The Copyrights at X-Ray Arcade

Formed in 2002, The Copyrights are a pop-punk band hailing from Carbondale, Southern Illinois made up of Brett Hunter (vocals, guitar) Jeff Funburg (vocals, guitar), Adam Fletcher (vocals, bass), and Luke McNeill (drums). They have released six full-length albums and four EPs and are currently signed to Red Scare Industries. Their latest album, Report, was released August 26th, 2014.

A while back, I was sitting at the bar of the now-defunct bottom lounge with a buddy of mine. We went for operation: cliff clavin, who were on some kind of reunion stint, but overheard the brokedowns well enough to get off our asses at the bar and take a look at these guys. After most of the chicago punk rock bands I liked went away around 2001-2003, I suppose it was a matter of time that a group like this would start, sounding like 1996-99 to me. I only wish they were around when the fireside bowl was a hole in the wall. They probably were, just not as a band.