5/20 HoZac Blackout Fest 2012: Roky Erickson, Human Eye, Estrogen Highs, Bare Mutants, Medication
5/21 Arrington De Dionyso, Thollem McDonas, Laughing Eye Weeping Eye
5/23 He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, The Damn Choir
5/24 Mark Sultan, Outer Minds, Magic Milk
5/25 Sich Mang, Andy Ortmann, Johnny Young, Ross Kelly (8pm)
5/25 Bobby Conn, CAVE, Starring
5/26 Heaving Mass, Canadian Rifle, Witchden (6:30pm)
5/26 Windy City Soul Club (10pm)
5/27 Crystal Fighters, Is Tropical, Spooky Moon
5/28 Netherfriends, House of Wolves, BigColour, Natureboy
5/29 Solvent, Svengalisghost, Mike Broers, Beau Wanzer
5/30 Dhalgren, CJ Boyd, Victor Villarreal
5/31 The Black Belles, Michael Lux & The Bad Sons
6/1 The Black Belles, BBU, Moon Furies, Peter O’Connell (5pm)
6/1 The Besnard Lakes
6/2 Peanut Butter Wolf, Besnard Lakes, Craig Finn, Mannequin Men, In Tall Buildings, Chris Connelly, Peter O’Connell (12pm)
6/2 Craig Finn
6/3 The Antlers, Pinebender, Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Teengirl Fantasy, People’s Temple, Eiren Caffall, Peter O’Connell (5pm)
6/3 Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Jon Drake & The Shakes, Derek Nelson & The Musicians (9:30pm)
6/4 Teengirl Fantasy, When Clouds Attack
6/6 Paul Caporino, Mike Felton
6/7 Boy Dirt Car, Eric Lunde, Karl Palouceck, Jason Soliday
6/11 Axis:sovA, E+
6/16 Witch Mountain, Lord Dying
6/17 2:54, Widowspeak
6/19 Mount Camel
6/20 Julie Marie Byrne, Mines, Johnny Young, T’Bone
6/21 Bongripper, Winters In Osaka, Akkolyte, Machismo
6/22 Dope Body, Roach Beach, The Hecks
6/25 Chandelieers, Golden Birthday, Bitchin’ Bajas
6/27 Parlovr, Hooded Fang, Goose Hut
6/29 Detroit Cobras, Party Bat
7/6 Black Lips
7/9 Black Breath, Burning Love, Acephalix, Enabler
7/20 Disappears
7/21 NOMO
8/2 Shonen Knife
8/9 Birthmark
In 1992 the Empty Bottle started out as a cat-ridden hole-in-the-wall bar in Ukrainian Village (just south of Wicker Park) where you could get any one of nine beers for a buck-fifty or less, play pool for 50 cents, and find everything from Monster Magnet to Bill Monroe on the jukebox.
On Halloween of 1993, we moved two blocks up the street and threw open the doors to our new, sound-equipped, slightly larger hole with three nights of great shows, culminating with a SCRAWL performance that could have been a scene out of “Carrie.”
We’ve done a bunch of shows since then; we’ve also thrown four full-fledged proms (with RED RED MEAT as COTTON CANDY and THE GRIFTERS as PUMP ACTION RETARDS), pulled off an Independence Day cookout with TORTOISE, THE SEA AND CAKE, and 5IVE STYLE (during which we were hit by lightning and no one noticed), hosted a two-night garage extravaganza dubbed Bottle Shock, with MAN OR ASTROMAN?, THE MONO MEN, THE OBLIVIANS, and a special appearance by former Big Boy Tim Kerr and JACK O’ FIRE, and organized a summer weenie roast with COWS, GAUNT, BABE THE BLUE OX, and four other great bands.
We also hosted the highly acclaimed Chicago Homocore series, the highlights of which included TEAM DRESCH and COME. We’ve hosted six years of Improvised/Jazz music festivals that have brought folks in from all over the globe. In fact, we’ve been anything but empty since our great first year, thanks to the same low prices, lack of attitude, and dedicated regulars that made the original bar such a success.
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