PS: Watch The Commodes perform at LAST YEAR's Winter Wingding 2009 here.

 

FIVE LOCAL ROCK BANDS UNITE TO FIGHT LEUKEMIA

Five local rock bands will perform to raise money for the Leukemia Research Foundation Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Beat Kitchen (2100 West Belmont Avenue) starting at 8 pm. 

The 6th annual "Winter Wingding 2010" will feature some of Chicago's favorite bands, the Commodes, the Locals, the Polkaholics, The Tracks, and Deep End. 

Although Leukemia is a serious disease that affects family members young and old, the benefit show showcases bands that are perhaps better known for their sense of humor. The Polkaholics are notorious for their amusing mix of punk and polka that really gets you off your seat and onto the dance floor.  The Commodes follow in the same footsteps with "beer-influenced" novelty originals like “Flying Sausage” and “Dating You is Like Dating Yoko (Oh No).”  

The Commodes will appear on Loyola's radio station WLUW 88.7 FM on the day before the benefit show to "horse around," play a few tunes, and talk about the benefit. 

While not as comical as the other bands on the bill, the Locals are a loud and fast female-fronted band inspired by Melissa Etheridge, and Ani Difranco.

This year’s show also features the reunion of two south-suburban original bands, Deep End and the Tracks. The Tracks are twenty-somethings influenced by Bob Dylan and the Beatles. Deep End are thirty-somethings with originals like “Truckin’ for Jesus” and are musically reminiscent of Beck, Guns N' Roses and Pearl Jam.

The Beat Kitchen is one of Chicago's favorite music venues for emerging original artists.

Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Leukemia Research Foundation, whose offices are in Wilmette, Illinois. Their non-profit mission is to conquer leukemia, lymphoma, and myelodysplastic syndromes by funding research into their causes and cures, and to enrich the quality of life of those touched by these diseases.

This year's event is a 21 years of age and older show and tickets for the Winter Wingding cost $15.  Advance tickets can be purchased at the website, www.winterwingding.org.

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