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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

Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
Bars on residential streets are Chicago’s ‘great good places’

Watering holes off the beaten path provide homes away from home.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, Innertown Pub, Danny’s Tavern, Club Foot, Beachwood Inn, Ray Oldenburg, third place, The Great Good Place, neighborhood bar, bar

Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2016
Video
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.
- By Mike Vanderbilt
- Tags: Music Feature, Cheap Trick, oral history, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bang, Zoom, Crazy . . . Hello, Heaven Tonight, Cheap Trick at Budokan, In Color, Rockford, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos, Pezband, Shoes, Bun E. Carlos's Air Farce, Sick Man of Europe, Fuse, Robert Stewkey Antoni, Randy Xeno Hogan, Lauree Rohig, club foot, Mick Rain, d'Thumbs, Off Broadway, Hounds, Buckinghams, John Pazdan, Mimi Betinis, Brad Elvis, Screams, Elvis Brothers, the Handcuffs, B'Ginnings, Danny Seraphine, Chicago, Night Gallery, Gary Klebe, Sound City, Mike Gorman, Lin Brehmer, Mandocello, ELO Kiddies, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Brat Stop, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 1, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Metal's most prolific bassist exposed

Plus: A HoZac reissue of David "Have a Marijuana" Peel's King of Punk, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Reckless Records, Chicago Thrash Ensemble, Dave Hofer, Dan Lilker, Anthrax, S.O.D., Brutal Truth, Scott Ian, Gene Hogaln, Kevin Sharp, Perpetual Conversion: 30 Years & Counting in the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker, Handshake Inc., HoZac, Dwight Twilley, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elektra Records, Apple Records, Have a Marijuana, David Peel, King of Punk, Club Foot, Fuzzbox Chicago

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 17, 2013
The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve 2013, Black Ensemble Theater New Year's Eve Celebration, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, Bootlegger's Ball, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, First Night Evanston, 1st Ward and Chop Shop, Ignite the Night, iO Theater's New Year's Eve, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Mr. Olsen's New Year's Rockin' Neighborhood, New Year's Eve at the DANK Haus, Moulin Rouge, Music Box, New Year's Eve Revolution, Official Playboy New Year's Eve Soiree, Pleasure Principle, Baathhaus, Big Dipper, Crowbar, Death, Dessa, Roky Erickson, Hounds of Baskerville, Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys, Girl Group Chicago, Jimmy Eat World, Smoking Popes, Lawrence Arms, Black Joe Lewis, Local H, Motion City Soundtrack, Mucca Pazza, Oozing Wound, Magic Milk, Jimmy Whispers, The Castle, Club Foot, Enclave, Estate Ultra Bar, The Fifty/50, Funky Buddha Lounge, Headquarters Beercade, Howl at the Moon, The Mid, the Palace, Spy Bar, Three Dots and a Dash, The Underground, Vertigo Sky Lounge, Acadia, Ada St., Avec, Big Jones, Boarding House, CH Distillery, Chilam Bilham, Coutnry Barbeque, The Drawing Room, Due Lire, Dusek's, Fork, Homestead, Hot Chocolate, La Sirena Clandestina, Le Colonial, Longman & Eagle, Lula Cafe, Mercadito, Rodan, Senza, SmallBar Dvision, Table, Donkey & Stick, Tesori, Travelle, Trenchermen, Yusho

Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 11/24

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, November 24, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Club Foot, Ukrainian Village, Tim McAtee, The Hipsters, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Bucktown Bazaar, Holstein Park, Kids These Days, the Vic, Traphouse Rock, Miles Raymer, Mathian

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 23, 2011
Readers' Poll
Best neighborhood bar

Cole's voted best neighborhood bar
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best neighborhood bar, Readers' poll, Cole's, Club Foot, Dunlays on the Square, Readers' Poll

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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

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

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.

Gossip Wolf: Metal's most prolific bassist exposed

Plus: A HoZac reissue of David "Have a Marijuana" Peel's King of Punk, and more

The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops

The Reader's Agenda: Sat 11/24

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, November 24, 2012

Readers' Poll
Best neighborhood bar

Cole's voted best neighborhood bar

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Video 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

Bars on residential streets are Chicago’s ‘great good places’

Watering holes off the beaten path provide homes away from home.

Video 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.

Gossip Wolf: Metal's most prolific bassist exposed

Plus: A HoZac reissue of David "Have a Marijuana" Peel's King of Punk, and more

The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops

The Reader's Agenda: Sat 11/24

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, November 24, 2012

Readers' Poll Best neighborhood bar

Cole's voted best neighborhood bar

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From Rockford to you: An oral history of Cheap Trick's early years

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