“We finally have a lead singer, Neil Donell, who is amazing and would remind some people of the tenor that [Peter] Cetera was. He has really hoisted the band on his back and is really delivering as a lead singer.”– Robert Lamm, Chicago Founding Member, Rock Cellar Magazine interview...
' When Van Halen recorded their first record, they hired the same engineer and producer. A few years later, they also signed up the band's former lead singer -- Sammy Hagar. Quadrophenia MCA 'Quadrophenia' The Who (1973):This novelistic piece was never as beloved as was the earlier 'Tom...
“In the past, we’d always made records here in Chicago with a more fluid lineup of people coming in and out of the studio, or we’d just recorded at home,” she describes. “This time, each of us in the band [was able to] take more ownership of these parts and just develop ...
After Firehouse 51 nailed a rescue involving one of the band's crew members, he thanked the squad with tickets to a Rush concert. Later backstage, the 51 firefighters brushed paths with two-thirds of the band, guitarist Alex Lifeson and lead singer Geddy Lee. Lifelong fan Mouch was ...
Chicago Punk lost two titans as John Kezdy, lead singer of The Effigies, had an accident on his bicycle and passed away at the age of 64. John has been involved with the scene since the beginning and will be missed dearly. Here is a long interview with John from Lumpen Radio where he...
Ready, Sex, Go suffered from poor promotion, and the band realized that their record label wasn't willing to do them justice. A year after their third release, Marvelous 3 decided to part ways and take a break from the cut-throat music business. In 2002, lead singer Butch Walker began...
Danny’s current band, California Transit Authority, is a hybrid Chicago band or as Seraphine describes it, “Chicago on steroids”. Featuring lead singer Tony Grant, guitarist Mark Bonilla, keyboardist Ed Roth, and singer/bass player Travis Davis, and a full horn section coming in from L....
Today, David is on stage as often as possible: singing and playing piano as a solo artist or with his band, leading events as a DJ/MC, producing theChicago Harmony Sweepstakes, spreading holiday cheer inThe Caroling Party, hosting the Chicago rooftop shows forConcerts Under The Stars, and re...
Chicago's Black-owned Vee-Jay label drops the first U.S.releaseby an unknown band called The Beatles. 19 1984 Jesse Saunders & Vince Lawrence released“On and On,”cited as the first house music record. 18 1957 Buddy Guy moved to Chicago, where he established himself as alasting legendof...
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy is an American songwriter and musician originally from Illinois who is best known as the lead singer of the band Wilco. Plus d'info Avis Critique de Jeff Tweedy Jeff Tweedy has had a long and successful career in the music industry and he's still going. He is a...