Grinner's 2005 Concert History

"When I first saw Grinner on a summer night at Chicago's Big Horse, they were so loud I had to watch the show from the curb on Milwaukee Ave. I bought my first pair of earplugs for their next show a few streets over at The Mutiny, but they were so drunk all I could do was stand and stare in voyeuristic horror. It's the kind of unofficial induction into the city's dues-paying music community that no one foresees, but everyone endures. A series of libertine...