30 years ago on May 1st, I first set foot in the air studios of a commercial radio station and jumped on the mic. Following many million miles driving in ice storms, blizzards, excessive heat warnings, I made an adventurous through the Joliet region (The Kat 105.5), Rockford (96.7 The Eagle) & Kankakee (WKAN, X Country 106.5, & the return of The Kat) as a morning, midday and afternoon drive DJ. Throughout it all, I helped to expose millions of listeners to the diverse sound of the Chicagoland area's original metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop scene. When The Kat stopped rocking, I picked up where we left off. Eight years & 275 episodes later, here we still are. This episode is not a career spanning retrospective. We forward & rock on.
The Mike Michalak Band (MMB) has been through many diverse changes. From Jazz Fusion to Jam band, to progressive hard rock trio. MIke Joins me to talk about and spin two tracks from their just released ( 4/20) album Butcher Dolls. Including the creepy mannequin east coast concept of the albums story.
Despite a targeted first May weekend concert event, there will be no entry to a planned Exit reopening show for Chicago's legendary Punk rock club. It still will happen. I've got details.
Shedding their invisible personas, Sky Ghosts return with another stripped down, acoustic rendition of the alternative hard rock powerhouse band 13-Monsters. We rock back to when they (Singer Deb Sonzo, & guitarist Jamie Riani) first became visible to live show audiences, five years ago this week at the Outtaspace in Berwyn.
Along with these, you're just a jump to the left & little step to the right of a timeless mosh pit, as you propel your clockless hands through a forward dimension with the timeless sounds of:
Mike Michalak Band-Amy
Mike Michalak Band- Doll Needs
Donkey Punch-Chicago Beatdown
The Tossers-Irish Blood
WAYDSB-Dodge City Blitz
The Lunatic's Fringe-Electric Church
Goatbelly-Antidote
Convoy-Till I Met You
Chains Over Razors-Behind These Eyes
A.D.D.-So Much (So Little)
Sink-Spiders And Heroin
Sky Ghosts (Interview from The Outtaspace in Berwyn Local Loft Episode 80 5/12/18)
Sky Ghosts/13- Monsters-Heroine
!3-Monsters-The Bessemer Process
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Thank you for the awesome words Tim, this is Brian from Convoy
Tuesday May 02, 2023
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