Nonagon Shows

Here you will find a nearly complete record of all of Nonagon's live performances. Many of the individual show reports have images, videos and commentary.

Reversible Eye Gallery

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Sat, 2009-06-06 00:00

Our second show at an art gallery! Look for Jay Ryan's great poster for the show at your local hipster hangout.

Halloween in Champaign

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:54

A Halloween Costume and Candy Spectacular! LMNOP is the latest incarnation of (what was) The Idle Hours. Nonagon (also from Chicago) is ex-Jumpknuckle for you CU music history pupils. Water Between Continents is legendary local musicians Nick Rudd and Brian Reedy. 7 Triple Whip is... triple good.

Drinks and a Movie With Snaklab

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:48

Photos by Robert Gomez & Jim Kamp
Post-Mortem by John Hastie

Our free show at Hotti Biscotti in Logan Square was pure, loud, sweaty fun. Here’s the post-mortem... Read more…

Empty Bottle

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:41

Photos by Wika "Destroyer of Martini Glasses" Gomez Read more…

The Empty Bottle with Dianogah

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:36

Photos by John "Digital Zoom" Burgess Read more…

The Bottom Lounge, Again

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:32

Nonagon's Chicago Debut

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 12:31

Nonagon's Chicago debut! It was at the Bottom Lounge. Many thanks to all our friends and fans who showed up! We were to be followed by Ed Gein and Breather Resist, they hadn't made it to the club by the time we were packed up and gone. Oh well.

Boneyard Pottery, Champaign, IL

Submitted by Robert Gomez on Fri, 2009-06-05 12:37

A Show Report by John H.

We had our second-ever show last week and it was a vast improvement over the first.

In fact, if they keep getting better at this expediential rate, our fourth show is sure to involve opening for a reunited Fugazi at a reopened Lounge Ax with sound by Bob Weston, posters by Jay Ryan, and the rapt attention (and wild applause) of everybody in the room... Read more…

Dave's Barbeque

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-06-05 12:29

The band currently known as Nonagon finally had its first performance for relative strangers.
It was a bit surreal.

We played a cookout in Libertyville that was hosted by a coworker of Tony's.
When we got there we thought there was NO WAY we were actually going to be allowed to play:

The suburban yard was filled with kids and neighbors from the ages of 3 to about 75 and we were to set up on an outdoor patio facing a park in a very suburban, family-oriented neighborhood. Read more…