Coldcock Jones & Lightnin’ Deuce Rooster formed The Buttermilk 5 in Peoria, IL in 1958 when they released their debut album, “Stop, Drop & Boogie.” Their sophomore release, ten years later, “O’ Lord the Things I Done,” flopped because they couldn’t fit enough albums in the trunk of the Zephyr. There may have been another album around that time. The band resurfaced in 1972 or 1973 with a live album recorded in St. Louis. Chuck Berry fought to have production of the album halted, as he found it stupid, but album was pressed and no one bought it. “Live At St. Louis ’72” (or ’73) sold 5 or 6 units before the band’s bass player, LaVel Brown, left the remaining albums at a music venue. Some shithole in Pekin (Illinois, not China). Coldcock and Lightnin’ both worked plenty of solo projects, but with only 8 or 9 blues musicians in Peoria, things moved slowly until they reunited in prison early in 1979. This lead to the creation of Buttermilk 5 Christmas album, “Christmas At Stateville,” which was released for charity in 1980. In Spring of 2006, Coldcock woke up in Chicago. Unable to find a ride back to Peoria, he took residence with Chicago rock band, The Last Vegas, and began recruiting musicians and doing a lot of drugs while watching Canadian television programming. When he found the right drugs and musicians, The Shithawks were hatched… and shit on everything.

C2 and The Brothers Reed are a Rock n Roll band from Lexington KY. The band formed in early 2013 and in that short amount of time have made some notable accomplishments including opening for the Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland at Bogarts in OH as well as recording their debut album ‘Hot Mess’. The album is an eclectic mix of Rock, jam band and new wave styles.

Welcome, we are Ignition Control! 

We’re bringing “Van Rock” back to the masses!

Forming in 2013, four Chicago rock scene veterans teamed up to form Ignition Control. Bass player Mike Durso combined forces with guitarist Jim Wiora and singer/guitarist Lou Parrini. After an amicable parting of ways with original drummer, Carrie Lilligan, Jim’s brother Matt Wiora stepped up to take over duties on …the skins.

All together this foursome has over 30 years of stage experience and is thrilled to bring the party-on good times soundtrack of the open road cruise known as Van Rock to all of you!

We will fill your cruising vessel’s musical tank with a premium grade rocktane . We’ll airbrush the aural mural that’ll make you want to crank that custom sound system, roll down the windows and feel the wind in your bitchin’ sideburns. It’s all hard riffs, swinging rhythms, thunderous beats, soulful melodies, hypnotic jams, catchy hooks and bluesy vocals. So take a roll of the fuzzy dice and come dig the grooves that only Ignition Control is laying down. Ride on.