"If they ever come through. See this fight right through till the last round. Follow the man whose puttin' out the boss sound of King Rocker." (King Rocker-Generation X. Second single. Released 1/5/79 on Crysalis Records U.K.)

Follow every episode of the podcast that extensively follows the original Chicagoland area's Metal, Punk, Alternative Rock and Power Pop scene, and you will discover a band or artist with a BOSS sound.

Veteran Chicago rocker Danny Lynch has many followers who stuck with him through the almost four-decade run of his namesake band, Lynch. After they disbanded in 2019, Danny has moved on to two similar sounding, but radically different bands. Society of Hoodlums and Vacation Tree Killers. The first of which has former Lynch drummer Frank Pace. Danny talks with me about how both these new bands came together, and how his glowing image braved desert heat for the three dimensional music video of Society of Hoodlum's debut single, Mirage.

Fighting for the cause, Chicagoland Punk rockers unite for a special cancer benefit show, Saturday night at Tivoli bowl in Downers Grove. Death And Memphis hails from Chicago's North Side, and got thier name from one of the most legendary punk turned mainstream rock bands out of Minneapolis. Accept no Replacements (hint, hint).

Melissa Radice had an intimate, precocious singing style which blended well with the heavy, grinding raw guitar driven power metal of Threatening The Order. As Mother Nature unleashed a biting, frigid cold weather threat, headbangers rocked it away with extreme body heat as Threatening The Order faced stiff competition in a Sunday Battle Of The Bands at Reggie's Rock Club in the South Loop ten years ago this month.

Local Loft's maiden voyage of 2026 through the original Chicagoland music scene set sails with:

Society Of Hoodlums-Mirage

Society of Hoodlums-Freaks At The Ball

Lynch-Be There

Death And Memphis-Not Fade Away

The Run Around-Shots Fired

Maes-Schitzo

True Love Devil-Solitude

Threatening The Order (interview at Reggie's Rock Club 1/17/16 Local Loft Episode 17)

Threatening The Order-Soul inside

Threatening The Order Something To Prove