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=== | === RIP Steve Albini and John Kezdy === | ||
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Chicago Punk lost two titans as [[John Kezdy]], lead singer of [[The Effigies]], had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. [https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/inbetweenradiostations-171-john-kezdy-11123/ Here is a long interview] with John from Lumpen Radio where he talked about his time with music in Chicago and stories about the Effigies and touring. An article on Kezdy's accident can be found [https://chi.streetsblog.org/2023/08/27/john-kezdy-64-singer-of-the-effigies-died-after-bike-crash-with-amazon-van-illegally-stopped-in-bike-lane here] | |||
[[Steve Albini]] also passed away suddenly in May at the age of 61, a NYT article on his legacy can be found [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/music/steve-albini-dead.html here]. | |||
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=== | === Watch the Savage Beliefs Movie === | ||
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In 1984 [[Savage Beliefs]] movie was mostly shot and thought lost forever, but in [[2019]] director Charlie Fink released the footage on his YouTube page. The movie is mostly complete and can be see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i77QVsk5ozQ&feature=youtu.be here]. Live performance footage for the movie was shot in October [[1984]] at [[West End]], the show also features [[Naked Raygun]]. | |||
[[ | A good writeup on the movie can be found [https://nostalgiakinky.com/2024/01/21/maximumrocknroll-savage-beliefs-1984/ here] and [[The Punk Vault|MXV]]'s writeup on the release show is [https://punkvinyl.com/2016/04/16/savage-beliefs-movie-screening-and-performance-41416-at-martyrs/#:~:text=The%20film%2C%20Savage%20Beliefs%3A%20The,quite%20finished%20and%20never%20released. here] | ||
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=== 90s Bands === | === 90s Bands === | ||
[[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]], | [[88 Fingers Louie]], [[8 Bark]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Allister]], [[Alpha Skool]], [[Apocalypse Hoboken]], [[The Arrivals]], [[The Beautiful Mutants]], [[The Bliss Machine]], [[Blue Collar]], [[Blue Meanies]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Bollweevils]], [[Brownpeace]], [[Buzzmuscle]], [[Cap'n Jazz]], [[Captured by Robots]], [[The Cunts]], [[David and the Happenings]], [[The Dead Carpenters]], [[Deadscene]], [[Drunken Catholics]], [[Friction]], [[Gauge]], [[Gore Gore Girls]], [[The Indicators]], [[Ivy League]], [[Jack Scratch]], [[Jerkwater]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Keep Away From Julie]], [[Landos 45]], [[Los Crudos]], [[Lozenge]], [[The Misdemeanors]]. [[My Big Beautiful]], [[Oblivion]], [[Pegboy]], [[The Riverdales]], [[Ruby Zel]], [[Screeching Weasel]], [[Shellac]], [[Skullface]], [[Skullkrusher]], [[Slapstick]], [[Slow Children Playing]], [[Sludgeworth]], [[Smoking Popes]], [[Sweep the Leg Johnny]], [[Swingset]], [[Tar]], [[Toucan Slam]], [[Trenchmouth]], [[Tuesday]], [[V.Reverse]], [[The Vindictives]], [[Wesley Willis]], [[The Wesley Willis Fiasco]], [[Winepress]], | ||
=== 2000s Bands === | === 2000s Bands === | ||
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* [[Chicago Hardcore]] | * [[Chicago Hardcore]] | ||
* [[WindyCityPunk]] | * [[WindyCityPunk]] | ||
* [[Dupage County Hardcore]] | |||
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The Chicago Punk Database
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RIP Steve Albini and John KezdyChicago Punk lost two titans as John Kezdy, lead singer of The Effigies, had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. Here is a long interview with John from Lumpen Radio where he talked about his time with music in Chicago and stories about the Effigies and touring. An article on Kezdy's accident can be found here Steve Albini also passed away suddenly in May at the age of 61, a NYT article on his legacy can be found here. |
Watch the Savage Beliefs MovieIn 1984 Savage Beliefs movie was mostly shot and thought lost forever, but in 2019 director Charlie Fink released the footage on his YouTube page. The movie is mostly complete and can be see here. Live performance footage for the movie was shot in October 1984 at West End, the show also features Naked Raygun. A good writeup on the movie can be found here and MXV's writeup on the release show is here |