Fave Chicago area bands

[xxxMidgexxx]

Of all time, I's say...

88 Fingers Louie
Oblivion
Sludgeworth
Naked Raygun
And right now I'm listening to a lot of Shot Baker.

Like em or love em. Up to you.

[The Snake]

Articles Of Faith
Naked Raygun (not all albums)
Pegboy
Charles Bronson
Crudos
Limp Wrist
Punch In the Face
Bollweevils
88 Fingers Louie
Horace Pinker
Smoking Popes
Screeching Weasel
Riverdales
Squirtgun

[James]

Effigies
Culo
Gas Rag

[Dinko]

Sludgeworth/Ethyline/MagnaFUX
Seam
Bottomless Pit
UO

[77clash]

Naked Raygun
Pegboy
Articles of Faith
Bollweevils
Shot Baker
Effigies
The Bomb
Sludgeworth
Methadones
Rise Against
Bhopal Stiffs
Destroy Everything
Strike Under
Subverts
Rights of the Accused
Slammin Watusis

[xxxMidgexxx]

I love me plenty Rise Against too, but lately I'm reflecting on the more punk stuff.

[FormerLurker]

The Bomb

[WrEtcH]

ALK3
TROUBLE
SCREECHING WEASEL
SMASHING PUMPKINS (yeah, Corrigan is a dick, but I love the music)
SMOKING POPES

do they count?
BIG BLACK
JESUS LIZARD

[akissfan]

Life Sentence
Lost Cause
Zoetrope
Ministry
Bug
Wrath
Screeching Weasel
Pegboy
Naked Raygun
Hewhocorrupts

[obik]

In the p-rock era:

Big Black
Effigies
Naked Raygun (Oz + Basement Screams + Throb Throb)
Articles of Faith
Da
Jesus Lizard were pretty good too.

Before the p-rock era:

Howlin Wolf
Little Walter
Sonny Boy Williamson II (honorary Chicagoan)

[jeffb01]

Life Sentence
Lost Cause
Zoetrope
Ministry
Bug
Wrath
Screeching Weasel
Pegboy
Naked Raygun
Hewhocorrupts

thank you. I still listen to life sentence on a semi-regular basis. Problems is such a great song.

[gregpolard]

Screeching Weasel
Smoking Popes
Naked Raygun
Fall Out Boy (oh hush)
Smashing Pumpking (I'm with Wretch)
Urge Overkill
Alkaline Trio
Rise Against
Pegboy
Jesus Lizard

[MXV]

Dead Fink
Happy Toons
Articles of Faith
Naked Raygun
Big Black
Effigies
Bonemen of Barumba
Political Justice
Tutu and the Pirates
Da
Denied Remarks
Blatant Dissent
Bollweevils
Mentally Ill
Group of Individuals
Tar
Shorty/Snailboy
Hotlips Messiah
Insane War Tomatoes
Destroy Everything
The Ozzfish Experience
Toothpaste

[danny]

Poster Children
Smashing Pumpkins

[JGJR]

Howlin Wolf

Best answer. "Built for Comfort" and "300 Pounds of Joy" are two of the best songs ever. FWIW, though, I do love some of the bands mentioned so far.

[WrEtcH]

it's weird, while I did miss listing PEGBOY, I do like 'em, but nothing else blew me away aside from the "strong reaction" album. also funny it that I heard PEGBOY before I heard NAKED RAYGUN.

[The Snake]

Also Culo and Thought Crusade (great hardcore).

[Welly]

No point in endlessly adding to the endless lists. We could go on and on with this area. Loads of great stuff. Some not mentioned I don't think are Bloodsport and their ''I Am the Game' 12", an overlooked gem in the Effigies dept. Some went onto Jack Scratch who did similar stuff. Those Group Of Individuals 7"s were winners for fans of Clash style anarchist punk. Also I-Attack in recent years for raging hardcore. Many others will spring to mind.

[tad ghostal]

Lots of good bands mentioned. Apocalypse Hoboken was great band and I'm a big fan of Strike Under's recorded legacy. On the metal side, Trouble was cool at their peak, although I haven't heard very much of whatever they've done in recent years. Looking forward to the debut LP from The Skull (featuring Eric Wagner, Jeff Olson, and Ron Holzner, all former members of Trouble). Cap'n Jazz was also a good band.

[Michele]

many of the above mentioned, but Zoetrope... oh, Zoetrope!!!

[earthdog70]

Arsenal

Rapeman

The Matics

[Welly]

Didjits

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