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Having established a loyal fan club in and around their home base of Chicago, Illinois, Gary and The Knight Lights were clearly geared to raise their profile to an even higher degree. Aside from being a hot live act, they released several singles that harvested a decent amount of airplay.Read More

Huge in their mother land of Australia, but virtually unknown elsewhere, the Master’s Apprentices simply lacked the promotion muscle to obtain the universal visibility they so richly deserved. Founded in 1965, the band began life playing bluesy beat music in the vein of the Rolling Stones, the Animals and theRead More

Named after those funny Dr. Seuss characters we all know and love, the Sneetches were greatly adored by the indie crowd back in the day. Coming together in 1985, the San Francisco, California-based band remained intact for about ten years, and during that period they cut half a dozen albumsRead More

Chicago, Illinois was home to Quill Records, an independent label run by Peter Wright that released a string of singles between the years 1965 and 1967. You May Also Like: Chicago’s two musical eras were bridged by the sweet, complex ‘Just You ‘N Me’ I Want, Need, Love You: Garage-BeatRead More

Sporting one of the most hilarious names imaginable, the Jelly Bean Bandits were (and in fact, still are, as they reunited several years ago) actually a lot cooler than their silly handle suggests. Tight and attentive, yet raunchy enough to win the approval of “Pebbles” and “Nuggets” groupies, the NewRead More