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Music, Music Feature Jun 23, 2020
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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
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago punk, punk, queer, gay, gay bars, La Mere Vipere, Oz, O’Banion’s, Terry Fox, Sex Pistols, Kenny Ellis, Ken Ellis, Ramones, 2132 N. Halsted, Anarchy at La Mere, Punk-o-Rama, Blondie, Jim Skafish, Skafish, Tutu & the Pirates, Effigies, Silver Abuse, Da, Hüsker Dü, D.O.A., Naked Raygun, B.B. Spin, Steve Maas, Mudd Club, La Mere Gabba Gabba Gazette, Gabba Gabba Gazette, Busted at Oz, Sasha Geffen, Glitter Up the Dark, Dem Hopkins, Noah Boudreau, Noe Boudreau, Tom Wroblewski, Snake Pit, Mike Rivers, Sparkle, John Morales, Taco, Dugan’s Bistro, Bearded Lady, Cheeks, Paradise, Marilyn’s, Sunday’s, Sounds Good Records, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Greenleaf, Lend-a-Man, John Molini, Rick Faust, Gay Chicago News/Journal, Dick Nielsen, Mary Alice Ramel-Hoeksema, Rolling Stones Records, Jeanne Genie, Monica Lynch, Steve Miglio, Spin, Joe Shanahan, Metro, Smart Bar, Neo, Tuts, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Michael Cegur, Beluga, Cary Baker, Bomp! magazine, Nancy Rapchak, Russell Clancy, Bill Meehan, Bob Bell, Ken Mierzwa, Gay Chicago Magazine, Wax Trax!, Everett Rogers, Poison Squirrel, Immune System, Clox, the Ranch, Strike Under, Earl Letiecq, Oil, Jane Byrne, Subverts, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Greg Ginn, Black Flag, Minutemen, Mike Watt, New Alliance Records, D. Boon, Land Speed Record, Rather See None, Club Foot, Roseann Kuberski, Coolest Retard, I.R.S. Records, Tommy Boy, punk history, punk venues, Pride 2020, Video

Music, Music Feature Jan 14, 2020
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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.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Verböten, Jason Narducy, Brett Neveu, Sonic Highways, punk, punk rock, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, musical theater, Evanston, Split Single, John Stirratt, Wilco, Superchunk, Jon Wurster, Spoon, Britt Daniel, Jason & Alison, Alison Chesley, Helen Money, Verbow, Woodshed, Epic Records, Chronicles, Bob Mould, Tracey Bradford, Rights of the Accused, Naked Raygun, Silver Abuse, Da, Cubby Bear, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Cubby Bear, Chopin Theatre, House Theatre of Chicago, Odradek, La Mere Vipere, O’Banions, Oz, Club C.O.D., Tutu & the Pirates, Terry Nelson, WZRD, Autumn Records, Busted at Oz, Chris Kean, Record Exchange, Shake, Rattle & Read, Ric Addy, Chicago Reader, Maximum RocknRoll, Flipside, Zack Kantor, Roycemore School, Jay Yuenger, White Zombie, Studiomedia Recording Company, Work, Let It Out, Work to Let It Out, Kidding Around, Nathan Allen, Kieran McCabe, SPACE, Nora O'Connor, Flat Five, Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Against Me!, Black Me Out, Articles of Faith, Ramones, Circle Jerks, I'm Not Coming Home, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 15, 2019
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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski

Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Rob Warmowski, memorial, benefit, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Defoliants, Buzzmuscle, Sirs, San Andreas Fault, Steve Albini, Scary Lady Sarah, Metro, WNUR, Hog Butcher for the World, Ono, Silver Abuse, Pegboy, Cheer-Accident, Jeremiah Meece, The-Drum, Inspiration, Mutant Future, Danny’s, Halloween, Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl, Flossmoor, Brothers Davis, Billy Mac Attack, Marc Davis, Black Pegasus Records, Sadar Bahar, Mark Grusane, Darryn Jones, Tone B. Nimble, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 11, 2017
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Sacha Mullin of Cheer-Accident celebrates a new album of avant-garde pop

Plus: Featherproof and Moniker publish a memoir by outsider punk J.T. IV, and Arvo Zylo’s noise collective Blood Rhythms bids farewell to Chicago.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Sacha Mullin, Cheer-Accident, Duplex, Lovely Little Girls, Cafe Mustache, American Draft, Guzzlemug, J.T. IV, John Henry Timmis IV, Robert Cole Manis, Drag City, Galactic Zoo Disk, Moniker Records, From the Inside, Cosmic Lightning, Featherproof Books, Arvo Zylo, Blood Rhythms, Assembly, No Part of It, Mutiny, Gas Mask Horse, Spare Change, Silver Abuse, Cutting Teeth, Heuristics, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 23, 2016
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.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Silver Abuse, Naked Raygun, Consider the Pigeon, Alona's Dream, Santiago Durango, Big Black, Devil Bell Hippies, Camilo Gonzalez, Busted at Oz, Jim Colao, Billy Meehan, Bob Damrau, Paul Chabala, Fall From Grace, Jaqui Disler, Dave Purdie, Robert Porché, Liz Cox, Effigies, Strike Under, Rant Chant, Bag People, Gaylene Goudreau, Da, Devil Bell Hippies, Weasel Walter, Chicago Sound, punk, noise, avant-garde

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2016
Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Switches of Eastwick, Whistler, Lorena Cupcake, Sophie Bee, Store Brand Soda, Jarvi, Sold, Naughty Bad Fun Collective, Silver Abuse, Consider the Pigeon, Alona’s Dream, Abducted by the Lobstermen, Liar’s Club, Logan Hardware, Savage Beliefs, Rights of the Accused, Elastic, Daniel Wyche, Our Severed Sleep, Julian Lynch, Real Estate, Ryan Packard, Schimpfluch-Gruppe, Andy Ortmann, Zurich

Music, Music Column Apr 21, 2011
Sharp Darts: Local Release Roundup

White Mystery whips the sophomore jinx, Void Pedal bumps with no MC, the Numero Group does Chicago salsa, and more.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, White Mystery, Void Pedal, Numero Group, Architecture, Very Truly Yours, Calm Palm Vapor, Eula, North by North, punk, Silver Abuse, Da, Subverts, Strike Under, Effigies, Subterranean

Music, Photo Pit Apr 21, 2011
Photo Pit: Record Store Day, April 16
- Tags: Photo Pit, Record Store Day, Candy Golde, Silver Abuse, Dusty Groove America, Reckless Records, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Permanent Records, Phil Cohran, Cairo Gang, Numero Group

Music, Music Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
Record Store Day
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Cafe Mustache, Deadwax Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Record Breakers, Saki, Vintage Vinyl, Beverly Records, Cyclopx Records, Dave's Records, Groove Dis, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Second Hand Tunes, Shake, Rattle & Read, Thrill Jockey, Glenn Jones, Charlie Parry & the Black Twig Pickers, Phil Manley, Isaiah Mitchell, Oval, Liturgy, Bloodshot Recrs, the Blacks, Babby Bare Jr., Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Alejandro Escovedo, Purling Hiss, Puffy Areolas, Trouble in Mind, Mean Jeans, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Wrong Words, Jack Oblivian, Eccentric Soul, Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, Owen, Dio, Vivian Girls, Off!, Television, Decembrists, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, I Was Totally Destroying It, Phil Cohran & Arkestra, Tim Larson, Demchuk, Limbs, Ron Trent, Jason Adasiewicz & Josh Berman, Tail Dragger & Rockin' Johnny, Cany Golde, Vee Dee, Population, Elia Einhorn, CHIRP, Morris Mill & Friends, Sonorama, Bad Drugs, Silver Abuse, Population, Cult of Youth, Owen, Raw Nerve, Cairo Gang, the Singleman Affair, Jeff Parker, Candy Golde, Joan of Arc, Tyler John Tyler, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, A Rocket to the Moon, Slow Witch, Steepwater Band, Flame Shark, Darling, Aetiology, This is Cinema, In Tall Buildings, Rabid Rabbit, 1900s, Chaperone, Bob Dey's Tank, Engine Man, Distractions, Luck of Eden Hall, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 24, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Return to Oz

Permanent reissues a classic Chicago punk comp. Plus: Claychella’s last dance, the Hood Internet’s threesome, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Autumn Records, Naked Raygun, DA, Subverts, Effigies, Strike Under, Silver Abuse, Clayton Hauck, Claychella, Chicago Smooth Jazz Concert Series, Jazz Attack, Euge Groove, Mindi Abair, Candy DUlfer, Plustapes, Ryley Walker, Dustin Drase, Netherfriends, Matt Walker, Of1000Faces, Moron Tasty, Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, Hood Internet, BBU, Das Racist, STV SLV, Ken Vandermark, Resonance Ensemble, Chicago Cultural Center, International Resonance Festival, Windish Agency, Best Cost, XX, Windish Music Licensing, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Diplo

Blogs, Bleader Oct 5, 2010
An Almost Perfect Naked Raygun Reunion

A planned reunion of the original Naked Raygun lineup takes a hit from a biking accident, but three-fourths of that group (and the band's current drummer) play tomorrow at Double Door on the opening night of Riot Fest.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Riot Fest, Chicago, punk rock, Naked Raygun, Effigies, Busted at Oz, Double Door, Silver Abuse, Subverts, Toothpaste, Steve Bjorklund, Articles of Faith, Strike Under, Basement Screams, Santiago Durango, Jeff Pezzati, Camilo Gonzalez, Jim Colao, Eric Spicer, Touch and Go Records, Steve Albini

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2009
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You Weren't There (and Neither Was I)

"You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84" celebrates its release on DVD with a Saturday screening at the Portage Theater, followed by a show at the Empty Bottle.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Film, Music, Post No Bills, Chicago, punk rock, history, Naked Raygun, Articles of Faith, Effigies, Tutu & the Pirates, You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84, Joe Losurdo, Christina Tillman, End Result, Strike Under, Subverts, Life Sentence, Nadsat Rebel, Verboten, Portage Theater, Factory 25, Silver Abuse, Savage Beliefs, Video

Music, Music Column Nov 22, 2007
Chicago Punk, Vol. 1

Miss out on the birth of the local scene? There’s a new documentary full of baby pictures.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, You Weren't There, Steve Albini, punk, Chicago punk, Naked Raygun, Joe Losurdo, Chris Tillman, Regressive Films, Tutu & the Pirates, Silver Abuse

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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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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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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski

Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.

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Sacha Mullin of Cheer-Accident celebrates a new album of avant-garde pop

Plus: Featherproof and Moniker publish a memoir by outsider punk J.T. IV, and Arvo Zylo’s noise collective Blood Rhythms bids farewell to Chicago.

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.

Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.

Sharp Darts: Local Release Roundup

White Mystery whips the sophomore jinx, Void Pedal bumps with no MC, the Numero Group does Chicago salsa, and more.

Photo Pit: Record Store Day, April 16

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Gossip Wolf: Return to Oz

Permanent reissues a classic Chicago punk comp. Plus: Claychella’s last dance, the Hood Internet’s threesome, and more

An Almost Perfect Naked Raygun Reunion

A planned reunion of the original Naked Raygun lineup takes a hit from a biking accident, but three-fourths of that group (and the band's current drummer) play tomorrow at Double Door on the opening night of Riot Fest.

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You Weren't There (and Neither Was I)

"You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84" celebrates its release on DVD with a Saturday screening at the Portage Theater, followed by a show at the Empty Bottle.

Chicago Punk, Vol. 1

Miss out on the birth of the local scene? There’s a new documentary full of baby pictures.

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How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.

Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.

Plus: Featherproof and Moniker publish a memoir by outsider punk J.T. IV, and Arvo Zylo’s noise collective Blood Rhythms bids farewell to Chicago.

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.

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.

White Mystery whips the sophomore jinx, Void Pedal bumps with no MC, the Numero Group does Chicago salsa, and more.

Permanent reissues a classic Chicago punk comp. Plus: Claychella’s last dance, the Hood Internet’s threesome, and more

A planned reunion of the original Naked Raygun lineup takes a hit from a biking accident, but three-fourths of that group (and the band's current drummer) play tomorrow at Double Door on the opening night of Riot Fest.

"You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84" celebrates its release on DVD with a Saturday screening at the Portage Theater, followed by a show at the Empty Bottle.

Miss out on the birth of the local scene? There’s a new documentary full of baby pictures.

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