forgotten jams - the functional blackouts

FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS were one of the most chaotic thrashy and noisy punk bands to ever come up in the Chicago scene or anywhere else for that matter.....

perhaps even one of the best Chicago bands ever.......

Over a short period of time, they released two full lengths, a handful of singles, got banned from numerous clubs, played HOZAC BLACKOUT FEST and left everyone with hangovers and damaged eardrums......then broke up in 2006 to everyone's dismay.......

FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS took trashy rock n roll to the loudest most in-yer-face level and fans of lo-fi punk of any kind should own their limited discography...especially if yr into THE BASEBALL FURIES, the GUILTY PLEASURES, WHITE SAVAGE, THE TYRADES or SUPERCHARGER...

its a shame that no one outside of Chicago seems to remember these guys.... but you might know some of the bands these guys are in now......members of the FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS went on to form DAILY VOID, MAC BLACKOUT BAND, MICKEY, WOMEN IN PRISON, WORST and THE OUTER MINDS..... just to name a few bands they've been in since their breakup.......

follow these links to download some highly fuckin recommended albums 
by the FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS.......

click here to grab THE VERY BEST OF THE MONKEES.....
  (on DEAD BEAT RECORDS, a collection of their singles and rarities)


and here to grab THE SEVERED TONGUE.....
  (on CRIMINAL IQ RECORDS, the second and final FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS lp)


watch a FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS show from 2005 below.....

up and comers - ET HABIT

CHICAGO noise rockers ET HABIT mash murky psych rock into free jazz and punk.......

featuring Christmas from MICKEY......ET HABIT is part of the local NOISE scene of CACAW, MAYOR DALEY, RUNNING and BAD DRUGS..... and close noise making cousins to SKOAL KODIAK, PUFFY AREOLAS and CLIPD BEAKS.......

i wish i could drag all of you to some of these awesome house shows in chicago, so you could see ET HABIT in action......you'd love it.

with one tape release via SKROT UP and a forthcoming 7 inch on HOZAC RECORDS, i hope to hear more from these guys in the future........

ET HABIT is playing TONIGHT at BALL HALL with PUFFY AREOLAS and RUNNING 
   and next weekend, September 10 with KITCHEN'S FLOOR at the CROWN TAP.......


listen here......

and watch below.......


E.T. Habit @ Empty Bottle, Dec. 2010 from Jason Ogawa on Vimeo.

mickey - rock n roll dreamer LP release party

mickey has finally released their much anticipated debut lp on hozac records.....  catchy glam punk in the vein of new york dolls, but with plenty of dead boys snarl and 60s garage backbeat.....

their "rock n roll dreamer" lp already sounds like a classic to me......an album you'll wanna blast out yr apartment windows on these hot summer days ahead.......after all this is nasty sweaty rock n roll..........

listen to the title track from the lp below......and check out their LP RELEASE PARTY THURSDAY 6/30 @ DOUBLE DOOR.....only five dollars..........




and ps the hozac lp is limited to 700 copies so dont wait around to long, or yr miss out.......

woven bones

hozac records showcase at the empty bottle this saturday, the 26th..........hope to get drunk with of of you there.......

the show is headlined by woven bones, fast becoming one of my favs. in addition to red mass, radar eyes and mickey.........(maybe they'll throw their drum set around again....)

anyway check out woven bones below, if you haven't heard them yet.......

mickey

you might be hearing about these guys everywhere soon. chicago's mickey filter garage and glam through the ears of gutter punks and it makes you want to thrash about the dance floor.........

they have one single out on hozac so far, with an lp promised for this summer. so watch out.....

here's a crappy youtube video of them, but it just doesn't do mickey justice.......