to record and perform music, as well as collaborate with and produce with and for other artists until finally moving to the Oakland area.

They released a full-length, self-produced self-titled album while still in San Diego, and despite a growing popularity there and southern California, they sought to have a presence in Chicago after a record contract fell through, which happened to occur around the same time that rival San Diego band The Locust was signed and began to gain national attention. Despite the difference in sound, their fan base perceived this as unfair and many encouraged them to relocate as the Chicago punk scene was gaining momentum at the time, and the Mutants already had a small fanbase here due to friends in the area exposing others to their music.

The Mutants played a number of shows in Chicago, and also played a major role in exposing other talented fringe punk acts in Chicago
through hosting shows at [[The El Rancho Orphanage]]. Halloween of 2000 there was one of their last shows in Chicago.

Bass player Kevin Mutant went on to record a solo album released on bootleg cassette and continue to play with other west coast musicians. Andy Turtle went on to co-direct and act in the Independent film "Tick" and record under many different nanes, and was the last to leave Chicago and now resides in the Oakland area. Keyboardist Brock Bousfield went on to create the band Nero's Day at Disneyland.

==Members==

Andy Mutant a.k.a. President Snack Cakes le Beef, Andrew McQueen H. VIII, Andy Turtle, etc.: Vocals, Guitar, Sampler/drum machine, Synth, Televisions, Noise Machines, Keyboard

Micah Mutant: Drums and percussion

Kevin Mutant: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Brock Mutant (Bousfield): Keyboard, Synth, Vocals

Nick Galvez: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Sound

The Mutants certainly fell under the sub genre of Synth Punk, but, were arguably the creators of an even more narrowed down, unique sound
you might consider "Hardcore Synth Punk." Their shows were wild and set themselves apart from other synth punk bands. Most performances were always filled with old black and white tube TVs used for sound and their stage performance (they were often all destroyed by or all at once at the end of their shows) and were further characterized by other destruction and crowd interaction. Cited and speculated influences are Devo, Tonto's Expanding Head Band, The Buzzcocks, and other synth and early British hardcore. Andy befriended the late [[Wesley Willis]] and traded music with one another.

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/beautiful-mutants

Toucan Slam

2023-12-01T14:31:14Z

Soco79: addition of Production/recording credit

'''Toucan Slam''' was based in Olney, Illinois, Southeast of Springfield, just outside of Robinson, almost a 4 hour trip by car to Chicago. Despite their distance, Toucan Slam became a semi-regular at the Fireside Bowl in the mid to later 1990's.

Before releasing the one album that they alone were on in 1996 off of [[Shazam Records]], a 4 song 7" EP titled "You Can Take the Bottle Out of Olney but You Can't Take Olney Out of the Bottle," they first released an 8 song demo split on CD with Mister Smarty Pants (another band from Olney) in 1994 titled "Olneycore," also through Shazam. Later they released another split in 1997, this time with The 4 Squares out of St. Charles, a 12-song full-length LP album titled Doin' Stuff with Roy Scherer through Shazam/Quincy Shanks. A second press on blue marble vinyl was issued the same year, but only featured 2 instead of 6 Toucan Slam songs; 8 tracks in total. Again in that same year a third press with the original 12 tracks, 6 and 6, was released on CD; all via Shazam. They also appeared on at least several compilations.

Part of their Chicago fan base may have had something to do with their association with [[Oblivion]], who also wrote a song titled "Olney", about Olney, Illinois in which they reference Toucan Slam.

== Members ==

Drums – Brooke Waxler

Guitar – Shane Grinder

Guitar, Vocals – Mike Rauch

Vocals, Bass – Josh Houchin

Production/Recording accredited to Chuck Uchida of [[No Empathy]], etc.

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/827541-Toucan-Slam Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:1990s]]

Toucan Slam

2023-12-01T14:28:10Z

Soco79:

'''Toucan Slam''' was based in Olney, Illinois, Southeast of Springfield, just outside of Robinson, almost a 4 hour trip by car to Chicago. Despite their distance, Toucan Slam became a semi-regular at the Fireside Bowl in the mid to later 1990's.

Before releasing the one album that they alone were on in 1996 off of [[Shazam Records]], a 4 song 7" EP titled "You Can Take the Bottle Out of Olney but You Can't Take Olney Out of the Bottle," they first released an 8 song demo split on CD with Mister Smarty Pants (another band from Olney) in 1994 titled "Olneycore," also through Shazam. Later they released another split in 1997, this time with The 4 Squares out of St. Charles, a 12-song full-length LP album titled Doin' Stuff with Roy Scherer through Shazam/Quincy Shanks. A second press on blue marble vinyl was issued the same year, but only featured 2 instead of 6 Toucan Slam songs; 8 tracks in total. Again in that same year a third press with the original 12 tracks, 6 and 6, was released on CD; all via Shazam. They also appeared on at least several compilations.

Part of their Chicago fan base may have had something to do with their association with [[Oblivion]], who also wrote a song titled "Olney", about Olney, Illinois in which they reference Toucan Slam.

== Members ==

Drums – Brooke Waxler

Guitar – Shane Grinder

Guitar, Vocals – Mike Rauch

Vocals, Bass – Josh Houchin

Production/Recording accredited to Chuck Uchida

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/827541-Toucan-Slam Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:1990s]]

Toucan Slam

2023-12-01T14:27:20Z

Soco79: Members listed

'''Toucan Slam''' was based in Olney, Illinois, Southeast of Springfield, just outside of Robinson, almost a 4 hour trip by car to Chicago. Despite their distance, Toucan Slam became a semi-regular at the Fireside Bowl in the mid to later 1990's.

Before releasing the one album that they alone were on in 1996 off of [[Shazam Records]], a 4 song 7" EP titled "You Can Take the Bottle Out of Olney but You Can't Take Olney Out of the Bottle," they first released an 8 song demo split on CD with Mister Smarty Pants (another band from Olney) in 1994 titled "Olneycore," also through Shazam. Later they released another split in 1997, this time with The 4 Squares out of St. Charles, a 12-song full-length LP album titled Doin' Stuff with Roy Scherer through Shazam/Quincy Shanks. A second press on blue marble vinyl was issued the same year, but only featured 2 instead of 6 Toucan Slam songs; 8 tracks in total. Again in that same year a third press with the original 12 tracks, 6 and 6, was released on CD; all via Shazam. They also appeared on at least several compilations.

Part of their Chicago fan base may have had something to do with their association with [[Oblivion]], who also wrote a song titled "Olney", about Olney, Illinois in which they reference Toucan Slam.

== Members ==

Drums – Brooke Waxler
Guitar – Shane Grinder
Guitar, Vocals – Mike Rauch
Vocals, Bass – Josh Houchin

Production/Recording accredited to Chuck Uchida

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/827541-Toucan-Slam Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:1990s]]

Toucan Slam

2023-12-01T14:23:48Z

Soco79:

'''Toucan Slam''' was based in Olney, Illinois, Southeast of Springfield, just outside of Robinson, almost a 4 hour trip by car to Chicago. Despite their distance, Toucan Slam became a semi-regular at the Fireside Bowl in the mid to later 1990's.

Before releasing the one album that they alone were on in 1996 off of [[Shazam Records]], a 4 song 7" EP titled "You Can Take the Bottle Out of Olney but You Can't Take Olney Out of the Bottle," they first released an 8 song demo split on CD with Mister Smarty Pants (another band from Olney) in 1994 titled "Olneycore," also through Shazam. Later they released another split in 1997, this time with The 4 Squares out of St. Charles, a 12-song full-length LP album titled Doin' Stuff with Roy Scherer through Shazam/Quincy Shanks. A second press on blue marble vinyl was issued the same year, but only featured 2 instead of 6 Toucan Slam songs; 8 tracks in total. Again in that same year a third press with the original 12 tracks, 6 and 6, was released on CD; all via Shazam. They also appeared on at least several compilations.

Part of their Chicago fan base may have had something to do with their association with [[Oblivion]], who also wrote a song titled "Olney", about Olney, Illinois in which they reference Toucan Slam.

== Members ==

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/827541-Toucan-Slam Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:1990s]]

Toucan Slam

2023-12-01T14:21:43Z

Soco79: Addition of EPs / splits

'''Toucan Slam''' was based in Olney, Illinois, Southeast of Springfield, just outside of Robinson, almost a 4 hour trip by car to Chicago. Despite their distance, Toucan Slam became a semi-regular at the Fireside Bowl in the mid to later 1990's.

Before releasing the one album that they alone were on in 1996 off of [[Shazam Records]], a 4 song 7" EP titled "You Can Take the Bottle Out of Olney but You Can't Take Olney Out of the Bottle," they first released an 8 song CD split with Mister Smarty Pants (another band from Olney) in 1994 titled "Olneycore," also through Shazam. Later they released another split in 1997, this time with The 4 Squares out of St. Charles, a 12-song full-length LP album titled Doin' Stuff with Roy Scherer through Shazam/Quincy Shanks. A second press on blue marble vinyl was issued the same year, but only featured 2 instead of 6 Toucan Slam songs; 8 tracks in total. Again in that same year a third press with the original 12 tracks, 6 and 6, was released on CD; all via Shazam. They also appeared on at least several compilations.

Part of their Chicago fan base may have had something to do with their association with [[Oblivion]], who also wrote a song titled "Olney", about Olney, Illinois in which they reference Toucan Slam.

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/827541-Toucan-Slam Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:1990s]]

The Beautiful Mutants

2023-11-21T18:30:32Z

Soco79: 2nd draft Needs html (source) work and citation work - in progress

[[The Beautiful Mutants]] were a "synth punk" band born in southeastern San Diego, CA near Chula Vista. They earned their keep in the Chicago underground, however, when in the late 1990s all four members relocated to Chicago. Singer, guitarist and leadman Andy Mutant, also known musically as "President Snack Cakes le Beef" among other monikers, was the first to arrive; around the time that the [[El Rancho Orphanage]] formed. He was also the longest to remain in Chicago, and continued to record and perform music, as well as collaborate with and produce with and for other artists until finally moving to the Oakland area.

They released a full-length, self-produced self-titled album while still in San Diego, and despite a growing popularity there and southern California, they sought to have a presence in Chicago after a record contract fell through, which happened to occur around the same time that rival San Diego band The Locust was signed and began to gain national attention. Despite the difference in sound, their fan base perceived this as unfair and many encouraged them to relocate as the Chicago punk scene was gaining momentum at the time, and the Mutants already had a small fanbase here due to friends in the area exposing others to their music.

The Mutants played a number of shows in Chicago, and also played a major role in exposing other talented fringe punk acts in Chicago
through hosting shows at [[The El Rancho Orphanage]]. Halloween of 2000 there was one of their last shows in Chicago.

Bass player Kevin Mutant went on to record a solo album released on bootleg cassette and continue to play with other west coast musicians. Andy Turtle went on to co-direct and act in the Independent film "Tick" and record under many different nanes, and was the last to leave Chicago and now resides in the Oakland area. Keyboardist Brock Bousfield went on to create the band Nero's Day at Disneyland.

Members:
Andy Mutant a.k.a. President Snack Cakes le Beef, Andrew McQueen H. VIII, Andy Turtle, etc.: Vocals, Guitar, Sampler/drum machine, Synth, Televisions, Noise Machines, Keyboard

Micah Mutant: Drums and percussion

Kevin Mutant: Bass Guitar, Vocals

Brock Mutant (Bousfield): Keyboard, Synth, Vocals

Nick Galvez: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Sound

The Mutants certainly fell under the sub genre of Synth Punk, but, were arguably the creators of an even more narrowed down, unique sound
you might consider "Hardcore Synth Punk." Their shows were wild and set themselves apart from other synth punk bands. Most performances were always filled with old black and white tube TVs used for sound and their stage performance (they were often all destroyed by or all at once at the end of their shows) and were further characterized by other destruction and crowd interaction. Cited and speculated influences are Devo, Tonto's Expanding Head Band, The Buzzcocks, and other synth and early British hardcore. Andy befriended the late [[Wesley Willis]] and traded music with one another.

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/beautiful-mutants

User talk:Gantry

2023-11-18T16:19:39Z

Soco79: /* fyi Beautiful Mutants added */ new section

Test - [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] 14:57, 14 October 2006 (CDT)

==Wesley Willis==
Please check out my most recent contribution, Wesley Willis, and let me know what you think! [[User:Soco79|Soco79]]

==Slapstick Family Tree==
Hey, Gantry Finished [[Alkaline Trio]] full bio using several sources, feel free to touch it up as you see fit. I'm going to work on Slapstick family tree bands and probably eventually a page ''Slapstick Family Tree'' of its own. [[User:Soco79|Soco79]]

:* looks good, you're kicking butt! I'm going to listen to the [[Jugheads Basement]] on [[The Vindictives]] this week and all the info there. I listened to before but didn't parse through for good chunks of DB information. I'll stick to the late 80s while keeping the 90s in your capable hands.

== Trial By Fire ==

Awesome to see the news on the front page! Sorry I haven't been much of a presence as I once was on the wiki, but still plan on filling in the cracks that I created (e.g. band entries I posted but never did a bio, etc.)
Anyway, awesome work.

:* Thanks! No need to apologize, getting that TBF fire record inspired me to update after a long absence. Updated pages based on the record and the inserts with the show flyers, dates, etc. Got a [[Savage Beliefs]] and [[Negative Element]] record too, so those pages are updated recently. Any little bit helps, thanks per usual for all the work you've done! [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 23:43, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
::**Awesome!

== Dedicatedhosting4u ==
Hey, not sure if you're still watching your talk page after all this time but [[User:Dedicatedhosting4u]] is spam and should be removed/blocked. Thanks, [[User:AnarchistiCookie|AnarchistiCookie]] ([[User talk:AnarchistiCookie|talk]]) 19:35, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
: Thanks, removed [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 22:41, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

== Glad to see the site up ==

Hey there, Gantry. It is a relief to see the wiki back up. Now that us late Gen X'ers are getting old, too, this site is still needed; more than ever, actually. I've enjoyed contributing to the late 80s and the 90s sections of the site. Hope all is well.
Anarchismo / Soco79 / James

: Thank you my friend! The server it was running on was super old and stopped getting and security updates, I finally bit the bullet and am running on more modern software. We're back and there should be minimal downtime moving forward. Appreciate all the work you've done on it! [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 13:25, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

:: Awesome! [[User:Soco79|Soco79]]

== fyi Beautiful Mutants added ==

Hi, Gantry, just letting you know that I am working on the entry I added for the Beautiful Mutants. There will be a page up very soon.

Main Page

2023-11-18T13:54:30Z

Soco79: Added entry for The Beautiful Mutants

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

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=== RIP John Kezdy ===

[[Image:JohnKezdy-Thumb.png|left|85px]]

Chicago Punk lost a titan as [[John Kezdy]], lead singer of [[The Effigies]], had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. [https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/inbetweenradiostations-171-john-kezdy-11123/ Here is a long interview] with John from Lumpen Radio where he talked about his time with music in Chicago and stories about the Effigies and touring.

An article on Kezdy's accident can be found [https://chi.streetsblog.org/2023/08/27/john-kezdy-64-singer-of-the-effigies-died-after-bike-crash-with-amazon-van-illegally-stopped-in-bike-lane here]

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Beautiful Mutants]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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Bollweevils

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'''The Bollweevils''' were one of the more popular punk acts in Chicago during the first half of the 90s. The released most of their stuff on Dr. Strange Records and their initial run was from [[1989]] to [[1996]]. In the late nineties, some of the members went on to create [[Landos 45]]. In [[2006]] they reunited for Riot Fest and have played semi-actively ever since.

== Releases ==
=== Albums ===
* Stick Your Neck Out! (Dr. Strange Records, [[1994]])
* History of the Bollweevils, Part I (Dr. Strange, [[1995]]) - compilation of pre-Stick Your Neck Out releases
* Heavyweight (Dr. Strange, [[199]])
* Weevillive (Dr. Strange, [[1996]]) - live album
* History of the Bollweevils, Part II (Dr. Strange, [[1999]]) - compilation of post-Stick Your Neck Out releases

=== Minor releases ===
* A Deadly Duo (Bollweevils/The Freeze split, released 1996 on Dr. Strange Records)
* "Carol EP" (Bollweevils/4-Squares split) released 1997 Dr. Strange Records Quincy Shanks Records: 4-Squares Releases
* Plan 7" From Outer Space! (Bollweevils/Sleepasaurus split, released 1997 on Motherbox Records)[
* Doc Hopper / Bollweevils split (released 1997)
* Totin' Forties & Fuckin' Shit Up

== External Links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bollweevils Wikipedia page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bollweevils/31467506246 Facebook page]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/359760-The-Bollweevils Discogs page]

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

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=== Trial By Fire record released after 35 years ===

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Although it was recorded in [[1982]], [[Trial By Fire]]'s record was never released at the time. After thirty five years [[Alona's Dream Records]] finally gave it a formal release. The sounds holds up today and could very well have been the first hardcore record from a Chicago band. You'll notice many songs that have been done by other bands, including the famous opener to [[Naked Raygun]]'s ''Vanilla Blue''. Do yourself a favor and [http://shop.alonasdreamrecords.com/album/1982 buy a copy from Alona's Dream], you won't regret it.

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

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[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== Trial By Fire record released after 35 years ===

[[Image:TBF-1982.jpg|left|85px]]

Although it was recorded in [[1982]], [[Trial By Fire]]'s record was never released at the time. After thirty five years [[Alona's Dream Records]] finally gave it a formal release. The sounds holds up today and could very well have been the first hardcore record from a Chicago band. You'll notice many songs that have been done by other bands, including the famous opener to [[Naked Raygun]]'s ''Vanilla Blue''. Do yourself a favor and [http://shop.alonasdreamrecords.com/album/1982 buy a copy from Alona's Dream], you won't regret it.

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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== Main Pages ==

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils, The]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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2023-05-21T20:51:19Z

Soco79: added misdemeanors keep away from julie

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site mostly focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== Trial By Fire record released after 35 years ===

[[Image:TBF-1982.jpg|left|85px]]

Although it was recorded in [[1982]], [[Trial By Fire]]'s record was never released at the time. After thirty five years [[Alona's Dream Records]] finally gave it a formal release. The sounds holds up today and could very well have been the first hardcore record from a Chicago band. You'll notice many songs that have been done by other bands, including the famous opener to [[Naked Raygun]]'s ''Vanilla Blue''. Do yourself a favor and [http://shop.alonasdreamrecords.com/album/1982 buy a copy from Alona's Dream], you won't regret it.

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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== Main Pages ==

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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Keep Away From Julie

2023-05-21T20:35:21Z

Soco79: Page Creation

Keep Away From Julie was a suburban Joliet/Aurora ska/punk band active in the mid to late 90's. They largely performed at [[Riley's Rock House]] and other local venues of the time including [[Shenanigans]] and Homewood's famous [[Off the Alley]], as well as playing a part in the booking and production of what was, at the time, an annual gathering of southwest suburban bands at the Joliet Arsenal. They were responsible for assisting a lot of other bands from the same area in getting booked at shows. One of their "sister" bands was [[Blue Collar]], also primarily out of Joliet.

They had an undeniably unique style and stage presence and among other influences were inspired by Reel Big Fish, and also arguably The Voodoo Glow Skulls (who at the time (on a mostly unrelated note), made many trips to Chicago and Indiana because they enjoyed the Chicago city and suburban punk scenes). In fact, a fan favorite was their song "Fat Robbie," which seemed quite obviously a nod to the famous VGS song "Fat Randy," which was the embodiment of the strangely largely identifiable stereotype of the overweight, suspender wearing, two-tone dressed ska fan who was transient and considered as a party or show "crasher," who was (not without argument) likely originally depicted in the very early MTV music video "One Step Beyond" by Madness.

Keep Away From Julie disbanded permanently sometime in 2000 or 2001... While some of the members did go on to pursue other musical projects, they largely faded into obscurity after that. They released one recording on CDR.

Category:Bands

2023-05-21T18:57:52Z

Soco79: /* Bands without pages */ added Keep Away from Julie

Past and present bands that were either part of or related to the old Chicago punk scene. <br>From the 70s to the current days, pretty much all the band pages on the ChicagoPunk Database.

==Bands without pages==
* [[Contracide]]
* [[Everyday Average]]
* [[Fang Beach]]
* [[Keep Away From Julie]]
* [[The Marquis]]
* [[Material Issue]]
* [[Plastik Explosives]]
* [[Spare Change]]
* [[The End Is Now]]
* [[The Mashers]]
* [[The Sex Kittens ]]
* [[Tragedy Clowns]]
* [[Tricky Dick]]
* [[Women In Love]]
* [[The Voyeurs]]
* [[The Others]]
* [[The Reason]]
* [[Petre Gunn]]
* [[Trouble Boys]]
* [[The Bliss Machine]]
* [[Splattered Animal]]
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User:Soco79

2023-05-21T18:05:59Z

Soco79:

My name is jamie, I was active in the Chicago punk scene since '89 technically when my brother would take me to all ages shows. By 1995 I was immersed in the scene at that time and played in the band [[Blue Collar]] (not to be confused with Blue Collar Nation). We played briefly at The Underground Lounge on weekends, Silvies on punk rock nights, etc. I wrote for a few small zines. I lived at the [[El Rancho Orphanage]]

I am a journalist by trade and am glad to be a part of contributing to this very needed and important Wiki.

== The Tarts ==

Just saw your page! I could be mixing up my bands, but I want to say Fritz (current Raygun bassist) may have been in the Tarts. I want to say Bill Stephens from Raygun was also in it? I kind of remember Fritz telling me (when he bartended at Quenchers) that he and Bill were in a band together around that time. [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 16:52, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
:Thinking back, that makes total sense. In fact I'm almost positive that Fritz was a member. I saw them twice and had a few conversations with Steve both after the shows and when MBB reunited after The Tarts were no more - one conversation took place when I had done the sound for a MBB / The Bomb show . I definitely want to adhere to verifiable facts, but being that we both remember this, I think it warrants an update. I was hesitant to even recreate the page but I knew Steve for quite sometime through a mutual friend, and they were quite a band.
Thanks for jogging my memory!!!

: Sure thing! Hopefully my memory holds up, I was usually many beers deep when we talked music

:: I hear you, friend! Despite my good long term memory, there are many, dare I say, 'hazy' moments; especially back then! I will update the page as appropriately as I am able, and hopefully we may be able to glean some information / confirmation from some of the other long time contributors... AnarchistiCookie [[https://punkdatabase.com/wiki/User:AnarchistiCookie]] for example comes to mind. I no longer have a contact for Steve, but he always seemed a bit uncomfortable talking about that particular band, which I totally respected and still do. Music making can be a beautiful but complicated thing. Just glad to still be a part of this very important Wiki that in my eyes is the most comprehensive site on the web for general info on most to all of the Chicago bands that made up the scene from the beginning up to the early 2000s. Let's keep it going!

User:Soco79

2023-05-21T18:03:33Z

Soco79:

My name is jamie, I was active in the Chicago punk scene since '89 technically when my brother would take me to all ages shows. By 1995 I was immersed in the scene at that time and played in the band [[Blue Collar]] (not to be confused with Blue Collar Nation). We played briefly at The Underground Lounge on weekends, Silvies on punk rock nights, etc. I wrote for a few small zines. I lived at the [[El Rancho Orphanage]]

I am a journalist by trade and am glad to be a part of contributing to this very needed and important Wiki.

== The Tarts ==

Just saw your page! I could be mixing up my bands, but I want to say Fritz (current Raygun bassist) may have been in the Tarts. I want to say Bill Stephens from Raygun was also in it? I kind of remember Fritz telling me (when he bartended at Quenchers) that he and Bill were in a band together around that time. [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 16:52, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
:Thinking back, that makes total sense. In fact I'm almost positive that Fritz was a member. I saw them twice and had a few conversations with Steve both after the shows and when MBB reunited after The Tarts were no more - one conversation took place when I had done the sound for a MBB / The Bomb show . I definitely want to adhere to verifiable facts, but being that we both remember this, I think it warrants an update. I was hesitant to even recreate the page but I knew Steve for quite sometime through a mutual friend, and they were quite a band.
Thanks for jogging my memory!!!

: Sure thing! Hopefully my memory holds up, I was usually many beers deep when we talked music

:: I hear you, friend! Despite my good long term memory, there are many, dare I say, 'hazy' moments; especially back then! I will update the page as appropriately as I am able, and hopefully we may be able to glean some information / confirmation from some of the other long time contributors... [[User:Gantry|AnarchistiCookie]] for example comes to mind. I no longer have a contact for Steve, but he always seemed a bit uncomfortable talking about that particular band, which I totally respected and still do. Music making can be a beautiful but complicated thing. Just glad to still be a part of this very important Wiki that in my eyes is the most comprehensive site on the web for general info on most to all of the Chicago bands that made up the scene from the beginning up to the early 2000s. Let's keep it going!

User:Soco79

2023-05-21T18:01:53Z

Soco79: Response re. The Tarts page

My name is jamie, I was active in the Chicago punk scene since '89 technically when my brother would take me to all ages shows. By 1995 I was immersed in the scene at that time and played in the band [[Blue Collar]] (not to be confused with Blue Collar Nation). We played briefly at The Underground Lounge on weekends, Silvies on punk rock nights, etc. I wrote for a few small zines. I lived at the [[El Rancho Orphanage]]

I am a journalist by trade and am glad to be a part of contributing to this very needed and important Wiki.

== The Tarts ==

Just saw your page! I could be mixing up my bands, but I want to say Fritz (current Raygun bassist) may have been in the Tarts. I want to say Bill Stephens from Raygun was also in it? I kind of remember Fritz telling me (when he bartended at Quenchers) that he and Bill were in a band together around that time. [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 16:52, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
:Thinking back, that makes total sense. In fact I'm almost positive that Fritz was a member. I saw them twice and had a few conversations with Steve both after the shows and when MBB reunited after The Tarts were no more - one conversation took place when I had done the sound for a MBB / The Bomb show . I definitely want to adhere to verifiable facts, but being that we both remember this, I think it warrants an update. I was hesitant to even recreate the page but I knew Steve for quite sometime through a mutual friend, and they were quite a band.
Thanks for jogging my memory!!!

: Sure thing! Hopefully my memory holds up, I was usually many beers deep when we talked music

:: I hear you, friend! Despite my good long term memory, there are many, dare I say, 'hazy' moments; especially back then! I will update the page as appropriately as I am able, and hopefully we may be able to glean some information / confirmation from some of the other long time contributors... [[User:Gantry|AnarchistCookie]] for example comes to mind. I no longer have a contact for Steve, but he always seemed a bit uncomfortable talking about that particular band, which I totally respected and still do. Music making can be a beautiful but complicated thing. Just glad to still be a part of this very important Wiki that in my eyes is the most comprehensive site on the web for general info on most to all of the Chicago bands that made up the scene from the beginning up to the early 2000s. Let's keep it going!

User:Soco79

2023-05-21T05:07:20Z

Soco79: /* The Tarts */

The Tarts

2023-05-18T16:37:14Z

Soco79: added josh caterer as a reference to custer's vocal style

Unfortunately, little is known about the Tarts, except that they formed around the year 2000 in Chicago, and that they had a good following for a shortly lived group. They performed more than once at [[The Beat Kitchen]] on Belmont Street, and the frontman was Steve Custer, originally known for his melodic, far ranging vocal abilities that were very much in common with those of [[Josh Caterer]] of The [[Smoking Popes]], as well as being the front man for [[My Big Beautiful]].

When interviewed, Custer exclaimed that "it was a good time" and was hesitant to give more information about the band, except for saying that there were no recorded releases from [[The Tarts]].

It is reasonable to speculate that had the band continued, they would have released a recording as their material was original and very unique. While Custer's vocal attack very much resembled his vocals with all of the different incarnations of [[My Big Beautiful]], the lineup was larger and had a very full bodied, well-rounded and an exciting, upbeat style that was known among fans for being obviously tightly rehearsed.

As additional information and sources are researched for the enigmatic band, this page will be appropriately updated.

The Tarts

2023-05-18T16:34:43Z

Soco79: redo of The Tarts

Unfortunately, little is known about the Tarts, except that they formed around the year 2000 in Chicago, and that they had a good following for a shortly lived group. They performed more than once at [[The Beat Kitchen]] on Belmont Street, and the frontman was Steve Custer, originally known for his melodic, far ranging vocal abilities that were very much in common with those of [[ ]] of The [[Smoking Popes]], as well as being the front man for [[My Big Beautiful]].

When interviewed, Custer exclaimed that "it was a good time" and was hesitant to give more information about the band, except for saying that there were no recorded releases from [[The Tarts]].

It is reasonable to speculate that had the band continued, they would have released a recording as their material was original and very unique. While Custer's vocal attack very much resembled his vocals with all of the different incarnations of [[My Big Beautiful]], the lineup was larger and had a very full bodied, well-rounded and an exciting, upbeat style that was known among fans for being obviously tightly rehearsed.

As additional information and sources are researched for the enigmatic band, this page will be appropriately updated.

My Big Beautiful

2023-05-17T13:06:37Z

Soco79: Correction to Smoking Popes link

Steev Custer, member of such Chicago punk bands over the years such as [[The Bomb]] alongside [[Jeff Pezatti]] and countless others, formed '''My Big Beautiful''' with drummer Mark London in 1993 in Joliet, IL. The original lineup changed quickly before any recordings were made when frontman Stev Walker came around shortly after the band’s creation. Stev’s melodic lyrics and powerful voice characterized the band and was recognizable to that of Chicago contemporary [[Smoking Popes]]. They released an EP on cassette in 1994, King, that included local hits Betty Betty and Mr. Remember When and played mostly suburban venues. In 1996 Mark London moved out of state and Steev Custer left the band for family reasons. Paul Garcia took over on drums for a few months but the band disbanded in 1996 and Stev Walker went on to play with [[The Tarts]] with Bill Stevens (currently of [[Naked Raygun]]) and played throughout Chicago until approximately 2001 but unfortunately never released any material. Steev Custer joined [[The Bomb]] with [[Naked Raygun]] [[Jeff Pezatti]].

In 2002 [[The Bomb]] played a show at a Joliet VFW and Custer ran into original drummer Mark London who had moved back to the Joliet area and they decided to do a My Big Beautiful reunion with Walker and the band reunited. They finally released a full length LP album She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not with new material and most of the material that was never released before during the band’s first stint. Their most recent release was The Way Things Are: The Soundtrack To My Life Volume 1.

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/985611-My-Big-Beautiful Discogs profile]

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Main Page

2023-05-16T14:58:03Z

Soco79: Added link to existing page for Skullface under 90s bands

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This site mostly focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - but is open to all eras past and present. Most information on this page focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a growing collection of information from the 1990s and beyond. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

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=== Trial By Fire record released after 35 years ===

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Although it was recorded in [[1982]], [[Trial By Fire]]'s record was never released at the time. After thirty five years [[Alona's Dream Records]] finally gave it a formal release. The sounds holds up today and could very well have been the first hardcore record from a Chicago band. You'll notice many songs that have been done by other bands, including the famous opener to [[Naked Raygun]]'s ''Vanilla Blue''. Do yourself a favor and [http://shop.alonasdreamrecords.com/album/1982 buy a copy from Alona's Dream], you won't regret it.

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

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[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2014-10-27T14_18_42-07_00 here]
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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Flea Circus]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]], [[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Protagonists]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Suburban Nightmare]], [[The Subverts]], [[Tar]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Report Suspicious Activity]], [[Wardogs]]

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[Dumb Ra]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Alona's Dream Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pink Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Underground Communique]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Rich Edgley]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[Jack Graham]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Sean Rice]],[[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Kevin Weppner]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[Phyllis' Musical Inn]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Non-Stop Banter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]] [[2016]] [[2017]] [[2018]] [[2021]] [[2023]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Places ===

[[Punkin' Donuts]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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User talk:Gantry

2023-05-15T17:40:05Z

Soco79: /* Glad to see the site up */

User talk:Gantry

2023-05-15T13:19:03Z

Soco79: /* Glad to see the site up */ new section

User talk:AnarchistiCookie

2019-08-12T16:48:51Z

Soco79: IM

== Signing up ==
Thanks a bunch for signing up, I agree with how you are approaching the categories. I'm guessing I made an Al Jourgenson category because I planned to do more work with his stuff after [[Special Affect]] but never got around to it. I'll nuke now, and feel free how to organize things as you feel best - [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]])
: Alright! [[User:AnarchistiCookie|AnarchistiCookie]] ([[User talk:AnarchistiCookie|talk]]) 05:20, 8 July 2016 (CDT)
:: And if you need anything or have questions/comments it's best short term to email gantry at gmail, the Wiki 1.23.14 upgrade didn't take right and I had to go back to 1.23.13 last night. During that process the RSS updates of page changes aren't working, which is my may way of staying up to date with things. I'll see if I can fix, but short term I may not see something if it gets updated. [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] ([[User talk:Gantry|talk]]) 09:41, 8 July 2016 (CDT)
::: Ah, I see. Thanks for telling me. [[User:AnarchistiCookie|AnarchistiCookie]] ([[User talk:AnarchistiCookie|talk]]) 11:02, 8 July 2016 (CDT)

== Magnetic Curses ==
Kudos... Excellent addition to the [[Magnetic Curses]] album page... I couldn't have said it better, despite being there. I started the page but never got around to editorializing it. Thank you and welcome to the wiki. If you could help me fill in some more of the 90s stuff it would be of great help.
: Thanks dude! I'll do what I can to help to expand the Wiki in general. However, I won't be online a lot this week or next week. [[User:AnarchistiCookie|AnarchistiCookie]] ([[User talk:AnarchistiCookie|talk]]) 07:17, 19 July 2016 (CDT)

== MBB ==
Nice addition to My Big Beautiful - I was friends with Custer and Walker. I was at that show referenced. The more I read of your pages and edits, the more I think we probably know one another! Anyway, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!
:That's awesome! I love their music. And thanks! [[User:AnarchistiCookie|AnarchistiCookie]] ([[User talk:AnarchistiCookie|talk]]) 08:49, 31 July 2016 (CDT)

== IM ==

I'd like to IM or email you, primarily because our knowledge and experience seems to be so very similar and we really highlight one another's entries. I meant to mention this awhile ago but didn't know how to without it seeming awkward. Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if we already knew each other! (love your username btw) If you care to, I'm at elranchoorphanage@yahoo.com Use a subject like your username here or Chicago punk database if you decide to. Cheers!

Blue Collar

2019-07-23T22:14:51Z

Soco79: /* Original Lineup */

Formed in the summer of [[1997]], the Chicago area-based [[Blue Collar]] was a punk and reggae band.

== Bio ==
The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist J Albert & bassist Andrew in the summer of [[1997]].

They played shows at [[Shenanigans]] (Romeoville, IL), [[Riley's Rock House]] (Aurora, IL), [[Chicago Street Pub]] (Joliet, IL) and [[Off the Alley]] (Homewood, IL) and [[Hotti Biscotti]], (Chicago, IL), and [[Silvies Lounge]] (Chicago, IL). Post millenium J Albert and Andrew went on to form the folk punk band [[The Project]] a.k.a. [[J Albert & the Project]]

Blue Collar recorded their first release in Champaign, a DIY 3 song demo on cassette titled Labor Day Weekend on a Fostex analog 4 track and included a full drum mix. Their full LP was also recorded in Champaign - at Rosewood Studio (R.I.P.), engineered and mixed by Andy Lund and mastered from DAT by J Albert and David Albert (Final mixdown by Prehistoric Records). All songs were produced by [[Blue Collar]].

In a small way, they were a subtle Midwestern response to Reel Big Fish. Though they did not have nearly the blatant 3rd wave ska/Ska Revival sound that particularly came out of the west coast; and had no brass section, about half the songs were off-beat (including their version of N.W.A.'s ''Automobile'') and considerably pop ska-punk sound, and with songs like their quintessential "FM Radio," they too pointed out the irony of punk rock values aside fame and the desire for it, as well as their light-hearted and sometimes self deprecating attitude and humorous approach towards an LP while still maintaining touches of politics, with tracks like the Sex Theme, The Hoe Down, FM Radio, and hidden track and the local favorite "pancakes," a song about the insatiable desire for the breakfast confection.

They disbanded in [[2000]].

== Original Lineup ==
*J Albert (Vocals, Rhythm guitar)
*Andrew Majetich (Bass, Vocals)
*Jay Majetich (Guitar)
*Kevvin Peterson (Lead Guitar)
*Braden McClintock (drums)

*Michael Marzec (Bass)

== Later Busking Lineup ==
*J Albert (Vocals, Rhythm guitar)
*Andrew Majetich (Bass, Vocals)

== Discography ==
* ''Labor Day Weekend'' (Cassette demo - 1998 )
* ''Self Titled'' (LP, CD - 1998)
* ''FM Radio'' (Single, CD) ''B Side All About You
''
[[Category:Bands]]

El Rancho Orphanage

2018-11-19T04:07:45Z

Soco79:

Shortly before the adjoining [[Congress Theatre]] reopened and began hosting punk shows, the infamous Chicago punk house collective, The '''El Rancho Orphanage''', or '''ERO''', formed in August of 2000 in the storefront on the corner of Milwaukee and Rockwell in Logan Square. The space was the former home of El Rancho Supermercado, a Mexican supermarket.

The El Rancho Orphanage got its name from the local Hispanic residents, who called the people living there Huérfanos, or Orphans, likely because at the time Logan Square was not gentrified, and they suddenly saw a large group of very young poor people with tattered clothes living in a large space. The original market’s sign remained, thus the residents became the El Rancho Orphans and the “house” became The El Rancho Orphanage.

ERO hosted shows for its shortly lived but infamous existence as a collective. The [[A-Zone]], a.k.a. The Autonomous Zone, also moved to the other adjoining side of [[The Congress Theatre]] in 2001 – southeast of The Congress.

El Rancho hosted local bands as well as those on tour on a semi-regular basis. As far as its living quarters went, it is reported that the space had no heat for the majority of its winters, and limited plumbing, e.g. no formal bathing facilities but a hot and cold spout in the basement that some residents used as a shower.

It was not a squat, however, but rented for near nothing by its slum-lord.

Disliked to disdained by many other houses or collectives especially those that were considered punk, there was tension at the time between them, as El Rancho was considered to be filthy, rowdy and disrespectful. If anything, ERO embraced this reputation. There was, however, one good natured baseball game held in Smith Park against a couple of rival houses (some of whose members went on to be part of the Coughs space years later), and ERO lost by one run.

El Rancho was important because it didn't just host shows but was a collective that embodied the outlaw punk spirit that less and less of is seen in Chicago. El Rancho could be likened to Berkeley's Gilman Street, or the Anti-Club in L.A., or even the NYC squats of the early movement that aligned themselves with CBGBs in NYC. Many of its members were local successful filmmakers, artists, belonged to social justice organizations, and were known pirate/college/lo-frequency DJs, zine writers and journalists.

El Rancho moved to a different location in 2002, known as the Red House, on Sheffield Ave. A film is scheduled to come out someday documenting both houses. For now, many indie video stores carry "Tick," a fictional film made by members Lil' Princess and President Snack Cakes le' Beef. "She" is another film that has been circulated that documents the early life of one of the orphans who is now passed away. It is available in the Columbia College film library.

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598924317021368/?pnref=lhc Facebook page]
* [http://www.elranchoorphanage.com Tribute site]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Facebook]]

El Rancho Orphanage

2018-10-02T03:12:18Z

Soco79: added tribute page

Shortly before the adjoining [[Congress Theatre]] reopened and began hosting punk shows, the infamous Chicago punk house collective, The '''El Rancho Orphanage''', or '''ERO''', formed in August of 2000 in the storefront on the corner of Milwaukee and Rockwell in Logan Square. The space was the former home of El Rancho Supermercado, a Mexican supermarket.

The El Rancho Orphanage got its name from the local Hispanic residents, who called the people living there Huérfanos, or Orphans, likely because at the time Logan Square was not gentrified, and they suddenly saw a large group of very young poor people with tattered clothes living in a large space. The original market’s sign remained, thus the residents became the El Rancho Orphans and the “house” became The El Rancho Orphanage.

ERO hosted shows for its shortly lived but infamous existence as a collective. The [[A-Zone]], a.k.a. The Autonomous Zone, also moved to the other adjoining side of [[The Congress Theatre]] in 2001 – southeast of The Congress.

El Rancho hosted local bands as well as those on tour on a semi-regular basis. As far as its living quarters went, it is reported that the space had no heat for the majority of its winters, and limited plumbing, e.g. no formal bathing facilities but a hot and cold spout in the basement that some residents used as a shower.

It was not a squat, however, but rented for near nothing by its slum-lord.

Disliked to disdained by many other houses or collectives especially those that were considered punk, there was tension at the time between them, as El Rancho was considered to be filthy, rowdy and disrespectful. If anything, ERO embraced this reputation. There was, however, one good natured baseball game held in Smith Park against a couple of rival houses (some of whose members went on to be part of the Coughs space years later), and ERO lost by one run.

El Rancho was important because it didn't just host shows but was a collective that embodied the outlaw punk spirit that less and less of is seen in Chicago. El Rancho could be likened to Berkeley's Gilman Street. Many of its members were local successful filmmakers, artists, belonged to social justice organizations, and were known pirate/college/lo-frequency DJs, zine writers and journalists.

El Rancho moved to a different location in 2002, known as the Red House, on Sheffield Ave. A film is scheduled to come out someday documenting both houses. For now, many indie video stores carry "Tick," a fictional film made by members Lil' Princess and President Snack Cakes le' Beef. "She" is another film that has been circulated that documents the early life of one of the orphans who is now passed away. It is available in the Columbia College film library.

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598924317021368/?pnref=lhc Facebook page]
* [http://www.elranchoorphanage.com Tribute site]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Facebook]]

Skullface

2018-07-12T00:23:16Z

Soco79: skullface summary

Skullface was (and remains) a largely enigmatic Chicago punk underground band that existed from circa 1995 - circa 2000. Although they had a loyal following, no one really knew who Skullface was, and those who did and were friends of the members largely helped keep the identities of the members private. The only publicity the allowed was their band name, and the classic skull logo.

They played a mix of grind-core punk and hardcore with a splattering of brass instruments and piano which gave them a unique but bizarre, sinister sound that most fans found a genius cross-breed of genres, while a smaller percentage found it obnoxious.

Although they had more material, they only released one DIY EP demo that was mostly on cassette, despite cassettes being out of date as by that time and CDRs being easily accessible. There was probably less than 100 of them, and there were no liner notes, only song names. They went on a short regional tour before breaking up 99 or 2000.

One on and off member was Kiki Martinelli (R.I.P.) who lived at [[El Rancho Orphanage]] who played the sax and the piano.

User talk:Gantry

2018-06-28T20:32:26Z

Soco79:

El Rancho Orphanage

2018-06-28T20:27:59Z

Soco79: Added info on other film documenting el rancho ("She")

Shortly before the adjoining [[Congress Theatre]] reopened and began hosting punk shows, the infamous Chicago punk house collective, The '''El Rancho Orphanage''', or '''ERO''', formed in August of 2000 in the storefront on the corner of Milwaukee and Rockwell in Logan Square. The space was the former home of El Rancho Supermercado, a Mexican supermarket.

The El Rancho Orphanage got its name from the local Hispanic residents, who called the people living there Huérfanos, or Orphans, likely because at the time Logan Square was not gentrified, and they suddenly saw a large group of very young poor people with tattered clothes living in a large space. The original market’s sign remained, thus the residents became the El Rancho Orphans and the “house” became The El Rancho Orphanage.

ERO hosted shows for its shortly lived but infamous existence as a collective. The [[A-Zone]], a.k.a. The Autonomous Zone, also moved to the other adjoining side of [[The Congress Theatre]] in 2001 – southeast of The Congress.

El Rancho hosted local bands as well as those on tour on a semi-regular basis. As far as its living quarters went, it is reported that the space had no heat for the majority of its winters, and limited plumbing, e.g. no formal bathing facilities but a hot and cold spout in the basement that some residents used as a shower.

It was not a squat, however, but rented for near nothing by its slum-lord.

Disliked to disdained by many other houses or collectives especially those that were considered punk, there was tension at the time between them, as El Rancho was considered to be filthy, rowdy and disrespectful. If anything, ERO embraced this reputation. There was, however, one good natured baseball game held in Smith Park against a couple of rival houses (some of whose members went on to be part of the Coughs space years later), and ERO lost by one run.

El Rancho was important because it didn't just host shows but was a collective that embodied the outlaw punk spirit that less and less of is seen in Chicago. El Rancho could be likened to Berkeley's Gilman Street. Many of its members were local successful filmmakers, artists, belonged to social justice organizations, and were known pirate/college/lo-frequency DJs, zine writers and journalists.

El Rancho moved to a different location in 2002, known as the Red House, on Sheffield Ave. A film is scheduled to come out someday documenting both houses. For now, many indie video stores carry "Tick," a fictional film made by members Lil' Princess and President Snack Cakes le' Beef. "She" is another film that has been circulated that documents the early life of one of the orphans who is now passed away. It is available in the Columbia College film library.

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598924317021368/?pnref=lhc Facebook page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Facebook]]

User talk:Gantry

2018-06-19T15:49:31Z

Soco79: /* Trial By Fire */ new section

End Result

2016-11-28T17:26:50Z

Soco79: Liars club

[[Image:EndResult-MRR3.jpg|right|200px]]

'''End Result''' first rehearsed in July 1979 in a basement near Pill Hill on the south side. They were a well respected experimental/nowave band that had a changing lineup throughout the 1980s. Their style was much different than their "hardcore" peers and featured a style that couldn't really be categorized by normal punk conventions.

On November 24th, [[2007]] End Result played at the aftershow to the [[You Weren't There]] premier.

On November 24th, [[2016]] Thanksgiving Day End Result played at the Liars Club.

== Discography ==
[[Image:EndResult-Ward.JPG|right]]
* '''''Ward''''' 12" EP ([[Ruthless Records]] [[1985]])
**Produced by [[Dave Riley]]
**The line up on the record is [[Dorian Tajbakhsh]], [[Sanna Blanchfield]], [[Steve Smith]] and [[Alan Jones]] with appearances by [[Ron Smith]] and [[Dave Riley]].
**"Don't Sleep In The Subway" is a Petula Clark cover.
# Opening
# Ward
# Don't Sleep In The Subway
# Shock Theatre
# Better Half
# Crazy Like A Fox
# Germans In Heat
# Shameless
[[Image:EndResult-MasterTapeVol2.jpg|right|125px]]
* Two tracks off the '''''Master Tape Volume II''''' comp
** Children Die In Pain
** Slash
*One (?) track on Negative Element's '''''Starving Dogs''''' Cassette comp
** The Meek Will Inherit Shit
*'''''The 7 Year Locust Returns''''' cassette self release [1982]

== Members ==
=== Original Lineup ===
* [[Alan Jones]]
* [[Adam Rebellious]]
* [[Ron Smith]]
* [[Steve Smith]]
* [[Scott Waichler]]

=== Later Members ===
* [[Dave Riley]]
* [[Dorian Tajbakhsh]]
* Sanna Blanchfield

== Notable Shows ==
* First show in [[1981]] @ Mercy Mission Boys Home (Alan, Ron, Steve)

== External Links ==
* [http://www.myspace.com/endresultsince1979 End Result MySpace page]
* [http://ihaveabraininmyass.blogspot.com/2008/03/end-result.html Mp3 blog with a writeup of Ward]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWAydgOOkzU Youtube live clip from 1984]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePbh8XbdSpY&feature=PlayList&p=3417D50923E39F39&index=4 Track from reunion show]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piW6aDpNyNA&feature=PlayList&p=3417D50923E39F39&index=5 Second track from reunion show]
* [http://cakeandpolka.blogspot.com/2005/10/end-result.html Mp3 Blog with 2 End Result tracks]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/374966-End-Result Discogs profile]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:MySpace]]
[[Category:YouTube]]

Bollweevils

2016-11-21T12:52:04Z

Soco79: Landos 45 reference

'''The Bollweevils''' were one of the more popular punk acts in Chicago during the first half of the 90s. The released most of their stuff on Dr. Strange Records and their initial run was from [[1989]] to [[1996]]. In the late nineties, some of the members went on to create [[Landos 45]]. In [[2006]] they reunited for Riot Fest and have played semi-actively ever since.

== Releases ==
=== Albums ===
* Stick Your Neck Out! (Dr. Strange Records, [[1994]])
* History of the Bollweevils, Part I (Dr. Strange, [[1995]]) - compilation of pre-Stick Your Neck Out releases
* Heavyweight (Dr. Strange, [[199]])
* Weevillive (Dr. Strange, [[1996]]) - live album
* History of the Bollweevils, Part II (Dr. Strange, [[1999]]) - compilation of post-Stick Your Neck Out releases

=== Minor releases ===
* A Deadly Duo (Bollweevils/The Freeze split, released 1996 on Dr. Strange Records)
* "Carol EP" (Bollweevils/4-Squares split) released 1997 Dr. Strange Records Quincy Shanks Records: 4-Squares Releases
* Plan 7" From Outer Space! (Bollweevils/Sleepasaurus split, released 1997 on Motherbox Records)[
* Doc Hopper / Bollweevils split (released 1997)

== External Links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bollweevils Wikipedia page]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bollweevils/31467506246 Facebook page]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/359760-The-Bollweevils Discogs page]

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Facebook]]

Ruby Zel

2016-11-20T21:27:55Z

Soco79:

Ruby Zel was a band based out of the southwest suburbs, and was active in the late 90's. They were a three piece, all girl band, headed by singer Nikki Haggerty. Carly Lopez played bass.
One might describe Nikki's voice as a female counterpart of Steve Walker of [[My Big Beautiful]], who was heavily influenced by Josh Caterer of [[Smoking Popes]].
Nikki's falsetto, captivating vocals over their pop, upbeat yet emotional melodies could have made for one of the best female groups in Chicago's punk history. Sadly, only a couple of demo tapes floated around locally and few shows were booked, and Ruby Zel split up before really making a mark on the scene.

Ruby Zel

2016-11-20T01:13:17Z

Soco79:

Ruby Zel was a band based out of the southwest suburbs, and was active in the late 90's. They were a three piece, all girl band, headed by singer Nikki Haggerty.
One might describe Nikki's voice as a female counterpart of Steve Walker of [[My Big Beautiful]], who was heavily influenced by Josh Caterer of [[Smoking Popes]].
Nikki's falsetto, captivating vocals over their pop, upbeat yet emotional melodies could have made for one of the best female groups in Chicago's punk history. Sadly, only a couple of demo tapes floated around locally and few shows were booked, and Ruby Zel split up before really making a mark on the scene.

Ruby Zel

2016-11-20T01:12:25Z

Soco79: Creation of page

Ruby Zel was a band based out of the southwest suburbs, and was active in the late 90's. They were a three piece, all girl band, headed by singer Nikki Haggerty.
One might describe Nikki's voice as a female counterpart of Steve Walker of [[My Big Beautiful]], who was heavily influenced by Josh Caterer of [[The Smoking Popes]].
Nikki's falsetto, captivating vocals over their pop, upbeat yet emotional melodies could have made for one of the best female groups in Chicago's punk history. Sadly, only a couple of demo tapes floated around locally and few shows were booked, and Ruby Zel split up before really making a mark on the scene.

Main Page

2016-11-20T00:48:42Z

Soco79: added link for ruby zel

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This page specifically focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - though there is no formal cutoff date, the information on this page pretty much focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a rapidly growing collection of information on 1990-1999 bands. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [http://jugheadsbasement.com/2014/10/28/big-black-bulldozer-atomizer/ here]

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=== Listen to the Code Blue comp ===

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Killed By Death Records recently posted a mp3 listing of the [[Code Blue]] comp, one of the best compilations of the 1980s. It was put out by local zine [[Last Rites]] in [[1984]] and features Chicago standouts [[Naked Raygun]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Big Black]], [[Out of Order]], [[ROTA]], [[GNP]] and [[Nadsat Rebel]]. Give it a listen [http://www.kbdrecords.com/2014/10/21/va-code-blue-cassette/ here]

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]],[[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Subverts]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Wardogs]],

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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Main Page

2016-11-20T00:42:50Z

Soco79: Moved Tutu and the Pirates to the 70s category - formed in '77 and played into the early 80's

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This page specifically focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - though there is no formal cutoff date, the information on this page pretty much focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a rapidly growing collection of information on 1990-1999 bands. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] did a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''[[My Brain Hurts]]''. Listen to it [http://jugheadsbasement.com/2014/10/28/big-black-bulldozer-atomizer/ here]

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=== Listen to the Code Blue comp ===

[[File:CodeBlueComp-Front.jpg|right|85px]]

Killed By Death Records recently posted a mp3 listing of the [[Code Blue]] comp, one of the best compilations of the 1980s. It was put out by local zine [[Last Rites]] in [[1984]] and features Chicago standouts [[Naked Raygun]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Big Black]], [[Out of Order]], [[ROTA]], [[GNP]] and [[Nadsat Rebel]]. Give it a listen [http://www.kbdrecords.com/2014/10/21/va-code-blue-cassette/ here]

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== Main Pages ==

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[Nodes]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Popperz]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Skafish]], [[The Swingers]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[X-Idols]]

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]],[[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]], [[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Men]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[No Empathy]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Plywood]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Psi Bears]], [[Rapeman]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Subverts]], [[Target]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urban DK]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]],

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]], [[The Methadones]], [[Wardogs]],

=== Bands That Need Pages / Information ===

[[Baxter]], [[The Broadways]], [[Causey Way]], [[Colossal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Mob Action]], [[The Nobs]], [[Razer]], [[Research Defense Squad]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Spiderz]], [[Squirtgun]], [[The Tarts]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[The Ventilators]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Walker]], [[Wolcott]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[My Brain Hurts]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[Punkhouse]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]], [[What The Fuck? Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]], [[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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Blue Collar

2016-08-29T21:32:46Z

Soco79: Added Single to discography and dates

Formed in the summer of [[1997]], the Chicago area-based [[Blue Collar]] was a punk and reggae band.

== Bio ==
The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist J Albert & bassist Andrew in the summer of [[1997]].

They played shows at [[Shenanigans]] (Romeoville, IL), [[Riley's Rock House]] (Aurora, IL), [[Chicago Street Pub]] (Joliet, IL) and [[Off the Alley]] (Homewood, IL) and [[Hotti Biscotti]], (Chicago, IL), and [[Silvies Lounge]] (Chicago, IL). Post millenium J Albert and Andrew went on to form the folk punk band [[The Project]] a.k.a. [[J Albert & the Project]]

Blue Collar recorded their first release in Champaign, a DIY 3 song demo on cassette titled Labor Day Weekend on a Fostex analog 4 track and included a full drum mix. Their full LP was also recorded in Champaign - at Rosewood Studio (R.I.P.), engineered and mixed by Andy Lund and mastered from DAT by J Albert and David Albert (Final mixdown by Prehistoric Records). All songs were produced by [[Blue Collar]].

In a small way, they were a subtle Midwestern response to Reel Big Fish. Though they did not have nearly the blatant 3rd wave ska/Ska Revival sound that particularly came out of the west coast; and had no brass section, about half the songs were off-beat (including their version of N.W.A.'s ''Automobile'') and considerably pop ska-punk sound, and with songs like their quintessential "FM Radio," they too pointed out the irony of punk rock values aside fame and the desire for it, as well as their light-hearted and sometimes self deprecating attitude and humorous approach towards an LP while still maintaining touches of politics, with tracks like the Sex Theme, The Hoe Down, FM Radio, and hidden track and the local favorite "pancakes," a song about the insatiable desire for the breakfast confection.

They disbanded in [[2000]].

== Original Lineup ==
*J Albert (Vocals, Rhythm guitar)
*Andrew Majetich (Bass, Vocals)
*Jay Majetich (Guitar)
*Kevvin Peterson (Lead Guitar)
*Braden McClintock (drums)

== Later Busking Lineup ==
*J Albert (Vocals, Rhythm guitar)
*Andrew Majetich (Bass, Vocals)

== Discography ==
* ''Labor Day Weekend'' (Cassette demo - 1998 )
* ''Self Titled'' (LP, CD - 1998)
* ''FM Radio'' (Single, CD) ''B Side All About You
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2016-08-06T14:27:04Z

Soco79: added the cunts to seventies

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

This site intends to be a collections of bands, members, labels etc. for the Chicago punk scene. This page specifically focuses on the earlier Chicago scene - though there is no formal cutoff date, the information on this page pretty much focuses on Chicago punk before [[1990]], though there is a rapidly growing collection of information on 1990-1999 bands. If you have content to add for an era feel free to contribute. All you have to do to add pages is create an account and start making pages. [http://punkdatabase.com/wiki/index.php/ChicagoPunk:About Click here] for more info on how to edit pages.

There are '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles in the database, most of which are small and need more information. Some suggestions to get started - add a link to an unlisted band on left-hand side of this page, go to a band's page and add members/instruments, fix any spelling errors, or create new page about your favorite Chicago Punk record. Anything you can add will help tremendously, so please contribute today!

== Recent News ==

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=== Podcast on Big Black's Atomizer ===

[[Image:BigBlack-Atomizer.jpg|left|85px]]

[[John Pierson]] (aka Jughead from [[Screeching Weasel]]) and [[Russ Forster]] do a fantastic podcast on [[Big Black]]'s ''Atomizer'' record. It has interviews with [[Santiago Durango]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]] and [[Jeff Pezzati]] on the beginnings of Big Black and how that record came to be. The ''Jugheads Basement'' podcast previously focused on such groundbreaking 80s Chicago records as [[Naked Raygun]]'s [[Throb Throb]] and Screeching Weasel's ''My Brain Hurts''. Listen to it [http://jugheadsbasement.com/2014/10/28/big-black-bulldozer-atomizer/ here]

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=== Listen to the Code Blue comp ===

[[File:CodeBlueComp-Front.jpg|right|85px]]

Killed By Death Records recently posted a mp3 listing of the [[Code Blue]] comp, one of the best compilations of the 1980s. It was put out by local zine [[Last Rites]] in [[1984]] and features Chicago standouts [[Naked Raygun]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Big Black]], [[Out of Order]], [[ROTA]], [[GNP]] and [[Nadsat Rebel]]. Give it a listen [http://www.kbdrecords.com/2014/10/21/va-code-blue-cassette/ here]

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== Main Pages ==

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=== 70s Bands ===

[[BB Spin]], [[Bohemia]], [[Boulevard ]], [[The Buzzards]], [[Chicago Toys]], [[The Corrosives]], [[The Crucified]], [[The Cunts]], [[The Dadistics]], [[Epicycle]], [[The Exit]], [[The Ferraris]], [[Immune System]], [[The Kind]], [[The Lazerblades]],

=== 80s Bands ===

[[4xy]], [[11th Commandment]], [[A Mason in Ur]], [[Algebra Suicide]], [[Anti-Bodies]], [[Arsenal]], [[Articles of Faith]], [[Babes In Toyland]], [[Barbie Army]], [[Bhang Revival]], [[Bhopal Stiffs]], [[Blatant Dissent]], [[Bleach Battalion]], [[Bloodsport]], [[Bloody Nails]], [[Big Black]], [[Blue Green God]], [[Bonemen of Barumba]], [[Bottles Flying]], [[Breaking Circus]], [[Burning Corvairs]], [[Bucket #6]], [[Caustic Defiance]], [[Certain Death]], [[Da]], [[The Dangling Units]], [[Dead Fink]], [[Dead Serious]], [[Dead Steel Mill]], [[Defoliants]], [[Denied Remarks]], [[Destructive Youth Patrol]], [[Dog At Large]], [[The Drats]], [[The Drill]], [[DV8]], [[The Effigies]], [[Electric Cool-Aid]], [[The End]], [[End Result]], [[Enema Resort]], [[Evil Eye]], [[Forced Allegiance]], [[The Front Lines]], [[Friends of Betty]], [[Fudge Tunnel]], [[Gary Jones]], [[Gear]], [[Generation Waste]], [[Get Smart!]], [[Grab Bag of Fathers]], [[Gross National Product]], [[Group of Individuals]], [[happy hunting]],[[Happy Toons]], [[Hazardous Youth]], [[Heavy Manners]], [[Identity Crisis]], [[ID Under]], [[IMF]], [[The Imports]], [[Impulse Manslaughter]], [[Indecent Liberties]], [[The Indicators]], [[Industrialized Autocracy]], [[Infections]], [[Insane War Tomatoes]], [[The Interceptors]], [[Insolent Respect]], [[Johnny Vomit]], [[Juvenile Delinquents]], [[K.G.B.]], [[The Kremlins]], [[The Kruds]], [[The Leeches]], [[Life Sentence]], [[Loose Lips]], [[Lost Cause]], [[The Luchs Brothers]]

=== 90s Bands ===

[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bollweevils]], [[The Broadways]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Causey Way]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]]

=== 2000s Bands ===

[[The Black Sheep Band]], [[Bluster]], [[The Bomb]], [[The Coughs]], [[Lawrence Arms]],

=== Bands That Need Pages ===

[[Baxter]], [[Colassal]], [[Crashdog]], [[Deals Gone Bad]], [[Duvall]], [[The Honor System]], [[Hot Stove Jimmy]], [[Jesus Lizard]],

=== Uncategorized Bands ===

[[Mark O and Leslie]], [[Mary Tyler Morphine]], [[Meaty Buys]], [[Men]], [[The Mentally Ill]], [[The Methadones]], [[Mexican Cheerleader]], [[Ministry]], [[The Misled]], [[Mob Action]], [[M.O.S.H.]], [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Nadsat Rebel]], [[Naked Raygun]], [[Navastrau]], [[Negative Element]], [[NGA JIWA]], [[Nobs, The]], [[No Empathy]], [[Nodes]], [[Noise Monsters]], [[Number Nine]], [[Oblivion]], [[The Odd]], [[ONO]], [[Out of Order]], [[The Ozzfish Experience]], [[Painterband]], [[Pegboy]], [[Phil 'n the Blanks]], [[Pistol Whip]], [[Plywood]], [[Poison Squirrel]], [[Political Justice?]], [[Popperz]], [[Precious Wax Drippings]], [[President Snack Cakes le Beef]], [[Problem Dogs]], [[Product 19]], [[Psi Bears]], [[The Rabbits]], [[Rainbow Girls]], [[Rapeman]], [[Razer]], [[Repulse Kava]], [[Ring 13]], [[Rights of the Accused]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Sanitary Patrol]], [[Savage Beliefs]], [[Scarred For Life]], [[Scoobie Snack]], [[Screaming Rachel and Remote]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[The Sex Kittens]], [[Sharon Tate's Baby]], [[Shellac]], [[Silent Language]], [[Silly Carmichaels]], [[Silver Abuse]], [[Six Feet Under]], [[Skafish]], [[Skapone]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slaphappy]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slit and the Stiches]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Snidely Whiplash Experience]], [[Special Affect]], [[Spiderz]], [[Spongetunnel]], [[Sport of Kings]], [[Squirtgun]],[[Stations]], [[straightjacketbazooka]], [[Strike Under]], [[The Subverts]], [[The Swingers]], [[Swingset]], [[Target]], [[The Tarts]], [[Ten Year Old Surgeons]], [[Terminal Beach]], [[The Throbbers]], [[Toothpaste]], [[The Torpedos]], [[The Tossers]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[The Trouble Boys]], [[Tremors]], [[Trial by Fire]], [[Tricky Dick]], [[Tub Ring]], [[Tuesday]], [[Tutu and the Pirates]], [[Uncle Fester]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Unified Field]], [[Urbn DK]], [[Urethra Franklin]], [[Urge Overkill]], [[The Vaguelys]], [[The Ventilators]], [[Verboten]], [[Vermicious Knids]], [[The Vicissitudes]], [[Viktimz of Society]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Violent Feedback]], [[Violent Tumor]], [[Walker]], [[Wardogs]], [[The Watchmen]], [[The Wayouts]], [[Wazmo Nariz]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[We Make The Nig Heist Look Like Saints]], [[Winepress]], [[Wolcott]], [[X-Idols]], [[Zoetrope]]

=== Records ===

[[A Chicago Punk Rock Collaboration For The Kids, Vol 1]], [[All Rise]], [[Achtung Chicago!]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Boogadaboogadaboogada!]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Code Blue]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[It's A Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand]], [[Jettison]], [[No Punks in the Pit]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[Magnetic Curses]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Picking More Daisies]], [[There's A Fungus Among Us]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Aaugh! Records]], [[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Dill Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[Fiction Records]], [[Go Deaf]], [[Harmless Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Johann's Face Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Shakefork Records]], [[Skinhead Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Subfusc]], [[Suburban Home]], [[Thermidor Records]], [[Thick Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Version Sound]], [[Victory Records]], [[VML Records]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]]
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=== People ===

[[Steve Albini]], [[Al Scum]], [[Rodney Anderson]], [[Jon Babbin]], [[Billy Blastoff]], [[Vic Bondi]], [[Chris Bjorklund]], [[Steve Bjorklund]], [[Eric Brockman]], [[Iain Burgess]], [[Robert Byrne]], [[Mick Calhoun]], [[Joe Camarillo]], [[Eric Cassell]], [[Jeremy Cowan]], [[Steve Cheese]], [[Tom Clark]], [[Larry Damore]], [[Bob Damrau]], [[Troy Dixler]], [[Ted Domurat]], [[Lorna Donley]], [[Sean Duffy]], [[Santiago Durango]], [[Jed Fox]], [[Bob Furem]], [[Philip Galanter]], [[Camilo Gonzalez]], [[Ken Goodman]], [[P. Michael Grego]], [[Joe Haggerty]], [[John Haggerty]], [[Scott Harris]], [[Dem Hopkins]], [[Anthony Illarde]], [[Al Jourgensen]], [[Jughead]], [[Marie Kanger-Born]], [[John Kezdy]], [[Pierre Kezdy]], [[Joe Losurdo]], [[John Lundin]], [[Keith Lyons]], [[Art MacQuilkin]], [[Doug McCombs]], [[Bill Meehan]], [[Ken Mierzwa]], [[John Mohr]], [[Terry Nelson]], [[Brian Peterson]], [[Marko Pezzati]], [[Mary Alice Ramel]], [[Dave Riley]], [[Corey Rusk]],[[Bobby Scarpelli]], [[Dan Schafer]], [[Dan Schneider]], [[Audrey Shaw]], [[Bobby Skafish]], [[Jim Skafish]], [[Slapstick Family Tree]], [[Jim Sludge]], [[Brooks Smith]], [[Geri Soriano]], [[Eric Spicer]], [[Bill Stephens]], [[Chopper Steppe]], [[Steve Steppe]], [[Barry Stern]], [[Dan Sullivan]], [[Travis]], [[Dave Thomas]], [[Chuck Uchida]], [[Joey Vindictive]], [[Douglas Ward]], [[Rob Warmowski]], [[Ben Weasel]], [[Paul Zamost]], [[Bryn Zellers]]

=== Venues ===

[[3rd Floor]], [[950 Lucky Number]], [[A-Zone]], [[Abbey Pub]], [[Ann Arkees]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[The Bank]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Bop Shop]], [[The Bottle]], [[Bottom Lounge]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[The Congress Theatre]], [[The Crypt]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Czar Bar]], [[Delilah's]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Durty Nellies]], [[El Rancho Orphanage]], [[Empty Bottle]], [[Exit]], [[Fireside Bowl]], [[Fotch's]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Hideout, The]], [[Hotti Biscotti]], [[Hueys]], [[The Igloo]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Isabelle's Grand Finale]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Jamies Elsewhere Lounge]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregor's]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[The Mutiny]], [[Neo]], [[The Nervous Center]], [[No Palace]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Oak Theatre]], [[Odum]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Off the Alley]], [[Over Easy]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[The Piss Factory]], [[Prodigal Son]], [[Quiet Knight]], [[Riley's Rock House]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]], [[Wrigley Side]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]] [[2008]] [[2009]] [[2010]] [[2011]] [[2012]] [[2013]] [[2014]] [[2015]]

=== MP3s ===

[[Bloodsport]], [[DV8]], [[Seismic Waves]], [[Toothpaste]]

=== Films ===
[[You Weren't There]]

=== Television ===
[[Chic-a-go-go]]
[[JBTV]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[Chicago Hardcore]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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Landos 45

2016-08-04T18:58:26Z

Soco79: Created page with "Landos 45 formed out of the ashes of the very popular early to mid nineties Chicago punk band The Bollweevils in the later nineties into the 2000s. They played the Magne..."

Landos 45 formed out of the ashes of the very popular early to mid nineties Chicago punk band [[The Bollweevils]] in the later nineties into the 2000s. They played the [[Magnetic Curses]] show in 2000 and were on the out of print compilation (pressing was for show patrons only).

Although they didn't have the occasional obsession with The Misfits The Bollweevils did, the Chicago punk scene was fond of them and they stood out in terms of diversity (in a mostly Anglo dominated scene) with an African American frontman.

Scott Harris

2016-07-31T15:47:54Z

Soco79: added reference to A Mason in Ur

'''Scott Harris''', also known as '''Mousetrap''' was a member of [[Terminal Beach]] and the founder and main member of [[NGA JIWA]] and was also frontman for [[A Mason in Ur]].

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Terminal Beach

2016-07-31T15:45:12Z

Soco79: Added "A Mason in Ur" for Scott Harris

'''Terminal Beach''' was the short-lived punk band featuring [[Steve Bjorklund]] ([[Strike Under]]), [[Dave Thomas]] ([[Da]]), [[John Haggerty]] ([[Naked Raygun]]), and [[Scott Harris]] ([[A Mason in Ur]]). [[CR]] #19 announced their formation, which means they likely came to be in February [[1982]]. As for their first show, it was a loft party at 627 W. Lake, 4th floor. Terminal Beach did not last long, and shortly after their breakup, Steve formed [[Breaking Circus]] in Chicago, and then later moved to Minnesota.

== Members ==

* [[Steve Bjorklund]] - Vocals?
* [[Scott Harris]] - Guitar
* [[Dave Thomas]] - Drums
* [[John Haggerty]] - Guitar

== Releases ==

* '''''3 Song Demo Tape''''' (April 1982)
** One track was ''Killing Ground''
** Got lots of airplay on [[WZRD]] according to [[CR]] #20

== Notes ==

* Despite playing guitar in [[Da]], [[Dave Thomas]] switched to drums in Terminal Beach
* In a 1999 interview in the [http://www.bigtakeover.com Big Takeover fanzine], Haggerty said that when Terminal Beach played with Naked Raygun, he would join Raygun onstage to play saxophone on "Swingo". This eventually led to Haggery joining Raygun in 1983.

== Notable Shows ==

* March 6, 1982 with Man Sized Action at 627 W. Lake, 4th floor (1st show)
* May 5, 1982 with [[Naked Raygun]] at [[950 Lucky Number]]

[[Category:Bands]] [[Category:Da]]