We are boybrain
When you hear Boybrain you'll wonder how a voice that sounds like it's been gargling razor blades and whiskey can come from such a compact package. Patti (The Dials, New Black, Ratattack) returns with her new baby; a snarling pissed off baby reminiscent of 1980s Punk with a touch of woven in melody. Joining her on lead guitar is Inga (Wanton Looks) folding in a string of catchy virtuosic leads that she has become so well known for. A man in demand, drummer Colin of Propane! Propane! and formerly Boys on Trial has found his home in this band of piss and vinegar. On bass, Jonny, originally from Detroit and formerly of Lost Sounds adds energy with the perfect amount of grit. Boybrain's debut EP "In The Company Of Worms" was released 2/22/22. Boybrain's single "Cayo Hueso" dropped 6/28/2023 followed by their newest single "Ratmouth" 10/15/2024.
Vox, Guitar / Patti
Lead Guitar / Inga
Drums / Colin
Bass, Vox / Jonny
Boybrain SHOWS
01/16/2025 Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
With Bible Of The Devil and Clawtoe
12/31/2024 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Pure Intention, Lollygagger, and Vang
$10, 21+ Doors at 7p, Show starts at 9p
10/19/2024 Hands Off Our Fest! Blue Island Brewing Company 13357 Old Western Ave., Blue Island, IL 60406
With Sweetie, The Rumours, Daddy Sisters, The Cell Phones, Sparkling Urbana, Carnivore Mommy, Peach Vomit
$25, Show starts at 3p
10/07/2024 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Nightfreak and Psychotic Reaction (Norman, Oklahoma)
$10, 21+ Doors at 7p, Show starts at 9p
07/17/2024 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Wailin Storms, Something Is Waiting, and DJ Chris Too (of These Beasts)
$12, 21+, Show starts at 8p
04/12/2024 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Lollygagger (Single Release!) and Aweful
12/18/2023 Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
With Something is Waiting and The Baby Magic
FREE SHOW!
06/05/2023 Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
With Daisychain and Miniskirt
FREE SHOW!
05/14/2023 The Ruin 1201 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808
With Aweful, Sacred Crows, and Dope Sweater
$7, All Ages, Doors at 6p, Show starts at 7p
05/13/2023 Outer Limits Lounge 5507 Caniff St., Detroit, MI 48212
With Ricky Rat Pack and Aweful
$10, Doors at 8p, Show starts at 9p
05/12/2023 Mulligan’s Pub 1518 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
With War Between and Aweful
FREE SHOW! Show starts at 10p
03/25/2023 Reclaim The Stage Festival
Reggies 2105 S. State St., Chicago IL 60616
With Sunny War, The Last Gang, Whitney Flynn, She/her/hers, Tiger Sex, Run Rabbit Run, Flummox, Volk, The Dilators, Toy Dynamite, Shitizen and more.
$35 presale, $40 at the door, Doors at 1p, Show starts at 2p
3/10/2023 Metal Monkey Brewing 515 Anderson Dr. Ste 900, Romeoville, IL 60446
With Lifting Curses (record release) and Machin
FREE, 7p, 21+
01/07/2023 Cobra Lounge 235 N Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607
With Royal Thunder and The Evictions
$17 presale, Door at 7p, Show starts at 8p, 17+
11/19/2022 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Lollygagger, Tiger Sex, and The Lucid Furs
$15 at the door
8/19/2022 The Hangar 9 511 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901
With Tricks and Acumen. Show starts at 10p, cover is $5.00
8/6/2022 Rock For Rights Benefit at Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Heet Deth, Djunah, and Aweful.
7/23/2022 Mickey's Tavern 1524 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703
With Sinking Suns (Dark Days Record Release), Space Tugboat, and Roboman
7/16/2022 Elder Brewing Co. 218 Cass St., Joliet, IL 60432
With Black Road
$7 at the door
6/25/2022 Motoblot at Cobra Lounge 235 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607
With The Goddamn Gallows, Mystery Actions, The Hooten Hallers, Tiger Sex, The Rumours, Jordan Joyes, and The Vaudettes.
5/1/2022 Save the Rock n Roll Festival at Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614.
With TBA
12/31/2021 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Touched By Ghoul/Lollygagger/Heet Deth- BOYBRAIN WILL SADLY NO LONGER BE PLAYING DUE TO COVID EXPOSURE.
11/11/2021 The Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
With Aweful/Cel Ray
9/11/2021 Paper Machete at The Green Mill 4802 N. Broadway Ave., Chicago, IL 60640
8/27/2021 Motoblot at Cobra Lounge 235 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607
With Black Sabbitch/The Vaudettes/Amazing Heeby Jeebies/School of Rock
7/17/2021 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Blood People/Aweful
5/2/2021 Streamsation at The Extraordinarium 2800 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60618
With Aweful/Rich Experience/Masonic Wave
3/28/2021 Herb’s Birthday BASH-O-RAMA/Liar’s Club Fundraiser Livestream
10/31/19 Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
With Blood People/Touched By Ghoul/Pink Frost/Hole Lotta Love
8/31/19 Auxiliary Art Center 3012 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
With Velcro Lewis, Les Strychnine
8/1/2019 Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
With Touched By Ghoul, Aweful / DJ Andy Ryan
5/4/2019 The Burlington 3425 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
With The Baby Magic and Aweful
News & Updates
12/08/2024
Come ring in the New Year with us at Liar’s Club! 12/31/2024 with Pure Intention, Lollygagger, and Vang! Show starts at 9p, $10 cover, 21+. See yous there!
12/01/2024
Check out our limited edition shirts for our new single, Ratmouth! Buy them here!
10/08/2024
Last night at Liar’s was sick!!! Thanks to Nightfreak and Psychotic Reaction for being badass! Here’s a new interview with us by our friend Manvsfriction on Dying Scene!
10/01/2024
See us live next at H.O.O.F. aka Hands Off Our Fest, a music fest celebrating the women, femmes, and thems of the Chicago punk scene and beyond! Featuring performances by the finest drag queens, kings, and things. H.O.O.F. is Saturday, October 19th 2024 starting at 3:00 pm at Blue Island Brewery. We are dressing up of course and there are tons of great bands including The Rumours, Sweetie, Daddy Sisters, The Cell Phones, Sparkling Urbana, Carnivore Mommy, and Peach Vomit! Buy tickets here!
09/10/2024
Been trying to put this bad boy together for a while! See ya Monday October 7th with Nightfreak and Psychotic Reaction from Norman, OK! Show is at Liar’s Club 1665 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614. $10, 21+ Doors at 7p, Show starts at 9p!
03/05/2024
We ain’t never gonn’ stop! See ya Friday April 12th at our home base, Liar’s Club with Lollygagger for their single release and our tour buds Aweful!
11/14/2023
Up next! It’s FREE! See you Monday, December 18th at the Empty Bottle with our buds Something Is Waiting and The Baby Magic! RSVP HERE!
11/12/2023
We are beyond excited to announce that our new bassist is Jonny Acosta! Jonny is a sick bassist and vocalist and has played with Lost Sounds and played with Patti in Ratattack! Also, new shows coming soon. Shh it’s a surprise!
8/14/2023
NEW SHIRTS! TV WILL KILL YOU. We are super excited to release this badass shirt with artwork by Tarek of Soaking Wet Press! Y’all can purchase online or at shows. If you’re nice we may even hand deliver one to ya!
6/1/2023
FREE show alert! Monday June 5th, 2023 we play at The Empty Bottle with Daisychain and Miniskirt! RSVP for a guaranteed spot!
Shirt is a Bella and Canvas Unisex Jersey T-shirt in vintage black
5/10/2023
TOUR ALERT!
We are on tour this week in Michigan and Indiana with our buddies in Aweful! 5/12 in Grand Rapids at Mulligan’s, 5/13 in Detroit at Outer Limits Lounge and 5/14 in Ft. Wayne at The Ruin!
2/12/2023
FREE SHOW! March 10th catch us at Metal Monkey Brewing at 515 Anderson Dr. Ste 900, Romeoville, IL 60446 for Lifting Curses record release of their EP “Pistanthrophobia”. Machin will also be performing! Show starts at 7p, 21+.
1/8/2023
Comin’ down the pipe! Saturday March 25th, 2023 we play the “Reclaim The Stage Festival” at Reggies at 2105 S. State St, Chicago, IL 60616. Sharing the stage with Sunny War, My Pizza My World, Whiteney Flynn, Tiger Sex, Run Rabbit Run, Flummox, Volk, The Dilators, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, White Rose Motor Oil, Toy Dynamite, Shitizen, and more! Additional details to come!
12/18/2022
Show alert! Riot Fest Presents: Royal Thunder with The Evictions and Boybrain on January 7th at Cobra Lounge! Tickets are $17! The show starts at 8p at 235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607.
11/14/2022
This upcoming Saturday, November 19th we return to Liar’s Club with Lollygagger, Tiger Sex, and The Lucid Furs! It’s been a long time a comin!
8/9/2022
Southern Illinois punks! We are comin’ for ya! Friday, August 19th we will be playing at Hangar 9 with Tricks and Acumen. The show starts at 10p and it’s only $5! Come on out! 511 S. Illinois St., Carbondale, IL 62901.
8/8/2022
Together with Heet Deth, Djunah, and Aweful, we were able to raise $1,965 for Chicago Abortion Fund at the Rock For Rights benefit at Liar’s Club last weekend. Thank you to Liar’s Club and to everyone that came out to support this important cause! More help is needed so please continue donating!
7/22/2022
Tomorrow night Saturday 7/23/2022 catch us at Mickey's Tavern for a FREE SHOW! 1524 Williamson St in Madison, WI 53703. Show starts at 10p!
With Sinking Suns (Dark Days Record Release), Space Tugboat, and Roboman
7/4/2022
Up Next! We are stoked to be playing with our buds in Black Road July 16th at Elder Brewing Co. in Joliet! Only $7.00 people! 218 E. Cass St. Joliet, IL 60432.
7/3/2022
Just in! A limited number of cassette tapes of our album “In The Company Of Worms”. Comes with a download code for the album!
Manufactured by National Audio Company.
All songs written and performed by Boybrain.
Engineered and Mixed by Garret Hammond of The Brill Basement.
Mastered at Saff Mastering.
Front cover artwork by Corinne Halbert. Rear cover photo by Pat Houdek. Layout and design by Susie Q. Winn.
Copyright Boybrain Music, LLC 2022.
All rights reserved.
Shirt is a Bella and Canvas Unisex Jersey Long-Sleeve T-Shirt in black
Shorts are Soffe Authentic Women’s Shorts in black
2/14/2022
Our debut album ‘IN THE COMPANY OF WORMS’ is out on all digital platforms 2.22.22! We have been waiting a long time to announce this bad boy and put our blood, sweat, and tears into it! A special thanks to Garret Hammond and Carl Saff for all of their hard work! -Boybrain
1/23/2022
We are excited to announce that Boybrain will be performing at the 3 Day Save Rock N Roll Festival at Liar’s Club on 5/1/2022 to support awesome local Chicago venues that have been so good to us and have struggled throughout this pandemic like everyone. Rock n Roll will never die! From Liar’s Club:
“HELP US KEEP THE ROCK SCENE ALIVE IN CHICAGO, AND COME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER AFTER SHUTTING DOWN DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS! COBRA LOUNGE, LIAR'S CLUB, LIVEWIRE, AND REGGIE'S ARE TEAMING UP FOR A THREE DAY TRUE CHICAGO ROCK FEST. PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES WILL BE DIVIDED AMONG THE FOUR VENUES, TO HELP KEEP OPEN THE ROOMS THAT HOST MUCH OF THE LOCAL PUNK, METAL, AND HARD ROCK SCENE. 3-DAY PASSES, GOOD FOR ALL FOUR VENUES, ARE NOW AVAILABLE! THE REGGIE'S BUS FLEET WILL MAKE FREE SHUTTLE RUNS TO ALL THE VENUES SO YOU CAN SEE AS MANY BANDS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE! ALL EVENTS ARE 21 AND OVER.”
12/27/2021
We are sorry to announce that Boybrain is forced to drop out of The New Year’s Eve show at Liar’s Club due to a Covid Exposure. Please rock out in our honor and we wish we could be there will y’all to bring in the New Year. See you all at the next one!
12/2/21
We are still living in a post apocalyptic- plague hell right now, but we are back playing shows! You can see us next 12/31/21 at Liar’s Club with Touched by Ghoul, Lollygagger, and Heet Deth!
TICKETS TO BOYBRAIN LIVE ON NEWS YEARS EVE AT LIAR'S CLUB!
Date & Time:
Fri, Dec 31, 7:00 PM - Sat, Jan 1, 1:00 AM CST
Location:
Liar's Club
1665 West Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
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