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The Nodes were the first band to ever play a show at O'Banions. The Nodes debut Oct 31st 1978.

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O'Banion's

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'''O'Banion's''' was one of the oldest and longest running of the original punk clubs. Located on Clark St. and Erie, O'Banion's opened its doors in June of [[1978]]. From time of its opening until its closing on February 3rd [[1982]], the time during O'Banions operation was often considered to be the zenith of the original Chicago punk movement. After O'Banions closing, the scene transformed to larger venues, more people and less of a close-knit community.

Every year, the members of the original O'Banion's scene have a reunion weekend in honor of their fallen venue. In [[2005]], the reunion took place at [[Club Foot]] and the musical portion was at [[The Note]] - acts such as the [[The Swingers]], [[Tu Tu & The Pirates]] and [[Bonemen of Barumba]] played reunion shows.

(Note: Contrary to popular belief, O'Banion's was not the former location of Irish gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop. O'Banion was a part owner of Schofield’s Flower Shop, located at 738 North State, directly across the street from Holy Name Cathedral. That was also the location of the Al Capone ordered hit that ended O'Banion's life.

661 N. Clark was, however, the former site of McGovern's Liberty Inn. The website for The Kerryman Bar and Restaurant, the current establishment at that address, quotes unnamed sources to the effect that "O'Banion wowed patrons with his beautiful Irish tenor voice at McGovern's Liberty Inn, where he worked as a singing waiter; later, he and his pals would rob drunken customers of their wallets and mug others outside")

== General Info ==

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* '''Address''' - 661 N. Clark
* '''Phone #''' - (312) 664-8585
* '''Hours''' - Open from 7am to 4am

== History ==

Despite the swankiness of its current River North location, the area at the time of O'Banion's was something far different. Previous to it's incarnation as Chicago's #1 punk venue, O'Banion's building occupied a wide array of seedy businesses.

* The McGovern Saloon
* The Liberty Inn (Chicago's largest strip club in the 1950s)
* A lesbian bar
* A "rough" gay bar named PQs

== Employees ==

* Roseann - Bar
* Nancy Rapchak - DJ
* Everett - Manager
* Phil

== Trvia ==

* The bartender would play Sham69's ''Sunday Morning Nightmare'' to let the patrons know that the crowd is shifting from a gay clientèle to a punk clientèle.
* [[Santiago Durango]] and [[Marko Pezzati]] first met at O'Banions - later forming [[Naked Raygun]]

== 2007 Reunion ==

The 2007 O'Bainion's reunion took place on June 9th at [[Club Foot]] and had a better than usual turnout (though it's always packed there). The reunion doubled as a impromptu gather for many members of the [[ChicagoPunkPix]] message board.

ChicagoPunkPix webmaster [[Marie Kanger Born]] took photos of the event and has a great writeup [http://chicagopunkpix.com/CPP/?p=11 in her online zine].

== Notable Shows ==

* October 31,[[1978]] - [[ Nodes]]
* October 5, [[1980]] - [[Strike Under]], [[Six Feet Under]]
* February 23, [[1981]] - Naked Raygun, [[Silver Abuse]]
* June 24, [[1981]] - The Fix, [[The Subverts]], Red Squad
* June 29, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]]
* July 1, 1981 - Strike Under
* July 23, 1981 - Naked Raygun
* August 3, 1981 - Minor Threat, Youth Brigade, Necros
* August 5, 1981 - Husker Du
* August 29, 1981 - [[Effigies]]
* September 5, 1981 - Strike Under
* September 19, 1981 - The Dead Kennedys
* October 1, 1981 - Husker Du, Six Feet Under
* October 16-17, 1981 - Strike Under, [[Trouts]], [[Direct Drive]], [[Tense Experts]]
* October 29, 1981 - [[Direct Drive]], T.S.O.L.
* October 31, 1981 - T.S.O.L., Naked Raygun, The Subverts
* November 1, 1981 - T.S.O.L., Direct Drive
* December 5, 1981 - Effigies
* December 12, 1981 - Direct Drive
* December 31, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]], [[Trial by Fire]]
* January 8, 1982 - The Subverts, Direct Drive
* January 22, [[1982]] - Toxic Reasons, [[Articles of Faith]]
* January 23, [[1982]] - Toxic Reasons

== External Links ==

* [http://home.comcast.net/~angel_fox/ O'Banion's reunion home page]
* [http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Memoriam/O'Banion's/O'Banion's.htm O'Banion's in Memoriam by Sean Parnell]
* [http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/12/obanions-reunion-night/ MXV reviews 2005 O'Banion's reunion]
* [http://www.thekerrymanchicago.com/history.php O'Banion's history on the current bar's (the Kerryman) web page]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/obanion/shop_6.html Info about Dion O'Banion's flower shop]
* [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=659.0 CPP thread on the infamous O'Banions bathroom]

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== The Chicago Punk Database ==

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== Recent News ==

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=== Naked Raygun, Sludgeworth at RiotFest 2007 ===

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[[Naked Raygun]] will be headlining the first day of Riot Fest 2007 on Saturday, November 17. Also performing will be Still Little Fingers, 7 Seconds, The Queers, [[The Methadones]] and a host of others. The Sunday show will headline Bad Brains, along with Youth Brigade, Dillinger Four,
[[The Bollweevils]] and others. Sunday also features a reunion show of local pop-punk favorites [[Sludgeworth]]. Not counting "secret shows", this is Raygun's 3rd Chicago performance since reuniting in [[2006]]. Get your tickets today, see [http://www.riotfest.org/ the RiotFest site] for more info.

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=== You Weren't There Debut ===

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[[Joe Losurdo]] of [[Life Sentence]] made a documentary of the Chicago Punk scene from 1977-1984, called [[You Weren't There]]. It premieres Saturday, November 24th at the Portage Theatre, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

There will also be an after-film show at a location to be announced. So far they have confirmation from the [[Mentally Ill]] (the Gacy's Place lineup that have '''never played live EVER''') and [[Negative Element]] who have not played since [[1983]]. Do '''not''' miss this!
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=== Records ===

[[All Rise]], [[Basement Screams]], [[Busted at Oz]], [[Dial-a-Trance]], [[Flammable Solid]], [[Naked Raygun - Home (Song)|Home]], [[Innocence]], [[Jettison]], [[Raygun...Naked Raygun]], [[The Middle of America Compilation]], [[Throb Throb]], [[Understand?]], [[Vanilla Blue]]

=== Labels ===

[[Autumn Records]], [[Dazit Records]], [[Disturbing Records]], [[Fever Records]], [[H.I.D. Productions Ltd]], [[Homestead Records]], [[Landmind Records]], [[Little Farmer Music]], [[National Trust]], [[No Blow Records]], [[Quarterstick Records]], [[Pravda Records]], [[Roadkill Records]], [[Ruthless Records]], [[Schwa Records]], [[Sandpounder Records]], [[Snat 5 Records]], [[Touch and Go]], [[Tough Records]], [[Underdog Records]], [[Version Sound]], [[Walkthrufyre Records]], [[Wasteland Records]], [[Wax Trax Records]]
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=== People ===

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=== Venues ===

[[950 Lucky Number]], [[Anarchies]], [[Aragon Ballroom]], [[Artful Dodger]], [[The Avalon]], [[B'Ginnings]], [[Batteries Not Included]], [[Centro-American Social Club]], [[Circuits]], [[Club Foot]], [[COD]], [[Cubby Bear]], [[Dreamerz]], [[Exit]], [[Gaspars]], [[Harry Hopes]], [[Head's Pub]], [[Hell House]], [[Iron Rail]], [[Ivanhoe Theater]], [[Katz and Jammer Kids]], [[Keith Garage]], [[La Mere Vipere]], [[Lounge Ax]], [[McGreevys]], [[McGregors]], [[Medusas]], [[Metro]], [[Mexican Patriotic Club]], [[Misfits]], [[Neo]], [[O'Banion's]], [[Old Chicago]], [[Oz]], [[Park West]], [[The Riviera]], [[Ruts]], [[Space Place]], [[Stages]], [[Tuts]], [[The Warehouse]], [[Waves]], [[West End]]

=== Fanzines ===

[[Bullshit Detector]], [[Coolest Retard]], [[Disorderly Conduct]], [[Gabba Gabba Gazette]], [[Last Rites]], [[Les Ponques Rockeurs]], [[Matter]], [[Primitive Noise]], [[Raveup]], [[Submission]], [[THIS]], [[Wholesome]], [[Your Country Needs You/YOU]]

=== History ===

''Chicago Punk History at a Glance -'' [[Timeline]] ''Detailed History by Year -'' [[1974]] [[1975]] [[1976]] [[1977]] [[1978]] [[1979]] [[1980]] [[1981]] [[1982]] [[1983]] [[1984]] [[1985]] [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] [[1991]] [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]] [[2000]] [[2001]] [[2002]] [[2003]] [[2004]] [[2005]] [[2006]] [[2007]]

=== Websites ===

* [[Marie Kanger|Chicago Punk Pix]]
* [[Ken Mierzwa|Ephemeral Creation]]
* [[Pit of Punkiness]]
* [[The Punk Vault]]
* [[WindyCityPunk]]

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