Local Loft Episode 320

"The problem's plain to see...too much technology." (Styx-1983)

Not always great, and not always reliable (people are calling you out Ventra apps!) It will fail you. Laptops with constant low disk space where constant cleanup don't help. But thanks to plenty of backup equipment, This episode rocks on the cyberwaves. And with a reunion you didn't see or hear coming.

Kriz Radowski has spent the last year screaming and grunting as singer of Let Them Fight, but he got his start in Chainwax,. In both bands he's learned to take back his life, from parents, significant others who have tried to control him. Kriz started Chainwax in 2003 and now surprisingly resurrects them, Thursday night with their first gig in over a decade, at Rockhaus in West Dundee. I talk with him about what led to the reformation and their new full length studio album Chainwax Legacy.

Chicago hardcore rockers Whut will supply a lot crunch and punch as they rock Punk Rock Tacos 46 in April. All the delicious details are within this episode.

Steve Eldridge has worked production magic in giving a contemporary pop edge to the three hard rock bands he has been in, Delightful Downfall, Sky Machine and Qualia. He now has written what is sure to be a top 40 smash with the tween wave meets punk pop combination of Cupid Me. With singer Mitch Rehner, the debut single is sure to make waves on the pop music scene. 

Bleed For The Fallen would be rthe last Chicagoland area band to seep through the airwaves of The Kat 105.5 before the hard rock powerhouse station would fall off the terrestrial radio waves for good. They first oozed through the airwves with the Kankakee metal duo's first trip to our studios 12 years ago this week. We rock back to it again.

Flush the non Chain wax from both earlobes and feel the inner ear hairs vibrate to the original Chicago are metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop soundtrack of.

Chainwax-Bound

Chainwax-Voices

Let Them Fight-Stuck

This Obsession-Cannibalism

Space Age Zeros-Wishing Well

Off Broadway-Tonight

Naked Raygun-Suspect Device

Whut-Punk Is Dead

Cupid Me-End Of An Era

Bleed For The Fallen (interview in The Kat 105.5 studio-3/8/12)

Bleed For The Fallen-Pirate Ships And Sailboats

Bleed For The Fallen-Piece By Piece

Bleed For The Fallen-NBC