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The Chicago Shows List
Question everything you're told
Shows of note as of 03/30/95
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NOTES
There are some pretty unbelievable shows in this week's list. As
always, phone first.
SHOWS LIST REPORTERS
Thanks to the squad of Shows List readers who regularly keep me updated
on what's going on out of town: Seth Hindin (Champaign), Amy Althoff
(Milwaukee), Rob Jacob (Madison). I get many more, of course, but
these three are the ones who send tons of stuff.
ATTENTION PUNK/HARDCORE BANDS (a Shows List classified)
If you are interested in playing all-ages, low-cost ($1-2) shows at the
Illini Union at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, please
e-mail <shows@uiuc.edu>. We offer guaranteed payment, free
accomodations at the Union's guest rooms, and a chance to play in front
of hundreds of punk-starved college students from all over the country.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
Mail a request to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. Please mention where you
saw the list, just for my own curiosity.
CORRESPONDENCE
Send additions, corrections, anything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>
New this week:
Apocalypse Hoboken / Wrecking Ball / No Star, Off The Alley
Atomic Polly / Spirit Hour / Spitball, Off The Alley
AYA / Tossers / Hash Brown, Off The Alley
Babette's Feast / Well Of Souls / Tungdriven, Off The Alley
Ball Sniffer / The Squids / Free Range Chicken / The Flannel Tubs,
Thurston's
Beastie Boys / Bad Brains / Hurricane, Rosemont Horizon
Beat Monkeys, Thurston's
Beavis & Butthead On Ice, Rosemont Horizon
Bedhead in-store performance, Reckless Records
Peter & Lou Berryman, Club De Wash
Birds At The End Of The Road / Dovetail Joint / The Good, Thurston's
Mary Black / The Rankin Family, Park West
Bloodlet / Snap Judgement / Damitol / Failsafe, Chicago Filmmakers
Boston, Alpine Valley
Boston, World Music Theater
Bottle Rockets, Club De Wash
Bullet Boys / Apostrophe Ess / Syris / Indica, Toto's
The Burn, Thurston's
Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style, Double Door
Churl / Woo Woo Stick / Whoremoans / Chew Toy, Fireside Bowl
Compulsion / Low Pop Suicide / Ladamir, Double Door
Dick Dale, The Paramount
Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes, Metro
Disarray, Thurston's
The Drovers / Tripmaster Monkey / Boogie Shoes, Mabel's
Dry County Alice, Coronet Theater
Eleventh Dream Day / Great Dane, Metro
Falling Wallendas / Smaller Than Life / Matharudy, Coronet Theater
Fat Nut / Absinthe, Double Door
Godheadsilo / Specula / Truman's Water, Fireside Bowl
David Grubbs & Jim O'Rourke with Hugh Livingston & Ensemble Noamnesia,
Chicago Filmmakers
Hot Heels / Butt Gravy, Thurston's
Kraftwerk unplugged, Park West
Sonny Landreth, Park West
Lillian Axe / Defile / Indecent Exposure / Mudface, Thirsty Whale
Lillian Axe / Outrage / Phantom Reign, Thirsty Whale
Lillian Axe / Outrage / Sliver / Nihi List, Thirsty Whale
Lillian Axe / Stikky Suite / Brother Orchid / Velvet Grove, Thirsty
Whale
Love Kit / Schwa, Thurston's
Steve Morse Band / The Flynn Brothers Band, Park West
Mummenschanz, WZRD
No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of Chaka, Fireside Bowl
Not Rebecca / Alligator Gun / International Hoodwink, Metro
Ohio Players, Coronet Theater
Our Lady Peace, Double Door
Pegboy / NIL8 / Godplow, Mabel's
Pinch, Thurston's
Pink Lincolns / Submachine / Mushuganas / Nimrods, Hemensway Auditorium
Quiet Riot / Toxic Web / Crawlspace Gret / Discord, Thirsty Whale
Redball / Lovey Howell / Mind 'o' Babes / Eve Thing, Thurston's
Rustbucket / Dumptruck / Fix Your Wagon, Metro
The Safety Dancers: A tribute to Men Without Hats, The Rave
Saigon Kick / Naked Rhythm / Urban Disturbance, Toto's
The Silos, Club De Wash
Slash's Snakepit / Brother Cane, Metro
Slaughter, The Vic
Smoothies / Foo / Great Brain, Off The Alley
Matthew Sweet, The Paramount
Tar Pit / Speed Duster, Thurston's
Tarnation / Blind Venetians, Thurston's
Throwing Muses / Ass Ponies / tba, Mabel's
Uptighty, Coronet Theater
Urban Dance Squad, The Paramount
Voodoo Bus, Thurston's
Vulva Club, Fireside Bowl
Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans / Kevin Salem, Cubby Bear
Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans, Coronet Theater
Yanni, World Music Theater
Ajax Records: 2156 W. Chicago Ave. / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4783
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Apr 01 Sat 6:00 Railroad Jerk in-store performance
Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM)
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May 27 Sat *Boston (tix Sat 10am)
Jun 10 Sat Jimmy Buffett
Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345
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Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $25 Tito Puente / Madisalsa
Apr 13 Thu 7:30 $14 Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys
18 Tue 7:30 Hawkwind
May 07 Sun Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft
Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL
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Apr 14 Fri 7:30 King Crimson ==SOLD OUT==
The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444
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Apr 06 Thu Everclear
21 Fri Hum
Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 227-0400
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May 02 Tue Page & Plant
B-Side Cafe: 959 West Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-3020
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Apr 06 Thu Smif 'n' Wessun
Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL
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Apr 01 Sat 10:30 $5 aa Brainiac / Unwound
04 Tue 7:00 $5 aa *Bloodlet / Snap Judgement / Damitol / Failsafe
05 Wed 8:00 *David Grubbs & Jim O'Rourke with Hugh Livingston
& Ensemble Noamnesia
Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130
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May 06 Sat Julio Iglesias
The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa)
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Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $18 Ahmad Jamal Trio
Apr 09 Sun 7:30 Blues Traveler
12 Wed 7:30 B. B. King
21 Fri 8:00 $23 Wynton Marsalis
May 13 Sat 8:00 $18 Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302
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Apr 07 Fri 10:00 $10 Steve Forbert
09 Sun 9:00 $7 *The Silos
14 Fri 10:00 $8/10 Melvins / Tar / Dis-
15 Sat *Peter & Lou Berryman
20 Thu 10:00 $10 Dread Zeppelin / Art Paul Schlosser
29 Sat +Archers Of Loaf / Glue
May 04 Thu *Bottle Rockets
College Of Dupage Arts Center: 22nd St. & Lambert Rd. / Glen Ellyn, IL /
(708) 858-3110
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May 05 Fri Gordon Lightfoot
21 Sun Beausoleil
Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030
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Mar 31 Fri Little Salmon / Little Sister
Apr 01 Sat Michael Hedges
06 Thu 8:00 Redball / Katie Belle
07 Fri *Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans
20 Thu *Falling Wallendas / Smaller Than Life / Matharudy
21 Fri Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
26 Wed Doug Kershaw
May 04 Thu *Dry County Alice
13 Sat *Uptighty
19 Fri *Ohio Players
Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313
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Apr 06 Thu The Invaders / Deals Gone Bad
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662
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Apr 01 Sat Goober & The Peas
08 Sat 7:30 *Webb Wilder & the Nashvegans / Kevin Salem
21 Fri Dread Zeppelin / The Jack Dempseys
May 27 Sat Dick Dale
Dane County Expo Center: Madison, WI
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Apr 25 Tue Queensryche / Type O Negative
Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160
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Mar 31 Fri The Falling Wallendas / Cherry Poppin' Daddies /
Wrecking Ball
Apr 01 Sat Gumbo
02 Sun Molly Coddle / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores
06 Thu *Fat Nut / Absinthe
07 Fri Handsome Family / Mint Aundry / Church Key
08 Sat Cassius Clay / Word Bongo
09 Sun Babbett's Feast / Drag
12 Wed Urban Dance Squad
13 Thu Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT==
14 Fri Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT==
15 Sat Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT==
18 Tue *Compulsion / Low Pop Suicide / Ladamir
20 Thu 10:00 $7 Better Than Ezra / Dishwalla
21 Fri *Our Lady Peace
22 Sat Ulele / Joe
23 Sun Theodore
27 Thu *Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style (tix Sat
noon)
28 Fri *Alex Chilton / Blast Off Country Style (tix Sat
noon)
30 Sun +Al Rose & The Transcendos / Miga Chronoupolous /
Carnival of Faith
Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL
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Mar 31 Fri +Oblivion / Fighters / Parker Bros. / Walker
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600
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Mar 31 Fri Cheer Accident / Waste Kings / C-Clamp / Punchdrunk
Apr 01 Sat Pleasure / Matt Keating / Revelers
02 Sun 9:00 +Band of Susans / Dis- / Timco
06 Thu Antietam
07 Fri Laughing Hyenas / Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 /
Fireworks (tix 4/1 at the bar/Ajax/Blackout)
08 Sat The Sea and Cake / Great Danes / Beekeeper /
special guest "D" from London
09 Sun Homocore: Tribe 8
13 Thu Clawhammer / Today is the Day / Slot / A Minor
Forest
14 Fri Cows / Chokebore / Railroad Jerk / Oats
15 Sat Lois / Apples / Vitapup / Kaia
20 Thu Matt Wilson / Small Factory / Obrecht Ensemble
21 Fri Silkworm / Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments / Hurl
22 Sat Cartographers / Squash Blossom / Mint Aundry /
Neil Rosario / Yanti Arafin
Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 /
info: Brian (312) 384-5813
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Mar 31 Fri Ticklepenny / Pritchard / Poonjab / Apostles On
Strike (A-Zone benefit)
Apr 01 Sat Jerkwater / Poonjab / MK Ultra / Gaffle (Dyslexic
Records benefit)
02 Sun 8:00 Trenchmouth / The Sky Corvair / Quintron
13 Thu 8:00 Sublime / Green Street / Blood Gin / Ted Bundy's VW
14 Fri Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / Hot Stove Jimmy / 30
Seonds Deep
15 Sat 7:00 Lorax / 66 / Charles Bronson / Dead Steel Mill
15 Sat 10:00 Hot Heels / Migraine / tba
18 Tue Ben Lee / Cap'n Jazz / Obrecht Ensemble / Scissor
Girls
19 Wed +Smut / Houseboy / Hitmen
20 Thu *Godheadsilo / Specula / Truman's Water
21 Fri Busker Soundcheck / Smoothies / The Great Brain /
AYA / Foo
22 Sat Loud Lucy / Sidekick Kato / Bunnygrunt / Godzuki
23 Sun Youth Brigade / Kerosene 454 / The Fighters /
Screw 32
26 Wed Slick 50 / Skinjob / Killer Kitchen Utensils / The
Jack Dempseys
27 Thu *Churl / Woo Woo Stick / Whoremoans / Chew Toy
28 Fri The Henchmen / The Howards / Stanley's Joyful
Noise / Klinefelter
29 Sat 7:00 Mushuganas / The Smears / Butt Trumpet
29 Sat 10:00 Three Blue Teardrops / Nitro Jr. / Rockin' Billy &
The Wild Coyotes
30 Sun Eclectics / Poonjab / Unemployed / Lunkhead
May 03 Wed Serpico (ex-Sleeper) / 88 Fingers Louie / Misery
Index / Houseboy
06 Sat 7:00 Strength / 691 / Birthright / Chokehold
06 Sat 10:00 Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes / The Urge
07 Sun +The Parasites / Parker Brothers / I Love Rich /
The Methadones / Squirtgun
11 Thu +Morsel / Tetsuo / Sweetcar
12 Fri Wickerman / Fragile Porcelain Mice / Halcyon /
Spearfest
13 Sat Tar / The Bollweevils / The Hitmen / Braid
14 Sun *Vulva Club
19 Fri +Scout (ex-Car vs. Driver) / Sky Corvair / Selfish
20 Sat 10:00 +Urbn DK / The Ouija Boards / Vic Vacume & The
Attachments / Vanilla
21 Sun +Agent Orange / Apocalypse Hoboken / The Migraines
24 Wed +Lunkhead / Highway 66
25 Thu Homocore: Excuse 17
26 Fri Tortoise / The Jaks / Guttersnipe / Cap'n Jazz
27 Sat *No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of
Chaka
28 Sun Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / The Fighters
Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380
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Apr 01 Sat 21+ Jesus Christ Superfly
02 Sun aa Dyslexic Apaches / Busker Soundcheck / Foo
Gateway Theatre: 5216 W. Lawrence / Chicago, IL
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Apr 14 Fri Craphole / Bitter Lipstick / Corky / Baby Chain
(I'm told bands have to pay to get on this
bill. Very uncool. Can anyone confirm this?)
Harper College: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd. / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-6100
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Apr 04 Tue 7:30 $7 Scott Adams (Building M)
26 Wed noon FREE Switchback (Building A lounge)
May 03 Wed noon FREE Delta Rhythm Kings (Building A lounge)
Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL
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Apr 07 Fri 7:00 $5 aa *Pink Lincolns / Submachine / Mushuganas / Nimrods
Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620
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Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Brainiac / Unwound / Smoothies
Apr 01 Sat Falstaff / Babe The Blue Ox / Lily Liver
05 Wed $8 Guided By Voices / Mary Lou Lord / Elliot Smith
06 Thu Guided By Voices / Polara
07 Fri Seam / Bedhead / Cub
08 Sat Gastr del Sol / Ground Zero / James Chance and the
Contortions
12 Wed Susan Voelz / Michael Hall
13 Thu M.O.T.O. / Green / X-Action Figures
14 Fri Tsunami / Juned
15 Sat Mule / Martians
16 Sun Tim Rutili / Rebecca Gates / Lois (all acoustic
sets)
18 Tue Ben Lee w/Rebecca Gates/Casey Rice/Brad Wood
19 Wed Madder Rose
22 Sat Mojo Nixon / Gringo
28 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce (two shows)
29 Sat Helium / Sabalon Glitz / Ruby Falls
Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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Mar 31 Fri +Suede Chain / The Millions
Apr 01 Sat *Pegboy / NIL8 / Godplow
07 Fri $15 Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT==
08 Sat *The Drovers / Tripmaster Monkey / Boogie Shoes
12 Wed *Throwing Muses / Ass Ponies / tba
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM)
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Mar 31 Fri 7:00 aa The Tragically Hip / hHead
Apr 01 Sat The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT==
02 Sun 7:30 aa The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT==
04 Tue 7:00 Morphine ==SOLD OUT==
05 Wed Mammoth Car / Sideshow / Plutonium Hat
07 Fri Chainsaw Kittens / Fig Dish / Menthol / Bunny
08 Sat Citizen King / Rollover / Adamjack
12 Wed Molly McGuire / The Cakekitchen / Poonjab
13 Thu The Silos / Vulgar Boatmen / Michael Hall / The
Mary Janes
14 Fri 7:00 Blue Meanies / Sidekick Kato / Buck O Nine
14 Fri 11:30 The Guffs / Peat Moss / Judge Nothing
15 Sat *Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes
15 Sat midnite Samiam / The Goops / Chokebore
19 Wed *Not Rebecca / Alligator Gun / International
Hoodwink
21 Fri 7:00 Golden Palominos
21 Fri 11:30 *Rustbucket / Dumptruck / Fix Your Wagon
22 Sat 6:30 Bollweevils / Sinkhole / Boris The Sprinkler /
4-Squares
22 Sat 11:30 *Eleventh Dream Day / Great Dane
26 Wed 7:00 aa Royal Trux
27 Thu 7:00 aa *Slash's Snakepit / Brother Cane (tix Sat noon)
28 Fri 7:00 Material Issue ==CORRECT DATE==
28 Fri 11:30 Archers Of Loaf / Beatnik Filmstars
May 02 Tue 7:00 aa Goo Goo Dolls
06 Sat Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft
13 Sat Poster Children
29 Mon 7:00 aa KMFDM ==SOLD OUT==
O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348
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Apr 08 Sat Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / US Maple / Duotron
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252
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Apr 01 Sat *Apocalypse Hoboken / Wrecking Ball / No Star
08 Sat *AYA / Tossers / Hash Brown
15 Sat *Babette's Feast / Well Of Souls / Tungdriven
22 Sat *Atomic Polly / Spirit Hour / Spitball
29 Sat *Smoothies / Foo / Great Brain
One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102
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Apr 14 Fri 8:00 $5 aa +Secret Cajun Band / Ska Humbug / Braid /
Superhero Forehead / Grover (Earth Day benefit)
21 Fri 8:00 $5 aa +Blue Meanies / Coctails / Cap'n Jazz / Tenderloin
Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL /
(708) 925-2425
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Jun 14 Wed American English
15 Thu Battle Of The Bands '95
16 Fri Ronnie Rice
23 Fri The Saxophones
28 Wed Asbury Brass Quintet
Jul 12 Wed Simply Vintage
28 Fri Aloha Dancers
Aug 11 Fri Keith Eric & Waterhouse
23 Wed The Symphonic Pops Orchestra Of Chicago
25 Fri Johnny Star & The Meteors
The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171
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Apr 17 Mon *Urban Dance Squad
May 05 Fri 9:15 $15 *Matthew Sweet
Jun 07 Wed 9:00 $16 *Dick Dale
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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Apr 01 Sat late *Kraftwerk unplugged
08 Sat 7:30 Tuck & Patti
10 Mon 7:30 Graham Parker & The Episodes
15 Sat aa Robyn Hitchcock / Deni Boney / Jill Sobule
19 Wed 7:30 aa Hawkwind
May 03 Wed 7:30 aa *Mary Black / The Rankin Family (tix Sat noon)
06 Sat 7:30 aa *Steve Morse Band / The Flynn Brothers Band (tix
Sat 10am)
11 Thu 7:30 aa *Sonny Landreth (tix Sat noon)
Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL /
(708) 894-3600
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Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24 The Smothers Brothers
22 Sat 8:00 $16 Randy Newman
The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI /
(608) 262-5079
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Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Poster Children / Twice The Wood
The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa)
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Apr 01 Sat *The Safety Dancers: A tribute to Men Without Hats
07 Fri 8:00 The Gufs
08 Sat 8:00 Blues Traveler
16 Sun 8:00 Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys
May 05 Fri Material Issue / Vainglorious
Ravinia: Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads / Highland Park, IL /
(312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A
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Jul 05 Wed Ringo Starr
06 Thu Bruce Cockburn
12 Wed Mary Chapin Carpenter
27 Thu Turtle Island String Quartet
Aug 27 Sun Little Richard
Sep 03 Sun Garrison Keillor
Jul 18 Tue Pat Metheny
25 Tue David Sanborn
26 Wed Peter Paul & Mary
Aug 01 Tue George Benson
07 Mon Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
16 Wed Los Lobos
19 Sat Harry Belafonte
27 Sun Jerry Lee Lewis
31 Thu Neville Brothers
Sep 01 Fri Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti
Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080
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Apr 07 Fri 5:00 FREE *Bedhead in-store performance
Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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Apr 02 Sun Sheryl Crow / Freedy Johnston ==SOLD OUT==
08 Sat 6:00 aa Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT==
14 Fri 7:00 aa Belly / Superchunk / Cold Water Flat
21 Fri 7:30 aa Siouxsie & The Banshees / Spiritualized
Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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Jun 15 Thu King Crimson ==CORRECT DATE==
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL
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Apr 01 Sat *Beavis & Butthead On Ice
08 Sat $10/20 Cheap Trick / Eddie Money / Rollover
14 Fri Van Halen / Collective Soul ==SOLD OUT==
26 Wed Queensryche / Type O Negative
28 Fri Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT==
29 Sat Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT==
May 20 Sat *Beastie Boys / Bad Brains / Hurricane (tix Sat
10am)
Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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Mar 31 Fri 10:00 Pleasure / Blue in the Face
Apr 01 Sat Freak Show
02 Sun Michael Hedges
06 Thu 8:00 Steve Forbert / Jim Hoehn / Kevin Mulvenna
07 Fri 8:00 Graham Parker / The Silos
08 Sat 10:00 +Seam / Cub
09 Sun 8:00 James Chance & the Contortions
15 Sat 10:00 Tar / Dis-
16 Sun 7:30 aa Samiam
17 Mon 8:00 Del Amitri
18 Tue 8:00 Better Than Ezra
20 Thu 8:00 Hawkwind
21 Fri 8:00 Liz Phair
25 Tue 8:00 Royal Trux
May 03 Wed Steve Morse Band
21 Sun Dick Dale
Shirk Center: 302 E. Emerson / Bloomington, IL
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Apr 03 Mon $15 Indigo Girls
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414
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Apr 14 Fri 9:00 $10 21+ *Quiet Riot / Toxic Web / Crawlspace Gret / Discord
28 Fri aa *Lillian Axe / Outrage / Sliver / Nihi List
28 Fri 21+ *Lillian Axe / Outrage / Phantom Reign
29 Sat aa *Lillian Axe / Defile / Indecent Exposure / Mudface
29 Sat 21+ *Lillian Axe / Stikky Suite / Brother Orchid /
Velvet Grove
Thurston's: 1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900
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Mar 31 Fri *Birds At The End Of The Road / Dovetail Joint /
The Good
Apr 01 Sat *Ball Sniffer / The Squids / Free Range Chicken /
The Flannel Tubs
06 Thu *The Burn
07 Fri *Tar Pit / Speed Duster
08 Sat *Love Kit / Schwa
13 Thu *Pinch
14 Fri *Disarray
15 Sat *Beat Monkeys
21 Fri *Voodoo Bus
22 Sat 10:30 $6 *Redball / Lovey Howell / Mind 'o' Babes / Eve
Thing
28 Fri *Tarnation / Blind Venetians
29 Sat *Hot Heels / Butt Gravy
Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000
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Apr 15 Sat *Bullet Boys / Apostrophe Ess / Syris / Indica
May 03 Wed *Saigon Kick / Naked Rhythm / Urban Disturbance
The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123
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Mar 31 Fri Sometimes Sweet Susan / Pound
Apr 01 Sat 7:00 aa Punchdrunk / Loomis
01 Sat 11:15 21+ Punchdrunk / Loomis
02 Sun 6:00 aa Little Blue Crunchy Things / Generic Freedom /
Insidious
06 Thu Danger Prone Daphne / Girl Crazy
07 Fri Everclear / D-Minus
24 Mon Small Factory / Loomis / Cap'n Jazz
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM)
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Mar 31 Fri FREE Blues Traveler / Willie Porter Band (It's an XRT
promotion where you get free tix from them.)
Apr 01 Sat 7:30 aa Extreme / Flesh ==SOLD OUT==
15 Sat 7:30 aa Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys
25 Tue 7:30 aa Portishead
29 Sat Liz Phair ==SOLD OUT==
May 05 Fri 7:30 aa *Slaughter (tix Sat noon)
World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM)
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May 26 Fri *Boston (tix Sat 10am)
Jun 16 Fri *Yanni (tix Sat 10am)
Aug 04 Fri Jimmy Buffett
WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL
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Apr 01 Sat Lisa Kucharski
08 Sat Alchemy
15 Sat Demolition Overdrive Generation
WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL
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Apr 01 Sat *Mummenschanz
06 Thu Institute of Psychic Ponderance
NOTE: The Chicago Shows List will award a dollar to the first person to
email us the 4 fake gigs.
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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
(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
Mike Contact Mike @ (815) 961-0322
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/
Mail subscription: <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> Ask to be added, and
mention where you found out about the list.
Please mail to shows@farpost.chi.il.us:
- New shows you'd like to see added
- Any corrections to anything in the list
- Subscription requests, or drop requests
- Information about other shows list across the country
- Anything other comments, etc
You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224
There are many other shows lists available on the Internet. As far as I
know, unless the address is "listproc" or "listserv", the list is run by a
human, not an automated list-management program.
Chicago Shows List:
shows@farpost.chi.il.us
http://www.mcs.com/~alester/
Chicago Favorite Bands:
cheeks@interaccess.com
http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html
Chicago Folk Shows:
hrow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Champaign/Urbana, IL:
shows@uiuc.edu
Madison, WI:
listproc@scrap.ssec.wisc.edu
In the body of the message, put:
subscribe madmusic Your Name
http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs
Iowa:
bands@ac.grin.edu
Columbus, OH:
TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu
Atlanta, GA:
ofross@emory.edu
http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross/
Omaha, NE:
http://phoenix.creighton.edu/~landphil/oshows.html
San Francisco, CA:
the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/list.html
Boston, MA:
wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com
http://www.research.digital.com/CRL/Boston/Music/
Washington, DC DIY:
brendan@clark.net
http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan
Texas:
sarootabaker@mail.utexas.edu
Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN):
aa704@po.cwru.edu
Florida:
http://www.wa1a.com/public/concert.html
Philadelphia:
lorenzo@astro.ocis.temple.edu
Baltimore:
http://www.charm.net/~davew/Baltimore/BaltoMusic2.html
Claremont, CA:
dbarker@pomona.edu
Long Island, NY:
mm5683@panther.adelphi.edu
Northeast (E.Canada/ME/NH/VT/MA/CT/RI/NY/NJ/PA/DE/MD):
ne-shows@brown.edu
Vancouver, BC:
http://imagineer.com/euphony/
New England folk shows:
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/calendar.html
email: archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu
send the line "send wald concert-calendar"
Other mailing addresses:
Oblivion/Bollweevils (Brian Czarnik) BriC6389@aol.com
Underdog Records udogrec@interaccess.com
WNUR Airplay (Rob Teets) r-teets@nwu.edu
WZRD contact pauls@tellabs.com
WHPK (Keven Esterling) kest@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu.
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