An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 28)
I’m not sure what other “category” to put this post in, so it just sorta haphazardly ends up as part of this series. Just go with it. So on what was the sunny afternoon of December 23, 1997 the three guys in Allister (that’s me on bass, John on guitar, and Tim on drums) went (Read more…)
An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 27)
Division was/is a band from the Western suburbs of Chicago. I’m pretty sure we first heard the band on All Ages Radio. Their first album Who Died | A Working Title was released in (I think) 2001 and their second album Conversational was released a few years later. These guys (Joe and Andy Chavez and (Read more…)
Noise By Numbers – Yeah, Whatever…
One of my favorite albums of all time is Sludgeworth’s Loser’s Of The Year from 1993. It’s a slightly obscure gem full of Chicago pop punk that features the legendary Dan Schafer (aka Danny Vapid from Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales) on vocals. While Schafer is now primarily known as the frontman for The Methadones, (Read more…)
An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 26)
Wow, it’s be quite awhile since I’ve dug into my crates of old records and posted anything in this series, but it just felt like the right time for a little Chicago punk rock. I thought I’d share a little something from a little known band called Thirty Seconds Deep. I won’t go into detail (Read more…)
Dummy Room – Demo
On their 4-song demo, Dummy Room plays the sort of no-frills Chicago-style punk that I grew up listening to. The songs are short, fast, aggressive blasts of punk rock that are uncomplicated and raw but refreshing to hear amidst all the overproduction in today’s so-called “punk” scenes. If you like The Bollweevils or very early (Read more…)
