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- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 17, 2020
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The Byzantine Empire rode the 60s garage-pop wave straight into obscurity
Their six harmony-soaked singles—three recorded as the Five Bucks—are long overdue for reissue.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 4, 2020
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The Jokers contributed one great single to the 60s garage-rock boom
Their only two recordings have both been reissued on retro compilations, but sketchy liner notes have left the band a mystery till now.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Apr 11, 2017
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Forgotten session drummer Eddie Hoh recorded with the Monkees and toured with the Mamas & the Papas
Drum genius Eddie Hoh built a peerless rock resumé in the late 60s, but after dropping out of sight he died in poverty and obscurity in 2015.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 23, 2016
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La Porte garage band the Bare Facts rode the wave of late-60s horn rock to Chicago
Even as teenagers, Bare Facts wrote their own songs, toured all over the midwest, and played a whistle stop for Robert Kennedy.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2016
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From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick's early years
Long before "I Want You to Want Me" sent an audience at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan into a frenzy, the Illinois rock legends hustled for years on the scrappy midwest club circuit of the 1970s.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 18, 2015
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The Mob pioneered Chicago's 'horn rock' sound—and wore dark pinstriped suits with carnations
This big, ambitious band scored a couple Billboard hits and wrote several more for other artists, but their discography ends in 1977.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 6, 2015
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Marty Grebb played in the Buckinghams during their late-60s peak—and that was just the beginning for him
Marty Grebb's long career has included sessions with Bonnie Raitt and Leon Russell, a stint in the band Chicago, and soundtrack work for a Steven Seagal movie.
