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Archive - August 2009

Riot Fest secret show w/Naked Raygun

Only two weeks had passed since the first secret Riot Fest show and already there was another one and this time it featured Chicago punk rock Super Heroes Naked Raygun! Never one to pass up an opportunity to see one of...

MXV
August 31, 2009

DeKalb Rocks multi-band reunion at Abbey Pub

Last week at the Abbey Pub the city of Chicago became home to a handful of bands from the DeKalb area that were around in the 1980s that all reunited just for a pair of shows (the other being in the actual town of...

MXV
August 30, 2009

Caustic Defiance/Negative Element CD

Caustic Defiance/Negative Element – CD Akashic Records I am pretty sure that the Stepe brothers would have invented hardcore punk had they been born a few years earlier. At the very least they brought the world of...

MXV
August 28, 2009

Riot Fest secret show w/ 88 Fingers Louie

As the countdown to Riot Fest begins (it is in October), the fine folks behind the annual punk rock goodness decided they were going to host a few secret shows here and the first one was last week. People who bought...

MXV
August 25, 2009

Pennywise singer leaves band

After a run of 19 years, lead singer and a founding member of Pennywise, Jim Lindberg, has made the decision to leave the band. The remaining members of Pennywise, Fletcher Dragge, Byron McMackin and Randy Bradbury...

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August 21, 2009

Blatant Dissent and Subverts reunion tomorrow night!

Two local old (and great) punk rock bands are reuniting for one night only. Blatant Dissent and the Subverts will be playing tomorrow night here in Chicago at Abbey Pub. Having never gotten the chance to see either band...

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August 21, 2009

Dwarves limited edition Throbblehead

I never thought I’d see the day that they made punk rock action figures, but first it happened with “The Misfits”, then GG Allin and the mighty Tesco Vee, and now The Dwarves. Aggronautix who released...

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August 17, 2009

Vans Warped Tour 8/1 at First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre

Summer means nice warm weather (or at least it is supposed to), longer daylight hours, and the return of the annual Vans Warped Tour, now celebrating its 15th birthday. The weather forecast for the day wasn’t very...

MXV
August 14, 2009