The Mentally Ill was one of the best relatively unknown first wave Chicago punk bands that started way back in the late 1970s. They put out two 7″s before going on a hiatus that would last for years and many...
Entertainment
Adolescents – Welcome To Reality 10″ orange vinyl
My apologies for somehow neglecting to include this one in the last Frontier Records update posted on this site but there was one more colored vinyl release that came with that batch and it was the Adolescents –...
Thin White Rope colored vinyl reissues
Thin White Rope was one of those very good indie rock bands that for whatever reason seemed to have been overlooked by a lot of people, myself included. They were around from the mid 1980s until the early 1990s, leaving...
New Suicidal Tendencies vinyl colors
There has been a few new vinyl colors of the first Suicidal Tendencies LP in recent months. Since my last report it has been issued on three new colors of vinyl and the album is now being manufactured at a new plant...
Food & Drinks
HalloWolfBat at House Of Vans featuring The Melvins, Coven, and Heavy Temple
Events at the House Of Vans are always a special event, but it is even more special when the event is the first one in two full years. Saturday night, House Of Vans finally reopened its doors for one night for the...
Cradle Of Filth 10/16/21 at Concord Music Hall
Saturday night, Cradle Of Filth made their long-awaited return to Chicago to headline a night of metal at the Concord Music Hall. They were originally touring with 3 Teeth and Once Human, but both bands had to drop off...
Cold Waves IX Day One 9/24/21 at Metro
The beginning of fall signals many things, but the best thing that it brings is the annual Cold Waves Festival at Metro. This industrial/darkwave festival started nine years ago as a tribute to the late Jamie Duffy, and...
Lifestyle
R.I.P. Pierre Kezdy of Naked Raygun
We lost a punk rock super hero today. Pierre Kezdy of Naked Raygun lost his battle to cancer and passed away at the far too young age of 58. The influence Pierre left on this city from all the bands he played in, but...
Help Pierre Kezdy of Naked Raygun battle cancer
Pierre Kezdy is most known as one of the superheroes in Chicago punk legends, Naked Raygun but his super powers extend far beyond that. Pierre has been responsible for some of the best punk rock music to come out of...
R.I.P. Keith Flint of The Prodigy
Keith Flint, vocalist for The Prodigy, passed away this weekend at the age of 49. The cause of death was a suicide. Flint joined the Prodigy in the mid-1990s and the first single featuring his vocals...
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Riot Fest 2021 Day Four 9/19/21 at Douglass Park
Sunday was the final day of Riot Fest 2021. The weather was perfect and there was an amazing assortment of bands playing that day to end the four day festival with a real bang. The action once again started early...
Riot Fest 2021 Day Two 9/17/21 at Douglass Park
Friday was the second day of the 16th Riot Fest, but the first full day of this year’s festival. The gates opened bright and early and there was plenty of things to do and bands to see right after they opened. The...
Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium, Hatebrered 9/9/21 at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
After rescheduling the self-proclaimed “metal tour of the year” thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, thrash metal titans Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium, and Hatebreed (replacing In Flames), packed thousands of metal fans...
The Berzerkers – Can’t Stand Still LP
The Berzerkers – Can’t Stand Still LP Hostage Records Hailing from the punk rock hotbed known as Orange County, CA, The Berzerkers present us with their debut album on Hostage Records, a label with...
Drunk Injuns 2/21/20 at The Uptown
Friday night was a special night in Oakland, CA as The Uptown hosted MoFo’s 60th birthday party and it was a skate rock extravaganza! Drunk Injuns and JFA played together in honor of MoFo, and they were joined by...
Spider – Energy Gone Wrong 7″
Spider – Energy Gone Wrong 7″ Cpryt Cntrl Records Spider is a fairly new Southern California punk rock band and this three song 7″ is their debut release. While you may not be familiar with them, if...
