- Lounge Ax
The Lounge Ax was a music venue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of
Chicago . It was an important venue for liverock music -- especiallyindie rock . The club was opened in 1987 (Parnell, 2003) byJennifer Fischer andJulia Adams , who were joined around September 1989 by Sue Miller, previously the booker at another Chicago rock club, theCubby Bear . (Wyman, 1989) For most of the club's existence, it was owned by Adams and Miller. On Saturday night,January 15 2000 , the final show at Lounge Ax was headlined by theCoctails , who reunited for the show.Dianogah andM.O.T.O. opened. It was located across the street fromWax Trax Records.Lounge Ax was featured prominently in the Chicago-based movie "High Fidelity" as the site where
John Cusack 's character, Rob Gordon, and the staff from Championship Vinyl first encounter Marie DeSalle, played byLisa Bonet . Its location across from theBiograph Theater plays an important part in the dialogue leading up to the Lounge Ax scenes.References
* Parnell, Sean (2003). [http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Memoriam/LoungeAx/LoungeAx.htm Lounge Ax in Memoriam] . Retrieved
24 March 2005 .
* Pollack, Neal (19 January 2000 ). [http://archive.salon.com/ent/log/2000/01/19/loungeax/ Lounge Axed] . "Salon".
* Wyman, Bill (8 September 1989 ). "Rock 'n' Roll: what will become of the Cubby Bear?" "The Chicago Reader", Section 1, p. 7. [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=1989/890908/BOOKER]
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