Psy-Fi

Johnny D's closed in March of this year, unfortunately. The owner decided it was time to pursue other interests. I made it to the final free-for-all celebration to help close the place out. We drank the place dry (literally.) They had a brass band play for free with a New Orleans style funeral march out of the venue and through Davis Square for the finale.
R.I.P. to one of my top 10 all-time favorite venues.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some of the same shows at a few of those venues.

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My only experience with the Tokyo Dome is through New Japan Pro Wrestling, and I still don't understand how they can fit that many people in a building and still have one of the quietest crowds ever. It's a culture thing, I've been told, but it still blows me away.

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They do a similar thing at Old Trafford.

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Janszoon

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised either. That's a bummer about Johnny D's. When I was looking up the exact names of some of these places, there were a lot that had closed—one of my Chicago ones was actually demolished. lol, and so was the Garden of course.

So, out of curiousity since it's your only Chicago venue, who did you see at the Metro?

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I only saw one show there by a Chicago band called "Rights of the Accused." Didn't know anything about them but I was visiting Chicago with a friend and we just decided to go to a show one night and they happened to be playing there. I'm pretty sure there was an opening act (or maybe 2) but I rarely remember the names of openers unless they leave a lasting impression on me and they obviously didn't. And Rights of the Accused probably would've been forgotten in the back of my mind but I was liquored up enough to buy a band T-shirt after the show which I still have.

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California
Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre
The Smell
The Echo(plex)
Regent Theater
The Non-Plus
Northern Spirits
Che Cafe
Standards
St. Michael's Episcopalean Church By the Sea
Various Parks/Gazebos
I went to the only show at the short lived Club Refuge
Del Mar Racetrack
The Observatory
The Jumping Turtle
Vacant houses and one closed down casino

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That is the ****ing coolest ****.

I've got the platinum version of Speak English or Die (it went platinum over a decade ago btw) and there's an entire show from Japan as bonus tracks. Don't remember the audience being particularly quiet. I'd be hella curious how a metal or hardcore show would go down in Japan. Would they be quiet, or would they take the chance to give their cultural stereotype the finger and draw and quarter some poor bastard in the pit?

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The only show I've ever seen in Chicago was The Fall at Logan Square Auditorium in 2006. The story I've heard is that the place was a little used banquet hall but at some point someone got the idea to have concerts there. I can't say the sound was all that good but The Fall were my favorite band at the time so I didn't complain. It was a fun evening. A friend of mine (who also lives in the Cincinnati area) and I arranged a get together prior to the show at a nearby bar for Fall fans who made the trip from other cities, as well as fans from the Chicago area.

Plankton

Chicagoland Area
Rosemont Horizon/Allstate Arena*
The Vic*
Chicago Theater*
The Aragon Brawl Room*
Congress Theater*
Metro*
Double Door
Buddy Guy's Legends (the old one on 754 Wabash)
H.O.B.
Ravinia (Highland Park) <---snazzy place with speakers everywhere
Riviera
Arcada Theater (St Charles IL)*
The World Music/First Midwest Bank/Hollywood Casino Theater (Tinley Park)**
Vogt Center (Tinley Park)*
Joes Bar (Joliet IL)
Mojo's (Joliet IL)*
Allstar Sports Bar (Frankfort IL)
...and a number of underground places where Zoetrope played back in the 80's that I can't remember.

Edit: Like The Cubby Bear! How could I forget the cubby bear... for shame...

Wisconsin:
Alpine Valley (East Troy WI)
Eagles Club Ballroom (Milwaukee WI)
Summerfest Concert Venue (Milwaukee WI)*

Over Seas:
Festhalle Messe Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany)

Places I've played and had other acts on stage too:
Lot 4/Bobby McGee's (Bridgeview IL)*
Champs Rock Room (Burbank IL)*
The Dirty Sock (Bridgeview IL)
Penny Road Pub (Barrington IL)
Just Us (Justice IL)*
Crooked Creek Woods (Hickory Hills IL)
VFW Hall (Tinley Park IL)
American Legion Hall (Tinley Park IL)
American Legion Hall (Joliet IL)
Jacks Place (Midlothian IL)
Cheeseburger In Paradise (Downers Grove IL)
Demma's Bar (Oak Lawn IL)*
Sun Moon & Stars Cafe (Tinley Park IL)*
Mojo's Cafe (Orland Park IL)
Blissful Banana Cafe (Orland Park IL)**
Tinley Perk Cafe (Tinley Park IL)
Ray Barracks (Friedburg Hessen Germany)

I'm probably missing a few, but that's all I can remember.

* = 2 or more shows
** = 10 or more shows

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