The Brides

A night that changed my life. 17 years old, with my high school friends, Ken and Andrew, all still in a daze from Teengenerate’s brain-melting 7pm show at the Fireside Bowl, we trekked down to the Empty Bottle from Fullerton Ave. to Cortez St. on foot, not realizing how far apart the venues were. Terrible idea. But it was well worth enduring the bitter November winds because Teengenerate’s rocknroll onslaught continued in full force about two hours later and, after the room stopped shaking, my mind was made up: I have to start a band.

There’d be no Brides without Teengenerate.

I’m very happy that anyone who wasn’t there now has the chance to hear what it was like to be in the presence of one of the best punk rock bands of all time, in that peak moment three decades ago, playing to a packed room, full of rabid midwestern rocknroll maniacs.

11/15/25 - Laundry Bats record release show with the debut of Temps (Ex-Ponys + Heavy Times). It will be cozy.

https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/band/the-brides/

The Brides - MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL The Brides Suburban Vermin: 1996–98 LP Now this rocks. Chicago punk is known for its vicious guitar sound, and this collection of ’70s-influenced punk is a perfect example of that. It’s pretty lo-fi due to most of it being demos and live recordings from the ’90s, but I think it adds to the c...

Green Bay.

The new record is now up on Spotify. If you haven’t made the decision to pick it up through HoZac yet, check it out here. What else are you doing today?

https://open.spotify.com/album/2heQE4SzhsbzpghAOc8MCV?si=FVQJhE95TsKQzdgR0ubLzA

Suburban Vermin 1996​-​98 Album · The Brides · 2024 · 14 songs

The Brides: “Get To You” — HUMP DAY NEWS The HoZac archival project is humming along.

Radio Su***de @ GBUFO

1961 - Brides 1961 - Brides – 07-20-2024, GBUFO Invasion Fest, Tarlton Theatre, Green Bay, WI

We have a limited amount of Brides shirts available from our tour. If you’d like to get your grubby paws on one, they are 25$. A portion of proceeds will go to benefit Top Ten Records, Texas’ longest running record shop… serving Dallas TX since 1956. I can accept Venmo or you can call Top Ten at 214.942.7595 for credit card purchases. Message me at [email protected] for orders or questions.