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October 2023 • Volume 49 , Number 12 • www . illinoisentertainer . com
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COVER STORY : CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
Headining November 4th at the inaugural Heavy Chicago Festival at Avondale Hall , is Corrosion of Conformity . Formed in 1982 in Raleigh , North Carolina , by teenagers and childhood friends guitarist Woody Weatherman , bassist Mike Dean , and drummer Reed Mullin , COC were massive Black Sabbath fans with hardcore influences such as Black Flag , Bad Brains , and The Dead Kennedys . The band ’ s 1984 debut album Eye for an Eye , featuring vocalist Eric Eycke , consisted of raw , energetic , sped-up Sabbath riffs with crossover / thrash metal tendencies . Nearly 40 years later the band is excited to headline Heavy Chicago .
“ Chicago , since our very earliest travels across the nation , has always been there and has always been awesome for us ,” Woody Weatherman told IE ’ s Kelley Simms . “ We know so many people there . Sean Duffy , who ' s the brainchild behind the Heavy Chicago thing , he is also an old buddy . He ' s booked us way back in the day , brought us up to Chicago , and he ' s still at us . So it ' s awesome to work with him again and the Last Rites guys . If Sean calls you up and says , ‘ Hey , you guys want to play at this new festival we ' re doing ?’ You don ' t even think twice about it . We ' re like , ‘ We ’ ll be there !’ So , we ' re coming back to Chi-Town in November . We ' re gonna eat some pizza and have a good time !” When the Heavy Chicago promotors invited Corrosion of Conformity to headline Day Two of the festival , the band immediately said yes , as the members are always pumped to play Chicago .
“ Chicago ' s always been fun ,” guitarist / vocalist Pepper Keenan exclaims during a recent phone interview . “ I think I ' ve played the House of Blues more than any place on Earth . We always have a great time in Chicago , and it ' s just one of those places that we usually end up feeling worse ( the next day ) than when we got there !”
FILE : DISTURBED GRABS THE KEYS
Southside heavy rockers Disturbed have defied the odds and remarkably remained intact as a band and as a cohesive unit for 20 years with all the same members ( when many bands splinter ) and as a band for nearly 3 decades . Despite their massive album , streaming , and ticket sales , Tinley Park bestowed a special honor to the band . Read about it in our File section .
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File
Disturbed , The Beatles & The Stones , plus upcoming albums .
CinemScopes
October Film & Streams .
Spins
Mammoth WVH , Repentance , Olivia Rodrigo and more .
Media
Listening in on Internet FM .
Calendar
1350 shows and 3000 bands , it ’ s IE ’ s live music calendar .
Studiophile
Sonic Palace meets Abbey Road .
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