In the beginning The Massacres were an unmarked grave in a sea of lonely headstones. The first corpse to be exhumed was Kevin Massacre closely followed by BJ - bass player of ultimate doom. From that fateful encounter The Massacres were born. Shortly after, a legion of guitar players were put to rest, when a worthy six stringer by the name of Mickey T. Craft came along. Slowly but very surely a new name was being carved into the headstone. As rehearsals came and went, it became apparent they needed to give a voice to their monster. Cue appearance of Hoagy. Originally from the U.K., Hoagy was found lurking in a dark alley downtown. With the line-up finally completed, The Massacres began pulling together a roster of fresh-from-the-graveyard songs. They soon conquered Chicago, and have begun to take on the rest of world. Consider yourself warned!!!

Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

~Mark Twain "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar," 1897

Bands played with:

Batmobile, Demented Are Go, Calavera, Barnyard Ballers, The Deadcats, Three Blue Teardrops, Koffin Kats, 12 Step Rebels, Zombie Ghost Train, G-String, The Hatchet Wounds, The Rezurex, Mad Marge and The Stonecutters, Bamboula, Pal Joey, Plan 9, The Coffin Draggers, Deadutantes, James Demons, Dr. Chud's X-Ward, Dangerville, Street Brats, Boneyard Brawlers, The Stranger, Gravetones, Bleed, Sharky Doyle's, Coffin Lids, The Heavies, Audio Violence, Resinators, Plastik Explosives, Crank County Daredevils, Broadzilla, Low Freq, Lonesome Town Drifters, Creepy Cruds, Rigor Phallus, The .357 String Band, The Phenoms, Mulligan Stu, Number Nine.