Batteries Not Included
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Batteries Not Included was a bar/venue from August of 1985 to about 1994 or 1995. They put on a fair amount of punk shows during its run. The owner of BNI (who Ben Weasel called "s paranoid freak who was a dead ringer for Eddie Murphy"), changed the name to Chez Delphonse in the mid 90s - Chez adopted a Carribean theme and stopped booking shows. After Chez Delphonse the bar became it's current name/location, Flounders Bar and Grill, in 1999.
Address
- 2201 N. Clybourn
- 60614
Shows and Bands who played there
- Screeching Weasel's first non-house gig in the summer of 1986 [1]
- The Bhopal Stiffs - half a dozen or so shows
- An early show of the Smashing Pumpkins in 1987 or 1988 (rumor)
- Dead Milkmen
- Poster Children
- Devil Luggage (late incarnation of Toothpaste)
- Barbie Army
- December 10, 1987 - No Empathy, The Maggots, Mystery Girls
- Chesterfield Kings and Precious Wax Drippings
Fun Facts
- Jim Elison from Material Issue used to book the bands in the mid 80's
- The original building is from 1880 and is possibly haunted
- Russ Forester and Ben Weasel met there, resulting in the first SW record to be on Underdog Records [2]