Local Loft Episode 337

Crank it up ultra loud!.....and rock away an all-county psychotic tornado threat!

Shaking down the thunder from the sky is a seismic original soundtrack of Chicagoland punk, metal, alternative rock and power pop. 

A bit of truth or dare is involved in this 337th edition. Bassist Steve Grossman, fueled by a night of binge drinking, learned quickly how to play bass, leading to his immediate inclusion in SITB (Steve's In The Band) Alcohol consumption was both a high and lowlight in the band's melodramatic storytelling lyrics. I talk to Steve, drummer Jim Holmen, and guitarist RT Zelm, as they undarefullly play at the second Punk Rock Tacos outdoor Summer show, Sunday, July 28th in Villa Park.

Odds are good The Party of No will say Yes to another interruption to another show of The Lunatic's Fringe. But the luck of the Irish (Rebel Bar & Grill) just might be with Mr. Fringe and his band mates this Saturday in Oak Lawn, I have a new wagering single from them.

With no (Bad or Good) Indication that a reunion of the original 1979 lineup of Off Broadway was ON again, Cliff Johnson Stayed In Time with his present day plans to rock on with The Raine, at the venue that became a home away from home, Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, eight years ago this week. We rock back to it, by overwhelming request.

Throw up the volume, and scare the tornadic lightning away with the jolting original Chicago area music soundtrack of:

SITB-Drank The Anchor

SITB-One More Beer

Squared Off-Lessons Never Learned

Brian Durbin-Bad Bad TV

Loveblast-Goodbye My Darling

The Lunatic's Fringe-Gamblin' Man

Spamicidal Jelly-Boomerang Papercut

Brookwood Drive-Spend The Night

Local H-President Forever

Cliff Johnson (interview from Fitzgeralds in Berwyn-7/9/16 Local Loft Episode 30 (aired 7/15/16)

Cliff Johnson-1-2-3 (unreleased 1986 demo, produced by Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick)

Off Broadway-U.S. Girls (original 1980 Quick Turns Atlantic Records vinyl LP pressing)

D'Thumbs-Battle Of The Bands (1978 demo)