Chicago - A message from the station manager

The Weekend In Chicago Rock

Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Against Me! at Riot Fest on Friday.

Polished and ferocious.



2. New Politics at Riot Fest on Sunday.


3. De La Soul at Riot Fest on Sunday.


4. Ice Cube at Riot Fest on Saturday night.

Kot: Ice Cube Delivers N.W.A. Nostalgia.

5. Ultimate Painting at the Silent Funny House on Saturday.


6. Holy Sons at the Bohemian National Cemetery for Beyond The Gate on Thursday night.

Loerzel: Photos.

7. CoCoComa at the Empty Bottle on Thursday night.


8. Earth at the Bohemian National Cemetery on Thursday night.


9. Tommy Stinson at Riot Fest on Sunday night.



10. Motörhead at Riot Fest on Friday night.

Setlist.

11. Drive Like Jehu at Bottom Lounge for a Riot Fest aftershow on Friday night.


12. Pegboy at Chop Shop on Saturday night.


13. Disappears at the Bohemian National Cemetery on Thursday night.


14. Government Issue at the Double Door on Friday night.


15. Of Montreal at Lincoln Hall on Friday night.


16. The Coathangers at Riot Fest on Friday.


17. Yelawolf at Riot Fest on Sunday.


18. Merle Haggard at Riot Fest on Saturday night.

Setlist.

19. Faith No More at Riot Fest on Friday night.


20. Anthrax at Riot Fest on Friday night.


21. Alkaline Trio at Riot Fest on Friday night.


22. System of a Down at Riot Fest on Saturday night.


23. Rodrigo y Gabriela at Riot Fest on Sunday.


24. The Runnies at the Empty Bottle on Thursday night.


25. L7 at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


26. Kongos at Riot Fest on Sunday.


27. Skating Polly at Riot Fest on Sunday.


28. Andrew W. K. at Riot Fest on Sunday.


29. Less Than Jake at Riot Fest on Sunday.


30. Rancid at Riot Fest on Saturday night.


31. GWAR at Riot Fest on Saturday.


32. Modest Mouse at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


33. Alexisonfire at Bottom Lounge on Saturday night.


34. Hailu Mergia at Promontory for World Music Fest on Sunday night.


35. Babes in Toyland at Riot Fest on Saturday.


36. Gymshorts at Bric-a-Brac on Sunday.

37. Damian Marley at Riot Fest on Sunday.


38. Snoop Dogg at Riot Fest on Sunday night.

Setlist.

39. Jimmy Cliff at Riot Fest on Sunday night.

Setlist.

40. Stephen Ragga Marley at Riot Fest on Sunday.


41. Cypress Hill at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


42. Barb Wire Dolls at Riot Fest on Friday.


43. Speedy Ortiz at Riot Fest on Friday.


44. Every Time I Die at Riot Fest on Friday.


45. Bwana at the Mid on Friday night.


46. La Santa Cecilia at Mayne Stage on Friday night for World Music Fest.


47. Eleventh Dream Day at City Made Fest in Andersonville on Saturday night.

48. Oreofest at Thalia Hall on Saturday night.

49. The Devil Wears Prada at Riot Fest on Saturday.


50. Hum at Riot Fest on Sunday.


51. The Damned at Riot Fest on Saturday.


52. The Lawrence Arms at Riot Fest on Saturday.


53. Rick Springfield at Northerly Island on Thursday night.


54. Loverboy at Northerly Island on Thursday night.


55. Foreigner in Tinley Park on Saturday night.


56. Billy Idol at Riot Fest on Saturday night.


57. CIV at Riot Fest on Saturday.


58. Iggy Pop at Riot Fest on Saturday night.

Yuk.

59. Taking Back Sunday at Riot Fest on Saturday.


60. Northern Faces at Riot Fest on Sunday.


61. Foxing at Riot Fest on Sunday.


62. Beach Slang at Riot Fest on Sunday.


63. Have Mercy at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


64. The Airborne Toxic Event at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


65. The Prodigy at Riot Fest on Sunday night.


And now we commence the list-ending joke band trilogy . . .
66. The Dead Milkmen at Riot Fest on Sunday.


68. Tenacious D at Riot Fest on Friday night.


69. No Doubt at Riot Fest on Friday night.

Don’t sing – it hurts.

Comments welcome.

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Posted on September 14, 2015