https://punkdatabase.com/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Brian+K.ChicagoPunk - User contributions [en]2026-04-26T01:39:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.8https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3694Navastrau2007-02-21T07:53:43Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[[ Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's unique techno-sound and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
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== Notable Shows ==<br />
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*8/4/1978 Exit<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3693Navastrau2007-02-21T07:53:10Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[[ Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's unique techno-sound and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
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== Notable Shows ==<br />
<br />
*8/4/78 Exit<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3692Navastrau2007-02-21T07:51:57Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[[ Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
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== Notable Shows ==<br />
<br />
*8/4/78 Exit<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3691Navastrau2007-02-21T07:49:14Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[[ Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3690Navastrau2007-02-21T07:48:16Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3689Navastrau2007-02-21T07:47:58Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]]; they were part of the[Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Krafterk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3688Navastrau2007-02-21T07:47:38Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]];they were part of the[Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], billed as "their first and only" before they play New York, the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]] liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Krafterk; however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3687Navastrau2007-02-21T07:45:44Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]];they were part of the[Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and it's reluctance to perform live. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], the place sold out. [[J. von Damen]], a reviewer in the [[Coolest Retard]]liked their debut ep so much he made a gift of it to Ralf Hutter of Krafterk;however, he was underwhelmed by their live performance.<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Navastrau&diff=3686Navastrau2007-02-21T07:41:26Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Navastrau''' consisted of [[Rick Gallo]] and vocalist [[Gretchen Witte]];they were part of the[Disturbing Records]] crew. Navastrau was known for it's uniqueness and lack of shows. When Navastrau did a show at [[Exit]], the place sold out. <br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
* '''''Vergess Mir Nit''''' (Disturbing, 1980)<br />
* '''''American Fitness''''' (Disturbing Records, 1981) <br />
<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=462.0 CPP Cunts thread] - that also discusses Navastrau.<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:South Side]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=BB_Spin&diff=3685BB Spin2007-02-21T07:34:17Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''BB Spin''', like New York's Mink DeVille, played a gritty, punk-inflected brand of R'n'B; their stage presentation also had elements of Roxy Music-style glam. They attracted a devoted following from [[LaMere Vipere]], where three of the members--[[Steve Miglio]], [[Monica Lynch]] and [[John Molini]]--worked. They were one of three bands to play at LaMere's "Punk-o-Rama" on June 26th, 1977; this event marked LaMere Vipere's transition to a full-time punk disco. They frequently opened for national acts like The Ramones. Early sets blended original songs by John "Johnny Moe" Molini with covers of r'n'b standards ("Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame,Shame,Shame") and punk favorites (Iggy's "Funtime" and "TV Eye", "Teenage Depression" by Eddie and the Hot Rods). Monica Lynch later achieved far greater renown and influence as President of Tommy Boy Records, which released a number of seminal hip hop records under her tenure. After leaving Tommy Boy, Monica began hosting a radio show on New York's WFMU. BB Spin released one album and several singles as a band.<br />
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== Members ==<br />
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* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Vocals<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Lead Guitar<br />
* [[Chris Wheeler]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Larsen]] - Drums<br />
* [[Fig]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Kate Fagan]] - Vocals<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
<br />
*"The Phantom" b/w "No Alibi" (Turf 101-1)<br />
*"Just Another Girl" b/w "Rock Is" (Turf 101-2)<br />
*"Evolution (We Don't Monkey Around)" b/w "The Game" (Turf 101-3)<br />
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Albums<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=BB_Spin&diff=3684BB Spin2007-02-21T07:33:39Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''BB Spin''', like New York's Mink DeVille, played a gritty, punk-inflected brand of R'n'B; their stage presentation also had elements of Roxy Music-style glam. They attracted a devoted following from [[LaMere Vipere]], where three of the members--[[Steve Miglio]], [[Monica Lynch]] and [[John Molini]]--worked. They were one of three bands to play at LaMere's "Punk-o-Rama" on June 26th, 1977; this event marked LaMere Vipere's transition to a full-time punk disco. They frequently opened for national acts like The Ramones. Early sets blended original songs by John "Johnny Moe" Molini with covers of r'n'b standards ("Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame,Shame,Shame") and punk favorites (Iggy's "Funtime" and "TV Eye", "Teenage Depression" by Eddie and the Hot Rods). Monica Lynch later achieved far greater renown and influence as President of Tommy Boy Records, which released a number of seminal hip hop records under her tenure. After leaving Tommy Boy, Monica began hosting a radio show on New York's WFMU. BB Spin released one album and several singles as a band.<br />
<br />
== Members ==<br />
<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Vocals<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Lead Guitar<br />
* [[Chris Wheeler]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Larsen]] - Drums<br />
* [[Fig]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Kate Fagan]] - Vocals<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
<br />
*"The Phantom" b/w "No Alibi" (Turf 101-1)<br />
*"Just Another Girl" b/w "Rock Is" (Turf 101-2)<br />
*"Evolution (We Don't Monkey Around)" b/w "The Game" (Turf 101-3)<br />
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*Albums<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=BB_Spin&diff=3683BB Spin2007-02-21T07:32:38Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''BB Spin''', like New York's Mink DeVille, played a gritty, punk-inflected brand of R'n'B; their stage presentation also had elements of Roxy Music-style glam. They attracted a devoted following from [[LaMere Vipere]], where three of the members--[[Steve Miglio]], [[Monica Lynch]] and [[John Molini]]--worked. They were one of three bands to play at LaMere's "Punk-o-Rama" on June 26th, 1977; this event marked LaMere Vipere's transition to a full-time punk disco. They frequently opened for national acts like The Ramones. Early sets blended original songs by John "Johnny Moe" Molini with covers of r'n'b standards ("Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame,Shame,Shame") and punk favorites (Iggy's "Funtime" and "TV Eye", "Teenage Depression" by Eddie and the Hot Rods). Monica Lynch later achieved far greater renown and influence as President of Tommy Boy Records, which released a number of seminal hip hop records under her tenure. After leaving Tommy Boy, Monica began hosting a radio show on New York's WFMU. BB Spin released one album and several singles as a band.<br />
<br />
== Members ==<br />
<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Vocals<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Lead Guitar<br />
* [[Chris Wheeler]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Larsen]] - Drums<br />
* [[Fig]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Kate Fagan]] - Vocals<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
*==Singles==<br />
<br />
*"The Phantom" b/w "No Alibi" (Turf 101-1)<br />
*"Just Another Girl" b/w "Rock Is" (Turf 101-2)<br />
*"Evolution (We Don't Monkey Around)" b/w "The Game" (Turf 101-3)<br />
<br />
*Albums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=BB_Spin&diff=3682BB Spin2007-02-21T07:30:41Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''BB Spin''', like New York's Mink DeVille, played a gritty, punk-inflected brand of R'n'B; their stage presentation also had elements of Roxy Music-style glam. They attracted a devoted following from [[LaMere Vipere]], where three of the members--[[Steve Miglio]], [[Monica Lynch]] and [[John Molini]]--worked. They were one of three bands to play at LaMere's "Punk-o-Rama" on June 26th, 1977; this event marked LaMere Vipere's transition to a full-time punk disco. They frequently opened for national acts like The Ramones. Early sets blended original songs by John "Johnny Moe" Molini with covers of r'n'b standards ("Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame,Shame,Shame") and punk favorites (Iggy's "Funtime" and "TV Eye", "Teenage Depression" by Eddie and the Hot Rods). Monica Lynch later achieved far greater renown and influence as President of Tommy Boy Records, which released a number of seminal hip hop records under her tenure. After leaving Tommy Boy, Monica began hosting a radio show on New York's WFMU. BB Spin released one album and several singles as a band.<br />
<br />
== Members ==<br />
<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Vocals<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Lead Guitar<br />
* [[Chris Wheeler]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Larsen]] - Drums<br />
* [[Fig]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Kate Fagan]] - Vocals<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
*Singles<br />
<br />
*The Phantom b/w No Alibi (Turf 101-1)<br />
*Just another Girl b/w Rock Is (Turf 101-2)<br />
*Evolution (We Don't Monkey Around) b/w The Game (Turf 101-3)<br />
<br />
*Albums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3681Timeline2007-02-21T04:11:51Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>This timeline is intended to provide a quick overview of the history of punk in Chicago.<br />
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This timeline should be limited to Chicago bands, clubs, publications, and so on. The only exceptions are a few "milestone" events that have been included in italics to provide wider context. <br />
<br />
This Timeline should not grow to the point where it is too long to be an overview. Please only list one or two significant events for any given entity. Events involving other bands coming to Chicago, or other activities where Chicagoans are not the lead characters, should not be listed here. They can, however, be included on the specific page for that year.<br />
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Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are available. Also include links to web sources as part of the footnote if available.<br />
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Where a part of a date is not known please indicate that with "??". Unknown dates are listed after known dates. Where an exact month isn't known the season can be used instead using a two letter code.<br />
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SP = Spring, SU = Summer, FL = Fall, WN = Winter. Example: summer of 1981 where exact date is not known = SU/??/81<br />
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<br />
== The Events ==<br />
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* ''07/27/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
* 02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''04/23/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
* 06/21/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg with [[Skafish]] as warm-up. (9)<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release first album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ''11/28/77 - Wire releases first album "Pink Flag". ''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* 07/03/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ''04/27/79 - Patti Smith releases last album ("Wave") before retiring with husband ex-MC5 guitar player Fred "Sonic" Smith''<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/08/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]]. (10)<br />
* 11/9/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewell gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final third location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ''10/??/81 - Bad Brains finish recording first album "Bad Brains" for a RIOR cassette-only release''<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ''08/23/83 Minor Threat plays their last show''<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ''07/??/84 - The Crass play their final gig at a benefit for striking miners in England''<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
* 07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
*''07/07/87 - Hüsker Dü release their last studio album "Warehouse: Songs and Stories"''<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* 05/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
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== Footnotes ==<br />
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* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]<br />
* (9) Deduced from information in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]] #3 and [http://www.amazon.com/Ramones-American-Band-Jim-Bessman/dp/0312093691/ref=pd_ybh_a_1/103-2225495-7290269 Ramones: An American Band]<br />
* (10) Date recorded in [[Marie Kanger-Born]]'s date book.</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3679Timeline2007-02-20T07:40:32Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>This timeline is intended to provide a quick overview of the history of punk in Chicago.<br />
<br />
This timeline should be limited to Chicago bands, clubs, publications, and so on. The only exceptions are a few "milestone" events that have been included in italics to provide wider context. <br />
<br />
This Timeline should not grow to the point where it is too long to be an overview. Please only list one or two significant events for any given entity. Events involving other bands coming to Chicago, or other activities where Chicagoans are not the lead characters, should not be listed here. They can, however, be included on the specific page for that year.<br />
<br />
Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are available. Also include links to web sources as part of the footnote if available.<br />
<br />
Where a part of a date is not known please indicate that with "??". Unknown dates are listed after known dates. Where an exact month isn't known the season can be used instead using a two letter code.<br />
<br />
SP = Spring, SU = Summer, FL = Fall, WN = Winter. Example: summer of 1981 where exact date is not known = SU/??/81<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''07/27/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
* 02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''04/23/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
* 06/21/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg with [[Skafish]] as warm-up. (9)<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release first album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ''11/28/77 - Wire releases first album "Pink Flag". ''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ''04/27/79 - Patti Smith releases last album ("Wave") before retiring with husband ex-MC5 guitar player Fred "Sonic" Smith''<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/9/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewell gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final third location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ''10/??/81 - Bad Brains finish recording first album "Bad Brains" for a RIOR cassette-only release''<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ''08/23/83 Minor Threat plays their last show''<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ''07/??/84 - The Crass play their final gig at a benefit for striking miners in England''<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
* 07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
*''07/07/87 - Hüsker Dü release their last studio album "Warehouse: Songs and Stories"''<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* 05/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]<br />
* (9) Deduced from information in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]] #3 and [http://www.amazon.com/Ramones-American-Band-Jim-Bessman/dp/0312093691/ref=pd_ybh_a_1/103-2225495-7290269 Ramones: An American Band]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3678Timeline2007-02-20T07:33:22Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>This timeline is intended to provide a quick overview of the history of punk in Chicago.<br />
<br />
This timeline should be limited to Chicago bands, clubs, publications, and so on. The only exceptions are a few "milestone" events that have been included in italics to provide wider context. <br />
<br />
This Timeline should not grow to the point where it is too long to be an overview. Please only list one or two significant events for any given entity. Events involving other bands coming to Chicago, or other activities where Chicagoans are not the lead characters, should not be listed here. They can, however, be included on the specific page for that year.<br />
<br />
Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are available. Also include links to web sources as part of the footnote if available.<br />
<br />
Where a part of a date is not known please indicate that with "??". Unknown dates are listed after known dates. Where an exact month isn't known the season can be used instead using a two letter code.<br />
<br />
SP = Spring, SU = Summer, FL = Fall, WN = Winter. Example: summer of 1981 where exact date is not known = SU/??/81<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''07/27/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
* 02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''04/23/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
* 06/21/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg with [[Skafish]] as warm-up. (9)<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release first album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ''11/28/77 - Wire releases first album "Pink Flag". ''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ''05/??/79 - Patti Smith releases last album ("Wave") before retiring with husband ex-MC5 guitar player Fred "Sonic" Smith''<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/9/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewell gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final third location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ''10/??/81 - Bad Brains finish recording first album "Bad Brains" for a RIOR cassette-only release''<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ''08/23/83 Minor Threat plays their last show''<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ''07/??/84 - The Crass play their final gig at a benefit for striking miners in England''<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
* 07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
*''07/07/87 - Hüsker Dü release their last studio album "Warehouse: Songs and Stories"''<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* 05/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]<br />
* (9) Deduced from information in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]] #3 and [http://www.amazon.com/Ramones-American-Band-Jim-Bessman/dp/0312093691/ref=pd_ybh_a_1/103-2225495-7290269 Ramones: An American Band]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3677Timeline2007-02-20T07:30:15Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>This timeline is intended to provide a quick overview of the history of punk in Chicago.<br />
<br />
This timeline should be limited to Chicago bands, clubs, publications, and so on. The only exceptions are a few "milestone" events that have been included in italics to provide wider context. <br />
<br />
This Timeline should not grow to the point where it is too long to be an overview. Please only list one or two significant events for any given entity. Events involving other bands coming to Chicago, or other activities where Chicagoans are not the lead characters, should not be listed here. They can, however, be included on the specific page for that year.<br />
<br />
Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are available. Also include links to web sources as part of the footnote if available.<br />
<br />
Where a part of a date is not known please indicate that with "??". Unknown dates are listed after known dates. Where an exact month isn't known the season can be used instead using a two letter code.<br />
<br />
SP = Spring, SU = Summer, FL = Fall, WN = Winter. Example: summer of 1981 where exact date is not known = SU/??/81<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''07/27/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
* 02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
* 06/21/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg with [[Skafish]] as warm-up. (9)<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release first album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ''12/??/77 - Wire releases first album "Pink Flag". ''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ''05/??/79 - Patti Smith releases last album ("Wave") before retiring with husband ex-MC5 guitar player Fred "Sonic" Smith''<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/9/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewell gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final third location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ''10/??/81 - Bad Brains finish recording first album "Bad Brains" for a RIOR cassette-only release''<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ''08/23/83 Minor Threat plays their last show''<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ''07/??/84 - The Crass play their final gig at a benefit for striking miners in England''<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
* 07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
*''07/07/87 - Hüsker Dü release their last studio album "Warehouse: Songs and Stories"''<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* 05/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]<br />
* (9) Deduced from information in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]] #3 and [http://www.amazon.com/Ramones-American-Band-Jim-Bessman/dp/0312093691/ref=pd_ybh_a_1/103-2225495-7290269 Ramones: An American Band]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3641Timeline2007-02-19T03:12:39Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Important punk events that are not Chicago related can also be added for perspective, but should be italicized. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are discovered.<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''??/??/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
*02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
*06/??/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg w/ [[Skafish]] as warm-up.<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* 12/07/78 - Sid Vicious assaults Todd Smith, Patti Smith's brother, with a broken beer bottle at a [[Skafish]] concert at Hurrah's in New York City.<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/??/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewll gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final thrid location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
*07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3640Timeline2007-02-19T03:09:24Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Important punk events that are not Chicago related can also be added for perspective, but should be italicized. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are discovered.<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''??/??/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
*02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
*06/??/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg w/ [[Skafish]] as warm-up.<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* 12/07/78 - Sid Vicious assaults Todd Smith, Patti Smith's brother with a broken beer bottle at a [[Skafish]] concert at Hurrah's in New York City.<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/??/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewll gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final thrid location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
*07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3639Timeline2007-02-19T02:57:30Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Important punk events that are not Chicago related can also be added for perspective, but should be italicized. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are discovered.<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''??/??/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
*02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
*06/??/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg w/ [[Skafish]] as warm-up.<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/??/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewll gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final thrid location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
*07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3638Timeline2007-02-19T02:56:58Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Important punk events that are not Chicago related can also be added for perspective, but should be italicized. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are discovered.<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''??/??/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
*02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
*06/??/77 - [[Ramones]] play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg w/ [[Skafish]] as warm-up.<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/??/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewll gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final thrid location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
*07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Timeline&diff=3637Timeline2007-02-19T02:55:54Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Please add events to the timeline in chronological order with exact dates where possible. Try to limit your entries to a single line. Important punk events that are not Chicago related can also be added for perspective, but should be italicized. Footnotes should be added where facts are in dispute or indisputable sources are discovered.<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Events ==<br />
<br />
* ''??/??/73 - New York Dolls record and release "New York Dolls."''<br />
* ''03/31/74 - Punk at CBGB's begins with Television's first performance there. (4)"<br />
*02/??/76 - [[Skafish]] begins performing in Chicago.<br />
* ''05/??/76 - Ramones release first album, tour London later in July spawning British Punk. (6) (7)''<br />
* 05/05/77 - [[La Mere Vipere]] opens. The first punk discothèque in the whole wide world. (1) (5)<br />
*06/??/77 - Ramones play B'Ginnings in Schaumburg w/ Skafish as warm-up.<br />
* ''10/28/77 - Sex Pistols release "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols."''<br />
* ??/??/77 - The Greenleaf opens in Rogers Park as a gay bar that plays punk rock music at night.<br />
* ??/??/77 - [[Silver Abuse]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/77 - First issue of [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]. Chicago's first punk fanzine shared [[La Mere Vipere]]s address. (8)<br />
* 03/??/78 - The Greenleaf is renamed [[Oz]], creating the first of what will be 3 locations.<br />
* 06/??/78 - [[O'Banions]] opens. Along with [[Oz]] a focal point of early Chicago punk.<br />
* 04/27/78 - [[La Mere Vipere]] burns down. (2)<br />
* ''10/??/78 - NYC's Mudd Club opens inspired by Steve Mass's visit to La Mere Vipere. (5)"<br />
* 11/25/78 - [[Wax Trax Records]] opens.<br />
* ??/??/79 - The [[Space Place]] opens. An important practice space with inexpensive all-ages shows.<br />
* ??/??/79 - [[Neo]] opens. It still survives as Chicago's longest running punk/new wave/goth/alternative night club.<br />
* 04/??/80 - [[Club 950 Lucky Number]], aka "Club 950" and "the Lucky Number", opens.<br />
* ''05/18/80 - Ian Curtis of Joy Division hangs himself.''<br />
* 06/21/80 - [[Naked Raygun]] (as Negro Commando) plays their first show at [[222 S. Morgan St.]] (3)<br />
* 06/??/80 - [[The Wayouts]] form.<br />
* 08/??/80 - [[Oz]] relocates to second location on Hubbard Street near [[O'Banions]].<br />
* 11/??/80 - [[the Effigies]] play their first show at [[Oz]].<br />
* 12/8/80 - First issue of [[Coolest Retard]] is published. THE premier Chicago punk fanzine. (8)<br />
* 12/31/80 - [[The Wayouts]] play their farewll gig at [[Oz]].<br />
* 02/??/81 - [[Oz]] relocates to third location on Broadway.<br />
* 03/11/81 - "[[Busted at Oz]]" live recording sessions completed.<br />
* 05/09/81 - [[Oz]] closes final thrid location.<br />
* 05/??/81 - [[Da]] releases "Dark Rooms / White Castles" single on [[Autumn Records]]<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Wax Trax Records]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s "Immediate Action."<br />
* ??/??/81 - [[Articles of Faith]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/81 - The original [[Exit]] on Wells street opens in the former location of Wizards.<br />
* 02/03/82 - [[O'Banions]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/82 - [[Big Black]] releases its first EP "Lungs."<br />
* ??/??/82 - [[Space Place]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/82 - First issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 01/??/83 - [[Matter]] publishes its first issue.<br />
* 07/02/83 - Both [[Breaking Circus]] and [[Silent Language]] debut at the [[Cubby Bear]]<br />
* ??/??/83 - [[Silver Abuse]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/83 - Second (final) issue of [[Bullshit Detector]] is published.<br />
* 03/??/84 - [[Silent Language]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/84 - [[The Effigies]] release their first LP "For Ever Grounded" after earlier EPs and a single.<br />
*07/??/85 - [[Articles of Faith]] play their final show at the [[Cubby Bear]].<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Touch and Go Records]] relocates to Chicago.<br />
* ??/??/86 - [[Dreamerz]] (aka Club Dreamerz) opens in Wicker Park.<br />
* ??/??/87 - [[Big Black]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/88 - [[Breaking Circus]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/99 - [[Rapeman]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Pegboy]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/90 - [[Rapeman]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Naked Raygun]] breaks up.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Shellac]] forms.<br />
* ??/??/92 - [[Exit]] closes its Wells Street location.<br />
* ??/??/93 - [[Dreamerz]] closes.<br />
* 12/??/00 - The original [[Club 950 Lucky Number]] closes.<br />
* ??/??/00 - [[Pegboy]] disbands, but later has various reunions.<br />
<br />
== Footnotes ==<br />
<br />
* (1) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (2) Date according to Gantry.<br />
* (3) Liner notes to the [[Basement Screams]] reissue<br />
* (4) According to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB]<br />
* (5) According to Monica Lynch. Article calls LMV "first punk disco in the country". [http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/monica_lynch.shtml]<br />
* (6) Ramones hisory page in Finland [http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~jplaitio/story/ramstory.html]<br />
* (7) Ramones meet the Clash in 1976 [http://website.lineone.net/~murrayramone/strummer.htm]<br />
* (8) Coolest Retard date based on unnumbered issue in the Dementlieu archive. Also note information about the Gabba Gabba Gazette. [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7eobik/arc/zines/index.html]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3636Wazmo Nariz2007-02-18T23:07:23Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England on the Stiff label with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Weak<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if You Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
* [http://www.myspace.com/jeffboynton Jeff Boynton's myspace page] <br />
<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3626Wazmo Nariz2007-02-16T04:56:35Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England on the Stiff label with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Week<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if You Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
* [http://www.myspace.com/jeffboynton Jeff Boynton's myspace page] <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3624Wazmo Nariz2007-02-14T06:06:59Z<p>Brian K.: added link</p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, parks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England on the Stiff label with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Week<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if You Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
* [http://www.myspace.com/jeffboynton Jeff Boynton's myspace page] <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3623Wazmo Nariz2007-02-14T05:47:02Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, parks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England on the Stiff label with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Week<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if You Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3622Wazmo Nariz2007-02-14T05:43:44Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, parks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England on the Stiff label with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Week<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if you Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3621Wazmo Nariz2007-02-14T05:41:41Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, parks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Yahoo Eeee" b/w "Yahoo Eeee(dance mix)" (Bigtime Records) [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
<br />
**The Mind Is Willing, but the Flesh is Week<br />
**Who Does It Hurt<br />
**Luncheonette Lovers<br />
**Stubbies<br />
**Plunger<br />
**Deeply<br />
**Checking Out the Checkout Girl<br />
**This Is Your Elbow<br />
**The Oven<br />
**Lips<br />
**Germ Proof Cleaners<br />
** Al's Radiator<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
**House of Woo<br />
**Hymn for Humans Perfect<br />
**For Ants After<br />
**Sister Theresa<br />
**Tubs<br />
**She Needs It<br />
**Live<br />
** Don't Say Always if you Mean Never<br />
** The Refrigerator<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3620Wazmo Nariz2007-02-14T05:31:12Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer '''Wazmo Nariz''' (real name [[Larry Grennan]]) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and [[Skafish]] were signed by Miles Copeland to [[IRS]]). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to [[LaMere Vipere]] on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II (Re/Search Publications, [[1994]]). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]]#8 (Summer [[1978]]) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both [[O'Banion's]] and New York's Mudd Club) IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in [[1981]]. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa" - a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on [[WXRT]]. In [[1986]] he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Yahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums,as has Wazband keyboardist [[Jeff Boynton]]. [[Bruce Zelesnick]], the Wazband's drummer, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
* Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
* [[Jeff Boynton]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Jeff Hill]] - Guitar and back-up vocals<br />
* [[James E. McGreevey]] III - Bass<br />
* [[Bruce Zelesnick]] - Drums<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
===Singles===<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" ([[Fiction Records]], [[1978]])<br />
* "Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records, 1978)<br />
* "Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt" (IRS Records, [[1979]])<br />
<br />
===12 inch singles===<br />
* "Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" [[1986]]<br />
<br />
===EPS===<br />
*The EP (Fiction Records, [[1979]])<br />
** "I Hate My Life" <br />
** "Touchy Feely People"<br />
** "Propinquity"<br />
** "I Just Want to Have Sex"<br />
<br />
===Albums===<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right''''' (IRS Records, 1979)<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** '''Partial Track Listing'''<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
** Don't Say Always if you Mean Never<br />
** She Needs It<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rudyscorner.com/irscorner/no/nariz.html Wazmo Page on the IRS Corner]<br />
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wazmo_nariz Trouser Press Wazmo page]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Popperz&diff=3615Popperz2007-02-13T02:44:43Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''Popperz''' were an early Chicago punk band, founded in [[1977]], and probably unrecorded. An article in the November, 1977 [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]] describes a concert at Northwestern University in which they "were bombarded by assorted flying objects hurled at the stage." According to the article, they returned the taunts in true punk fashion with shouts of "Northwestern sucks" and by "doing a spit routine on the crowd". According to the article, their original songs included "Street Punk", "Sheep Dip","Farts", "Mutilation Mahine","AC/DC", and "Nightmare in Oven #3".<br />
<br />
Personnel listed in the article included the following:<br />
<br />
* [[Pieter Soares]] - Bass and Vocals<br />
* [[Ben Dover]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Rock Bottum]] - Drums<br />
* [[Tom Atomic]] - Lefty Guitar & Vocals<br />
* [[Chicago Sleaze]] - Righty Guitar & Vocals<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3609Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:47:18Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). <br />
<br />
A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in 1981. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]]<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]]<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]]<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")(Fiction Records[[1979]]<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]]<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]]<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
*Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
*Jeff Boynton - keyboards<br />
*Jeff Hill - guitar and back-up vocals<br />
*James E. McGreevey III - bass<br />
*Bruce Zelesnick - drums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3608Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:38:45Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS). He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live" in 1981. He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]]<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]]<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]]<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")(Fiction Records[[1979]]<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]]<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]]<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
*Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
*Jeff Boynton - keyboards<br />
*Jeff Hill - guitar and back-up vocals<br />
*James E. McGreevey III - bass<br />
*Bruce Zelesnick - drums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3607Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:36:20Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]]<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]]<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]]<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")(Fiction Records[[1979]]<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]]<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]]<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
*Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
*Jeff Boynton - keyboards<br />
*Jeff Hill - guitar and back-up vocals<br />
*James E. McGreevey III - bass<br />
*Bruce Zelesnick - drums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3606Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:35:00Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it ''LaMere''.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]]<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]]<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]]<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")(Fiction Records[[1979]]<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]]<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]]<br />
<br />
== Personnel ==<br />
<br />
Wazmo Nariz - Vocals<br />
Jeff Boynton - keyboards<br />
Jeff Hill - guitar and back-up vocals<br />
James E. McGreevey III - bass<br />
Bruce Zelesnick - drums<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3605Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:27:11Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the genre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3604Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:25:41Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label, the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3603Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:24:25Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]], [[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3602Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:22:50Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
<hr />
<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation): "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([IRS Records]][[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3601Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:22:16Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation: "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([IRS Records]][[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3600Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:21:01Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz'' (real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in ''Incredibly Strange Music'', vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation: "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]][[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3599Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:18:51Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz''(real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in Incredibly Strange Music, vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation: "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[IRS Records]][[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3598Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:18:01Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz''(real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in Incredibly Strange Music, vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it "LaMere".<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo- "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store. He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to the careers of similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk/new wave generation: "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
Singles<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout" (Fiction Records)[[1978]])<br />
*"Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Wacker Drive (Stiff Records))[[1978]])<br />
*"Checking Out the Checkout Girl" b/w "Who Does It Hurt"(IRS Records))[[1979]])<br />
<br />
12 inch singles<br />
*"Wahoo Eeee" b/w "Wahoo Eeee(dance mix)" 1986<br />
<br />
*EPS<br />
*The EP<br />
**"I Hate My Life", "Touchy Feely People" b/w "Propinquity", "I Just Want to Have Sex")[[1979]])<br />
<br />
Albums<br />
* ''''' Things Aren't Right([[Big Records]][[1979]])<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3597Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T07:01:18Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz''(real name Larry Grennan) holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in Incredibly Strange Music, vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994). In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England with a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: "..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive". Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it LaMere.<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (receiving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. He released a second album on Big Records, "Tell Me How to Live". He toned down the weirdness level for this album slightly, but without commercial success; one album track "Sister Theresa"-a tender love ballad to a nun- received limited airplay on WXRT. In 1986 he recorded a final 12 inch single as Wazmo "Wahoo Eeee", a snippet of which can be heard in Johnathon Demme's film "Something Wild". However, the song does not appear on the movie's officially released soundtrack.<br />
<br />
Since disbanding the Wazband, Wazmo has been a frequent sideman on Stan Ridgeway's albums. Bruce Zelesnick, a member of the Wazband, is an official member of Ridgway's band.<br />
<br />
A few years back, a local scenester purchased a copy of "Tell Me How to Live" for .99 at a local thrift store.He found the album had a personal message from Wazmo to a local radio station staffer inscribed in pen on the sleeve. The inscription is a fitting epitaph to Wazmo's recording career (and by extension, to similarly overlooked artists from Chicago's first punk generation: "When your radio station is wrong, you know the rest of the world is out of step, not you".<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
** Don't Say Always if you Mean Never<br />
** She Needs It<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Wazmo_Nariz&diff=3596Wazmo Nariz2007-02-12T06:35:13Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Eccentric new wave performer ''Wazmo Nariz''(real name Larry Grennan)holds a number of unique distinctions: he and his "Wazband" were one of the first two Chicago punk/new wave acts signed to a major label (both he and Skafish were signed by Miles Copeland to IRS) He is also the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to have a single released on England's prestigous Stiff records label,the only artist to include a reference to LaMere Vipere on a record (though he was not a regular), and the only Chicago punk/new wave artist to be mentioned in Incredibly Strange Music, vol II(Re/Search Publications, 1994.) In that work, record collector Candi Strecker defines the Wazmo mystique as follows: "Wazmo was weird, even though he looked very normal. On (his first)album, he's wearing a polyester salesman's suit and sports a blowdried hairstyle, but his gimmick was that he always wore two neckties--fat polyester ones at that. ...his voice has operatic qualities. (I don't know if he was trained or was imitating the gehre). His sound was bizarre and unique." (p. 93). A favorable review by L'il Dougie in Gabba Gabba Gazette#8 (Summer 1978) of Wazmo's first 45 on the local Fiction label "Tele-tele-telephone" credits Wazmo, "an infrequent visitor to Chicago's punk bars", with "combining Brian Ferry, Sparks, and weirdness into his own style". The single was a modest local hit, and was re-released in England w a different b-side "Wacker Drive". This record, features Wazmo haltingly describing a failed relationship over a plodding, Devo-esque guitar riff. The key lines are as follows: ("..uh, then I go to LaMere's/ and uh I see her/ and uh/I just want to Wacker/Wacker Drive"). Of course, had he gone to the club more frequently, he would have known to call it LaMere).<br />
<br />
After hearing the follow-up ep on Fiction, Miles Copeland signed Wazmo to IRS where he recorded "Things Aren't Right", a record rife with sexual innuendo, local Chicago references, and Wazmo's trademark histrionic vocals. Although the single from that album "Checking Out the Check-out Girl" was a modest hit (recieving club play at both O'Banion's and New York's Mudd Club)IRS dropped Wazmo after the album was released. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Releases ==<br />
<br />
* '''''Tell Me How To Live''''' ([[Big Records]], [[1981]])<br />
** On Right<br />
** Iron on Courage<br />
** Welcome To The 80s, Ladies<br />
** What Lays, Lays<br />
** Don't Say Always if you Mean Never<br />
** She Needs It<br />
<br />
[[Category:Bands]]<br />
[[Category:New Wave]]<br />
[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=La_Mere_Vipere&diff=3594La Mere Vipere2007-02-12T05:42:51Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''La Mere Vipere''' was the world's first punk dance club. It began life as a gay bar, a satellite of another gay bar owned by Noe Boudreau named "The Snake Pit". Located at 2132 N. Halsted St, LaMere held its first "Anarchy Night" on May 8th, [[1977]] (Mother's Day), at the suggestion of Mike "Sparkle" Rivers, a LaMere bartender who also worked at Sounds Good Records, one of the few Chicago record stores to carry the latest punk releases from England. A subsequent "Anarchy Night" on May 29th was reportedly delayed so the bar could play the first Sex Pistols single "God Save the Queen". A three-day event called "Punk-O-Rama" featuring punk films, live performances by local bands and a punk fashion show was held in late June, marking the club's transition to a full-time punk bar. The club soon drew a steady barrage of media attention, the hostility of it's neighbors and the police, and an onslaught of gawkers and tourists. The band Chicago was famously turned away at the door because the bar was already too crowded. According to an interview with former LaMere bartender Monica Lynch, NY culture mavens Steve Maas and Anya Phillips visted the club before Maas opened his own punk disco in downtown Manhattan, The Mudd Club. LaMere was destroyed by a fire on April 27th, [[1978]]. The cirumstances surrounding the fire have always been suspicious and many folks at the time said that there was foul play involved. Some say the police had a hand in the fire, but that could never be substantiated. At a Patti Smith concert at Park West just following the demise of the club, Patti responded to the audience's vocal despair over their loss with the advice that they "build a new one". The untimely end of La Mere Vipere could be seen as the close of the first generation/wave of the Chicago punk movement. Noe Boudreau never opened another punk bar, but did later dj at other clubs including Club 950 and Neo's where he sometimes held nights called "One Eon of Eno by Noe at Neo's". Noe later died of AIDS. After LaMere closed down, the scene shifted to [[Oz]] and [[O'Banion's]], the latter opening a couple months after LaMere's demise. An early 80's attempt by promoters to open a membership-only club called LaMere Vipere in a former near north porno theatre never got off the ground. The former site of LaMere re-opened as a liquor store.<br />
<br />
== Staff ==<br />
<br />
* [[Noe Boudreau]] - Owner and DJ<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Taco Ramone]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Mike Rivers|Mike "Sparkle" Rivers]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Marna]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Dougie Brown|L'il Dougie Brown]] - DJ<br />
* [[Rick Faust|Rick "Radio" Faust]] -DJ<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Daniel Narducy]] - Doorman<br />
<br />
== Notable Shows ==<br />
<br />
*Punk-O-Rama on June 26th, 1977, featuring [[Sundog Summit]], [[Chicago Toys]] and [[BB Spin]].<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/LaMere Miscellaneous items available for online viewing]<br />
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[[Category:1970s]]<br />
[[Category:Venues]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Immune_System&diff=3562Immune System2007-02-10T05:16:42Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>Short-lived Chicago new wave band which released at least one single "Ambivalence & Spark Plugs" b/w "Submerged" on their own Immune System label in 1979. They were profiled in Gabba Gabba Gazette #9 (Nov/Dec. 78), which also contained a contest to "Win a Date with the Immune of your choice". (It is unknown if anyone actually won). According to one report, Al Jourgenson was briefly a member following the release of this single<br />
<br />
* Personnel<br />
* Bob Cormack - Guitar, vocals<br />
* Jaime Gardner - bass, vocals<br />
* Ro Goldberg - vocals<br />
* Larry Miller - drums<br />
* George Siede - guitar</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=Silver_Abuse&diff=3457Silver Abuse2007-02-03T09:00:31Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Silver abuse in cans.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Final Silver Abuse lineup in garbage cans, circa 1983]]<br />
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'''Silver Abuse''' was one of the original punk bands in Chicago, forming in [[1977]]. There were various versions of Silver Abuse, but the original version starred lifetime member [[Bill Meehan]], along with [[Santiago Durango]] and [[Camilo Gonzalez]], early members of [[Naked Raygun]]. Silver Abuse broke up for good in [[1983]]. At some point the members of SA were in [[The Wayouts]], then became Silver Abuse after The Wayouts last show on New Year's Eve, [[1980]]. This is confusing because the Silver Abuse was around before they Wayouts - perhaps they were initially were Silver Abuse, broke up, became The Wayouts, then reformed as Silver Abuse. There was also a later spin-off group called [[Illusion of Safety]].<br />
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Sadly, [[Jaqui Disler]] passed away in [[2004]] after a long battle with cancer. <br />
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== Silver Abuse I ==<br />
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According to a Durango [http://www.dangpow.com/~landed/bigblack/BBFE9.htm interview in Forced Exposure], the original Silver Abuse was a bunch of like-minded high school (Gordon Tech) punk fans who couldn't play their instruments and liked to get drunk on wine and do drugs. They were a five piece and only made it through one song at their very first gig. Opening up at a loft party thrown by [[Tutu and the Pirates]], they started off with the always popular ''Jews Must Die''. That was enough for the crowd... they played one more gig before ending it after Durango left the band. This version of SA never recorded anything except some "cheesy cassettes"<br />
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It is also reported that the first SA was at [[La Mere Vipere]] in Spring of [[1978]]. This report is false according to Maxxwell, who was a local scenester of the era:<br />
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"The misunderstanding probably comes from the coverage in [[Gabba Gabba Gazzette]] #8, which has photos of the event (which was a benefit for the GGG), and a funny letter of apology for Silver Abuse's performance from Boppin Billy ([[Billy Meehan]]), but does not name a venue, possibly because the venue was illegal. Even though the Gabba Gabba Gazette was not officially affilliated with LaMere at that time, it would have been easy for someone who read the zine, but was not at the event to just assume it happened at LaMere."<br />
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Maxxwell explained that LaMere was not a venue for live music. Furthermore, Maxxwell states: <br />
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"Since the purpose of live music from the owner's point of view is to attract customers rather than send them screaming out the door hurling beer glasses as they go, it seems unlikely that Noe, cool guy though he was, would have ever selected the first edition of Silver Abuse as an evening's entertainment."<br />
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Maxxwell says his recollection of the first SA show matches Santiago's:<br />
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"The concert was held at a rented or possibly surreptitously borrowed industrial space temporarily named "Tutu's Placenta." Our anti-heroes stumbled uncertainly to the performance area, some dressed in combat helmets. In my memory they were all wearing Nazi gear and tinfoil masks. However a photo printed in the Gabba Gabba Gazette #8 (Summer 78) shows only the guitarist wearing a Reynolds Wrap facemask (Santiago perhaps trying vainly to conceal his identity) w/German-looking helmet and another member with a combat helmet of unidentifiable origin. Billy is wearing a jean jacket and t-shirt. Only three of the members were pictured. It still seems to me there was more than one tinfoil mask...but I may have been in only slightly better shape than the band. There was a bit of random guitar skronk, and then the band launched into "Jews Must Die". After what seemed an eternity but was probably a minute and a half the band departed the stage, followed by catcalls and possibly a few projectiles.<br />
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In a letter to the editor, also printed in GGG number 8, Billy apologizes for the band's performance, admitting that the band "sucked dog diarrhea through a straw". He attributes the band's performance to lack of practice and being too fucked up to play. With uncharacteristic understatement he notes "we never shoulda opened with "Jews Must Die" He also said he was amused by a David Witz review of the show in The Reader. (David Witz,a very mainstream critic, had an ongoing feud with Mary Alice and LaMere).He said the band would continue to perform but without the neo-fascist shtick, which was "just an attempt at a cheap laugh"." <br />
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=== Original Lineup ===<br />
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* [[Billy Meehan]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Santiago Durango]] - Guitar<br />
* [[Dennis Sosniak]] - Guitar<br />
* [[Camilo Gonzalez]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Damrau]] - Drums<br />
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== Later Members ==<br />
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* [[Jaqui Disler]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Dave Purdie]] - Keyboards<br />
* [[Paul Chabala]] - Guitar<br />
* [[Donnie Krattner]] - Sax<br />
* [[Jim Colao]] - Drums<br />
* Viv (Marla) - Vocals<br />
* [[Liz Cox]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Robert Porche']] - Drums<br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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* [[Busted at Oz]] Compilation - [[Autumn Records]], [[1981]]<br />
* ''Fall From Grace'' 7" - [[Schwa Records]], [[1982]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* They did a cover of Skrewdriver's Antisocial, calling it Anti Hot Dog<br />
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== Shows ==<br />
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* Spring 1978 at Tutu's Placenta - first show, played one song<br />
* February 23, 1981 at [[O'Banion's]] - with [[Naked Raygun]]<br />
* October 24, 1981 at [[Cubby Bear]] - with [[Naked Raygun]]<br />
* March 3, [[1982]] at [[Misfits]] - with [[Trial by Fire]]<br />
* January 23, 1982 at [[Space Place]] <br />
* April 27, [[1983]] at [[Smart Bar]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://profile.myspace.com/silverabuse Silver Abuse myspace page]<br />
* [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/03/chicago_nowave_.html Chicago No-Wave part I - Silver Abuse]<br />
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[[Category:1970s]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=BB_Spin&diff=3456BB Spin2007-02-03T08:46:40Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''BB Spin''', like New York's Mink DeVille, played a gritty, punk-inflected brand of R'n'B; their stage presentation also had elements of Roxy Music-style glam. They attracted a devoted following from [[LaMere Vipere]], where three of the members--[[Steve Miglio]], [[Monica Lynch]] and [[John Molini]]--worked. They were one of three bands to play at LaMere's "Punk-o-Rama" on June 26th, 1977; this event marked LaMere Vipere's transition to a full-time punk disco. They frequently opened for national acts like The Ramones. Early sets blended original songs by John "Johnny Moe" Molini with covers of r'n'b standards ("Bright Lights, Big City", "Shame,Shame,Shame") and punk favorites (Iggy's "Funtime" and "TV Eye", "Teenage Depression" by Eddie and the Hot Rods). Monica Lynch later achieved far greater renown and influence as President of Tommy Boy Records, which released a number of seminal hip hop records under her tenure. After leaving Tommy Boy, Monica began hosting a radio show on New York's WFMU. BB Spin released one album as a band.<br />
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== Members ==<br />
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* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Vocals<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Vocals<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Lead Guitar<br />
* [[Chris Wheeler]] - Bass<br />
* [[Bob Larsen]] - Drums<br />
* [[Fig]] - Keyboards<br />
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[[Category:Bands]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=La_Mere_Vipere&diff=3455La Mere Vipere2007-02-03T08:41:22Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''La Mere Vipere''' was the world's first punk dance club. It began life as a gay bar, a satellite of another gay bar owned by Noe Boudreau named "The Snake Pit". Located at 2132 N. Halsted St, LaMere held its first "Anarchy Night" on May 8th, [[1977]] (Mother's Day), at the suggestion of Mike "Sparkle" Rivers, a LaMere bartender who also worked at Sounds Good Records, one of the few Chicago record stores to carry the latest punk releases from England. A subsequent "Anarchy Night" on May 29th was reportedly delayed so the bar could play the first Sex Pistols single "God Save the Queen". A three-day event called "Punk-O-Rama" featuring punk films, live performances by local bands and a punk fashion show was held in late June, marking the club's transition to a full-time punk bar. The club soon drew a steady barrage of media attention, the hostility of it's neighbors and the police, and an onslaught of gawkers and tourists. The band Chicago was famously turned away at the door because the bar was already too crowded. According to an interview with former LaMere bartender Monica Lynch, NY culture mavens Steve Maas and Anya Phillips visted the club before Maas opened his own punk disco in downtown Manhattan, The Mudd Club. LaMere was destroyed by a fire on April 27th, [[1978]]. The cirumstances surrounding the fire have always been suspicious and many folks at the time said that there was foul play involved. Some say the police had a hand in the fire, but that could never be substantiated. At a Patti Smith concert at Park West just following the demise of the club, Patti responded to the audience's vocal despair over their loss with the advice that they "build a new one". The untimely end of La Mere Vipere could be seen as the close of the first generation/wave of the Chicago punk movement. Noe Boudreau never opened another punk bar, but did later dj at other clubs including Exit and Neo's where he sometimes held nights called "One Eon of Eno by Noe at Neo's". Noe later died of AIDS. After LaMere closed down, the scene shifted to [[Oz]] and [[O'Banion's]], the latter opening a couple months after LaMere's demise. An early 80's attempt by promoters to open a membership-only club called LaMere Vipere in a former near north porno theatre never got off the ground. The former site of LaMere re-opened as a liquor store.<br />
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== Staff ==<br />
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* [[Noe Boudreau]] - Owner and DJ<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Taco Ramone]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Mike Rivers|Mike "Sparkle" Rivers]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Marna]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Dougie Brown|L'il Dougie Brown]] - DJ<br />
* [[Rick Faust|Rick "Radio" Faust]] -DJ<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Daniel Narducy]] - Doorman<br />
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== Notable Shows ==<br />
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*Punk-O-Rama on June 26th, 1977, featuring Sundog Summit, Chicago Toys and BB Spin.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/LaMere Miscellaneous items available for online viewing]<br />
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[[Category:Venues]]</div>Brian K.https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=La_Mere_Vipere&diff=3454La Mere Vipere2007-02-03T08:36:35Z<p>Brian K.: </p>
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<div>'''La Mere Vipere''' was the world's first punk dance club. It began life as a gay bar, a satellite of another gay bar owned by Noe Boudreau named "The Snake Pit". Located at 2132 N. Halsted St, LaMere held its first "Anarchy Night" on May 8th, [[1977]] (Mother's Day), at the suggestion of Mike "Sparkle" Rivers, a LaMere bartender who also worked at Sounds Good Records, one of the few Chicago record stores to carry the latest punk releases from England. A subsequent "Anarchy Night" on May 29th was reportedly delayed so the bar could play the first Sex Pistols single "God Save the Queen". A three-day event called "Punk-O-Rama" featuring punk films, live performances by local bands and a punk fashion show was held in late June, marking the club's transition to a full-time punk bar. The club soon drew a steady barrage of media attention, the hostility of it's neighbors and the police, and an onslaught of gawkers and tourists. The band Chicago was famously turned away at the door because the bar was already too crowded. According to an interview with former LaMere bartender Monica Lynch, NY culture mavens Steve Maas and Anya Phillips visted the club before Maas opened his own punk disco in downtown Manhattan, The Mudd Club. LaMere was destroyed by a fire on April 27th, [[1978]]. The cirumstances surrounding the fire have always been suspicious and many folks at the time said that there was foul play involved. Some say the police had a hand in the fire, but that could never be substantiated. At a Patti Smith concert at Park West just following the demise of the club, Patti responded to audience's despair over their loss with the advice that they "build a new one". The untimely end of La Mere Vipere could be seen as the close of the first generation/wave of the Chicago punk movement. Noe Boudreau never opened another punk bar, but did later dj at other clubs including Exit and Neo's where he sometimes held nights called "One Eon of Eno by Noe at Neo's". Noe later died of AIDS. After LaMere closed down, the scene shifted to [[Oz]] and [[O'Banion's]], the latter opening a couple months after LaMere's demise. An early 80's attempt by promoters to open a membership-only club called LaMere Vipere in a former near north porno theatre never got off the ground. The former site of LaMere re-opened as a liquor store.<br />
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== Staff ==<br />
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* [[Noe Boudreau]] - Owner and DJ<br />
* [[Monica Lynch]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Taco Ramone]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Mike Rivers|Mike "Sparkle" Rivers]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Marna]] - Bartender<br />
* [[Dougie Brown|L'il Dougie Brown]] - DJ<br />
* [[Rick Faust|Rick "Radio" Faust]] -DJ<br />
* [[John Molini]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Steve Miglio|Steve "Spin" Miglio]] - Doorman<br />
* [[Daniel Narducy]] - Doorman<br />
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== Notable Shows ==<br />
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*Punk-O-Rama on June 26th, 1977, featuring Sundog Summit, Chicago Toys and BB Spin.<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/LaMere Miscellaneous items available for online viewing]<br />
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[[Category:1970s]]<br />
[[Category:Venues]]</div>Brian K.