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After the release of a self-titled debut album in April 1969, the band shortened its name to simply Chicago after receiving a threat of legal action from the Chicago Transit Authority. [1] The group's lineup remained stable for over ten years and released a series commercially and critically successful albums.
Founded in Chicago Rufus: 1970: 1983: Funk and R&B band Founded in Chicago Screeching Weasel: 1986: present: pioneering pop punk band Founded in the Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights: Slow Motion Crash: 2006: Rock band From Chicago [28] The Smashing Pumpkins: 1988: present: Rock band Founded in Chicago Smith Westerns: 2007: present: Garage ...
Cornerstones of Rock was created to be a nostalgic celebration of the Chicago-area "garage bands" that rose to national prominence in the 1960s and 1970s. Jim Peterik and The Ides of March served as the house band for the evening, as many original members of these popular bands returned to the concert stage to play their greatest hits.
Pages in category "Chicago (band) members" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Chicago's music has long been a staple of marching bands in the U.S. "25 or 6 to 4" was named as the number one marching band song by Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald, [250] and as performed by the Jackson State University marching band, ranked number seven of the "Top 20 Cover Songs of 2018 by HBCU Bands". [251]
Since the dawn of time, rock bands have been giving themselves really stupid names. This was especially true in the 1960s when anyone with 20 hits of acid and a thesaurus could name a band ...
Along with other 1960s–1970s rockers, [7] Rogers was a disciple of rhythm and blues and what became known as "the Chicago Sound". [7] While the 'British Invasion' was overtaking American rock music, the Mauds were different from other area bands, according to Bob Stroud's biography, because of the inspiration they found in soul music.
Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit , the home of Motown , and Memphis , with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul ), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.