"Rock N Roll is good time music...listen to it!"
When new Jefferson Starship singer Mickey Thomas ordered us to listen in the Summer of 1979, we obeyed. An Oak Park based band, Off Broadway made us listen again & again, when we dropped the record player's needle on their major label debut album. We put it ON the turntable again & again.
In the summer of 2018, a 40th anniversary re -gathering of the original line up of the ON era Off Broadway was switched back on stage at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn. The chance of that ever being ON again was OFF with the death of Power Pop Legend Cliff Johnson. But, the surviving members of Off Broadway will make Cliff come alive again. in a special tribute concert. On this edition of Local Loft, the band's original drummer Ken Harck, & John Kolonel of Cliff's band The Raine will present his last recording before his death in a special on stage video tribute. John & Ken join me with all the details on it as part of a live concert at the third Illinois Rock Museum induction ceremony in Joliet September 16th & 17th.
As the digestive delicious hangover of Punk Rock Tacos 33 remains in you, another crunchy edition is headed to the its home base, Cemitas Poblanas, September 1st in Villa Park. Chicago female fronted band Rebels In Stereo will have you moshing off the ground beef & flower tortilla pounds. While Kankakee metal & alternative rock bands rock out Summer 2023 at Estival Festival. I've got the scoop on both.
Evergreen Park hardcore metal act stabtwistpull rocked with enough seismic force to out blast the sonic loudness of jet engines departing from nearby Midway Airport, five years ago this week at Redmonds Pub. We rock back to it.
Don't bug out too soon. Stay in time with the earthquake shaking rock propelled original Chicagoland metal, punk, alternative rock & power pop soundtrack of:
Off Broadway- Hang On For Love
Cliff Johnson-Satisfaction Guaranteed
The Outfit-Monster
Poison Boys-Steamroller
Speedfreak-Son Of Man Collapse
Rebels In Stereo-The Standoff
I Love Rich-Rock And Roll Conspiracy
The Boyzz- Wake It Up, Shake It Up
Shoes-Tomorrow Night (original1978 Bomp Records 45 version)
Ephinepic-Stumble, Still Standing
Gamma Goat-Get In The Trough
stabtwistpull (Rob Urich interview from Redmonds Pub-8/18/18 Local Loft Episode 85)
stabtwistpull-Won Love (featuring Holly Smith of Hot Dang)
stabtwistpull-Lionness Of The Sun
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