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Michael V.

And so he says to me, 'You want to be a bad guy?' And I say, 'Yeah Baby! I want to be bad!' I says,

About Me

I've been a musician for most of my life, playing bass and guitar. For a long time, I played in Rachael's Surrender and I do the odd tour with Mercurine . I've also released albums with Garden of Dreams and Bale , and appeared on releases from Dalet-Yod , Emilie Autumn and Soulscape . You might notice some guy who looks like me named St. Michael "Gunther" Lustie playing with a band called The Lusties - dude's a prick. He stole my wallet, my girlfriend and beat the hell out of me.

I'm a big geek - I can tell you who played saxophone on some obscure '80s new wave album, but can't tell you my phone number without a minute to think about it... I like to go to live shows and dance, which is unusual in Chicago - most live audiences show their appreciation by crossing their arms and perhaps nodding an inch or so in rhythm... By day, I build websites, since it's kinda hard to pay the bills with music. Because of all this activity, I don't sleep much. Yay, coffee! I'm always looking for drummers. (Spinal Tap was accurate, in the dummer respect.) I like to think Big Thoughts and talk about Big Issues. Or, you know, watch zombie flicks and drink beer. :)

My Interests

Music, musicians, rock, techno, electro, punk, goth, comics, movies, poster art, bass, guitar, drums, the printed word.

I'd like to meet:

Cool people who aren't ruled by their drama and can hold a conversation. People who geek out about music as much as I do. People who like to go to rock shows and dance clubs. Drummers.

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Music:

Dead Can Dance, Swans, Poster Children, The New Pornographers, Art Brut, Pixies, Interpol, 16 Horsepower, Ministry, My Bloody Valentine, The Angels of Light, The Kills, Throwing Muses, Ramones, LCD Soundsystem, Didjits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Arcade Fire, Sleater-Kinney, Gilles Peterson, Misfits, Blur, Sonic Youth, Shellac, Naked Raygun, Rocket from the Crypt, Steve Reich, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, The Timeout Drawer, Wire, Secret Machines, Dieselboy, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Underworld, Pere Ubu, Rush, Johnny Cash, Gorillaz, Fuzzy Bunnies of Death, Rachael's Surrender, Bale, Mercurine, The Lusties

Movies:

Brazil, Wings of Desire, 24 Hour Party People, Amelie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, High Fidelity, The Reflecting Skin, May, Repo Man, Straight to Hell, Superstarlet A.D., Sore Losers

Television:

Battlestar Galactica (the new one), The Simpsons, King of the Hill, House, Lost. I'm not really a big TV person.

Books:

From Hell, Moby Dick, The Name of the Rose, Cryptonomicon, A Canticle for Leibowitz, Pattern Recognition, Fahrenheit 451

Heroes:

Michael Gira, Steve Albini, Rick Valentin and Rose Marshack of the Poster Children, Warren Ellis

My Blog

A lifetime dream achieved! I’m headlining Saturday night at the Metro!

OK, so it seems like whenever I post anything in any sort of journal or e-mail or myspace or whatever, it's about music. I apologize for that, but seriously, that's my life. No one really wants to hea...
Posted by Michael V. on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

Say goodbye to The Pumps!!!

They're fun, they're rocking, and they're completely NSFW. And, after this Thursday, they're no more...Come join us this Thursday night (Feb. 28) at Beat Kitchen in Chicago, as we say farewell to one ...
Posted by Michael V. on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:16:00 PST

Love, Romance, LUST!

This Valentine's Day, show your lover that you really care: Give 'em some LUSTIES!!!On Thursday Feb. 14, Fearless Radio is happy to present Valentines Day with The Lusties, live on the air! Show begin...
Posted by Michael V. on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:37:00 PST

Halloween Hellfire Hoe-down with The Lusties

Happy Halloween!I know most of you got your partying done on Saturday, so that should leave your Wednesday open!The Lusties are throwing a big ol' Halloween bash at everyone's favorite dive, The Mutin...
Posted by Michael V. on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:11:00 PST

AGENT ORANGE and The Lusties!!!!

Hi all!Somehow, some way, my band The Lusties got asked at the last minute to open for California surf-punk legends AGENT ORANGE!!!!It's tomorrow night (Friday 10/19) at Betty's Blue Star Lounge, 1600...
Posted by Michael V. on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:55:00 PST

Mercurine, Lusties, moving, AHHHH MY BRAIN HAS EXPLODED!!!

TOO MUCH TOO MUCH TOO MUCH!!!!Wow, is life busy!Starting off, this Friday (6/29/07) at the Mutiny in Chicago:The LustiesThe Box BruisersPearls Mahone & the One-Eyed JacksThe ShithawksIt's a punk-rock ...
Posted by Michael V. on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:16:00 PST

Possibly the best Lusties show Ever!

Oi everybody!My band The Lusties are playing this Saturday at the legendary Abbey Pub. I'm super excited by the lineup - so many excellent bands! How we got involved, I'll never guess...The LustiesMy ...
Posted by Michael V. on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:30:00 PST

Lusties weekend Rock-O-Rama

Hello my lovely friends!If you're looking for a good way to start the weekend, The Lusties are playing Friday night! My evil twin St. Michael "Gunther" Lustie plays bass.The Lusties, w/Short Punks in ...
Posted by Michael V. on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:29:00 PST

2007: Thus begins the year of ROCK!

Happy 2007! Hope your holidays treated you well, and that 2007 will be amazing for everyone.If you're looking for something entertaining to start off the year, have I got an offer for you! I've starte...
Posted by Michael V. on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:06:00 PST

Rachael's Surrender/Mercurine Midwest Tour!

Now that I've got all my stitches out, some good news...Rachael's Surrender will be cruising around the Midwest with our friends Mercurine from LA. I'll be doing additional duty with Mercurine, fillin...
Posted by Michael V. on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:04:00 PST