This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist and musician Jay Ryan.
Tag: Naked Raygun
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Chicago punk was born queer
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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Jazz guitarist Dave Miller drops an album of brainy feel-good grooves
Jazz guitarist Dave Miller drops an album of brainy feel-good grooves, Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati makes his solo debut with a new EP, and more.
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What turns kids punk?
The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
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Strange 90’s benefits local music champion Jerry Bryant
For a brief time in the 90s, Chicago’s music community took its turn in the national spotlight—Billboard magazine dubbed the city “cutting edge’s new capital” in 1993, as artists like the Smashing Pumpkins, Urge Overkill, and Liz Phair rose to fame. And for those who couldn’t make it to clubs such as Lounge Ax or […]
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It’s hard to stay quit on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.
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Chicago producer Larry Sturm worked with Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley and Naked Raygun—just for starters
His influential career took him from house and punk to gigs for the likes of Prince, Destiny’s Child, and Michael Jackson.
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Unearthing influential Chicago proto-hardcore band Six Feet Under
Despite their influence on midwestern punk, Six Feet Under have fallen off the map—but Moniker Records is working on an archival release.
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First-wave Chicago punk weirdos Silver Abuse released their second reunion album this year
In the late 70s and early 80s, Silver Abuse shared members with Naked Raygun—and their eclectic, discordant music was in some ways even more confrontational.
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Hyde Park postpunks the Imports could’ve been America’s Joy Division
The Imports lasted only long enough to release one single of their dark, mesmerizing postpunk.
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Chicago’s Rude Guest bridged two-tone and third-wave ska in the 80s
Rude Guest’s tape-only output hurt their legacy, but local ska label Jump Up just reissued their entire discography—also on tape.
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Early local hardcore band Savage Beliefs began with a $35 Casio keyboard
Savage Beliefs broke up in 1984 after releasing one seven-inch, but they’ve been playing again since a 2015 reissue on Alona’s Dream.
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Township welcomes a few new owners
Nearly a year ago the Logan Square restaurant-slash-venue cut ties with music-booking company MP Presents, and now it’s got a few new owners who aim to fill up its music calendar.
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Pegboy hop aboard this weekend’s nostalgia train at 1st Ward
Long-running Chicago punk outfit Pegboy play a rare show tomorrow night at 1st Ward.
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Foo Fighters take a trek through Chicago’s musical history on HBO’s Sonic Highways, with mixed results
The alternative-rock titans come to Chicago in the first episode of their HBO series, named after their forthcoming record.