Effigies

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Bodybag 02:51 Tools
Below the Drop 02:16 Tools
Haunted Town 02:47 Tools
Mob Clash 02:51 Tools
Security 04:26 Tools
We'll Be Here Tomorrow 03:11 Tools
Quota 02:07 Tools
Smile! 03:21 Tools
We're da Machine 02:13 Tools
Silent Burn 02:40 Tools
No Progress 01:46 Tools
Coarse in Vein 01:55 Tools
Techno's Gone 01:15 Tools
Strongbox 00:00 Tools
Strong Box 01:09 Tools
Hand Signs 03:27 Tools
Patternless 01:53 Tools
What's The Beat 02:23 Tools
Hand Signals 03:22 Tools
Rather See None 04:16 Tools
The Infiltrator 03:05 Tools
Forever, I Know 03:44 Tools
A Tight And Blue Cut 03:15 Tools
Fly On A Wire 04:43 Tools
Something That... 04:21 Tools
Blue Funk 04:43 Tools
No Love Lost 03:16 Tools
West 03:25 Tools
Machine Brennt 03:00 Tools
Guns or Ballots 00:00 Tools
The Eights 03:44 Tools
Bright Ice 03:10 Tools
The Full Weight Of Failure 02:49 Tools
All Told 02:52 Tools
Pushin' Pullin' 02:49 Tools
Cheater 03:37 Tools
Here's To It 03:20 Tools
The Sound That Moves 03:57 Tools
I, Fugitive 03:44 Tools
Night Train 03:57 Tools
The Flock 03:41 Tools
A Tight & Blue Cut 00:00 Tools
Hi-Lo 03:31 Tools
In From The Cold 04:34 Tools
Untitled 00:33 Tools
Scarecrow 04:34 Tools
With Open Eyes 03:35 Tools
Yes! 04:17 Tools
Riddle Hit 02:59 Tools
The River 03:57 Tools
Cold Plate 04:34 Tools
Baby Sleeps Alone 03:40 Tools
Haz-Mat 03:24 Tools
Hope and Change 03:35 Tools
02 Effigies - Body Bag 02:53 Tools
Headbang 03:06 Tools
Gift of Sight 03:07 Tools
Security (Remix) 04:17 Tools
The Guv'ner 00:33 Tools
Angry Phone Message 00:33 Tools
The Rake of Autumn Light 00:33 Tools
I'll Get By 00:33 Tools
Spy vs. Spy 00:33 Tools
(untitled) 00:33 Tools
Pushin'pullin' 03:39 Tools
Strongbox (1981) 00:33 Tools
01 Body Bag 02:53 Tools
Body Bag (Remains Nonviewable 7") 02:53 Tools
Something That 04:20 Tools
Cold Pints 02:50 Tools
No Love Lost (Joy Division Cover) 02:45 Tools
Hazmat 03:24 Tools
the Guvner 02:45 Tools
04 Strong Box 03:24 Tools
Quota [needs edit] 02:52 Tools
--- 02:45 Tools
Rage Of Autumn Light 03:39 Tools
Security (Remains Nonviewable 7") 03:39 Tools
Hello 03:39 Tools
[Angry Phone Message] 02:31 Tools
07 We'll Be Here Tomorrow 03:39 Tools
title unknown 02:14 Tools
Mason Jar 02:14 Tools
Quota (live) 02:31 Tools
Guns or Ballots (live) 02:31 Tools
12 Smile 02:31 Tools
15 A TIGHT AND BLUE CUT 02:31 Tools
14 SMILE! 00:33 Tools
We`ll Be Here Tomorrow 02:31 Tools
Quota/Techno's Gone 02:31 Tools
17 PATTERNLESS 00:33 Tools
In Vain 00:33 Tools
16 SILENT BURN 01:54 Tools
14 Hand Signals 00:33 Tools
Coarse 01:54 Tools
Techno S Gone 01:54 Tools
23 MOB CLASH 01:54 Tools
01 - Body Bag 01:54 Tools
24 SOMETHING THAT... 01:54 Tools
Guns Or Ballots (Live 1981) 01:54 Tools
22 COARSE IN VEIN 01:54 Tools
Haunted Town 12'' 1981 01:54 Tools
Effigies - Security 04:36 Tools
19 THE INFILTRATOR 04:36 Tools
20 HAND SIGNS 04:36 Tools
05 - Haunted Town 04:36 Tools
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The Effigies are considered one of the most important early punk rock groups in Chicago in the 1980s. The band, first formed in 1980, was active for approximately a decade, undergoing multiple personnel changes, with frontman John Kezdy the only constant, before disbanding in 1990. The band released 5 LPs and several EPs, most on Ruthless Records and distributed by Enigma. They toured outside of Chicago, notably including a live performance at CBGB in 1983, and received some radio airplay, principally on Northwestern University's WNUR and other college stations. The Effigies' website states that they were one of the first punk bands in Chicago. This is a complicated claim for a band not formed until 1980, but true in the sense that the Chicago market was very late to discover or appreciate punk to any degree; in the half-decade after the The Ramones and The Sex Pistols first released records, Chicago remained dominated by blues, heavy metal, and even disco; punk bands had few places to play, and punk music fans had few places to hear live bands. Chicago's "progressive" radio station, WXRT, was never very supportive of punk. What most punk fans recall as the first "scene" in Chicago did not occur until the 1980s, when Oz and O'Banion's provided venues for live punk; Chicago Sun-Times music writer Jim Derogatis correctly terms the heyday of The Effigies "the second generation of Midwestern punks." The Effigies are generally considered hardcore or post-hardcore and, to the extent it is distinguishable, Chicago hardcore. Indie rock pundit Steve Albini writes that The Effigies "were a moving force during a crucial and exhilarating time". The Effigies re-formed in 2004 and play at punk revival shows as well as at Midwest punk venues such as The Bottom Lounge in Chicago. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.