Category Archives: Music

Revolutionary Kind – Germantown Band

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  Revolutionary Kind aka The Kind Added by Michael R. Reilly, June 10, 2016 Updated 06/22/2016 Jody Tocco Probst – Absolutely I remember them. Loved them!!! They were from Germantown. I think Dennis Pokorny and John Kannenburg were members. I don’t remember the other guy’s names. June 8, 2016 at 11:15am Jill Schmidt – The others were, Tim Poremba, John… Read more »

Split Decision – Germantown band

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  Split Decision Added by Michael R. Reilly, June 13, 2016 Updated 06/13/2016 Dan Burg, June 12, 2016 – Contact Al Spitza or Tracy Spitza on FB regarding this Germantown Band from the 70-80’s “SPLIT DECISION”

Sigmund Snopek III Collection

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Sigmund Snopek III Collection Albums: Roy Rogers meets Albert Einstein Snopek Thinking out loud Bloomsbury People Snopek First Band on the Moon Sigmund Snopek III Trinity Seas, Seize, Sees Sigmund Snopek III Nobody to Dream 45s: Bloomsbury People “Madeline” and “Have you seen them cry” CD: Laketones Legends land Sigmund Snopek III “The Baby Symphony” Posters: Bloomsbury People Oct. 3… Read more »

Wisconsin Music Archives and the Polka Hall of Fame

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Wisconsin Music Archives Swiss Jodel Club, Monroe, Wisconsin (ca. 1930) The Wisconsin Music Archives contains collections representing all Wisconsin musical traditions and encompassing the period from the 1850s to the present. Strengths of the collection include published sheet music, folk and ethnic music, scores by contemporary Wisconsin composers, recordings issued by Wisconsin labels, and of performers associated with Wisconsin. To search… Read more »

Sensation Band

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Sensation Band John F Rickinger – August 9, 2017: Okay a few more memories moving into the HHS reunion weekend. In 1975 I teamed up with Don Fisher, Jeff Turnbull, Jeff Engle to form SENSATION. Don & Jeff E where doing a two some. By 1978 we changed a couple guys and where playing everywhere. Joe Salamone out of Denver,… Read more »

Wisconsin Bands

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.357 String Band, raucous bluegrass-infused rock and roll A-G-2-A-Ke, an early Brew City hip-hop group Ernie Adams, jazz drummer Adekola Adedapo, jazz singer Bad Boy, ’70s rockers The Barnburners, Richard LaValliere’s short-lived, post-Haskels band The Baroques, psychedelic group signed to Chess Records Black Elephant, defunkt (de-trunked?) hip-hop group The Blackholes, Mark Shurilla’s punk-era combo Eric Blowtorch, long-time punk, reggae rocker… Read more »

Milwaukee and Wisconsin Garage Bands

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  Milwaukee and Wisconsin Garage Bands   The second installment of the Radio Ready regional power pop compilation series takes us to Wisconsin, a land more known for football, cheese and beer than infectious pop tunes, yet the 14 tracks contained within the grooves of this LP showcase groups from Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay and Kenosha during a period of… Read more »

Wisconsin Recording Studio Locations [City] and Record Labels

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    Part of our new Depot Museum music exhibit consists of records, 45s and LPs [a few 78s] from nearby recording studios by local musicians/bands. However, we also include others from many different Wisconsin locations; here are most of those areas [Note: Most are not represented in our collection].   Wisconsin Recording Studio/Pressing Locations “Sauk City”, “Eau Claire”, “Appleton”, “Racine”,… Read more »

We Return band

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  We Return Band The beginning of Peace Valley Connection was actually kind of a union of people from three Sussex Hamilton bands that were going through some changes due to members graduating and other changes. The most well known and accomplished group was “We Return” formerly known as the “The Reason Why.” The members of this group included Steve… Read more »