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Shows of note as of 09/15/94 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ NOTES: There's a new date for the Mark Eitzel show at Lounge Ax. New this week: 5ive Style, Oktoberfest at North Pier 8 Bold Souls, Oktoberfest at North Pier Affy Bangster / Big Mother Gig, The Unicorn aMiniature / Mother's Room, The Unicorn Bad Examples, Oktoberfest at North Pier Beausoleil, Barrymore Theatre Big Guitars From Memphis, Oktoberfest at North Pier Blue Meanies, Club De Wash Blues Traveler / Sheryl Crow, Aragon Ballroom Lonnie Brooks, Oktoberfest at North Pier Brother Teresa / Nova Mob / Wait For Light, Double Door Buckwheat Zydeco, Barrymore Theatre Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue, Aragon Ballroom Catherine / Tikibong / Mercuries, The Unicorn Certain Distant Suns / Eternalux / Stranger Things, Metro Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan, Bradley Center Gilby Clarke, Avalon Cop Shoot Cop, The Paramount The Cows, The Chamber Deee-Lite, Metro Al DiMeola World Project, Shank Hall Dumpster Juice / Undone / Boiler / Flood, Avalon Dumpster Juice / Whore Culture, The Unicorn Dave Edmunds / Carnival Strippers, The Rave Mark Eitzel, Lounge Ax Entombed / Pungent Stench / Dead Silence / Feck, The Rave The Goose Island Ramblers / Lou & Peter Berryman, Barrymore Theatre Arlo Guthrie, Barrymore Theatre Arlo Guthrie, Shank Hall Hole / Madder Rose, Metro Hole / Madder Rose, The Paramount Jan James, Oktoberfest at North Pier Jimmy's Bavarians, Oktoberfest at North Pier Kenning and Company, Oktoberfest at North Pier Kevin Seconds-5'10" / Chicane / Bus Driver Green, The Unicorn Leo Kottke, Woodstock Opera House L7 / Melvins / Wool, UW Memorial Union The Lichtensteiners, Oktoberfest at North Pier David Lindley, Cubby Bear Live / Weezer / Fatima Mansions, The Rave Luscious Jackson / Ben Harper, Double Door Material Issue / The Drovers / Od Tap Imi, Barrymore Theatre MC 900 Ft. Jesus / Consolidated / Spoon Man, Metro Meat Puppets, The Vic Missing Persons, Avalon New Duncan Imperials / The Slugs / Blind Venetians, Cubby Bear Nova Mob / Ex-Action Figures, Club De Wash Oasis, Metro Offspring / Rancid, The Rave Over The Rhine, Cubby Bear Savatage / Stuttering John / Exhibit A, The Rave Selecter / The Invaders, The Rave Seven band festival: Monkey Hustle / Mystery Guest / Flanders / Herbal Flesh Tea / Saturday's Requiem / Tub Ring / 30 Seconds Deep, Elmhurst College Shellac / Tar / Dis-, Dead Pigeon/COC The Silos, The Chamber The Silos, Shank Hall Simple Simon, Oktoberfest at North Pier Slayer in-store appearance, Rolling Stones Records The Sound, Oktoberfest at North Pier Dave Specter & the Blue Birds, Oktoberfest at North Pier Sugar / Magnapop, The Rave The Sweeties, Lounge Ax Tortoise, Oktoberfest at North Pier Ulele, Oktoberfest at North Pier Vatica / Frank Raven / Babette's Feast / Tungdriven / Dose After Dose, Metro Vigilantes Of Love, Metro Violent Femmes / G Love & Special Sauce, Riviera Theatre Junior Wells, Oktoberfest at North Pier Willy Wisely Trio / Mommy Heads / Two Bongs Shy, The Chamber Zuzu's Petals, Club De Wash Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 22 Thu 7:30 aa *Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue (tix Sat 10am) 23 Fri Terror Fabulous / Patra / Mega Banton Oct 14 Fri 7:30 aa *Blues Traveler / Sheryl Crow (tix Sat 10am) Arie Crown Theatre (TM): McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Thu 8:00 Indigo Girls 30 Fri 8:00 Indigo Girls Oct 29 Sat 7:30 $18.50 Steven Curtis Chapman / Newsboys Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 21 Wed *Dumpster Juice / Undone / Boiler / Flood Oct 21 Fri *Gilby Clarke 28 Fri *Missing Persons Barrymore Theatre: 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 21 Wed 7:30 $17.50 *Beausoleil 23 Fri 8:00 $12.25 *Material Issue / The Drovers / Od Tap Imi 24 Sat 8:00 $10 *The Goose Island Ramblers / Lou & Peter Berryman Oct 02 Sun 7:30 *Buckwheat Zydeco 15 Sat 8:00 *Arlo Guthrie Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 8:00 Kitaro Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th, Milwaukee / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 24 Mon *Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan (tix Sat 10am) Cafe Montmartre: 127 E. Mifflin St., Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 22 Thu Charles Gayle Centre East: 7701 N. Lincoln, Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 27 Tue *The Silos 30 Fri *The Cows Oct 08 Sat *Willy Wisely Trio / Mommy Heads / Two Bongs Shy Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri *Blue Meanies 17 Sat *Zuzu's Petals 22 Thu *Nova Mob / Ex-Action Figures Dead Pigeon/COC: 215 S. Walnut, Muncie, IN / (317) 287-0942 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 25 Sun $5 *Shellac / Tar / Dis- Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 18 Sun Gil Scott-Heron / Ben Harper 22 Thu 10:00 War Oct 01 Sat *New Duncan Imperials / The Slugs / Blind Venetians 07 Fri *Over The Rhine 08 Sat Bootsy's Rubberband featuring Bernie Worrell 11 Tue The Selecter 15 Sat +NRBQ / The Bad Examples 16 Sun *David Lindley Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri +Triple Fast Action / Satchel / M.O.T.O. 17 Sat Rollover / Cherry Poppin' Daddies 18 Sun Seed / Blanket Party / Wild Bores 22 Thu Booty Fruit / Can Of Worms 23 Fri *Brother Teresa / 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 03 Mon *Luscious Jackson / Ben Harper 06 Thu East Of The Rock / Can Of Worms 07 Fri Devlins Elmhurst College: at the football field --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 18 Sun 12:00a *Seven band festival: Monkey Hustle / Mystery Guest / Flanders / Herbal Flesh Tea / Saturday's Requiem / Tub Ring / 30 Seconds Deep (Every hour on the hour 12:00-6:00) Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 / Oversoul 7 / Season To Risk 24 Sat Howards record release party 30 Fri aMiniature / Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver / Heavy Vegetable / Knapsack 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 / Dis- 24 Sat 10:00 Sebadoh / Rodan 25 Sun 9:00 Sebadoh / Ruins / Godhead Silo (tix at Lounge Ax/Blackout/Ajax) 28 Wed *The Sweeties 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 07 Fri 7:00 *Mark Eitzel 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri The Jesus Lizard / Steakdaddy 6 / Pegboy Marquette Univ. Union Cafe: 14th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri Combustible Edison (prob'ly free to students... ask someone to guest you in) Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 aa Barenaked Ladies 24 Sat 11:30 18+ *Vatica / Frank Raven / Babette's Feast / Tungdriven / Dose After Dose 28 Wed 9:30 18+ 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 7:00 *Certain Distant Suns / Eternalux / Stranger Things 01 Sat 11:30 Galliano 06 Thu 7:30 *Vigilantes Of Love 07 Fri Specials / Let's Go Bowling / Pacers 08 Sat 7:30 Love Spit Love / Gigolo Aunts 14 Fri 11:30 18+ *Deee-Lite (tix Sat noon) 15 Sat 7:00 *MC 900 Ft. Jesus / Consolidated / Spoon Man 15 Sat 11:30 *Oasis 21 Fri 7:30 aa *Hole / Madder Rose (tix Sat noon) Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sat Mustard Plug / Banana Buster 29 Sat Skapone / Banana Buster / Greenhouse Oktoberfest at North Pier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 22 Thu 5:00 *Bad Examples 22 Thu 7:45 *Junior Wells 23 Fri 4:30 *Jan James 23 Fri 6:30 *Simple Simon 23 Fri 8:30 *Lonnie Brooks 24 Sat 12:00a *Kenning and Company 24 Sat 1:15 *8 Bold Souls 24 Sat 3:00 *Dave Specter & the Blue Birds 24 Sat 4:30 *Tortoise 24 Sat 6:00 *5ive Style 24 Sat 7:30 *Big Guitars From Memphis 24 Sat 9:00 *Ulele 25 Sun 12:30a *The Lichtensteiners 25 Sun 2:30 *The Sound 25 Sun 4:30 *Jimmy's Bavarians The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St., Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 14 Fri *Cop Shoot Cop 22 Sat *Hole / Madder Rose Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sat 7:30 Tori Amos 01 Sat 10:30 Tori Amos The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Thu 8:00 *Dave Edmunds / Carnival Strippers 30 Fri 8:00 *Entombed / Pungent Stench / Dead Silence / Feck Oct 10 Mon 8:00 *Selecter / The Invaders 14 Fri 8:00 *Savatage / Stuttering John / Exhibit A 15 Sat 8:00 *Live / Weezer / Fatima Mansions 16 Sun 8:00 *Offspring / Rancid Nov 03 Thu 8:00 *Sugar / Magnapop Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri 7:30 aa Poi Dog Pondering / The Slugs -- Benefit for Brigid Murphy ==SOLD OUT== 24 Sat 11:00 17+ Public Enemy Oct 02 Sun 6:30 aa House Of Pain / Biohazard / Korn 21 Fri 7:00 aa *Violent Femmes / G Love & Special Sauce (tix Sat 10am) Rolling Stones Records: Harlem & Irving, Norridge --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 26 Mon 9:00 *Slayer in-store appearance Shank Hall: 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 24 Sat +Shellac / Dis- / FS Camels 28 Wed 8:00 *The Silos 29 Thu 8:00 *Al DiMeola World Project Oct 01 Sat The Coctails 17 Mon *Arlo Guthrie Smiler Coogan's: 5637 W. Grand / (312) 889-1741 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 17 Sat 21+ Vic Vacume and the Attachments / Killswitch / 2 tba (708-603-1060 for info) Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Fri Tetsuo / Flanders (all ages I assume) The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Fri *Catherine / Tikibong / Mercuries 22 Thu *Dumpster Juice / Whore Culture 23 Fri *Affy Bangster / Big Mother Gig 24 Sat 8:00 aa *Kevin Seconds-5'10" / Chicane / Bus Driver Green Oct 01 Sat *aMiniature / Mother's Room United Center: 1901 W. Madison, Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 19 Wed Billy Joel 21 Fri Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan 22 Sat Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles UW Memorial Union: 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sat *L7 / Melvins / Wool The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 17 Sat 7:30 aa Blur / Pulp 30 Fri 7:00 aa L7 / Melvins / Wool Oct 01 Sat 7:30 aa Dave Edmunds 08 Sat 7:00 aa The Jesus Lizard / Girls Against Boys 14 Fri 7:30 aa *Meat Puppets (tix Sat 10am) Woodstock Opera House: 121 Van Buren, Woodstock, IL / (815) 338-5300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 23 Fri 8:00 *Leo Kottke 24 Sat 8:00 *Leo Kottke --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over aa all ages (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Brian Contact Brian Swiftkick @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave @ (312) 248-5822 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. 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