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'''Jon Babbin''' is the manager of [[The Effigies]] and one of the longest and most important supporters of the Chicago scene.  Starting all the way back around [[1980]] and continuing today, Babbin has been managing bands, releasing zines, running record lables.  
'''Jon Babbin''' was the manager of [[The Effigies]] and one of the longest and most important supporters of the Chicago scene.  Starting all the way back around [[1980]], Babbin has managed bands, released zines, and ran record labels. According to a 2006 interview with [[John Kezdy]], he and Jon Babbin had known each other since the second grade and the two shared a basement apartment in Evanston with another friend in the early days of [[The Effigies]].


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* Helped found and run [[Ruthless Records]]
* Helped found and run [[Ruthless Records]]
* Creator of [[Your Country Needs You]] fanzine
* Creator of [[Your Country Needs You]] fanzine
* Manager of [[The Effigies]]
* Managed [[The Effigies]]
* Webmaster of [[WindyCityPunk]]
* Helped run [[Criminal IQ Records]]
* Currently hepling to run [[Criminal IQ Records]]


[[Category:Scene Members]]
[[Category:Scene Members]]
[[Category:Evanston]]
[[Category:Evanston]]
[[Category:Managers]]
[[Category:Managers]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 25 September 2024

Jon Babbin was the manager of The Effigies and one of the longest and most important supporters of the Chicago scene. Starting all the way back around 1980, Babbin has managed bands, released zines, and ran record labels. According to a 2006 interview with John Kezdy, he and Jon Babbin had known each other since the second grade and the two shared a basement apartment in Evanston with another friend in the early days of The Effigies.

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