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Posted on December 28, 2011
Disturbed’s Plans For 2012 Include Impregnation
By The Beachwood Hiatus Rock Affairs Desk
For a band as big as the are – four of their five studio albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – Chicago’s very own Disturbed doesn’t seem to get much attention around here.
Guitarist Dan Donegan is from Oak Lawn, drummer Mike Wengren is from Evergreen Park, and founding bass player Steve “Fuzz” Kmak still lives in Chicago with his wife and two children though he’s no longer in the band. Brooklyn-born singer David Draiman was hired off an ad placed by the others in the Illinois Entertainer. The band started out playing clubs around town and still has rehearsal space here.
Draiman is the Disturbed’s main source of fascination; he’s a Jewish libertarian who was a health care administrator before joining the band. (He’s also an interactive tweeter who answers fans’ questions on a wide range of topics.)
Draiman announced in July that the band was going on hiatus but there’s still a flurry of activity on the docket. Here’s what he has planned for the coming year (from the Artisan News Service).
Posted on December 27, 2011
Jesus Just Left Chicago
By The Beachwood Have Mercy Affairs Desk
When the needle dropped on ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres in 1973, music lovers were treated to an instant classic that continues to be covered by all manner of bands: “Waitin’ For The Bus” (sometimes known mistakenly as “Have Mercy”) segueing into “Jesus Just Left Chicago.” It wasn’t exactly meant to be, but it was.
“The two songs were written separately during sessions that were not too far apart,” guitarist Billy Gibbons told Classic Rock Revisited. “We were in the process of compiling the tracks for the album Tres Hombres, and that segue was a fortunate miscalculation by the engineer. He had been attempting to splice out some blank tape, and the result is that the two come off as a single work. It just seemed to work.”
Indeed.
“Jesus Just Left Chicago” went on to be sampled by AC/DC and covered by bands as distinctly different as Phish, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Pat Travers, as well as becoming a bar band staple. Let’s take a look.
1. Phish at the Redbird Arena in Normal on October 4, 1999.
Posted on December 26, 2011
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Maine at the Bottom Lounge on Wednesday night.
Posted on December 23, 2011
Audio-Visual Accompaniment To Greg Kot’s Favorite Concerts of 2011
By The Beachwood Digital Journalism Affairs Desk
Greg Kot’s best concerts of 2011 is presented as a photo gallery – meaning its more of a marketing gambit designed to garner page views instead of an editorial project designed to serve readers – but for the millionth time, why in the world in this digital age wouldn’t you include video of said concerts? Once again, because they won’t, I will. Here, then, are Kot’s favorite concerts of the year, my way.
1. Le Butcherettes at Lollapalooza on August 5.
Posted on December 22, 2011
Cobain Jaguars Arrive On West Hubbard
By Make’n Music TV
“We had three, count ’em three Cobain Jaguars show up at once! Two Righty’s and one Lefty. This is a seriously fun guitar to play. It sounds big, nasty and begs for gain or your favorite Fuzz Pedal. Comes with a cool 32-page book all about Kurt and his guitars.”
Posted on December 21, 2011
Muddy Waters Meets Chicago House
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DJ MACKBOOGALOO – Record Row Jacks The House On Muddy Waters (CHICAGO LOOP HOUSE) 125BPM
Posted on December 20, 2011
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Birthday Massacre at the House of Blues on Sunday night.
Posted on December 19, 2011
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Joy Formidable at the Metro on Wednesday night.
Posted on December 16, 2011
Kanye West Shows Jay-Z His Chicago
Tours Childhood Home, Dog Pen
“As part of the short, behind-the-scenes videos that have accompanied Kanye West and Jay-Z’s ‘Watch the Throne’ Tour, Yeezy invited Jay to the neighbourhood in which he grew up in,” Richard Gilzene reports for Tale Tela.
“Filmed during the Chicago stop of the tour, The Throne hit up the city’s South Side, with Kanye and other Chi-Town locals reminiscing about life growing up in the area.”
Posted on December 14, 2011