Midwestern rock appreciation thread

[bsman]

We're going to see the Bodeans at the Freight and Salvage tonight, so I thought I'd start a thread. Them damn Southerners are always so full of themselves (), so I thought I'd let folks in the unassuming Midwest (where my roots lie) testify!

Here's some stuff from my old stomping grounds in Wisconsin (college) and Illinois (HS):




A young "Duke" Erikson and Butch Vig in Spooner

 

[Chad]

 

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[bsman]

Oh man! How could I forget Rockford's best! I used to catch them at the Stone Hearth in Madison!

 

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[Steverino]

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Cheap Trick
Naked Raygun
Wilco
Motown, darn near all of it.
Lots of stuff from Chess records.

 

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[Jbird]

 

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Kansas

 

[Deep Eddy]

9 posts and no one has mentioned the pride of Champaign-Urbana, IL - REO Speedwagon. That's unpossible.

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

REO and Ministry first came to mind. Forgot about Naked Raygun, followed them when I lived in Chicago. The Godz are legendary local here in C-bus.
White Stripes, Kid Rock, The Nuge, Seger, Mellencamp. MC5. Ig and The Stooges.