THINNER TEED
Based in the Chicago area, the band has played across the Midwest at numerous festivals and venues from Ohio to Iowa and everywhere between. Thinner Teed has been a part of Summer Camp Music Festival, Wakarusa, and many other events over the past years and performed at venues like Double Door & Hard Rock Cafe.
January of 2013 brought a change for the band. Two of the original members had decided to pursue other life ventures and a new drummer was brought in; helping to solidify an already evolving sound and group dynamic. The new line-up is electrifying; the energy on stage, passion for writing, and music are second to none.
THIRD TIME’S A CHARM
THIS CAR UP
THIS CITY DEFECTS
THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS
THIS IS A STANDOFF
THIS IS HELL
THIS IS MY FIST
THIS IS THE GOOD FIGHT
THIS IS VERSAILLES
THIS LAST DANCE
THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED
THIS MUST BE THE BAND
This Must be the Band is a Talking Heads Tribute Band; we only play Talking Heads music, and, if possible, 3 to 4 hours at a time.
Since forming in May 2007, TMBTB has been Burning Down The House throughout Chicago and the entire midwest. With a rapidly expanding repertoire from the Talking Heads’ catalog of countless hits, TMBTB highlights the best of the Talking Heads, equipped with our very own Bernie Worrell, Adrian Belew, Lynn Mabry, and Ednah Holt.
THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE
THIS SPECIFIC DREAM
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
THE TRASHINGTONS
THE TREE
THE TURBO A.C.’S
THE TURBO VAMPS
THE TWILIGHT AND THE SOUND
THE TWIN CATS
THE TWO AGLETS
THE UGLY
THE UMA THURMANS
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND
THE UNDERWATER
THE UNSEEN
The Unseen’s inception dates back to 1993 when Mark, Tripp and Scott met while at school in Boston. Looking for something to do after school and on the weekends the misfits began making noise in their parents’ basements. Influenced by artists such as The Clash, Bad Religion and Sick of it All, the guys began playing their own unique breed of Boston punk.
The bands project turned into a full-time gig in no time. Within only a few years the band had already carved a name for themselves in the local scene with their highly energetic shows and street hustled EPs. Over the course of the next few years the band released a slew of EPs and albums and in 2002 they added drummer Pat Melzard the lineup.
With the release of each album the band’s tour schedule got more intense. In 2004 the group began a whirlwind tour that included dates in Europe, North America, Austraila, Japan and Mexico with fellow punk bands Sick of it All, Suicide Machines, Agnostic Front and Hatebreed among others. Additionally the band has done several full headlining tours across the United States.
In 2005, The Unseen signed to Hellcat Records and released State of Discontent, an aggressively raw album with stains of political discontent. Following the release the group added long time friend and guitarist Jonny for an additional punch to the band’s already hostile sound. After opening for bands such as Tiger Army and Rancid in the US and Europe to support the album, the band launched a full-blown headlining tour of the US.
Unable to stay quiet or immobile after another relentless tour, The Unseen returned to their outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts with longtime cohort and producer Jim Siegel in late 2006 to record their fifth album, Internal Salvation.
“To me the new album starts right where State of Discontent left off,” explains frontman Mark Unseen. “We are still the unseen still playing real heavy hardcore punk but we are also not afraid to make a pro sounding album or to try something a bit different sometimes. We have always wanted to stay the same band but progress a little each album.”
The Unseen, known for voicing their opinions on social and political matters, give listeners a heavy dose of what’s on their mind with Internal Salvation, featuring songs that deal with problems in the world to the extinction of originality and thought. “Lyrically the album is mainly about not knowing what is going on and feeling like you’re at a point where you don’t know what to do to get ahead,” says Unseen.
THE UPTONS
THE UPWELLING
THE URBANITES
THE USUAL
THE VALLEY GHOSTS
THE VAMATO
THE VAN BUREN BOYS
Chicago Rock n’ Roll / Power Pop!!!
“fun with a capital F”
– Un-Herd Music
“I probably shouldn’t like this as much as I do, but I probably shouldn’t drink so much or eat red meat either. But I will. And I do.”
– Roy Pearl, Pearl Before Swine
“Breathing oily rock n roll heart, these guys are wickedly in tune with each other…”
– Brian Kirst, Horror Society
“Right in line with The Riffs or some Eddie And The Hot Rods loving pre-junkies. Heavy on the pop sensibilities, this is ready for the big time.”
– Robert Collins, Maximum Rock n’ Roll
THE VAN GOGHS
THE VANDALS
THE VANDON ARMS
THE VENETIA FAIR
THE VERONA ACCOUNT
THE VIBRATORS
First wave U.K. Punk Rock since 1976. Still touring and recording.