Chicagoist: The Thirsty Whale Never Forgets

Keidra

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:07:08 -0600

My mom never let me go to the Thirsty Whale :( But I used to love VVX.

annieF

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:42:33 -0600

okay, the pics on the site are AWESOME! where was this place located?

igo

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:41:21 -0600

Why, oh why did you do this to me? So much material. So little time. I lived close to The Whale, but I was too young to go there. I remember that the bands that played there always had lots of x's and y's in their names.

ropesack

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:19:06 -0600

vvx was the best. their intro was so cool. thursday night thrash attack!

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:03 -0600

Prescott: Scott Loftus could be a future flashback. He moved to 'VVX in the mid-80's after B-96 went to its dance format with his sidekick "Glen the Phone Man." The program was called "RPM: Real Precious Metal." If you were lucky enough to get 'VVX on the dial, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. (or maybe 4) it was a metalhead's dream.

Prescott Carlson

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:27:12 -0600

L.A. Guns at The Whale in 1988, sponsored by WVVX 103.1 and emceed by Scott Loftus. The girl I came with left with another dude -- to add insult to injury it was clearly a pre-arranged hookup and she just used me for a ride there in my sweet '71 Impala. Good times, good times.

Smokes

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:55:42 -0600

My band "Surreal" played there in 91 or 92, we weren't that good, but had fun. We opened for a band called 'I can't believe it's not Butterfist' Man... those were some days....

jnewfry

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:27:36 -0600

Any club that closes with a show by enuff z'nuff had a sense of humor about itself that clearly can't be replaced.

Chuck Sudo

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:03:00 -0600

Thank God there aren't any shots of me with my hockey player 'fro. Back then it was either the Whale or all ages Polish nightclubs.

Karl Klockars

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:00:58 -0600

One of the first shows I ever saw was at the Whale when I was like 15. Joey Belladonna had left Anthrax and was doing a club tour and played to like all of 60 people there. It was awesome.

ropesack

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:37:09 -0600

man, i went there one time in probly 93 or 94 and i cant remember who i saw. that's pretty bad.