# DE-Banded Chicago Bands You Miss **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831 "2003-09-25T20:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eeeeevon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@eeeeevon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eeeeevon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/1 "2003-09-25T20:45:56Z")
Just taking a trip down memory lane here-- so lay it on me-- great bands from chicago (indie or otherwise) that have since been disbanded-- or de-banded- or just don’t really play live much anymore.that you really miss… here’s a couple of mine— Stump The Host Verbow (the orginal line up) Shrimp Boat ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/2 "2003-09-25T23:00:57Z")
The Bad Examples. Oh, and The Bad Examples. Did I mention The Bad Examples? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/3 "2003-09-25T23:35:56Z")
Err…“Chicago”? Or were they not actually from there? ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/4 "2003-09-26T00:46:08Z")
Naked Raygun ---
**Author:** ![eeeeevon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@eeeeevon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eeeeevon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/5 "2003-09-26T15:41:31Z")
YEAH- Bad Examples- they were great! Ralph Covert is doing children’s music now- I think… ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/6 "2003-09-26T17:28:41Z")
Yep. Good stuff, too. I -briefly- interned for his label a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/7 "2003-09-26T21:39:51Z")
The Jesus Lizard. Actually, I’ve missed them since 1995. I like to pretend that those last couple albums didn’t really happen. There’s a few good tracks here and there but overall they were a huge letdown. ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/8 "2003-09-26T22:23:20Z")
Paul Butterfield Blues Band –mostly a-gonner ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/9 "2003-09-27T03:44:32Z")
Jeeze, most of the Chicago bands of my youth are still going not matter how hard you might wish they’d go away. Just when you think one’s gone, say, the Mauds, you drive past a bar where they’re playing. I swear, the only way they go away for good is if the main members die. Therefore, I present: Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Paul is dead) Rotary Connection (Minnie Ripperton’s dead, but not before giving us Maya Rudolph) Baby Huey and the Babysitters (Baby Huey’s dead) Of course if you start on the bluesmen the list is vast and depressing. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/10 "2003-09-27T15:03:53Z")
The Smashing Pumpkins must be in this thread. Also, didn’t Joan of Arc break up? And Slint, of course. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/11 "2003-09-27T18:23:48Z")
I always thought (not sure) that Slint was from Louisville, KY. ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/12 "2003-09-27T21:00:22Z")
Smashing Pumpkins ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/13 "2003-09-27T23:30:12Z")
I’m a little disappointed that **Seven Red Seven** stopped making music right when they started hinting towards reaching their full potential. The _Acceleration.7_ ep kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/14 "2003-09-27T23:57:31Z")
Urge Overkill!!! ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-banded-chicago-bands-you-miss/203831/15 "2003-09-28T08:08:31Z")
No, you’re right **mouthbreather**. Slint are from KY. Don’t know where I got the idea they were from Chicago.