Additional Reading & Links

The Secret History of Chicago Music

Plastic Crimewave's incredible "info-strip" for the Chicago Reader has featured a good number of downstate Illinois bands and artists over the years.  Here are direct links to several of them:

• Peter Berkow
• Thom Bishop
• Dean Carter
• Michael ‘Fuzzy’ deLisle
• Duke Tomato
• Kristin Lems
• Max Load
• Seeds of Doubt
• Spoils of War

It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine

It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine has done several exclusive interviews with bands from Illinois, including these downstate artists:

• Devil's Kitchen
• Farm (Gary Gordon)
• Fuse
• Kris & Jerry
• The Mystery Meat
• The Spoils of War (Jim Cuomo)
• Ursula Creek