An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 16)
Posted on 27 January 2007 | 4 Comments
Filed Under: Chicago Punk, Punk
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Back again after about 2 months without one of these, I’d like to focus some attention on the (now) legendary Tricky Dick.
Formed in the western suburb of Elgin in about 1993 and consisted of Memo, Chris McCaughan, Steve Katzel, and Jeremy Hansen (who is not my boss). Since breaking up in 1998 they have gone on to play in bands such as The 4-Squares, The Broadways, Biscayne, Burn Elgin, The Lawrence Arms, Houseboy, and Seedy Sea Controversy. They sounded like a cocktail of Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker, cold Chicago winters, and warm beer. They were fun and existed in the era of Chicago punk rock that I grew up with, and I’ll always remember them fondly because of that.
What the band left behind is a 24 track CD Discography of everything that the band ever recorded (and) which is still (amazingly) in print from Quincy Shanks Records. This is Chicago punk rock. The production is terrible, the singing/shouting is (oftentimes) off key and inaudible, and the music is sloppy. In simpler terms, it is f$*%ing great. The Tricky Dick Discography is (in my eyes at least) a must have for any fan of the Chicago punk rock sound.
MP3 | Tricky Dick – Fair Weather Friend Discography
MP3 | Tricky Dick – World Gone Mad Discography
MP3 | Tricky Dick – Oak And Clark Discography
MP3 | Tricky Dick – When I Was Twelve Discography
MP3 | Tricky Dick – Climbing Discography
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I spotted the fireside in that picture, and remember a couple of times i was Having...mm...stomach troubles there. Shitting in that stall was brutal.
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