Champaign
Champaign appears in 1 Songsheets issue: 90s Midwest Emo. One artist in the archive came from here: Braid.
Champaign forms an inseparable cultural unit with neighboring Urbana, hosting legendary venues like Mabel's and attracting University of Illinois students who form crucial bands. The university environment fosters American Football, whose members Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, and Mike Kinsella craft the genre's most iconic album in 1999, recorded in Champaign and featuring the distinctive house at 704 West High Street on its cover. The town's cheap rent, college infrastructure, and proximity to Chicago create ideal conditions for young bands to rehearse, record, and develop the scene's characteristic sound.
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Artists from Champaign
- Braid
Braid came together in Champaign in December 1993 after Bob Nanna left Chicago's Friction to enroll at the University of Illinois and placed a classified ad in Maximumrocknroll looking to trade concert tapes.
