http://www.quimbys.com/blog/readings/marie-kanger-born-reads-from-confessions-of-a-chicago-punk-bystander/ Thu, 16 May 2013 04:03:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.quimbys.com/blog/readings/marie-kanger-born-reads-from-confessions-of-a-chicago-punk-bystander/comment-page-1/#comment-5963 Adam Rebelius Thu, 26 May 2011 21:42:58 +0000 http://www.quimbys.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-5963 First off, let me start out by saying that although I was too young to get into places like O’Banions, I was very much a part of the scene that Marie Kanger- Born writes about in her book. The only two places that had all ages show at the time were “Space Place” in the meat packing district on Fulton Market, and “Oz” on the north side. I have been a fan of punk rock, and have been involved in the Chicago Punk scene in various capacities since 1978. The Chicago Punk scene has never really been fully documented nor has it been given it’s full credit, but the scene IS rich in history. Next to the documentary, “You Weren’t There” this is a very good attempt of documenting the early days, and trying to get a feeling of what the scene was like back then. As far as documenting the Chicago Punk scene, there is still much more to be documented. There is still along way to go, but “You Weren’t There” and “Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander” although, only scratch the surface, are VERY GOOD beginnings at exposing that which has either been long since forgotten, or proving an existence to a fresh vital scene that most people today still DON’T believe ever happened. The early scene consisted of MUCH MORE than Nayked Raygun, Effigies, and Articles of Faith. I hope the film and this book will encourage people from back in the day, (Those who are still alive, and not ashamed of their past) to step up to the mike and share their stories and experiences. The Chicago Punk scene is a scene that NEEDs more documentations and the stories MUST be told before they are lost to the vapors of time.

]]> http://www.quimbys.com/blog/readings/marie-kanger-born-reads-from-confessions-of-a-chicago-punk-bystander/comment-page-1/#comment-5916 Kris TigerLady Thu, 05 May 2011 17:16:05 +0000 http://www.quimbys.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-5916 I loved this book. The visual images are nostalgic, and the layout is creative.
But overall the story it tells and its honesty is astounding. Marie bares all in a way that is refreshing and provides stark insight into how brutal those times could be for early punks in their late teens-early 20s.
Some of us survived and some of us didn’t.
Having been a La Mere rat, O’Bannions never came close for me, but it was still all we had left and I spent many evenings there dancing for hours to music you couldn’t hear anyplace else.
Go Marie!

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