Robbie Fulks Kills 2011

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At Fitzgerald’s on December 29, 2011.
1. The Year In Review.

Posted on January 2, 2012

Gang Bang (Chicago Anthem)

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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.”