QRO's spotlight always goes back to the not-really Midwest with Philadelphia's Illinois.
Name: Illinois
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Members: Chris Archibald, Martin Hoeger, John-Paul Kuyper, Dan Pawlovich, Chris Shepard
Albums: Revenge of Some Kid EP (2005), What the Hell Do I Know? EP (2007), The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe, Chapters 1-6 (2009)
Has toured with: Kenan Bell, The Builders & The Butchers, Dengue Fever, Drink Up Buttercup, The Heavy, The Hold Steady, The Kooks, Man Man, Holly Miranda, Menomena, Meowskers, Nada Surf, Peasant, The Postelles, Say Hi, stellastarr*
If the band was an animal, they'd be: a chain-smoking chimp
Or if they were a food, they'd be: a Philly cheese steak, not a Chicago deep dish
What about a piece of a furniture?: a rocking chair on rain-warped backwoods porch
Okay, how about something to wear?: something versatile that you can wear it when it's snowing in the middle of fuckin' April
Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: the uranium that fueled the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction, in Chicago, and currently provides almost half of the state's energy needs
A side character from The Simpsons: Jebediah Springfield
Deadly weapon: form Voltron
Name an author: John Updike
If they could have one superpower, what would it be?: to transform into anything
Umm... An office supply?...: one of those kick-ass Swingline staplers
Figure from Greek mythology: Pan, god of nature
Color of the rainbow: amber (as in waves of grain)
If the band were one of the above similies, they'd be: if the band was an animal, they'd be
A side character from The Simpsons: Jebediah Springfield
Fun and Laughter reminds you why you fell in love with Land of Talk in the first place.
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