Local Loft Episode 352

"Trick or Treat.....the bitter and the sweet." (Siouxie & The Banshees-Halloween (1981).

There'll be very little (if any) bitterness, but a lot that's sweet. Ear candy of the original Chicagoland metal, punk, alternative rock and power scene. Crank it up ultra loud and feel your back molars vibrate! Hardcore metal intensely loud it out decibeled the ear-splitting noise of nearby jet engines from arriving and departing 747's and DC 10's at nearby Midway Airport. The first annual Hell Over Midway at Macgoos Bar and Grill in Bedford Park, had 12 Chicago's Southwest side to New York exceeding optimal volume levels. Loud enough to strip graffiti of paint splattered walls. Extraction Point was second, revealing a new metal militia anthem that would be the perfect soundtrack to a new era of combat video gaming. I talk with singer Cody Zupan, guitarist Rick El Gato Lancaster, and the three other new members, JP, Justin and Stasi, after they ruptured the foundations of the truck depot warehouse style stage and venue. The band has a noticeably different lineup from their first one five years ago this week, when they premiered at The Forge in Joliet, which we rock back to to close out Episode 352.

Beheading The Icon, from the Southwest Side of Chicago tapped into a familiar 80s video game classic for inspiration, as well as current wartime situations around the world for their mind and speaker blowing set.  I talk with band members Jason Cordero, Matt Bly, Franco, and Osvil Cisneros after they mesmerized   the crowd. While The Fiction We Create combined the melodic, but intense vocal style of Skylar Jensen, who I introduced to all of you in 2017 as second singer of the long since broken up Punch Cabbie.

Kankakee area drummer Travis Zupan gives the headbanging, piledriving groove of Ephinepic a rest to introduce a country rock meets blues rock style of Reckless Inc. They have just released their self-titled debut EP. An opening blast will explode onto your speakers.

Open your ears (not your candy bag) Assorted original Chicagoland music treats will be passed out from:

Extraction Point-Return Fire

Extraction Point-Forced Compliance

Beheading The Icon-TV Dinner

Beheading The Icon-Pay To Pray

The Fiction We Create-The Void's Calling

Deadman's Hand-Wrathchild (Iron Maiden Cover)

Satan's Hallow-The Horror

Black Road-Witch Of The Future

Reckless Inc.-Bullet

Extraction Point (interview from The Forge in Joliet Local Loft Episode 114-10/31/19)

Extraction Point-Skankgoat

Extraction Point-Best Served Cold (with Holly Smith of  Pop Killers & Hot Dang)