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From Chicago's finest forges
The Chicago Shows List
Shows of note as of 09/08/94
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NOTES:
The "Reservoir Dogs"/"True Romance" double-feature is 18+, not 21+.
Come down and say howdy. Ask Jay for the Shows List guy.
Tickets for the Jesus Lizard at the Vic are on sale noon Saturday.
I now have the Sebadoh openers and times correct.
Will the guy who's in Banana Buster send me mail, please? Your
address got lost and I wanted to send you mail.
New this week:
Almost True / Jan James, Double Door
Tori Amos, Pick-Staiger Hall
Balloon Guy / Squash Blossom / Motorhome, Empty Bottle
Bootsy's Rubberband, Cubby Bear
Combustible Edison, Marquette Univ. Union Cafe
Devlins, Double Door
East Of The Rock / Can Of Worms, Double Door
Dave Edmunds, The Vic
Eve*Thing / The Nixons / Officer Deadly / Sufferbus, Thurston's
Marianne Faithful book-signing, Tower Records
Freakwater / Moonshine Willy / Robbie Fulks / The Olds 97s, Double Door
Galliano, Metro
Greg Ginn / Transition, Thurston's
Shecky Greene / Ralph Young, Centre East
Helios Creed / Sabalon Glitz / Love 666, Empty Bottle
House Of Large Sizes / Built To Spell / Nectarine, Empty Bottle
House Of Pain / Biohazard / Korn, Riviera Theatre
The Jesus Lizard / Steakdaddy 6 / Pegboy, Mabel's
Kitaro, Bismarck Theater
L.A. Ramblers / Urban Twang / The Pedestrian, Thurston's
L7 / Melvins / Wool, The Vic
Lily Liver, Empty Bottle
Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band, Empty Bottle
Mustard Plug / Banana Buster, Off The Alley
N.I.L.8 / Fat Tuesday / Dollface, Thurston's
New Rob Robbies, Thurston's
NRBQ, Cubby Bear
NRG Ensemble / Blue Boy / Zug Island Quartet, Empty Bottle
Public Enemy, Riviera Theatre
Red Ball / Esylium, Metro
Red Krayola, Lounge Ax
Seed / Blanket Party / Wild Bores, Double Door
Shellac / Dis-, Shank Hall
Skapone / Banana Buster / Greenhouse, Off The Alley
Small 23 / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King, Empty Bottle
Spankwagon / Quaker Yough Ensemble / Milo Z / Throw / Gel-tones,
Double Door
Supermodel, Empty Bottle
Team Dresch, Empty Bottle
Thresholes / Goatboy, Lounge Ax
David Torn/Mick Karn/Terry Bozzio, Hothouse
Triple Fast Action / Motorcaster / Adamjack / Fig Dish / Fix Your
Wagon, Metro
Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies, Empty Bottle
Versus / Air Miami / Blast Off Country Style / Tuscadero, Double Door
Vic Vacume and the Attachments / Killswitch / 2 tba, Smiler Coogan's
Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM)
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Sep 23 Fri Terror Fabulous / Patra / Mega Banton
Arie Crown Theatre (TM): McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd
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Sep 29 Thu 8:00 Indigo Girls
30 Fri 8:00 Indigo Girls
Oct 29 Sat 7:30 $18.50 Steven Curtis Chapman / Newsboys (tix Sat 10am)
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Sep 09 Fri $6 +Spanic Boys / Spies Who Surf / Rockin' Billy and
the Wild Coyote
10 Sat $8 +Beat Farmers / Hi-fi and the Roadburners / Crash
Willy
Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle
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Oct 15 Sat 8:00 *Kitaro (tix 10am Mon)
Cafe Montmartre: 127 E. Mifflin St., Madison, WI
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Sep 14 Wed Combustible Edison
22 Thu Charles Gayle
Centre East: 7701 N. Lincoln, Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300
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Sep 17 Sat 6:30 *Shecky Greene / Ralph Young
17 Sat 9:30 *Shecky Greene / Ralph Young
The Chamber: 114 King St, Madison, WI / (608) 255-5402
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Sep 09 Fri Peter Jefferies / Mecca Normal / Trash
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Sep 18 Sun Gil Scott-Heron / Ben Harper
22 Thu War
Oct 08 Sat *Bootsy's Rubberband
11 Tue The Selecter
15 Sat *NRBQ
Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160
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Sep 09 Fri Bodhisattva / Sarolta De Faltay / Mint Aundry /
Hot Lunch
10 Sat Rockin' Bill and the Wild Coyote / Supermodel /
Peat Moss / DJ Jesse De La Pena / Patty Elvis
11 Sun Flavor Channel / Funky Wordsmiths / Jazz Miniero /
Art Fiction
15 Thu Wesley Willis Fiasco / Can Of Worms
16 Fri Triple Fast Action / M.O.T.O.
17 Sat Rollover / Cherry Popping Daddies
18 Sun *Seed / Blanket Party / Wild Bores
22 Thu Booty Fruit / Can Of Worms
23 Fri +Nova Mob / Wait For Light
24 Sat +Wickerman / Screw Party
29 Thu *Spankwagon / Quaker Yough Ensemble / Milo Z /
Throw / Gel-tones
30 Fri *Versus / Air Miami / Blast Off Country Style /
Tuscadero
Oct 01 Sat *Freakwater / Moonshine Willy / Robbie Fulks / The
Olds 97s
02 Sun *Almost True / Jan James
06 Thu *East Of The Rock / Can Of Worms
07 Fri *Devlins
Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst
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Sep 09 Fri 7:00 $5 aa Slapstick / Sidekick Kato / Alligator Gun /
Mushuganas / Jerkwater (Dave)
30 Fri 7:00 $5 aa No Empathy / 30 Seconds Deep / Whatever... / The
Smoothies / The Unemployed (Dave)
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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Sep 09 Fri Monster Truck Five / Bush League / Log / Moviola
10 Sat Denison/Kimball Trio / Shiner / Factotum
15 Thu Baby M / Starbilly / Dragstar
16 Fri Slug / Doo Rag / Supreme Dicks / DQE
17 Sat Flaming Lips / Silkworm / Engine Kid / Jessamine
==SOLD OUT==
22 Thu Idaho / Low
23 Fri +Gas Huffer / Season To Risk / Von Ryan's Express
24 Sat Howards record release party
30 Fri aMiniature / Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver / Heavy
Vegetable
Oct 01 Sat *Balloon Guy / Squash Blossom / Motorhome
06 Thu *NRG Ensemble / Blue Boy / Zug Island Quartet
07 Fri *Team Dresch
08 Sat *Helios Creed / Sabalon Glitz / Love 666
09 Sun *House Of Large Sizes / Built To Spell / Nectarine
14 Fri *Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies (tix Oct 1
at Ajax/Blackout!/the bar)
15 Sat *Small 23 / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King
20 Thu *Lily Liver
21 Fri *Supermodel
22 Sat *Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band
Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton (always all-ages)
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Sep 18 Sun 7:30 $5 No Empathy / Horace Pinker / Nostrilsaurus /
Skaxies
21 Wed Dirt / Final Warning / Mob Action / Full / Not
Rebecca (Dave)
22 Thu $6 D.I. / Geezers / Mushuganas / 4 Squares (Brian)
25 Sun 5'10"/Kevin Seconds / Pound / I Love Rich / The
Geeks (Dave)
Oct 01 Sat Godheadsilo / The Bollweevils / 88 Fingers Louie /
Shleprock (Dave)
02 Sun Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken
(Dave)
05 Wed Pink Lincolns / Sleeper / tba
Hard Rock Cafe: 63 W. Ontario / (312) 943-2252
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Sep 11 Sun 8:00 FREE Collective Soul (gack!)
Hothouse: 1565 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL / (312) 235-2334
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Sep 15 Thu *David Torn/Mick Karn/Terry Bozzio
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Sep 09 Fri Mother / The Frogs
10 Sat +Mecca Normal / Peter Jefferies / Trash
10 Sat *Thresholes / Goatboy
15 Thu +Combustible Edison / John Sinatra Connors
16 Fri Flying Luttenbachers / Jak Wacker / Frontier
17 Sat Gringo / Spare Snare / Lily Liver
20 Tue *Red Krayola
21 Wed Milk / Three Day Stubble / SF Envelope
22 Thu Vandermark Quartet / Fred Anderson
23 Fri Polvo
24 Sat 10:00 Sebadoh / Rodan
25 Sun 9:00 Sebadoh / Ruins / Godhead Silo (tix at Lounge
Ax/Blackout/Ajax)
28 Wed Mark Eitzel
29 Thu Veruca Salt record release party
30 Fri The Silos / The Dugans / Dolly Varden
Oct 01 Sat +Smog / Guided By Voices / Guv'ner
06 Thu Neurosis / Dazzling Killmen / Glazed Baby
08 Sat Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
14 Fri Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
15 Sat Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
25 Tue Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch
26 Wed Unsane / God and Texas
27 Thu Cows / Dog-Faced Hermans
Mabel's: 613 E. Green C, Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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Sep 16 Fri *The Jesus Lizard / Steakdaddy 6 / Pegboy
Marquette Univ. Union Cafe: 14th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Sep 16 Fri *Combustible Edison (prob'ly free to students...
ask someone to guest you in)
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM)
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Sep 09 Fri 9:30 18+ Blind Venetians / Fat Bertha / F.S. Camels / So
Scared
10 Sat 10:00 $7 18+ Stereolab / Gastr Del Sol / Labradford
14 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ +Bone Dust / Sungod / EKG / Two Crow
16 Fri 7:30 aa The Fall / Magna Pop
16 Fri 11:30 18+ Shudder To Think / Dambuilders
17 Sat 10:00 18+ Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Twang Bang
18 Sun 10:00 18+ Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Hi-Fi & The
Roadburners
19 Mon 7:30 aa Fury & The Slaughterhouse
21 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ The Proud / Flac / Mr. Furley / Newton's Madness
23 Fri 7:00 +Boingo / Fretblanket
23 Fri 11:30 *Red Ball / Esylium
24 Sat 7:30 Barenaked Ladies
28 Wed Laddy Crackball / Stigmata-a-go-go / Undone / The
Guests That Wouldn't Leave
29 Thu *Triple Fast Action / Motorcaster / Adamjack / Fig
Dish / Fix Your Wagon
30 Fri 6:30 aa Prong / Clutch / Drown
30 Fri 11:30 Ozric Tentacles
Oct 01 Sat *Galliano
07 Fri Specials / Let's Go Bowling / Pacers
08 Sat 7:30 Love Spit Love / Gigolo Aunts
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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Oct 01 Sat *Mustard Plug / Banana Buster
29 Sat *Skapone / Banana Buster / Greenhouse
The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St., Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171
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Sep 09 Fri Weaker Youth Ensemble / Booty Fruit / Mufa
09 Fri Psychedelicasi
10 Sat 18+ Arcwelder / Pegboy
14 Wed 18+ Jesus Lizard
15 Thu Dead Fly Boy
15 Thu Renegade Saints
16 Fri Boneclub
17 Sat Matt Wilson / Bug
21 Wed Munkafest
21 Wed Low
23 Fri Barenaked Ladies
24 Sat Merle Saunders and the Rainforest Band
29 Thu Rank Strangeer
Oct 01 Sat Willy Porter
06 Thu Sphinx
08 Sat Specials / Let's Go Bowling / tba
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage (TM)
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Sep 09 Fri 6:30 aa Everything But The Girl
14 Wed 7:30 Joe Cocker
15 Thu 8:00 Boz Scaggs
16 Fri 7:30 aa Me'shell Ndegeocelo
17 Sat 7:30 aa Hoodoo Gurus
23 Fri 7:30 aa Cassandra Wilson
29 Thu 7:30 aa The Band / James McMurtry
30 Fri 7:30 Dennis De Young
Pick-Staiger Hall: 1977 S. Campus Drive, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
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Oct 01 Sat 7:30 *Tori Amos (tix Sat noon... good luck)
01 Sat 10:30 *Tori Amos
The Rathskeller: 800 Langdon St., UW campus, Madison, WI
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Sep 09 Fri The Wannabes / Green Pyramids / Elysian Fields
10 Sat The Gufs
Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM)
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Sep 16 Fri 7:30 aa +Poi Dog Pondering / The Slugs -- Benefit for
Brigid Murphy ==SOLD OUT==
24 Sat 11:00 17+ *Public Enemy (tix Sat noon)
Oct 02 Sun 6:30 aa *House Of Pain / Biohazard / Korn
Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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Sep 13 Tue 7:30 Crash Test Dummies
Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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Sep 10 Sat Jules Shear / Paula Cole
Shank Hall: 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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Sep 24 Sat *Shellac / Dis-
Oct 01 Sat The Coctails
Smiler Coogan's: 5637 W. Grand / (312) 889-1741
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Sep 17 Sat 21+ *Vic Vacume and the Attachments / Killswitch / 2
tba (708-603-1060 for info)
Soldier Field: Where the Bears play (TM)
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Sep 11 Sun 7:30 Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz ==SOLD OUT==
12 Mon Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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Sep 10 Sat Ronnie Montrose
16 Fri Enuff Z'nuff
17 Sat Enuff Z'nuff
18 Sun Cyclone Temple / Wicked Maraya
30 Fri Tuff
Oct 01 Sat Tuff
14 Fri Skatenigs / Skrew / Pleasure Elite
Thurston's: 1248 W. George / (312) 472-6900
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Sep 09 Fri +Majesty Crush / They Came In Droves / Motorhome /
Wait For Light
10 Sat *Greg Ginn / Transition
14 Wed $3 *New Rob Robbies
15 Thu *N.I.L.8 / Fat Tuesday / Dollface
16 Fri *L.A. Ramblers / Urban Twang / The Pedestrian
17 Sat *Eve*Thing / The Nixons / Officer Deadly /
Sufferbus
Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin, Schaumburg / (708) 397-7000
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Sep 30 Fri Tetsuo / Flanders (all ages I assume)
Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / (312) 477-5994
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Sep 09 Fri 7:30 FREE Everything But The Girl in-store performance
13 Tue 7:00 FREE *Marianne Faithful book-signing
United Center: 1901 W. Madison, Chicago, IL
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Oct 19 Wed Billy Joel
21 Fri Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan (tix Sat 10am)
22 Sat Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield (TM)
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Sep 09 Fri 9:00 $3 18+ +Jay Marvin's Quentin Tarantino Film Bash: doors
open
09 Fri 10:00 +"True Romance"
09 Fri midnite +"Reservoir Dogs"
17 Sat 7:30 aa Blur / Pulp
30 Fri 7:00 aa *L7 / Melvins / Wool (tix Sat noon)
Oct 01 Sat 7:30 aa *Dave Edmunds (tix Sat noon)
08 Sat 7:00 aa +The Jesus Lizard / Girls Against Boys (tix Sat
noon)
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The code list:
* new listing
+ listing has changed this week
18+ 18-and-over
21+ 21-and-over
aa all ages
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Dave Contact Dave @ (312) 248-5822
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