Resistance Pro: Among the Living 2/24/13
Sunday afternoon, Resistance Pro Wrestling held their latest event in Lockport titled Among the Living. This wasn’t a typical RPro show, this show was the Sam Thompson memorial benefit show. Sam worked for Resistance Pro from the time it started until his untimely passing last year which rocked the entire company. Sam was universally loved [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: Dead of Winter 2/23/13
The midwest got dumped on with snow a couple of days prior which made the title of the latest Pro Wrestling Blitz show all the more appropriate. It is the dead of winter but the cold and a few inches of snow didn’t stop a massive crowd from packing St. Joseph Park full for what [...]
Cockney Rejects/Youth Brigade/The Bollweevils 2/21/13 at Reggies
Thursday night was a night for punk rock veterans as three bands that have been around a minimum of 20 years shared a bill with way too many other bands for a weeknight show over at Reggies. The threat of a snow storm couldn’t keep the place from filling up full of punk rock fans [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: On Edge 1/26/13
Pro Wrestling Blitz started of the new year with a real bang. Not only did their first show of the year feature a bull rope match for the heavyweight title, and not only did they have some new wrestlers debut, but they also brought in a true legend in Jake the Snake Roberts. As you [...]
Resistance Pro: Stay Hungry 1/18/13 at Bourbon Street
Friday night Resistance Pro started off the new year with an event titled, Stay Hungry in a new venue (for them), Bourbon Street. They packed the card full of the usual great talent the federation has been known for along with some new faces and a couple of big name established stars. The place was [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: The King of Joliet 12/29/12
The last Saturday of the year also marked the final Pro Wrestling Blitz show of 2012. Dubbed The King of Joliet, the event featured a singles tournament to crown the “King”. Many of the Blitz regulars participated along with a wrestler who only joined the roster a few months ago. The show drew a large [...]
Tutu and the Pirates/Hotlips Messiah 12/21/12 at Township
The world did not end on Friday night despite what some gullible folks would have led you to believe leading up until that day. Those not naive enough to think it was all over Friday night had something fun to ring in the holidays over at Township where Tutu and the Pirates and Hotlips Messiah [...]
Resistance Pro: Sad Wings of Destiny 11/30/12
Friday night was the big first anniversary show for Resistance Pro Wrestling, the federation co-founded by Smashing Pumpkins leader, Billy Corgan. Billy also serves as the creative director for the federation, one that got off to a strong start and has been improving and growing with each show they’ve done. To celebrate their first year [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: Ring Wars 11/24/12
Thanksgiving weekend was not only a time for stuffing one’s face until passing out in a food coma, nor was it only for mauling a crowd of other shoppers at 8am trying to get half off of a TV, for that weekend also included the latest Pro Wrestling Blitz show titled Ring Wars. The main [...]
UFO 11/15/12 at House of Blues
Almost a year and a half exactly to the day of their last visit to Chicago, UFO returned to the House of Blues to kick off another tour. Since their last visit they released a new album and this time out they had a different bass player. The crowd was filled with mostly middle-aged rock [...]
The Avengers 10/28/12 at Abbey Pub
San Francisco punk legends the Avengers played a show here on Sunday night at the Abbey Pub. This was the last stop of only a three city tour and Chicago was lucky enough to be included. It had been a few years since the band toured and Avengers tours in general are a rarity so [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: Hallowcade 10/27/12
Saturday night, Pro Wrestling Blitz held their monthly event at St. Joseph Park in Joliet titled Hallowcade. This was a big show that had a good card and featured an appearance by Bad Ass Billy Gunn (aka: Mr. Ass). It also saw the return of a monster who had been absent for months, a costume [...]
Swans 10/24/12 at Metro
For the third year in a row, the Swans have gone on a fall tour. This is a welcome tradition as until three years ago the band was inactive and seemingly retired. This year they not only brought us another tour but they just released a monumental and incredibly lengthy album called The Seer which [...]
Public Image Ltd. 10/21/12 at House of Blues
A little less than two years ago, John Lydon (the former Johnny Rotten) ended a very long hiatus and reactivated Public Image Ltd. (PiL for short). Since doing so they’ve kept busy first with a tour and then by recording a new album and now with another tour. They stopped in Chicago Sunday night for “an [...]
Resistance Pro/GLCW: Point of Entry 10/20/12 at Racine Memorial Hall
Resistance Pro Wrestling took the show on the road and went up north to Racine WI for their latest event: Point of Entry. Not only was it the fed’s first show outside of Chicago but they partnered up with Great Lakes Championship Wrestling (GLCW for short) for the event. Each federation presented four matches in [...]
Social Distortion 10/12/12 at The Vic Theatre
For the third fall in a row, Social Distortion hit the road for a U.S. tour and made a stop here in Chicago. This time out they did a two-night run at The Vic and Friday was the second of those two nights. The place filled up fairly quickly with fans of all ages (as [...]
Saint Vitus and Weedeater 9/30/12 at Bottom Lounge
Last night could have been considered a heavy metal holiday as Saint Vitus returned to Chicago for the first time in nearly a decade. They not only returned but they brought Weedeater with them! The Bottom Lounge saw a good turnout of metal fans willing to stay out late on a Sunday night and those [...]
Anthrax 9/27 at The Vic Theatre
Thrash metal stalwarts Anthrax returned to Chicago for the third time in a year to headline a show at The Vic. The band has been touring almost constantly since late last year when they released a new album with all but one member (Dan Spitz) of their “classic lineup” titled Worship Music. Their last outing [...]
Down 9/22/12 at House of Blues
In recent years the return of fall mean New Orleans based metal/rock band Down hits the road for their annual tour. For those of you unfamiliar with the band, it consists of Phil Anselmo of Pantera, Pepper Keenan of Corrosion of Conformity (the 90′s alt-rock version of the band), Kirk from Crowbar/Kingdom of Sorrow and [...]
Riot Fest 2012 9/16/12 at Humboldt Park
Sunday was the final day of Riot Fest and once again Mother Nature provided absolutely perfect weather for an outdoor festival. You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect weekend to have this festival take place. The final day’s festival had a stellar and diverse lineup of bands as well and once again there was [...]
Riot Fest 2012 late show 9/15/12 at Congress Theater
Those with any energy left after a wonderful day-long event at Humboldt Park had the option (if they were a three-day pass holder) of staying out late and catching a great four band bill at the Congress Theater headlined by NOFX. This bill put three bands who have been around since at least the 1980s [...]
Riot Fest 2012 9/15/12 at Humboldt Park
It’s amazing how much Riot Fest evolved from its first event eight years ago. When Riot Fest started it was simply a two-day punk rock festival at the Congress Theater that had some old bands reuniting, some in various or inferior forms (Dead Kennedy’s and “the Misfits”) and mixed it with a variety of newer [...]
Resistance Pro: Just a Game 9/14/12 at Excalibur
After a month off Resistance Pro Wrestling finally was back with a new event this past Friday with Just a Game which was held at Excalibur. This time the setup was different as Excalibur had done some renovations so while the event was on the same floor, it was in a different, bigger room this [...]
Cold Waves: The Jamie Duffy Memorial Concert 9/7/12 at Bottom Lounge
Friday night the Bottom Lounge hosted a very special event billed as Cold Waves: The Jamie Duffy Memorial Concert. Jamie Duffy was a staple in the Chicago industrial music scene for a long time. Jamie was in Acumen Nation and he also did live sound for a number of notable venues around the city, worked [...]
