Musical Groups from Illinois: Reo Speedwagon, Jars of Clay, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Uncle Tupelo, Resurrection Band, H. P. Lovecraft

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: REO Speedwagon, Jars of Clay, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Uncle Tupelo, Resurrection Band, H. P. Lovecraft, Dope, The Giving Tree Band, Alkaline Trio, Filter, Hum, Revis, Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, The Ides of March, The Beauty Shop, Braid, Poster Children, Die Kreuzen, The Firebird Band, The Junior Varsity, Voices in Your Head, Jypsi, Apocalypse Hoboken, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Head East, The Felix Culpa, HiFi Superstar, Shoes, Redding, Charles Bronson, The Graduate, Rotary Connection, Backyard Tire Fire, Three Dollar Bill, Racetraitor, Yea Big, The Detachment Kit, Cash Audio, Oblivion, Dundee Scots, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Sleeping at Last, Park, The Bollweevils, The Kinison, Simply Slang, Oval-teen, The Break, V Shape Mind, Northwestern Undertones, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Midwest Young Artists, The Forecast, The Buddyrevelles, The Living Blue, Off Broadway, Max-A-Million, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Pacifica Quartet, Baxter, Remote Control Frequencies, The Jets, Duvall, Ryan's Hope, Nad Navillus, Lakeside Singers, The Spinanes, Bloody Mess & The Skabs, Bruiser, Peoria Municipal Band, Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah, Purple Haze, Volcano!, Amazing Transparent Man, Sleeping for Sunrise, Opera Illinois, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Illinois Youth Symphony, Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association, Blanket Party. Excerpt: Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signing with Sire Records and expanding to a five-piece. Shortly after the release of the band's major label debut album Anodyne, Farrar announced his decision to leav...