
In the years immediately after The Ramones and The Sex Pistols first released records (1977), Chicago remained dominated by classic rock, disco and blues punk bands were anathema to the Midwest rock establishment and had few places to play and fans had few places to hear live bands. This might be a complicated claim for a band not formed until 1980, but true in the sense that the Midwest resisted punk and was late to discover or appreciate it to any degree. The Effigies' website states that they were one of the first punk bands in Chicago. They also received a significant amount of national airplay on college radio at a time when it was the only medium for alternative music. and Canada and played notable venues, including CBGB, Maxwell's, First Avenue (nightclub), Mabuhay Gardens, Paycheck's (Detroit), Exit (Chicago) and The Rathskeller, among others. Later albums were on the Fever Records and Roadkill Records labels. The band released 5 albums and several EPs, most on the record label they founded in 1981, Ruthless Records, which was distributed by Enigma. The band played its first show in 1980 and was active initially for approximately a decade, undergoing multiple personnel changes with frontman John Kezdy the only constant, before disbanding in 1990. The Effigies were an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. John Kezdy, Robert McNaughton, Paul Zamost, Steve EconomouĮarl Letiecq, Robert O'Connor, Chris Bjorklund, Joe Haggerty, Tom Woods
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