How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
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Bars on residential streets are Chicago’s ‘great good places’
Watering holes off the beaten path provide homes away from home.
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From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick’s early years
Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, and many more recall Cheap Trick’s scrappy beginnings on the midwest club circuit of the 1970s.
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Gossip Wolf: Metal’s most prolific bassist exposed
A forthcoming book chronicles the career of prolific metal bassist Dan Lilker, HoZac Archival rereleases
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The Reader’s Guide to New Year’s Eve 2013
Our guide to the best places to be when 2014 starts
