To pogo or to headbang!
Whichever way you get your groove on, you need original Chicagoland metal, punk, alternative rock and power pop to groove along with. We supply the heavily distorted, slam dancing power chords and backbeats that move your vey well being.
You just can't take the Rock out of Rockford. The city at the very border between Illinois and Wisconsin may best known for Cheap Trick, but the Forest City is rich with bands and artists of so many genres. WIMP! crosses the line between non anarchic punk and power pop. Fronted by singer/guitarist Kevin Kalen, the four piece is a kind of family affair. Kevin's daughter Cheyenne contributing a melodic vocal edge. Kevin himself brings a hybrid of genre experience from the veteran journeyman power pop band Mono ever-changing Stereo. I talk with Kevin, whose musical approach is not limited in an all ages one man show gig at Tivoli Bowl in Downers Grove. its along for a futuristic pogo hop is Space Age Zeros, who rock up a storm with a honorable tribute to a women's touch of the ever-changing Chicago Weather Picture.
You wouldn't expect a Rock and Religion connection in the dark and Hellfire imagery of Legions Of Raum. The four-man Chicago Hardcore Metal band radically shifts away from Satanic images of death and doom on it's first new album in nine years. I've got the redeeming return.
Royally leaving a lasting legendary impression on the soon to be permanently shut down Brauerhouse In Lombard, Kevin Lee and The Kings hold court with another hard driving gig, five years ago this week. We rock back to the last time I would pogo and headbang at the soon to be renamed then completely closed venue.
The original Metal, Punk, Alternative Rock and Power Pop of the Chicagoland area strikes again without the impact of a shimmering-colored bowling ball crushing it: On the musical scorecard:
Space Age Zeros- Calling You In Love (Live from The Punk Pop Matinee at Tivoli Bowl Downers Grove-3/2/25)
WIMP!-Black Sheep
WIMP!-Suitcase
Legions Of Raum-Atonement
EvIl Incarnate-Hear Them Scream
13th & East-Digital Wreckage
Showoff-The Day You Left
Highway Junk-Modern Animals
Downhill Runner-Walk Away
Kevin Lee And The Kings (interview from Brauerhouse In Lombard 3/7/20 Local Loft Episode 120)
Kevin Lee And The Kings-How It Feels
Kevin Lee And The Kings-On Top Of The World
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