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Bobby Conn
 
Local musician/performance artist Bobby Conn (known for wearing a wig) has performed with a wide variety of bands and musicians (including the Lean Muscular Funk Unit, The Ski Patrol, Cabonizers, 16 Style Band, Jim O'Rourke, Fred Lonberg-Holm, etc. on a number of instruments (he's a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist) generally leaning toward a slightly pompous avant-garde rock sound. His second full-length, Rise Up (Truckstop/Atavistic and Thrill Jockey), features a conceptual Antichrist Superstar song cycle produced by Jim O'Rourke full of cryptic lyrics and complex musical arrangements.

Illinois Entertainer critic Ned Kelly says "Imagine if Meatloaf had recorded The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust...

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