FUNKTION
FUNKY BASS
FUNKY MOJO DADDY
Every roots music fan loves being melted by the vibe and energy of a smokin’ hot band. When the heat of the music matches that mood, magic is made.
The members of MojoDaddy are all top-shelf musicians who have achieved considerable success with their respective groups. Throughout their careers, these guys have taken the message of Chicago blues and traveled the world to spread it with artists such as Buddy Guy, Carl Weathersby, the Kinsey Report and the Steepwater Band. The group consists of Kenny Kinsey (bass/vocals), Nick Byrd (guitar/vocals), Jerry Porter (drums/vocals), Jeff Massey (Slide guitar/vocals) and Corey Dennison (guitar/vocals).
Joining forces for this project to take that message further, they’ve built a high-energy blues, funk/soul, roots-rock supergroup who thread the spirit of the past into this ten-song disc with creative, passionate playing. Employing a trio of accomplished, fire-breathing guitarists (Nick Byrd, Corey Dennison, Jeff Massey), a rock-solid rhythm section (Kenny Kinsey, Jerry Porter), and four distinct-yet-complementary vocalists (Byrd, Dennison, Massey, Kinsey), the band fuses their musical tastes into a must-have disc for any hardcore blues-rocker who has an occasional sensitive moment.
Together, they have quickly gained a reputation for being one of Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland area’s top blues bands and rhythm sections. All of this has led to them appearing on a regular rotation at some of the areas hottest live music venues and annual summer festivals.
These musician’s pride themselves on playing with heart and soul, creating an unstoppable energy. Their intense delivery of the music will have you up and dancing, while never letting you forget where our musical debt is owed.
FUNKY MONKS
FURIOUS FRANK
Furious Frank performs a high energy gypsy-carnival rock that is neither traditional nor nostalgic, but instead a fresh fusion of familiar styles re-imagined for listeners demanding something new. Dance rhythms, grinding guitar riffs and soaring horn leads somehow combine to create an incomparable but irresistible sound. Sharing the stage with The Wailers and Buckwheat Zydeco, regularly compared to Tom Waits, Gogol Bordello and Manu Chao, the band defies simple description. But rest assured, they are far from subtle.
FUTURE GHOSTS
FYSEM
GABBA GABBA HEY
“Ramones Tribute Band from Chicago”
GABRIEL KELLEY
FORBIDDEN
FORDS THEATER
FOREVER
FORMER FAT BOYS
FORMOSA TRIANGLE
Unbridled Rock Action. Unrefined Sex and the wonders of straight up weirdness. Rock and Roll For Anyone With A Pulse.
FORNICATION STATION
Joel, Matt, and Danny are Fornication Station, a three piece powerhouse hailing from the south side of Chicago. Their modus operandi involves delivering song after song of Death Avenging Sex rock to all and any orifices of those within range. Their sonic melange encapsulates the heavy and sexy sounds of pure rock and roll fury.
FOSTERHOME
FOTOSPUTNIK
FOUR LETTER LIE
FOUR STAR ALARM
FOUR YEAR STRONG
FOX & THE GRAPES
FOX PAWS
FOXY SHAZAM
FRAGMENTATION
FRANCE JEAN-BAPTISTE & SEXY MENZ
FRANK & JESSE
FRANK 151’s CHICAGO RIDERS/TRAX RECO
FRANK BLINKAL
FRANK CATALANO BAND
FRANKI LEE
FRED HAMPTON JR
FLASH CASSIDY
FLATBED ORANGE
FLATFOOT 56
Playing a positive-natured brand of hardcore-tinged Celtic punk, Flatfoot 56 has been unleashing itself upon America and the rest of the world for over 20 years now. Forming in 2000, the Chicago natives achieved nationwide attention with their first two label-backed records, 2006’s Knuckles Up and 2007’s Jungle of the Midwest Sea. These releases built on a heavy dose of previously established regional notoriety, helping the band gain steam early on.
While each record received its fair share of acclaim, the quintet exploded onto a new level with 2010’s Black Thorn. Landing the band on a total of 9 Billboard Charts, Flatfoot 56 proved it could consistently reach an expanding audience while treading in a genre not often associated with widespread success. This success was advanced even further with song placements in the hit TV series
“Sons of Anarchy” and the video game “Watchdogs”.
After the success of “Blackthorn” Flatfoot hit the studio yet again in 2012 to record their Paper and plastic records backed “Toil” album. This album would further solidify the band as a consistent force to be reckoned with.
Flatfoot 56’s latest full-length album, entitled “Odd Boat”, was produced by Matt Allison at Atlas studios in Chicago. “We decided that since the last experience at Atlas Studios was so beneficial, we wanted to repeat it,” Bawinkel said. “We have been friends with Matt for a few years now and we love the work that he and his studio engineers do.”
“Odd Boat” was a self-released album. “We have been working with labels so long that we decided that we wanted to have more of a say in how our music gets distributed and promoted. We are excited about this next season,” Bawinkel said. “As a band we have all grown a lot over the years and we wanted to stretch ourselves even further. Self release is a good way to do this.”
In 2018, Flatfoot 56 released the E.P. “The Vancouver Sessions”. In this E.P., they restyled and recorded original songs from multiple albums acoustically. Some fans prefer these acoustic versions over their original versions as they highlight and emphasize the great storytelling element of these ballads.
In 2022, Flatfoot 56 released their first Split E.P. They joined forces with the amazing band,The Rumjacks, and each released three new and original songs. They are available on vinyl, for digital download, and playing on Spotify and other streaming services.
Frontman Tobin Bawinkel (vocals/guitar) is now set to lead Flatfoot 56 back into the studio. Armed with his brother Kyle (bass), along with their original piper Josh Robieson (bagpipes/mandolin), and Dan Alfonsi (Drums), Flatfoot 56 is in the process of writing their 8th full-length studio album.
FLEE THE SEEN
FLESH CONSUMED
FLESHWOUND
FLIGHTS
FLOATING GHOSTS
FLOOR THIRTEEN
FLORAL TERRACE
FLOW THEORY
FLOWERS FOR DORIAN
FLUID MINDS
FLURISH
FLY PHOENIX
FLY UNION
FLYING MACHINES
FM SUPREME
FNR
FOGHORNS
FOLIE A TROIS
FOO
FOOTBALL WEATHER
FOR PILOTS
FOR SCIENCE
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
FEAR BEFORE
FEAR CITY
Hard hitting 5-piece street punk band originating from the South Side of Chicago.
FEAR NUTTIN BAND
FEAR OF A UNIFIED DAKOTA
FEATURE PRESENTATION
FEEDING ON THE FALLEN
FELON LOVE
FEMME FATALITY
FERDINAND FOX
FERMATA
FERRISON
FETCH
FIDRYCH
FIFTH STORY
Fifth World is a dance band fusing elements of funk, house, acid jazz, hip hop and electronica.
FIFTH WORLD
FIGHT AMP
FILMS IN REVERSE
FINCH
FINDING FICTION
FINISHING SCHOOL
FIRE AND 4GET
FIRE CITY LIMITS
FIRE TO REASON
FIREISBORN
FIREWORKS
FIRST BLOOD
FIRSTJASON
FISHING WITH SPOONS
FISHNET STALKERS
FIT FOR RIVALS
FIVE 0 SIX
FIVE OH FIRST
FIVE TIMES AUGUST
FIXER
n the great tradition of The Monkees, The Partridge Family and Josie and the Pussycats comes a band actually built around a TV series. Not only does Flabby Hoffman star in their own weekly television series in Chicago (Thursday nights from 11:30pm to 12:30am on CAN-TV Cable Channel 19), but the titular figurehead of the band, Flabby H. himself, is a true activist who believes in and is attempting to instigate a modern day revolution driven by the empowerment of the righteous as a methodology for change in a world gone horribly wrong due primarily to the co-opting of media by elements of the pathological aristocracy. One can of course find the Flabby Hoffman Trio (which depending on the evening is anywhere from a four piece to eight piece band) performing and/or tooling around at nearly every decent club in town once in a while, where the Flabby Hoffman team of volunteers and cross-dressing harlequins are responsible for booking each of the bands that perform at the club for the evening in what is called The Flabby Hoffman Caravan. The Flabby Caravan is a series of shows throughout the Chicago rock circuit with about 300 gigs under its belt which features tons of great organically driven music (usually a four band line up) as well as prize giveaways, occasional comedic and acoustic tweener acts, a freaky host, customized event programs and more all of which is videotaped to gather footage for the Flabby TV series. The Flabby Hoffman Trio itself, unlike the TV bands mentioned at the top of this description who were primarily designed for teeny boppers and lumberjacks, looks to appeal to all of the disenfranchised of the world. Those pushed to the side by a mainstream media which seems like an electronic Spanish Inquisition forcing us to conform or be tortured. A mainstream cultural indoctrination device that seems more concerned with turning everyone into a mindless robot than encouraging truly creative people to create. With their hard rock, riff oriented, axe blistering antics and soul stirring lyrics, there is no doubt that this band is not in the mood to compromise. Will this trio get crushed by the weight of the imposing forces in control of our culture, or will they learn how to thrive in a world run by sociopaths that seek to crush every last vestige of individuality… If you would like to be part of this effort, join us on the TV series, join us on our efforts at movies productions and webisodes, fool around at a Flabby live show, do some original productions and help make this thing resonate…be my guest.