Mellow Yellow Monday--ChiILin' At Riot Fest

 This weekend at Riot Fest, someone pointed out that our metal and punk shows on ChiIL Live Shows are anything but chill.   Very true, but they did go down in Chi, IL (or Chicago, Illinois), so the name refers to a sense of place, not a mellow style.   Still, we'll share a few of our yellow tinged fest photos for Mellow Yellow Monday.   

X:

Loads of people love to relax with old school punk, stage diving and loud rock, and you'd better believe thousands of people who spent the last 5 days in an orgy of music and late night revelry are having a very mellow Monday.

Suicide Machines:

Social Distortion:

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band:

Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg:

7 Seconds:

For more diverse entries for Mellow Yellow Monday, from around the world, click the link below.

X LIVE at Bottom Lounge-Photo Filled Feature

It was a rare pleasure to see X in a relatively small venue.    We've seen them at Double Door and Metro in recent years, and they always impress.   Bottom Lounge hosted an avid and enthusiastic crowd for the sold out show, which kicked off the first night of Riot Fest 2011.

First , the crowd was treated to a Film Screening of “X:The Unheard Music”.   Then around 9:45, the real band took the stage to perform their album, “Los Angeles” in its entirety.    


Then they continued the show with many more of their timeless hits.    Here's the set list:

Riot Fest continues for the next 4 days at multiple venues throughout Chicago.

ChiIL Mama's Shooting X Tonight at Bottom Lounge

ChiIL Mama will be capturing the action as X plays a sold out show at Bottom Lounge TONIGHT as part of Riot Fest 2011.    You'll be able to see our show shots here and at our sister site http://chiilliveshows.com/!