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5 unusual facts about Metro Chicago


Copper Blue

In July 24, 2012, the album was reissued by Merge Records as a 3-disc set containing the full album accompanied by B-sides (disc 1), the Beaster EP (disc 2), and a 1992 live performance at the Cabaret Metro (disc 3).

Discotheque CVB: Live in Chicago

Discotheque CVB: Live In Chicago is a 2004 live album by Camper Van Beethoven recorded at Metro Chicago on October 29, 2004.

Euro-Trash Girl

It was recorded live at the Metro Chicago, courtesy of WXRT (according to the liner notes on the back of the CD).

Hello, Cleveland! Live from The Metro

It is a live album recorded on November 20, 1999 at the Metro in Chicago, IL.

Josh Caterer

In November 2005 the Smoking Popes reunited for a sell-out show at the Chicago club The Metro.


The Squids

The Squids were created in 1989 in the Chicago basement of LaTour after LaTour and Spatafora attended a Dead Milkmen and Ramones concert at Metro Chicago.


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