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Gabba Gabba Gazette

2018-01-16T02:47:32Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Gabbba-gabba-gazette-final.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Chicago Punk Zine Gabba Gabba Gazette's Final Issue 1979.]]The Gabba Gabba Gazette was produced in 1977 - 1979 by [[Mary Alice Ramel]]. This zine chronicled the early punk/new wave scene of [[La Mere Vipere]].

== Staff ==

* [[Mary Alice Ramel]] - Editor
* [[Jeanne Bukowski]] - Assistant Editor
* [[Noe Boudreau]] - Writer

== External Links ==

* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/Gabba Issue #1,2,3 available for online viewing]
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/CPP/?p=34 2007 interview with Mary Alice about GGG & La Mere]

[[Category:1970s]]
[[Category:Fanzines]]
[[Category:La Mere Vipere]]

Gabba Gabba Gazette

2018-01-15T20:39:29Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Gabbba-gabba-gazette-final.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Chicago Punk Zine Gabba Gabba Gazette's Final Issue 1979.]]The Gabba Gabba Gazette was produced in 1977 - 1978 by [[Mary Alice Ramel]]. This zine chronicled the early punk/new wave scene of [[La Mere Vipere]].

== Staff ==

* [[Mary Alice Ramel]] - Editor
* [[Jeanne Bukowski]] - Assistant Editor
* [[Noe Boudreau]] - Writer

== External Links ==

* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/Gabba Issue #1,2,3 available for online viewing]
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/CPP/?p=34 2007 interview with Mary Alice about GGG & La Mere]

[[Category:1970s]]
[[Category:Fanzines]]
[[Category:La Mere Vipere]]

File:Gabbba-gabba-gazette-final.jpg

2018-01-15T20:27:31Z

Tommy boy: The Chicago Punk Zine Gabba Gabba Gazette's Final Issue 1979.

The Chicago Punk Zine Gabba Gabba Gazette's Final Issue 1979.

Club 950 Lucky Number

2018-01-14T02:13:14Z

Tommy boy:

'''Club 950 Lucky Number''' (also known as '''Club 950''' or '''Lucky Number''') was one of the oldest and longest running punk venues in Chicago. In the early days of the Chicago scene, 950 had a lot of shows but tapered away from that as the 1980s went on. Later on they were well known for their Thursday 80s night. After the original closed down, they opened up a "new" 950 a short time later - it was a shell of its former self and quickly went out of business.

== Locations ==
* '''950 #1''' - 950 W. Wrightwood Ave (April 1980 - December [[2000]])
* '''950 #2''' - Off Lawrence ([[2001]]-[[2003]])

== Notable Shows ==
[[Image:950Ad-1983.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Ad from 1983]]
[[Image:Club-950-matches.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Club 950 Match Book.]]

* April 30, [[1980]] - Grand Opening w/ [[Special Affect]]
* May 5, [[1980]] - [[The Imports]]
* February 19, [[1981]] - [[Naked Raygun]], Female Climacteric
* August 6, 1981 - Husker Du
* December 29, 1981 - Black Flag, Husker Du
* January 9, [[1982]] - Husker Du
* March 25, 1982 - [[Trial By Fire]]
* May 13, 1982 - Naked Raygun, [[Terminal Beach]]
* January 13, [[1983]] - The Rocket 88s, [[Six Feet Under]]
* January 15, 1983 - Necros, Fate Unknown, [[G.N.P.]]
* March 11, [[1984]] - Husker Du
* April 22-23, 1984 - Psychic TV

== External Links ==
* [http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Memoriam/Club950/Club950.htm In Memoriam, Club 950]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/30698924659/10154346869074660/?notif_t=like&notif_id=1468773757805766 The annual reunion of Club 950 on Facebook]

[[Category:Venues]]

Mothers

2018-01-14T02:12:09Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image: ticket_stubb.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ticket for Buzzcocks/Gang of Four gig, September 9, 1979. Image posted to Dimeadozen.org by "acetboy".]]
[[Image: Mothers-punk-ad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mothers Punk & New Wave Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1978.]]

'''Mothers''' is a Rush Street bar/nightclub off Division in Chicago. While they are most well-known for being an upscale, trendy, singles bar with a very strict dress code, Mothers' basement was the home of a number of punk shows during [[1979]]. [http://www.windycitypunk.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000113.html] This "Summer of Punk" lasted from about July to October of 1979 and only played punk shows during the week. In addition to the many local punk and new wave acts that took to the basement stage at Mothers on one of these so-called "Punk Nights" there was a then little-known band from Georgia who loaded up their van and drove to Chicago to play a one-night gig there - The B-52's.

Punk Night at Mothers was all thanks to an out-of-town promoter named Wayne Mackie. After the promoter left, the shows stopped and Mother's went back to the place that wouldn't let you in if they didn't like how you dressed.

== Notable Shows (all in 1979) ==

* Buzzcocks / Gang of Four - September 9, 1979
* The Cramps
* Peter Perrit and The Only Ones

[[Category:Venues]]

Mothers

2018-01-14T02:11:48Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image: ticket_stubb.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ticket for Buzzcocks/Gang of Four gig, September 9, 1979. Image posted to Dimeadozen.org by "acetboy".]]
[[Image: Mothers-punk-ad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mothers Punk & New Wave Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979.]]

'''Mothers''' is a Rush Street bar/nightclub off Division in Chicago. While they are most well-known for being an upscale, trendy, singles bar with a very strict dress code, Mothers' basement was the home of a number of punk shows during [[1979]]. [http://www.windycitypunk.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000113.html] This "Summer of Punk" lasted from about July to October of 1979 and only played punk shows during the week. In addition to the many local punk and new wave acts that took to the basement stage at Mothers on one of these so-called "Punk Nights" there was a then little-known band from Georgia who loaded up their van and drove to Chicago to play a one-night gig there - The B-52's.

Punk Night at Mothers was all thanks to an out-of-town promoter named Wayne Mackie. After the promoter left, the shows stopped and Mother's went back to the place that wouldn't let you in if they didn't like how you dressed.

== Notable Shows (all in 1979) ==

* Buzzcocks / Gang of Four - September 9, 1979
* The Cramps
* Peter Perrit and The Only Ones

[[Category:Venues]]

Fiction Records

2018-01-14T02:11:31Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Fiction-records-ad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gabba Gabba Gazette Ad 1979.]]'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. (Wazmo was soon picked up first by Stiff Records U.K. and then signed to I.R.S. Records, joining Skafish as the label's first U.S. artist.) L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a Fiction single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

[[Category:Record Labels]]
[[Category:Dekalb]]

O'Banion's

2018-01-14T02:10:58Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Obanions-ad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979.]]'''O'Banion's''' was one of the oldest and longest running of the original punk clubs. Located on Clark St. and Erie, O'Banion's opened its doors in June of [[1978]]. From time of its opening until its closing on February 3rd [[1982]], the time during O'Banions operation was often considered to be the zenith of the original Chicago punk movement. After O'Banions closing, the scene transformed to larger venues, more people and less of a close-knit community.

Every year, the members of the original O'Banion's scene have a reunion weekend in honor of their fallen venue. In [[2005]], the reunion took place at [[Club Foot]] and the musical portion was at [[The Note]] - acts such as the [[The Swingers]], [[Tu Tu & The Pirates]] and [[Bonemen of Barumba]] played reunion shows.

(Note: Contrary to popular belief, O'Banion's was not the former location of Irish gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop. O'Banion was a part owner of Schofield’s Flower Shop, located at 738 North State, directly across the street from Holy Name Cathedral. That was also the location of the Al Capone ordered hit that ended O'Banion's life.

661 N. Clark was, however, the former site of McGovern's Liberty Inn. The website for The Kerryman Bar and Restaurant, the current establishment at that address, quotes unnamed sources to the effect that "O'Banion wowed patrons with his beautiful Irish tenor voice at McGovern's Liberty Inn, where he worked as a singing waiter; later, he and his pals would rob drunken customers of their wallets and mug others outside")

== General Info ==

[[Image:ob1.jpg]]

* '''Address''' - 661 N. Clark
* '''Phone #''' - (312) 664-8585
* '''Hours''' - Open from 7am to 4am

== History ==

Despite the swankiness of its current River North location, the area at the time of O'Banion's was something far different. Previous to it's incarnation as Chicago's #1 punk venue, O'Banion's building occupied a wide array of seedy businesses.

* The McGovern Saloon
* The Liberty Inn (Chicago's largest strip club in the 1950s)
* A lesbian bar
* A "rough" gay bar named PQs

== Employees ==

* Roseann - Bartender
* Bobbi Bland - Bartender
* Nancy Rapchak - DJ
* Michael Balkunis - DJ
* Everett - A Real Pain
* Chuck Wassastrum - Doorman
* Larry Bartolli - Doorman
* Ken Ellis - Doorman
* Ken Barilich - Doorman
* Bob Bell - Doorman
* Bob Larson - Doorman
* Terry Fox - Manager / Booking Agent / DJ
* Rocky - Doorman

== Trivia ==

* The bartender would play Sham69's ''Sunday Morning Nightmare'' to let the patrons know that the crowd is shifting from a gay clientèle to a punk clientèle.
* [[Santiago Durango]] and [[Marko Pezzati]] first met at O'Banions - later forming [[Naked Raygun]]
* Ken Barilich went on to open mainstream night clubs including the Crobar chain.

== 2007 Reunion ==

The 2007 O'Banion's reunion took place on June 9th at [[Club Foot]] and had a better than usual turnout (though it's always packed there). The reunion doubled as a impromptu gather for many members of the [[ChicagoPunkPix]] message board.

ChicagoPunkPix webmaster [[Marie Kanger Born]] took photos of the event and has a great writeup [http://chicagopunkpix.com/CPP/?p=11 in her online zine].

== Notable Shows ==

* October 31,[[1978]] - [[ Nodes]]
* October 5, [[1980]] - [[Strike Under]], [[Six Feet Under]]
* February 23, [[1981]] - Naked Raygun, [[Silver Abuse]]
* June 24, [[1981]] - The Fix, [[The Subverts]], Red Squad
* June 29, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]]
* July 1, 1981 - Strike Under
* July 23, 1981 - Naked Raygun
* August 3, 1981 - Minor Threat, Youth Brigade, Necros
* August 5, 1981 - Husker Du
* August 29, 1981 - [[Effigies]]
* September 5, 1981 - Strike Under
* September 19, 1981 - The Dead Kennedys
* October 1, 1981 - Husker Du, Six Feet Under
* October 16-17, 1981 - Strike Under, [[Trouts]], [[Direct Drive]], [[Tense Experts]]
* October 29, 1981 - [[Direct Drive]], T.S.O.L.
* October 31, 1981 - T.S.O.L., Naked Raygun, The Subverts
* November 1, 1981 - T.S.O.L., Direct Drive
* December 5, 1981 - Effigies
* December 12, 1981 - Direct Drive
* December 31, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]], [[Trial by Fire]]
* January 8, 1982 - The Subverts, Direct Drive
* January 22, [[1982]] - Toxic Reasons, [[Articles of Faith]]
* January 23, [[1982]] - Toxic Reasons

== External Links ==

* [http://obanions.net O'Banion's reunion home page]
* [http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Memoriam/O'Banion's/O'Banion's.htm O'Banion's in Memoriam by Sean Parnell]
* [http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/12/obanions-reunion-night/ MXV reviews 2005 O'Banion's reunion]
* [http://www.thekerrymanchicago.com/history.php O'Banion's history on the current bar's (the Kerryman) web page]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/obanion/shop_6.html Info about Dion O'Banion's flower shop]
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=659.0 CPP thread on the infamous O'Banions bathroom]

[[Category:1970s]]
[[Category:Venues]]

Mothers

2018-01-14T02:07:48Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image: ticket_stubb.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ticket for Buzzcocks/Gang of Four gig, September 9, 1979. Image posted to Dimeadozen.org by "acetboy".]]
[[Image: Mothers-punk-ad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mothers Punk & New Wave Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979.]]

'''Mothers''' is a Rush Street bar/nightclub off Division in Chicago. While they are most well-known for being an upscale, trendy, singles bar with a very strict dress code, Mothers' basement was the home of a number of punk shows during [[1979]]. [http://www.windycitypunk.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000113.html] This "Summer of Punk" lasted from about July to October of 1979 and only played punk shows during the week. In addition to the many local punk and new wave acts that took to the basement stage at Mothers on one of these so-called "Punk Nights" there was a then little-known band from Georgia who loaded up their van and drove to Chicago to play a one-night gig there - The B-52's.

Punk Night at Mothers was all thanks to an out-of-town promoter named Wayne Mackie. After the promoter left, the shows stopped and Mother's went back to the place that wouldn't let you in if they didn't like how you dressed.

== Notable Shows (all in 1979) ==

* Buzzcocks / Gang of Four - September 9, 1979
* The Cramps
* Peter Perrit and The Only Ones
* B-52's

[[Category:Venues]]

Neo

2018-01-14T02:05:09Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Neo-Alley.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Neo Alley Mural with Legs.]]'''Neo''' is a long-running bar/club on the north side of Chicago. It's been open since [[1979]] and has typically catered to the punk, industrial and goth crowds. Neo doesn't have live shows, but on most nights features a genre-specific DJ. Neo claims to be the longest running club in Chicago and is open until 4am on most nights.

== Address ==

* 2350 N. Clark Street
* Chicago, IL 60614

== External Links ==

* [http://www.neo-chicago.com/ Neo Chicago official site]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neo_chicago/ Neo Yahoo Group]

[[Category:Venues]]

Fiction Records

2018-01-14T02:01:09Z

Tommy boy:

[[Image:Fiction-records-ad.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Gabba Gabba Gazette Ad 1979]]'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. (Wazmo was soon picked up first by Stiff Records U.K. and then signed to I.R.S. Records, joining Skafish as the label's first U.S. artist.) L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a Fiction single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

[[Category:Record Labels]]
[[Category:Dekalb]]

File:Neo-Alley.jpg

2018-01-14T01:55:00Z

Tommy boy: Neo Nightclub Last Mural with Legs.

Neo Nightclub Last Mural with Legs.

File:Fiction-records-ad.jpg

2018-01-14T01:52:55Z

Tommy boy: Fiction Records Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979.

Fiction Records Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979.

File:Mothers-punk-ad.jpg

2018-01-14T01:51:46Z

Tommy boy: Mothers Punk & New Wave Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1978.

Mothers Punk & New Wave Ad from Gabba Gabba Gazette 1978.

File:Obanions-ad.jpg

2018-01-14T01:50:23Z

Tommy boy: O'Banions Ad in Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979

O'Banions Ad in Gabba Gabba Gazette 1979

File:Club-950-matches.jpg

2018-01-14T01:49:08Z

Tommy boy: Club 950 Match Book

Club 950 Match Book