Comprised of members who have lovingly brought you renditions of music by The Clash, The Jam, The Beatles, The Police, REM, The Cure, The Cars, Buzzcocks, Echo & The Bunnymen, Deftones and more Still IL bring a fresh outlook to those classic seminal gems from the Eighties. Armed with passion, expertise and an eye for a killer groove Still IL aim to provide the ultimate Morrissey-Marr Live Tribute. Not dogmatic mimicry – we just purport to play these tunes well. Let your heart and your feet be the judge.Niko was first drawn to Johnny’s pleasant but potent arpeggios and high life thirds runs at a tender formative age. It was the bridge between Pete Townshend and those infectious bouzouki riffs he was privy to at family functions. Morrissey’s imagery and profligate use of adverbs sealed his fate.His original band Who’s This Mary? had always drew comparisons to The Smiths so covering this canon was inevitable.Mini is more than adept on the bass guitar and his experience is second to none. Honest.Tony is simply immense on the drums. Fact.Still IL will be augmented by trusted and capable friends on additional instruments.This will be The People’s Band so we encourage you to turn up at concerts to sing along, dance, bring paraphernalia and enjoy yourselves down to the knees.Jump into bed and pull up the covers, kids. You are Still IL…

Guns and Ammunition is a Chicago five man Clash cover band bringing the fire and fury of “The Only Band That Matters” to the 21st century.

Punk, ska, rockabilly, and high energy rock ‘n roll, the timeless music of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones gains new life!

Guitarists Tim Burns and Johnny ‘Larock’ Simpson, drummer Dan Quinn, and bassist Dave Martin have been playing together in various Chicago-based bands for years, and new singer Shaun Ingram brings high energy to the gang.

From the primal chords of 1978’s Clash City Rockers, to all the anthems — from classic London Calling (Rolling Stone magazine’s #1 album of the 1980s) to the haunting dub of Straight to Hell, from Combat Rock in 1982 to the sounds of the late great Joe Strummer and his Mescaleros and Mick Jones’ Big Audio Dynamite — prepare for a long, faithful journey through the catalog of one of the greatest rock bands ever!

In the beginning there was Wraygun…The band started out as a tribute to The Late Great Link Wray, by Phil Tiki and Jack “The Ripper” Conley.I was asked to play bass, for a “one and done” gig, that turned into 2, then 3, and 10 years later… The calls started coming in for bigger gigs, so we supplemented our set with some Surf, and we were on our way.We all met Susie at the same time, she mentioned she played Sax, and was asked to be in the band, real simple.Jack’s girlfriend, Shannon (at the time, now his wife), came in on second guitar, shortly afterward, and we had our lineup solidified.This quintet performed for a couple years, until Shannon left, enter Steve Martini…Steve came over from his very successful band, Cocktail Preachers, and, like me, never left.With Steve in the band, we soon changed our name to 13 Tikis, which was a band name Phil used for other things he was doing musically.Shortly after the name change, Jack left, enter Tony Long…Tony played with us for a short time before, naturally he was our first choice to be our new full time drummer.With everything solid again, we hit it hard, playing all over, having fun, like you’re supposed to, then…Phil Tiki, the man who put this all together, broke it to us, he was moving to Las Vegas.Not really knowing how to go on without the glue that held this band together, we had to figure something out fast.Enter Justin Collins…We met Justin at a Memorial for a mutual acquaintance, our respective bands were on the bill, and we hit it off.Justin became a fan of the band, coming out to gigs, showing support, so when we needed a guitar player, I gave him a call.Initially, I asked if he was interested in sitting in with us, I didn’t tell him Phil was leaving, he said “sit in, or be in the band, because I would really like to be in the band”.Without any vetting, Justin was in the band, where he is today.October 21st, 2016, we celebrated 10 years as a band, with the current lineup, as well as Phil Tiki and Jack The Ripper.We have no intentions of stopping anytime soon!I’d also like to give honorable mentions to these fine drummers, for putting time in with this band.Rick Kubic, Leslie Walle-Santos,Grant Ossler, Mark ManzoThere you are,a “short” history of 13 TikisLorenzo FridayBass Guitarist13 Tikis