Lovehammers Are Back Rocking!

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Lovehammers Are Back Rocking!

June 22, 2009 by Cara Carriveau

Cara Carriveau, NBC Chicago Street Team

If I could have bottled up all of the sheer happiness at Chicago’s House Of Blues last Friday night and sold it, I’d be a millionaire. Many happy Hammerheads were immensely enjoying a moment they feared would never come.

Lovehammers at House Of Blues, photo courtesy of Christie LaMountain

Marty Casey shocked Lovehammers fans (and, in fact, the rest of the Lovehammers) about a year ago when seemingly out of blue he announced that he was leaving the band he had been the lead singer of for over a decade (more about that here) to front L.A. Guns. Thankfully, that lasted exactly a year and he has now returned to his fellow Lovehammers. A packed house at the House Of Blues got to experience one of Chicago’s premier rock bands put on one of their greatest shows ever. They performed songs off of every single one of their albums, including the soon-t0-be-released Heavy Crown.

I spoke to the band hours before they hit the stage Friday night. Heavy Crown won’t be out until July 21 but you can hear most of the songs from it and the truth about Marty leaving and then coming back to Lovehammers HERE:

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Posted in Bands, Bar Scene, Celebrities, Chicago, Chicago Gossip, concerts, Live Music, music, Podcasts, Uncategorized | Tagged billy sawilchik, bobby kourelis, cara carriveau, dino kourelis, House of Blues, lovehammers, marty casey, wtmx | 2 Comments

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on June 22, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Reply Jeff Baraka

These guys contributed the song “Driving Blind” to an excellent compilation called “Acoustic Chicago”. Hear/see the song/video at stonecutterrecords.com

And check out the Acoustic Chicago showcase July 9 @ LaSalle Power Co.
- on June 23, 2009 at 8:32 am | Reply Cara Carriveau
  
  Thanks for the tip, Jeff – I’ll go to that Acoustic Chicago show! I actually interviewed Chris Steinmetz and Andreas Kapsalis prior to the release of that album – check it out in Cara’s Basement (scroll down the player to find that episode, then double-click).