"Oh I just can't wait...do I look up to date" (The Rezillios-1978)
Whether your original Chicagoland area metal, punk, alternative rock or power pop band sounds up to date, or has retro written all over it, you're hoping to fit into an ever-evolving music scene. Local Loft blends the current with the vintage. This is not a total flashback scenario. We keep up with the changes but also spotlight those who made a past impact or impression.
Fist To The Sky officially rocked live one last time in February...
"Oh I just can't wait...do I look up to date" (The Rezillios-1978)
Whether your original Chicagoland area metal, punk, alternative rock or power pop band sounds up to date, or has retro written all over it, you're hoping to fit into an ever-evolving music scene. Local Loft blends the current with the vintage. This is not a total flashback scenario. We keep up with the changes but also spotlight those who made a past impact or impression.
Fist To The Sky officially rocked live one last time in February 2018 at the former Wire in Berwyn. The venue was permanently closed due to the financial plunge it took during the Covid 19 Lockdown five years ago. The band is punching their way back into many venues around greater Chicagoland. The return began in November 2023 with These Days, the South Chicago hard rock band's first single in ten years. Now, they return to the stage, at Bottom Lounge, Friday, June 27th. I talk with singer and co-founder Mike Sylvester (Mickey Murder) about what's new and what will be resurrected in the band's hard hitting set. They'll co headline with the cinematic goth hard rock four piece band Bullet To The Heart. A newly released single has them stunting with a first-time duet between singer Audrey Queen and drummer Draven DC.
From Blue Island to the MTV studios in Upper Manhattan. E'nuff Z'Nuff became a power pop powerhouse band. Co-founder Chip unleashes a mostly new lineup, who'll have longtime fans demanding original singer Donnie Vie return them to their Glam Rock glory days, which began with their self titled debut album in the Summer of 1989. They rock The Forge In Joliet this Saturday, June 14th.
Holly Smith has made a hard rock journey from singer of cult alternative band In 2 The Inferno to grease monkey hard rock act Hot Dang! and now to contemporary pop retro cover band Pop Killers. She also was one third of Chicago Metal Alliance, who showcased a plethora of female fronted Chicago area hard rock and metal bands in Legions Massacred By Queens. Holly stopped by The Kat 105.5 air studio to preview the third annual event, eleven years ago this week. We rock back to it.
It's all featured in this up to date, but throwback sprinkled original Chicagoland music playlist:
Fist To The Sky-These Days
Fist To The Sky- Dagger In The Heart Of The World
Bullet ToThe Heart-Echoes
The Untold-Rust
Toxic Freaks-Too Many Fast People
Cartoon Graveyard-Birdman
Flatfoot 56-Sorry
Ricky Liontones-Illusion Of Choice
Enuff Z'Nuff (featuring Jake E.Lee)-Dissonance
Holly Warbrigade (Holly Smith)-LIve interview in The Kat 105.5 studio-6/5/14
Vicious Attack-Engaged In Genocide
False Hope Fades-Clean
Hot Dang-Death's Intentions
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