We recorded a demo tape, something I have intentionally lost and hope to never recover. Available from Hachette Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group Inc. I had the “pleasure” of starting my first band with some of these moonlighters, a hardcore group called Voices Still Heard - a generic name with zero meaning.Įxcerpted from None of This Rocks: A Memoir by Joe Trohman. Sure, some dabbled in punk, but they preferred to retreat to their parents’ quasi mansions to throw pseudoparties with other brats, less interested in the Vandals and more interested in knowing where the vodka was being kept. With the “new kid” sheen dulled and no friends to count, I fell back on the only support system I had: punk rock.īy sophomore year of high school, I had become accustomed to the North Shore brats. When they tried to talk to me, I would have an internal parts breakdown, unable to compute the complex theories of “flirt,” “talk,” or “Just say something, man!” So I stuttered my way toward week two of middle school, organically shifting from intriguing and potentially kissable to fully weird and ignorable. Real-life girls! Now, this was frightening because I feared the opposite sex greatly. Was he cool? Was he smart? Was he suave? Was he good at rollerblading? I was none of these, but I tried to live in this moment of pseudo-popularity for as long as it would last. No one wanted to fart on me while proclaiming, “Gas chamber!”įor one hot minute I was not an outcast but an interesting curiosity: the new kid. And for the first time in my life, I was surrounded by other Jews. We now lived a stone’s throw from a real, major city, a place with no shortage of culture. Reggies is synonymous with the Chicago metal scene, and the Holiday Of Horror will be a guaranteed night of nonstop metal from beginning to end.įor more information, including times and admission prices, visit IE.It took me less than a week to realize that Winnetka, where my family moved when I was in sixth grade, was a significant upgrade from small-town Ohio. There’s also a free midnight after party in The Joint with Black Sabbath tribute band After Forever. It’s pretty cool to be asked to be a part of it.” “Both the event and the venue have been going strong for over a decade each, with no signs of slowing down. “This will be my first Holiday of Horror, both attending and performing,” Molder guitarist/vocalist Aaren Pantke says during a recent email chat. Chicago’s horror metal trio Macabre (who also played the very first HoH) is headlining the 17+ showcase in the Rock Club with openers Molder, Through N Through, and Advorsa, while the crusty death metal horde Nequient (who replaced Bones) headlines the 21+ crowd in the Music Joint, with openers Imminent Terror and King Hell. Holiday Of Horror will be running on both sides of the venue with staggered set times, with each band beginning as the last one ends. Most bands aren’t touring around Christmas, so it’s the perfect time for a big local show.” “If you have any involvement in the scene, you will know people there. “I like to think of it as the metal scene’s annual holiday get-together,” Pawlak says through email. Rodney Pawlak, who runs The Chicago Metal Factory ( has been promoting the Holiday Of Horror since the beginning. Initially hosted at the Fireside Bowl in 1998, it has since moved to the iconic Reggies Rock Club, which took over the event at least a decade ago and is pulling out all the stops for this year’s event on December 23. The Holiday Of Horror event has been a longtime Christmas tradition in Chicago.
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