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* Spring 2008: [[Lucky Boys Confusion]], [[Girl Talk]], [[The Cool Kids]], [[Free the Fox]] | * Spring 2008: [[Lucky Boys Confusion]], [[Girl Talk]], [[The Cool Kids]], [[Free the Fox]] | ||
| − | * Fall 2008: [[Loose Lips Sink Ships]] | + | * Fall 2008: [http://www.henhouseprowlers.com The Henhouse Prowlers], [[Loose Lips Sink Ships]] |
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Revision as of 01:30, 17 November 2008
Many bands have played at Knox. Some of them were brought to campus by formal organizations, such as Union Board or WVKC. Others were the effort of an individual, such as Chris Ternes.
Master list of bands
- circa 1980's: REM
- Fall 1998: Bim Skala Bim plays during the First-Year Orientation weekend.
- Spring 1999: Sarge/The Velouria Beat
- Fall 1999: Go Ask Brian/The Love Bees
- Winter 2000: The Promise Ring/Camden/Bigalow
- Spring 2000: Union Board holds "VergeFest" in the Seymour basement. Included on the bill were Green Scene, Elizabeth Elmore, The Essex Green, The Stereo, and Poster Children. The Apples in Stereo were scheduled to headline, but had to cancel due to drummer Hilarie Sidney's pregnancy.
- Fall 2000: Rachel's/Matmos
- Spring 2001: The Anniversary
- Spring 2001: The Apples in Stereo/Elizabeth Elmore/The National Splits
- Fall 2001: The Molemen/Josh Martinez, among others
- Winter 2002: Union Board and WVKC sponsors Hard Knox Hip-Hop, featuring El-P, Aesop Rock, RJD2, and others. The show is subject to some controversy when promoters are forced to charge non-students a cover, due to the head planner's failure to secure enough funding to make the show free as advertised.
- Winter 2002: Bitch and Animal
- Winter 2002: The Guns of Navarone/Horseshoes for Handgrenades/another band/another band. These four bands, with a number of overlapping members, comprise the entirety of the Alton, IL math-rock scene. After the show, they go on to crash Bryce Porter's birthday party, failing to dress up as Bryce.
- Spring 2002: Dressy Bessy/The Deathray Davies
- Spring 2002: The Dismemberment Plan/Cex/Driver of the Year
- Fall 2002: The French Kicks
- Fall 2002: 90 Day Men/Denali/The Race/another band
- Winter 2003: Mates of State/Rainer Maria
- Fall 2003: Pedro the Lion/Troubled Hubble
- Winter 2004: The Cougars/Tubring, Murder by Death
- Fall 2004: Decemberists/Apollo Sunshine/Norfolk and Western, Troubled Hubble
- Fall 2004: Matt Sharp/Golden Boy
- Winter 2005 Bitch (of Bitch and Animal), brought in by SASS for Take Back the Night
- 2006: Deerhoof, Nedelle, Jason Webley, Ad Astra Per Aspera, SPASS
- Spring 2007: Cornmeal
- Spring 2008: Lucky Boys Confusion, Girl Talk, The Cool Kids, Free the Fox
- Fall 2008: The Henhouse Prowlers, Loose Lips Sink Ships
