Tag Archives: 1996 in Champaign

THE MAIN ONE Up Downstairs featured Mike Kinsella (vocals), Steve Lamos (drums), David Johnson (guitar), and Allen Johnson (bass). Hailing from Champaign, IL, the indie rock and roll outfit existed lengthy more than enough to record a three-song 7″ for Polyvinyl, and then split up before its preliminary pressing in …

A visible hyperlink between indie-rock as well as the emergent post-rock afterwards within the ’90s, Salaryman formed around a quartet of ex-Poster Kids: Rick and Jim Valentin, Rose Marschack and drummer Howie Kantoff. Located in the Midwestern college-town stronghold of Champaign, Illinois, the group started documenting for an record in …