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Friday January 18 2019
  8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM
 
•••  21 AND OVER
$17 in advance / $20 at the door
88 Fingers Louie
www.facebook.com/EightyEightFingersLouie/
 melodic hardcor,  punk rock
Decent Criminal
www.facebook.com/DecentCriminal08/
 Rock and Roll
The Kegels   ----Sub Dio (formerly Zipped In, of Great Apes) off the bill
www.facebook.com/TheKegels/
  Punk Rock
 



88 Fingers Louie
Denis Buckley, Dan Precision,
John Carroll, Nat Wright
-from Chicago, IL

-88 Fingers Louie (named after a shady piano salesman from the Flintstones cartoon) has played a very important part in Chicago’s rich punk rock heritage. The seminal Chicago melodic punk/hardcore band got their official start in 1993 they quickly started writing, playing shows and released three 7” records during their first year as a band. The band’s sound was unique and a combination of all the things they loved about punk-rock— drawing influences from 80’s California punk, east coast hardcore as well as midwestern hometown heroes the Bollweevils, Naked Raygun and Pegboy.

A lot has changed in the 18 years since Chicago’s 88 Fingers Louie last released an album. Shortly after the release of a split EP in 1999 with Philadelphia’s Kid Dynamite, the band decided to call it quits due to differences in vision for the band’s future. Its previous members went on to form and join almost a dozen new bands in the wake of 88FL’s demise (Rise Against, Explode and Make Up, The Story So Far, Paper Mice, Alkaline Trio and many more). This is a story with many stops and starts, ups and downs and many of the players have come and gone throughout the band’s career. What’s most important is that they are back with a new album entitled Thank You For Being a Friend, and they can’t wait for you to hear it.
88 Fingers Louie has teamed up with Florida’s Bird Attack Records to release the new album

Not a day goes by since we got the band back together that I don’t scratch my head once a day and say ‘We’re actually doing this now—this is crazy,’...but I couldn’t be more excited.” -




Decent Criminal
Hunter Martinez
Tristan Martinez
Alexander Alcantera Alcantra-Kouninos
Brian Gellman
-from Santa Rosa/Long Beach, CA

-With a sound reminiscent of ‘90s alternative, punk, surf, and power-pop, Northern CA's Decent Criminal offers catchy, upbeat songs that mercilessly collide with abrasive and often melancholy undertones, to bring forth a style that is both playfully compatible, and inadvertently raw.

In 2014, brothers Hunter and Tristan Martinez took what was already an active touring act, and rebuilt it from the ground up, giving the band a new sound and set of players. Hunter, the band’s only original member, switched from guitar/vocals to drums, and the band never skipped a beat. Tristan, who was at one point the band’s fill in bass player, took on the key roles of guitarist and primary songwriter. The two brothers enlisted the services of bassist/vocalist Alex Kouninos, and later guitarist/vocalist Brian Gellman to round out the sound. The new band quickly developed their own style, with unique three part vocal harmony permeating their recordings, and live performances.

Since the overhaul, Decent Criminal has released a 7” split in 2015, a self-titled debut LP in 2016, and has most recently released their sophomore LP "Bloom” via Dodgeball Records in 2017. Over the past few years, Decent Criminal has picked up some serious momentum, thanks to a combination of prolific songwriting, and a relentless drive to tour and play live.




The Kegels
Morty Lopez - Guitar & Vocals
Nico Suarez - Bass & Vocals
Brian Colli - Drums
Adam Hiller - Guitar & Vocals
-from San Francisco, CA

-The Kegels are a San Francisco, California based Punk Rock and Roll band. With several self produced EP's, The Kegels have become a SF bay area staple with their release of the single "No Tomorrow" and album of the same name. Heavy touring of their sophomore release "Our War" has been keeping the band busy.