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LoConti is a rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, that came together in late 2022. With a sound rooted in rock, funk, jazz, and distortion, they’ve quickly made a name for themselves with energetic live sets that push their songs in fresh directions. Known for their dynamic live performances, their shows often explore new heights, feeding off the ...
- Rocket from The Tombs
- Mirrors
- The Electric Eels
- Pere Ubu
- Dead Boys
- The Cramps
- Pagans
- Devo
- Bizarros
- Tin Huey
Meet Cleveland punk’s Big Bang, Rocket From The Tombs. This band being so radioactive that it subdivided into two of punk’s most glorious outfits—Dead Boysand Pere Ubu—alone make them legendary. But its twin leaders did as much as anyone in establishing, nurturing and proselytizing for a new Cle-town rock underground. Guitarist/songwriter Peter Lau...
While Laughner witnessed all but one of the Velvets’ Cleveland shows, his counterpart in Mirrors, singer/guitarist Jamie Klimek, saw them all. He also reportedly recorded them all. It’s apparent in the 19 recordings the band collected in 2001’s comprehensive anthology Hands In My Pockets. The A-side of sole 1975 45 “Shirley”encompassed the chiming,...
Cle punk’s second greatest prototype found its genesis in a trio of friends—hulking artist John Mortonand his pals Dave E. McManusand Brian McMahon—witnessing a godawful opening act (with a major-label contract, yet) opening for anti-rock heroes Captain Beefheart And The Magic Bandin 1972. “We can suck as much as those guys,” they thought. Thus, th...
Rocket From The Tombs split into two factions in 1975. One could be dubbed the “fuck art, let’s rock!” camp. The other is the “fuck rock, let’s art!” bunch. The latter definitely consisted of Thomas and Laughner, who took the more off-center RFTT compositions with them to their new band Pere Ubu, named for a character in a Dadaist play, Ubu Roi, by...
Upon their exit, Rocket From The Tombs’ “fuck art, let’s rock!” faction—guitarist Cheetah Chromeand drummer Johnny “Madman” Madansky, now renamed Johnny Blitz—took some of their band’s most raucous, direct material with them: “Sonic Reducer,” “What Love Is,” “Down In Flames.”Steve Bator went with them, renaming himself Stiv(after how British musici...
Though launched on New York’s Lower East Side in 1976, most of punkabilly ghouls the Cramps’ original personnel had strong Cleveland area connections. Classic drummer Nick Knox was a native Clevelander and came to the band from the electric eels. His predecessor Miriam Linna went to high school in Ashtabula, college at Kent State and attended many ...
“We listened to the Stooges, the New York Dolls and the Velvet Underground, and it pretty much boiled down to other people who listened to that same stuff,” Paganssinger Mike Hudson told Vicein 2014. “It was around the summer of ’77 that everything kind of came together.” What came together for these guys? Guitarist Mick Metoffplaying sawtooth wave...
A few oddball bands began springing up in Akron, finding themselves taking the 25-minute drive to Cleveland to have an audience. DEVO’s classic lineup consisted of two pairs of brothers—the Casales(Geraldand Bob) and the Mothersbaughs(Markand Bob)—and drummer Alan Myers, who kept time as accurately as a Swiss watch. After watching friends of his ge...
Akron’s Bizarrosseemed to be a different band with every song. 1976’s “Lady Doubonette”could have been Brian Enofronting Gang Of Four, while that same EP’s “Nova”could have been from Iggy And The Stooges’ Raw Powerhad Eno produced it. Singer Nick Nicholisgot it together to set the band on the DIY path on his Clone Records. Meanwhile, brothers Jerry...
Yet another batch of Akronites proving their town was rapidly becoming the art-punk capital of the universe, Tin Hueyinitially issued singles filled with Zappa-esque smartass weirdness such as “Squirm You Worm”and “Puppet Wipes”on Clone Records. Then they signed with Warner, who released their sole LP, Contents Dislodged During Shipment, in 1979, h...
- Tim Stegall
- The Isley Brothers. Originally hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, was the infamous Isley Brothers. Before starting off as a trio with Kelly (O’Kelly), Ronald, and Rudolph, the brothers first grew up in the Lincoln Heights suburb before the family relocated to Blue Ash while they were teenagers.
- The O’Jays. Originally out of Canton, Ohio, The O’Jays had been entertaining the audience as an R&B group since 1958. The original lineup featured Bill Isles, Eddie Levert, Bobby Massey, William Powell, and Walter Lee Williams.
- Eric Carmen and the Raspberries. One of the most endearing male vocalists the music industry ever heard belonged to Eric Carmen. Born on August 11, 1949, in Cleveland, he was raised in nearby Lyndhurst, a small city that has since become fully integrated with Cleveland’s urban landscape.
- The James Gang. Formed in 1966 in Cleveland, the James Gang was a rock band that was founded by Jim Fox after he left the Outsiders in 1965 to attend college.
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Jul 3, 2024 · Experimental rock, Funk metal, Experimental metal. The Alter Boys is an American band from Ohio. The band includes members of the bands Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, Unified Culture, Mudfoot, Original Pranksta, and Mushroomhead. Also featured in the band was Ryan Dunn of the television series Jackass.
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Fri 11/25 @ 8PM. LoConti is a new band in the local rock scene, and if you think the name sounds familiar, it’s not your imagination. The band’s leader, Henry Joesph LoConti, is the grandson of the legendary Henry LoConti who founded the Agora in the late 60s and owned the groundbreaking club until his death in 2014. So music runs in the ...
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Tweed weaves Irish jigs, reels and ballads together with recognizable songs from Eric Clapton, U2, Cranberries, Jason Mraz, Ed Sheeran, Bonnie Raitt, Cyndi Lauper and many others. Tweed also easily veers into classic torch songs, gypsy jazz, bluegrass, Brazilian music and even flamenco! In addition, the group also has a growing set of original ...
