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August 2016 • Volume 42, Number 10 • www.illinoisentertainer.com COVER STORY: BASTILLE Bastille's intriguing and handsome co-founder Dan Smith talked to Tom Lanham about their day performing at Glastonbury learning about England's departure from the EU (aka Brexit), his love of classic films ("I’m just generally a huge and massive fan. And I just don’t believe in snobbery at all, in music or in film. And everything’s subjective, of course"), and their new album - three years in the making, Wild World – the follow-up to massively sucessful Bad Blood. 6 HELLO MY NAME IS TED IE and the Nugent family go way back. Many of our younger readers don’t know that Ted Nugent’s mother, Marion, was almost as popular in the Chicago area as the Nuge was in the ’80s due to her advice column, Ma Nugent’s Mail. She had an eightyear run starting in 1980 that concluded when she succumbed to cancer in 1988. Born in Detroit, Nugent and his family moved to Hoffman Estates in 1965 when Ted was a teenager. They also took up residence in Palatine for a bit. While attending St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Nugent formed the psychedelic rock pioneers, The Amboy Dukes. The young rockers slugged it out on stage at The Cellar (a teen dance club) in Arlington Heights for a time during the mid-'60s, leading the way to Nuge's fame as a guitar hero he is today. Kelley Simms talked to Ted. Page 22 Bastille File Record Store Crawl, Reggae Fest Chicago, Pumpkins reunion? Cinema Scopes August movie preview. 10 SOUL ASYLUM'S DAVE PIRNER Sweet Home Although he’s been residing in New Orleans for the past 15 years, Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner is still closely tied to his old hometown of Minneapolis. But he didn’t realize just how deep those roots ran until quite recently, when the Paisley Park vaults of late R&B legend Prince were opened to reportedly reveal – among countless other archived recordings – not one -- but four Prince/Pirner collaborations, labeled PXP (hardcore), P2P (slow jam), PnP242 (industrial), and the Chuck Berry tribute PP. Trouble is, the singer sighs, “I have no idea what all that is – I just hope I get to hear it some day.” Tom Lanham talked to Pirner. The McDowell Brothers conquer Chicago. Media NPR's morning utility guy. Calendar Over 1300 shows and 2400 bands in August. Spins Dreezy, Dio and Faith No More. Caught In A Mosh Brazillian metal goddesses. Studiophile Studio news galore. Classifieds You dumped your boyfriend's guitarist, now you're looking for another. Gear 6 14 16 18 26 28 34 48 50 54 Flea's Fender Bass is here. Publisher Advertising Sales Contributors: John Vernon Scott Assmann Mike Engel Andy Argyrakis, Guy Arnston, Penelope Biver, Patrick Conlan, Deena Dasein, Jaime de'Medici, Jeff Elbel Terrence Flamm, Steve Forstneger Michael Gallucci, Michael C. Harris, Max Herman, Tom Lanham, Carter Moss, Brian Ormiston, Greg Olma Arsenio Orteza, Rodney Pawlak, Bruce Pilato, Matthew Pollock, Jessi Roti Jason Scales, Kelley Simms, Ed Spinelli, Tim Shockley, James Turano Contributing Editors Curt Baran Mike Meyer Tom Lanham Lori Vernon Advertising Director Design Team Notion Pool Notion Pool Dragon Design Vision Design Senior Columnists Classified Advertising David Gedge Founder John Vernon Website Direction Rosalind Cummings-Yeates - Sweet Home Rick Kaempfer - Media Kenneth L. Voss Kelley Simms - Caught In A Mosh Publisher Emeritis David C. Eldredge Bruce Pilato - East Coast David Roberts 4 illinoisentertainer.com august 2016 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 per year (first class). Material for insertion must reach our office by the First Of The Month preceding publication. We cannot assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Follow us online at: facebook.com illinoisentertainer.tumblr.com twitter.com @ie_entertainer Address All Correspondence to: Illinois Entertainer 4223 W. Lake St., Suite 490 Chicago, IL 60624 [phone] - Chicago/North Sub [phone] - West/South Suburbs [phone] - Fax email us at: Editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] The ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER is published monthly by Roberts Publishing, Inc, All materials copyright 2015 by Roberts Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from Roberts Publishing, Inc. Current and back issues of the IE are $10.00 postpaid.