A while back, I was sitting at the bar of the now-defunct bottom lounge with a buddy of mine. We went for operation: cliff clavin, who were on some kind of reunion stint, but overheard the brokedowns well enough to get off our asses at the bar and take a look at these guys.
After most of the chicago punk rock bands I liked went away around 2001-2003, I suppose it was a matter of time that a group like this would start, sounding like 1996-99 to me.

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