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== Notable Chicago Punk Events in 1981 ==

* January 24, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]], [[Strike Under]], and [[Silver Abuse]] play a loft party at 180 N Wacker (the show is discussed at this [http://chicagopunkpix.com/forum/index.php?topic=545.0 CPP thread])
* February 19, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]] plays the [[Club 950 Lucky Number]]
* February 20 and 22, 1981 - [[Oz]] is [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/Interviews/OZbust.html raided] by Chicago's finest, and owner [[Dem Hopkins]] is briefly jailed
* March 1981 - [[Touch and Go]] releases their first record, a 7" by [http://www.tgrec.com/bands/album.php?id=304 The Fix] 
* March 7, 1981 - Bauhaus plays [[Space Place]] with [[Naked Raygun]] opening
* March 9-11, 1981 - [[Busted at Oz]] is recorded at [[Oz]]'s North Broadway location.  It would be released on [[Autumn Records]] later that year.
* [http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/arc/blackflag/81/live0323.html March 23, 1981] - Black Flag plays [[Space Place]]; Husker Du plays the after party at [[Oz]] (the infamous [http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/05_live_audio.html#23Mar1981 "blue paint"] show)
* April 1981 - [[Wax Trax]] releases [[Strike Under]]'s '''''Immediate Action''''' 12"
* April 10, 1981 - [[Effigies]] play Oz.  A bootleg of this gig exists.
* April 11, 1981 - [[Strike Under]], [[Naked Raygun]] and the [[Effigies]] play [[Space Place]]
* April 15, 1981 - [[Da]] releases their first 7", '''''Dark Rooms'''''
* April 1981 - during Northwestern's spring break, [[Steve Albini]] records [[Big Black]]'s first EP, '''''Lungs'''''
* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/flyers/OZ02.html April 24-25, 1981] - D.O.A. plays [[Oz]] with the [[Subverts]]
* May 9th, 1981 - [[Oz]] closed for good.
* [http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/arc/blackflag/81/live0715.html July 15, 1981] - Black Flag plays Tuts with the [[Effigies]] and [[DV8]].  Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski beats up a bouncer.
* July 16, 1981 - The Fall plays [[Tuts]]; [[Naked Raygun]] opens.  For their encore, Raygun plays "Libido" with all the band members completely naked 
* August 3, 1981 - Minor Threat plays [[O'Banions]] with Youth Brigade and the Necros
* August 6, 1981 - Husker Du plays the [[Club 950 Lucky Number]].  The show was [http://www.thirdav.com/zinestuff/coolest16.html reviewed] in the [[Coolest Retard]]
* September 1981 - Minor Threat guitarist Lyle Preslar relocates to Chicago to attend Northwestern.  The band temporarily broke up, but would reform less than a year later when Preslar dropped out and returned to DC.
* October 9, 1981 - [[Strike Under]] and [[Naked Raygun]] play [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/flyers/Gaspar01.html Gaspar's]
* November 1981 - Autumn Records release [[The Effigies]] Haunted Town EP
* November 1981 - [[C.O.D.]] hosts a "punk weekend" with the [[Effigies]], TSOL, Tom Verlaine, and the Professionals. A review in the [http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/arc/effigies/int_aliveslam.html Chicago Reader] terms the Effigies "the best band in Chicago when it comes to opening the floodgates for manic release."
* December 1981 - [[Strike Under]] breaks up
* [http://www.dementlieu.com/%7Eobik/arc/effigies/flyerm019.html December 5, 1981] - [[Effigies]] play [[O'Banions]] with [[Six Feet Under]].  It is the [[Effigies]] final local show before leaving on their West Coast tour
* [http://www.chicagopunkpix.com/flyers/OB04.html December 12, 1981] - [[Direct Drive]] plays [[O'Banions]]--probably one of their final shows before changing their name to [[Articles of Faith]]
* December 31, 1981 - [[Naked Raygun]] and [[Trial by Fire]] play [[O'Banions]]

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