BANDS

TASTE OF POLONIA 2009- BANDS INFORMATION

COVER STORY
was named "Best R & B band" for 2008 by Suburban Nite Life Magazine's readers in their "Best Of The Burbs" contest.
Lead vocalist Lucy Mihalik was also voted one of the top three female vocalists in the Chicagoland area.

Once CHICAGO's best kept secret, COVER STORY, has played a variety of clubs, festivals, regional colleges, corporate events, private events, and weddings. The band's seasoned professional vocalist, musicians, and their multiple harmonies cover a wide range of music, not limited by eras or genres, covering such artists as Heart, Journey, Benatar, Bon Jovi, Doobies, SRV, Starship, E.W.& F, the Supremes, the Pretenders, Styx, Donna Summer, the Beatles, Chicago, Santana, M. Etheridge, Stevie Wonder, the Ojays, Van Morrison, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Elvis, Steely Dan, Patsy Cline, Shania Twain, Bonnie Raitt, Amy Winehouse, and Big & Rich to name alot...
The band has an amazing repertoire that's constantly evolving. COVER STORY will bring you back to the 60's,70's, and 80's with a few surprises along the way.

www.coverstoryband.net
http://www.myspace.com/chicagocoverstory

CoverGurl Band
High Powered Party Rock! This is a Rock Show from start to finish- both visually and sonically captivating. This is not a backround-music band. CoverGurl features a female lead vocalist, so the band can vocer No Doubt, Blondie or Alanis, but that barely scratches the surface of what this band can deliver. CoverGurl brings you the best and most exciting party rock form the latest hits by Fallout Boy and Buckcherry to classics from Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith.

Libido Funk Circus
is Chicago's premier dance and party band! Having toured the midwest relentlessly for the past 12 years, the only thing more astonishing than the number of shows they have performed is how many songs they know!!!

The Gentelman of Leisure Band
offers a musical smorgasbord to sate even the most discrete of palates. From Top 40 to the Standards, from Jazz to Hip-Hop, from Polka to Motown, they do it all! As Chicago’s premier band, they offer dynamic quality and class entertainment for all occassions

Indignant
After spending the last couple of years hustling it out in rehearsal studios and rock clubs throughout the Midwest, Indignant has arrived as a 5 piece band dead set on the revival of music that's both informed and instructed by the swagger of classic rock and the energy of punk.
To Indignant, there's something incredibly life-affirming in the sound of telecaster riffs racing out of a tube amp that are in turn woven dexterously with fiery leads, drums that sound like canons firing from the riser, keys that complement the rock with a punchy roll, the dirty wail of a harmonica, howling vocals and a bass line that keeps the whole flying wreck together.

Friction
is a Chicago based cover band specializing in "Deep Tracks", "Crowd Favorites" and mind blowing musicianship. A cover band with a sound all their own, Friction offers a crowd-friendly playlist, professional performance and unparalleled energy at venues throughout the city, owning the stage as they rock song after song.

The Hot Rocks
Based in Chicago - 6 piece Rolling Stones Tribute Show - since 1994 performing at all types of public and private events - from intimate audiences of 100 to concerts of 10,000 or more. Selected by Paramount-Stones-Scorsese to represent the Midwest for the Shine-A-Light movie. Top 5 winner 5yrs in Best of the Burbs Nitlelife Magazine! The Music! The Look! The Costumes! The Energy! Every show is a special event! It's always a party with Hot Rocks!

The Sleepers
If Jerry Lee Lewis had married Appetite For Destruction instead of his cousin, his kids would've been The Sleepers. Whether it is stranger to marry an album than a cousin is debatable, but the fact that The Sleepers play some lowdown, dirty, rock n roll is not. Coming from Chicago with one foot in the blues and the other kicking the ass of bands that forgot what rock music is, they have created a sound that is at once both familiar and unique. Combining the fire of the MC5 and Clash, the swagger of The Faces and Stones, and the atomic energy of The Stooges and AC/DC, The Sleepers sound is hard to ignore and impossible to forget. The thunderous backbone of John Fields (drums) and Chris Cormier (bass) lays a foundation for Kevin Bannon's driving riffs and pounding rhythms. Tony Manno's nasty licks cut through the rhythms, recalling the days when guitarists were gods, and remind anybody in earshot that gods still walk among us. And above it all, Tom Richied's gritty vocals drive the dirty sound of this band right into the mind of anybody lucky enough to experience it.

Kashmir
was formed in late 2001, after guitarist Frank Livingston decided to leave the Led Zeppelin Tribute band he was in to form a show based on substance and feel rather than just "fitting the suit". "It's important to look the part, but way too often tribute bands seem to forget that without the sound, the look does nothing". KASHMIR seeks to re-create the mindset of a 70's Zeppelin Show utilizing authentic vintage stage gear, costumes, and special effects, with attention to great detail in a non pretentious way. But most importantly, KASHMIR does not take liberties on "improving" the music. Led Zeppelin should be played as it was using only the equipment available of the day and should be reproduced "dead on" with great respect and admiration. "It's not about us, it's about Led Zeppelin". KASHMIR performs Led Zeppelin's entire catalog including but not limited to Led's Zeppelin's movie The Song Remains The Same. Don't miss KASHMIR-THE LED ZEPPELIN SHOW

Arra
is one of the best and largest drawing classic rock cover bands in the Chicagoland area and has been for the past 2 decades and was just voted BEST CLASSIC ROCK BAND in the Suburban Nitelife best of the burbs contest for the second year in a row!! Performing the biggest hits by the biggest bands of all times with precision and excellence is the secret to their success. Their unparalleled vocal harmonies and incredible musicianship is also what has brought them to being one of the most sought after club and festival bands in the Chicago area markets. Arra has performed with some of the biggest bands and performers of all time. Kansas, 38 Special, Survivor, Rare Earth, The Ides of March, Steppenwolf, Paul Rodgers from Bad Company and Dennis DeYoung from Styx are just a few of the National acts that Arra has shared the stage with throughout the years. So check out an Arra show as soon as you possibly can to see what the buzz is all about for yourself. It will also give you a chance to be one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have watched Arra perform over the years, and see and hear why hands down, Arra is the best classic rock cover band in Chicagoland!!

The Steepwater Band
formed in Chicago in 1998 ignited by a passion for the city's electric blues. The power trio who quickly progressed from covering Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker to writing compelling originals has crafted a rock n' roll sound best described as heavy Americana. For a decade the band has gigged relentlessly, performing nearly 125 shows per year and bringing their songbook of gritty Delta blues, soulful boogie, and backwoods psychedelia to audiences across the States and abroad.

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Polka Bands

Marszalek Chicago Band
is one of the most popular Polish bands in USA. In the past couple of years the band produced three successful Cd’s and a lot of singles like “ Kontraktorkie Tango”, “Cadillaki Elvisa”, “ Jestes Piekna Jak Million Dollarow”, “Niebieskie Lato” i “Brzuszek do Brzuszka” to name few which are very popular among Polish people today in North America. They have over ten year of experience playing big and small venues in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco and Canada.

Stas Golonka Polka Band, World's Honkiest Polka Band and many others…