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It's a separate mailing done by someone else, but it's nicely done, and he knows a hell of a lot more about folk than I do. This week brings you all the tribute bands coming up at Toto's. Go to town. Also, it's washed-up metal bands au-go-go at the Whale. Hey, radio guys! The radio shows section is getting smaller. New this week: AYA / 10 Gram / Tank Girl, Off The Alley Blue Meanies / Dyslexic Apaches / Slapstick, Metro Blue Meanies / SpankWagon / Hate Brothers, Friends & Co. Bottletones, Double Door Brutal Truth / Pungent Stench / Mortar / NMUH / Citizen Corrupt, Thirsty Whale Bulletboys / Defile / Edwin Dare / Flood, Thirsty Whale Cro-Mags / Cyclone Temple / Snap Judgement / Insult To Injury, Thirsty Whale Diplomat VI / Elysium / Dovetail Joint, Double Door The Drovers / Busker Soundcheck, Friends & Co. Dyslexic Apaches / Swain / Triple Fast Action, Friends & Co. El Vez, Thurston's Enuff Z'Nuff / Season Of Wither / Agitato / Sister Slingshot / Nuclear Draft / Stikky Suite / Crawlspace Grey, Thirsty Whale G-Men / Skapone, Beat Kitchen Steve Gerlach & The Springwheel Jacks / Planet Warehouse / Zipperhead, Beat Kitchen The Guests That Never Leave / Your Neighbors, Double Door Hardvark / Boy King / Bunnygrunt, Empty Bottle John Huss / Moderate Combo / Squirm, Lounge Ax Infinity / Similar Features, Connolly's Pub Jackyl / Simple Simon, The Dome Room JFA, The Unicorn Killdozer / Dis-, The Unicorn Kindread / I Love Rich, Connolly's Pub Lillian Axe, Thirsty Whale Lovely Trees / Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes, Metro Mind Bomb / Loudmouth / Shock Box / The Crush / From Distant Land, Thirsty Whale Mint Aundry / Tart / MOTO / Shovelchoir, Empty Bottle NIL8 / Goatboy, Friends & Co. Pigface / Monster Voodoo Machine, Double Door Pound / Sour Apple, Double Door Red Red Meat / Hum / Velo Deluxe, Empty Bottle Red Red Meat / Tortoise, The Unicorn Rod Almighty, Double Door Section 8 / Social Wreck / Agitato, Malo's Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate, The Unicorn Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / Jerkwater / Tommyrot / Poonjab, Tunnels Of Fun Skeleton Festival: Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / The Goblins / The Hideaways / Sput/Ting, Fireside Bowl Smoking Popes / Smoothies / tba x 2, Metro Snap Judgement / Bign, Off The Alley Soul Vitaminz / Jason and Allison / Who's This Mary?, Double Door Squash Blossom, Empty Bottle Tiny / Jumpnuckle / Superhero Forehead / Hushtower, Metro Tripmaster Monkey / Shallow, Empty Bottle Trixter / Accomplice / One Night Stand / Brick Shit House, Thirsty Whale Trixter / Side Effect / Hanging Thomas / Psyco Therapy, Thirsty Whale Woggles / Cowslingers / Chris Jern Blues Explosion, Empty Bottle Your Mom Called / Dagobah / Hash Brown / Something Somewhere, Malo's Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 09 Fri Danzig / Type O Negative / Godflesh Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 281-4444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 08 Thu *G-Men / Skapone 10 Sat *Steve Gerlach & The Springwheel Jacks / Planet Warehouse / Zipperhead Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 06 Tue 7:30 aa Joe Jackson / Murmurs The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu 9:00 $5 +The Drovers / Spoonbenders 08 Thu +Shoes / Lonely Trailer 15 Thu Tenderloin / Steakdaddy 6 16 Fri Velvet Crush Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu Maggie Estep 11 Sun Boiled in Lead / Reptile Palace Orchestra Connolly's Pub: 8434 S. Kedzie / Chicago, IL / (312) 476-3646 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 04 Sun *Kindread / I Love Rich 10 Sat *Infinity / Similar Features (Melissa Etheridge tribute... yay!) Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat Bill Monroe / The Special Consensus 09 Fri Koko Taylor 10 Sat Loudon Wainwright III / Cathy Braaten 29 Thu Merl Saunders & The Rain Forest Band Jan 24 Tue Leon Redbone The Dome Room: 632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 06 Tue 11:00 *Jackyl / Simple Simon 15 Thu +Skatenigs / The Mean Reds Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu Wesley Willis Fiasco / Adam Jack / Nubile Thangs 02 Fri 10:00 $10 *Pigface / Monster Voodoo Machine 03 Sat Eleventh Dream Day / The Sea & Cake 04 Sun *The Guests That Never Leave / Your Neighbors 06 Tue Love Jones / Adult Entertainment 08 Thu Five Style / Wiseacre 09 Fri Simple Simon / Mean Reds / Infraction 10 Sat Tenderloin / 77 Luscious Babes / Nitro Jr. 11 Sun Blue Eyed Christ / Absinthe 14 Wed +Usher House / Thought Industry / Cradle Of Thorns 15 Thu Peep / Bonk 16 Fri *Diplomat VI / Elysium / Dovetail Joint 17 Sat *Soul Vitaminz / Jason and Allison / Who's This Mary? 18 Sun *Pound / Sour Apple 21 Wed Christmas With Ken 22 Thu Saltines / Stone Lids 23 Fri Yardsale / Redball 29 Thu +D.O.P.E. / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Brother Theresa Jan 05 Thu *Rod Almighty 08 Sun *Bottletones Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 04 Wed 30 Seconds Deep / Tub Ring / Monkey Hustle Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu Come / Jaks (Homocore) 02 Fri Babe The Blue Ox / Maggie Estep and I Love Everybody / Flap 03 Sat +Chrome Cranks / Kill Creek / Smoking Popes / Radial Spangle 08 Thu *Tripmaster Monkey / Shallow 09 Fri *Hardvark / Boy King / Bunnygrunt 15 Thu *Mint Aundry / Tart / MOTO / Shovelchoir 16 Fri *Woggles / Cowslingers / Chris Jern Blues Explosion 23 Fri *Squash Blossom 31 Sat *Red Red Meat / Hum / Velo Deluxe Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri 7:00 $5 Sidekick Kato / Tetsuo / Hubcap / 30 Seconds Deep 03 Sat 9:30 $4 *Skeleton Festival: Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / The Goblins / The Hideaways / Sput/Ting 04 Sun 9:00 $4 Animal Farm / MC Think / Monica / Tree / Grass Is / Mark Ruvolo / Apostles On Strike / The Raunchous Brothers (486-2700 for more info.) 09 Fri 6:00 Wax / No Empathy / tba 09 Fri 10:00 Stoney Island / The Grassis / Madfel 10 Sat 8:00 $5 Slant 6 / Make-up / Cap'n Jazz / Car Vs. Driver (Kim) 11 Sun 8:30 Dirt Merchants / Soulfood / Dropjaw / Exit 16 Fri 9:00 Hushdrops / Hentchmen / The Great Brain / Neptunes 18 Sun 8:30 Tricky Dick / Tragedy Clown / Spazz Maggots 28 Wed 9:00 Agatha / Big Angry Fish / tba x 2 29 Thu 7:00 $5 J.F.A. / Not Rebecca / Nostrilsaurus / 4-Squares 31 Sat 7:00 Robespierre / Dirt Merchants / Apocolypse Hoboken / Sidekick Kato (Brian/Dave) Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2188 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 30 Fri Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers 31 Sat Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu $5 *Blue Meanies / SpankWagon / Hate Brothers 03 Sat $5 aa *The Drovers / Busker Soundcheck 03 Sat *Dyslexic Apaches / Swain / Triple Fast Action 04 Sun $5 aa *NIL8 / Goatboy Kroencke Theater: Valparaiso U. / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat 1:00 $5 aa The Bollweevils / Apocalypse Hoboken / The Parasites / The Mushuganas / Clove (Info: Kurt (219) 464-5875 or kag6306@exodus.valpo.edu) Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri American Music Club / Ass Ponys (advance tix available) 03 Sat Trenchmouth / Jaks / Scissor Girls 07 Wed *John Huss / Moderate Combo / Squirm 09 Fri +Seam / Freakwater / Venus Cures All 10 Sat +Girls Against Boys / Soul Coughing / Smoothies (advance tix available) 16 Fri Mule 17 Sat Velocity Girl (advance tix available) 23 Fri D.O.P.E. / Davey Jones' Locker / Tickle Penny / Disarray 30 Fri The Sea & Cake 31 Sat The Coctails Malo's: Lake St. (Rt. 31) & New York / Aurora, IL / (708) 896-1031 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 04 Sun 6:30 $5 aa Orville / The Mind's Eye / Thirty Seconds Deep / Catacomb Abyss 11 Sun aa *Section 8 / Social Wreck / Agitato 18 Sun aa *Your Mom Called / Dagobah / Hash Brown / Something Somewhere Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu 18+ Killing Joke / Stabbing Westward 03 Sat The Proclaimers / Frances Dunnery 04 Sun 7:30 aa O.D. Jubilee Band 07 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ Draw / Fat Nut / Mind Ox / Pillar Box Red 08 Thu 7:00 aa Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate / Brainiac 09 Fri 7:00 aa Poster Children / Goober & The Peas / Steakdaddy Six 09 Fri 11:30 18+ Dillon Fence / Throneberry / Throw 10 Sat Uptighty / Fig Dish / East Of The Rock 16 Fri Spearhead / Ben Harper / Fugees 17 Sat Catherine 22 Thu Vince Neil 23 Fri *Blue Meanies / Dyslexic Apaches / Slapstick 28 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ *Tiny / Jumpnuckle / Superhero Forehead / Hushtower 30 Fri *Lovely Trees / Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes Jan 14 Sat aa *Smoking Popes / Smoothies / tba x 2 Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat 6:30 $5 The Parasites / The Mushuganas / The Geeks 10 Sat *AYA / 10 Gram / Tank Girl 17 Sat *Snap Judgement / Bign Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri 7:30 Acoustic Alchemy 03 Sat 7:30 aa David Lanz 11 Sun Jimmie Vaughan / Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials 13 Tue Freedy Johnston Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat 8:00 $18 Peter Schickele Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24 The Smothers Brothers 22 Sat 8:00 $16 Randy Newman Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri 10:00 $5 Willie Wisely Trio / Alex Ballard & Sugarfoot 15 Thu 10:00 Impact Test 16 Fri 10:00 Sometimes Sweet Susan 18 Sun 8:00 $10/adv Townes Van Zandt 26 Mon 6:00 aa The Pacers 27 Tue 6:00 aa The Pacers Jan 25 Wed Leon Redbone 26 Thu Peter Himmelman Feb 21 Tue Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 3rd Floor: 223 E. Chicago St. / Elgin, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat 6:00 $5 Sauce Kings / 30 Seconds Deep / Hashbrown / Genuine Idaho / Rednecks 17 Sat 6:00 $5 The Fighters / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick / Herbal Flesh Tea Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 09 Fri *Mind Bomb / Loudmouth / Shock Box / The Crush / From Distant Land 10 Sat *Bulletboys / Defile / Edwin Dare / Flood 11 Sun *Cro-Mags / Cyclone Temple / Snap Judgement / Insult To Injury 16 Fri aa *Trixter / Side Effect / Hanging Thomas / Psyco Therapy 16 Fri 21+ *Trixter / Accomplice / One Night Stand / Brick Shit House 17 Sat *Enuff Z'Nuff / Season Of Wither / Agitato / Sister Slingshot / Nuclear Draft / Stikky Suite / Crawlspace Grey 23 Fri *Brutal Truth / Pungent Stench / Mortar / NMUH / Citizen Corrupt Jan 06 Fri *Lillian Axe 07 Sat *Lillian Axe Thurston's: 1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sat *El Vez Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat War Pigs / Dirty Deeds 09 Fri Hi-Infidelity / Slippery When Wet 10 Sat Innuendo / Fair Warning 16 Fri Mr. Crowley 17 Sat Animation / Cinema 31 Sat Strutter / Arra Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 09 Fri 7:00 $5 aa *Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / Jerkwater / Tommyrot / Poonjab (Dave) UIC Pavilion: 1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu 7:00 aa Dinosaur Jr. / Killing Joke / Veruca Salt / Bad Religion / Weezer / Hole ==SOLD OUT== The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri *Red Red Meat / Tortoise 06 Tue *Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate 16 Fri *Killdozer / Dis- 30 Fri *JFA United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 06 Tue +Aerosmith / Jackyl The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 30 Fri 17+ The Freddy Jones Band 31 Sat 21+ The Freddy Jones Band The Virginia Theatre: 201 W. Park Ave. / Champaign, IL / (217) 359-1483 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri 8:00 aa Material Issue WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Fri 9:00 Motorhome 16 Fri 9:00 Alkaloid (formerly Poobah) WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sat 5:00 Los Toallitas 10 Sat 5:00 Uptighty 17 Sat 5:00 Eleventh Dream Day WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Thu 10:30 The Proud 08 Thu 10:30 Vic Vacume & The Attachments 15 Thu 10:30 Avocado Jungle Fuzz 22 Thu 10:30 Simple Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. You can get it over the Internet in two ways: World-Wide Web: http://www.mcs.net/~alester/home.html Mail subscription: <lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu> Liz Clayton handles all things relating to the mail subscriptions. To be added or dropped from the mailing list, send her mail. For all non-subscription-related comments, additions to the list, etc, mail me, Andy Lester, at <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must). If you send me a request to be added or dropped from the list, I will mail it back to you, or ignore it. You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224 Other shows lists available via email on the Internet: Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com Chicago Folk Shows: hrow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Iowa: bands@ac.grin.edu Columbus, OH: TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN): aa704@po.cwru.edu Atlanta: ofross@vader.cc.emory.edu San Francisco: the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu Boston: wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com Washington, DC DIY: brendan@clark.net Texas: twist@usis.com Lists available via World-Wide Web: Chicago Shows List: http://www.mcs.com/~alester/home.html Chicago Favorite Bands: http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html Madison, WI: http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs Atlanta: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chicago Shows List We're goin' to Mauryland Shows of note as of 12/01/94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: Anyone interested in a listing of folk shows in the area, check out the bottom of this week's list. It's a separate mailing done by someone else, but it's nicely done, and he knows a hell of a lot more about folk than I do. This week brings you all the tribute bands coming up at Toto's. Go to town. Also, it's washed-up metal bands au-go-go at the Whale. Hey, radio guys! The radio shows section is getting smaller. New this week: AYA / 10 Gram / Tank Girl, Off The Alley Blue Meanies / Dyslexic Apaches / Slapstick, Metro Blue Meanies / SpankWagon / Hate Brothers, Friends & Co. Bottletones, Double Door Brutal Truth / Pungent Stench / Mortar / NMUH / Citizen Corrupt, Thirsty Whale Bulletboys / Defile / Edwin Dare / Flood, Thirsty Whale Cro-Mags / Cyclone Temple / Snap Judgement / Insult To Injury, Thirsty Whale Diplomat VI / Elysium / Dovetail Joint, Double Door The Drovers / Busker Soundcheck, Friends & Co. Dyslexic Apaches / Swain / Triple Fast Action, Friends & Co. El Vez, Thurston's Enuff Z'Nuff / Season Of Wither / Agitato / Sister Slingshot / Nuclear Draft / Stikky Suite / Crawlspace Grey, Thirsty Whale G-Men / Skapone, Beat Kitchen Steve Gerlach & The Springwheel Jacks / Planet Warehouse / Zipperhead, Beat Kitchen The Guests That Never Leave / Your Neighbors, Double Door Hardvark / Boy King / Bunnygrunt, Empty Bottle John Huss / Moderate Combo / Squirm, Lounge Ax Infinity / Similar Features, Connolly's Pub Jackyl / Simple Simon, The Dome Room JFA, The Unicorn Killdozer / Dis-, The Unicorn Kindread / I Love Rich, Connolly's Pub Lillian Axe, Thirsty Whale Lovely Trees / Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes, Metro Mind Bomb / Loudmouth / Shock Box / The Crush / From Distant Land, Thirsty Whale Mint Aundry / Tart / MOTO / Shovelchoir, Empty Bottle NIL8 / Goatboy, Friends & Co. Pigface / Monster Voodoo Machine, Double Door Pound / Sour Apple, Double Door Red Red Meat / Hum / Velo Deluxe, Empty Bottle Red Red Meat / Tortoise, The Unicorn Rod Almighty, Double Door Section 8 / Social Wreck / Agitato, Malo's Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate, The Unicorn Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / Jerkwater / Tommyrot / Poonjab, Tunnels Of Fun Skeleton Festival: Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / The Goblins / The Hideaways / Sput/Ting, Fireside Bowl Smoking Popes / Smoothies / tba x 2, Metro Snap Judgement / Bign, Off The Alley Soul Vitaminz / Jason and Allison / Who's This Mary?, Double Door Squash Blossom, Empty Bottle Tiny / Jumpnuckle / Superhero Forehead / Hushtower, Metro Tripmaster Monkey / Shallow, Empty Bottle Trixter / Accomplice / One Night Stand / Brick Shit House, Thirsty Whale Trixter / Side Effect / Hanging Thomas / Psyco Therapy, Thirsty Whale Woggles / Cowslingers / Chris Jern Blues Explosion, Empty Bottle Your Mom Called / Dagobah / Hash Brown / Something Somewhere, Malo's Dec 01 Thu ========== *Blue Meanies / SpankWagon / Hate Brothers, Friends & Co. Come / Jaks, Empty Bottle Dinosaur Jr. / Killing Joke / Veruca Salt / Bad Religion / Weezer / Hole, UIC Pavilion @ 7:00 +The Drovers / Spoonbenders, The Blind Pig Co. @ 9:00 Maggie Estep, Club De Wash Killing Joke / Stabbing Westward, Metro The Proud, WZRD @ 10:30 Wesley Willis Fiasco / Adam Jack / Nubile Thangs, Double Door Dec 02 Fri ========== Acoustic Alchemy, Park West @ 7:30 American Music Club / Ass Ponys, Lounge Ax Babe The Blue Ox / Maggie Estep and I Love Everybody / Flap, Empty Bottle Material Issue, The Virginia Theatre @ 8:00 Motorhome, WHPK's Pure Hype @ 9:00 *Pigface / Monster Voodoo Machine, Double Door @ 10:00 *Red Red Meat / Tortoise, The Unicorn Sidekick Kato / Tetsuo / Hubcap / 30 Seconds Deep, Fireside Bowl @ 7:00 Willie Wisely Trio / Alex Ballard & Sugarfoot, Shank Hall @ 10:00 Dec 03 Sat ========== The Bollweevils / Apocalypse Hoboken / The Parasites / The Mushuganas / Clove, Kroencke Theater @ 1:00 +Chrome Cranks / Kill Creek / Smoking Popes / Radial Spangle, Empty Bottle *The Drovers / Busker Soundcheck, Friends & Co. *Dyslexic Apaches / Swain / Triple Fast Action, Friends & Co. Eleventh Dream Day / The Sea & Cake, Double Door David Lanz, Park West @ 7:30 Bill Monroe / The Special Consensus, Coronet Theater The Parasites / The Mushuganas / The Geeks, Off The Alley @ 6:30 The Proclaimers / Frances Dunnery, Metro Sauce Kings / 30 Seconds Deep / Hashbrown / Genuine Idaho / Rednecks, 3rd Floor @ 6:00 *Skeleton Festival: Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / The Goblins / The Hideaways / Sput/Ting, Fireside Bowl @ 9:30 Los Toallitas, WNUR's Airplay @ 5:00 Trenchmouth / Jaks / Scissor Girls, Lounge Ax War Pigs / Dirty Deeds, Toto's Dec 04 Sun ========== Animal Farm / MC Think / Monica / Tree / Grass Is / Mark Ruvolo / Apostles On Strike / The Raunchous Brothers, Fireside Bowl @ 9:00 *The Guests That Never Leave / Your Neighbors, Double Door *Kindread / I Love Rich, Connolly's Pub *NIL8 / Goatboy, Friends & Co. O.D. Jubilee Band, Metro @ 7:30 Orville / The Mind's Eye / Thirty Seconds Deep / Catacomb Abyss, Malo's @ 6:30 Dec 06 Tue ========== +Aerosmith / Jackyl, United Center Joe Jackson / Murmurs, Bismarck Theater @ 7:30 *Jackyl / Simple Simon, The Dome Room @ 11:00 Love Jones / Adult Entertainment, Double Door *Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate, The Unicorn Dec 07 Wed ========== Draw / Fat Nut / Mind Ox / Pillar Box Red, Metro @ 9:30 *John Huss / Moderate Combo / Squirm, Lounge Ax Dec 08 Thu ========== Five Style / Wiseacre, Double Door *G-Men / Skapone, Beat Kitchen +Shoes / Lonely Trailer, The Blind Pig Co. Shudder To Think / Sunny Day Real Estate / Brainiac, Metro @ 7:00 *Tripmaster Monkey / Shallow, Empty Bottle Vic Vacume & The Attachments, WZRD @ 10:30 Dec 09 Fri ========== Danzig / Type O Negative / Godflesh, Aragon Ballroom Dillon Fence / Throneberry / Throw, Metro @ 11:30 *Hardvark / Boy King / Bunnygrunt, Empty Bottle Hi-Infidelity / Slippery When Wet, Toto's *Mind Bomb / Loudmouth / Shock Box / The Crush / From Distant Land, Thirsty Whale Poster Children / Goober & The Peas / Steakdaddy Six, Metro @ 7:00 +Seam / Freakwater / Venus Cures All, Lounge Ax *Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / Jerkwater / Tommyrot / Poonjab, Tunnels Of Fun @ 7:00 Simple Simon / Mean Reds / Infraction, Double Door Stoney Island / The Grassis / Madfel, Fireside Bowl @ 10:00 Koko Taylor, Coronet Theater Wax / No Empathy / tba, Fireside Bowl @ 6:00 Dec 10 Sat ========== *AYA / 10 Gram / Tank Girl, Off The Alley *Bulletboys / Defile / Edwin Dare / Flood, Thirsty Whale *Steve Gerlach & The Springwheel Jacks / Planet Warehouse / Zipperhead, Beat Kitchen +Girls Against Boys / Soul Coughing / Smoothies, Lounge Ax *Infinity / Similar Features, Connolly's Pub Innuendo / Fair Warning, Toto's Slant 6 / Make-up / Cap'n Jazz / Car Vs. Driver, Fireside Bowl @ 8:00 Tenderloin / 77 Luscious Babes / Nitro Jr., Double Door Uptighty, WNUR's Airplay @ 5:00 Uptighty / Fig Dish / East Of The Rock, Metro Loudon Wainwright III / Cathy Braaten, Coronet Theater Dec 11 Sun ========== Blue Eyed Christ / Absinthe, Double Door Boiled in Lead / Reptile Palace Orchestra, Club De Wash *Cro-Mags / Cyclone Temple / Snap Judgement / Insult To Injury, Thirsty Whale Dirt Merchants / Soulfood / Dropjaw / Exit, Fireside Bowl @ 8:30 *Section 8 / Social Wreck / Agitato, Malo's Jimmie Vaughan / Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials, Park West Dec 13 Tue ========== Freedy Johnston, Park West Dec 14 Wed ========== +Usher House / Thought Industry / Cradle Of Thorns, Double Door Dec 15 Thu ========== Avocado Jungle Fuzz, WZRD @ 10:30 Impact Test, Shank Hall @ 10:00 *Mint Aundry / Tart / MOTO / Shovelchoir, Empty Bottle Peep / Bonk, Double Door +Skatenigs / The Mean Reds, The Dome Room Tenderloin / Steakdaddy 6, The Blind Pig Co. Dec 16 Fri ========== Alkaloid, WHPK's Pure Hype @ 9:00 *Diplomat VI / Elysium / Dovetail Joint, Double Door Hushdrops / Hentchmen / The Great Brain / Neptunes, Fireside Bowl @ 9:00 *Killdozer / Dis-, The Unicorn Mr. Crowley, Toto's Mule, Lounge Ax Sometimes Sweet Susan, Shank Hall @ 10:00 Spearhead / Ben Harper / Fugees, Metro *Trixter / Accomplice / One Night Stand / Brick Shit House, Thirsty Whale *Trixter / Side Effect / Hanging Thomas / Psyco Therapy, Thirsty Whale Velvet Crush, The Blind Pig Co. *Woggles / Cowslingers / Chris Jern Blues Explosion, Empty Bottle Dec 17 Sat ========== Animation / Cinema, Toto's Catherine, Metro Eleventh Dream Day, WNUR's Airplay @ 5:00 *Enuff Z'Nuff / Season Of Wither / Agitato / Sister Slingshot / Nuclear Draft / Stikky Suite / Crawlspace Grey, Thirsty Whale The Fighters / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick / Herbal Flesh Tea, 3rd Floor @ 6:00 *Snap Judgement / Bign, Off The Alley *Soul Vitaminz / Jason and Allison / Who's This Mary?, Double Door Velocity Girl, Lounge Ax Dec 18 Sun ========== *Pound / Sour Apple, Double Door Tricky Dick / Tragedy Clown / Spazz Maggots, Fireside Bowl @ 8:30 Townes Van Zandt, Shank Hall @ 8:00 *Your Mom Called / Dagobah / Hash Brown / Something Somewhere, Malo's Dec 21 Wed ========== Christmas With Ken, Double Door Dec 22 Thu ========== Vince Neil, Metro Saltines / Stone Lids, Double Door Simple Simon, WZRD @ 10:30 Dec 23 Fri ========== *Blue Meanies / Dyslexic Apaches / Slapstick, Metro *Brutal Truth / Pungent Stench / Mortar / NMUH / Citizen Corrupt, Thirsty Whale D.O.P.E. / Davey Jones' Locker / Tickle Penny / Disarray, Lounge Ax *Squash Blossom, Empty Bottle Yardsale / Redball, Double Door Dec 26 Mon ========== The Pacers, Shank Hall @ 6:00 Dec 27 Tue ========== The Pacers, Shank Hall @ 6:00 Dec 28 Wed ========== Agatha / Big Angry Fish / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl @ 9:00 *Tiny / Jumpnuckle / Superhero Forehead / Hushtower, Metro @ 9:30 Dec 29 Thu ========== +D.O.P.E. / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Brother Theresa, Double Door J.F.A. / Not Rebecca / Nostrilsaurus / 4-Squares, Fireside Bowl @ 7:00 Merl Saunders & The Rain Forest Band, Coronet Theater Dec 30 Fri ========== *JFA, The Unicorn The Freddy Jones Band, The Vic *Lovely Trees / Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes, Metro The Sea & Cake, Lounge Ax Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers, Fitzgerald's Dec 31 Sat ========== The Coctails, Lounge Ax *El Vez, Thurston's The Freddy Jones Band, The Vic *Red Red Meat / Hum / Velo Deluxe, Empty Bottle Robespierre / Dirt Merchants / Apocolypse Hoboken / Sidekick Kato, Fireside Bowl @ 7:00 Strutter / Arra, Toto's Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers, Fitzgerald's Jan 04 Wed ========== 30 Seconds Deep / Tub Ring / Monkey Hustle, Elhmurst VFW Hall Jan 05 Thu ========== *Rod Almighty, Double Door Jan 06 Fri ========== *Lillian Axe, Thirsty Whale Jan 07 Sat ========== *Lillian Axe, Thirsty Whale Jan 08 Sun ========== *Bottletones, Double Door Jan 14 Sat ========== *Smoking Popes / Smoothies / tba x 2, Metro Jan 24 Tue ========== Leon Redbone, Coronet Theater Jan 25 Wed ========== Leon Redbone, Shank Hall Jan 26 Thu ========== Peter Himmelman, Shank Hall Feb 21 Tue ========== Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Shank Hall Feb 25 Sat ========== Peter Schickele, Prairie Center For The Arts @ 8:00 Apr 07 Fri ========== The Smothers Brothers, Prairie Center For The Arts @ 8:00 Apr 22 Sat ========== Randy Newman, Prairie Center For The Arts @ 8:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. 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