Local Loft Episode 83

Punk Rock is far from dead....Power Pop is far from a forgotten genre.

Chicago based Punk band,80 Proof Preacher keeps the angry,aggressive nature of Punk alive and pumpin on their debut record,Tools and Enemies. I talk to them before they get crowds furiously pogoing at Wire in Berwyn.

Local forgotten rock legends M & R Rush return again,keeping themselves in the Loop of the local  Chicagoland hard rock and Metal scene.Their new CD, Between the Lines get its official release with a big bash show in Midlothian. On the same night,Power Pop legend Cliff Johnson surpisingly gets his historic band Off Broadway back together,with original members from their first big period 1979-80.

 

Along with these resurrections,the Chicago and Illinois music scene rises into the stratosphere with:

80 Proof Preacher-Them

80 Proof Preacher-Butthurt

88 Fingers Louie-Advice Column

Whut?-Punk is Dead (radio edit)

Faith in Vain-Let It Die

Reckless Redemption-The Unpure

New Day Rising-Pushing Me Away

Genotype-Light Worker

Black Road-Red

M & R- A Different Breed of Kat (music video mix)

Off Broadway-Fallin In