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The Three W’s: Weekend Wrap-up and Wassup (Week of 11/7/11)

What a weekend! Smoking Popes came to town and put on a simply amazing show you didn’t want to miss! But if you happened to be babysitting or doing lord knows what, we’ve got you covered (you’ll find a full review, here). But that wasn’t all that went down this weekend, folk filled the air [...]

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WPGU Presents: Smoking Popes Review

If you saw Smoking Popes at Cowboy Monkey last night, chances are you paid $12 for your ticket. During lead singer and guitarist Josh Caterer’s in-studio interview at WPGU earlier that day, he promised at least a $14 show for the money. I would say it was worth $20 or more, easily. Brothers Josh, Eli, [...]

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Smoking Popes

Josh talks about the Smoking Popes’ set list for Saturday’s show, the idea behind their latest album This Is Only a Test, Frank Sinatra, and much more!

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WPGU Presents Smoking Popes : Preview

On Saturday, November 5th, Smoking Popes will be bringing classic Chicago pop-punk to C-U with a show at Cowboy Monkey in Downtown Champaign. Brothers Josh, Eli, and Matt Caterer, along with their new drummer Neil Hennessy make up the band that paved the way for the likes of Fall Out Boy and Alkaline Trio. Since, [...]

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LPD Festival Artist: Smoking Popes

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The Smoking Popes formed in Lake of the Hills, Illinois in 1991. The band’s core members are comprised of brothers Josh, Matt and Eli Caterer who play guitar, bass and guitar respectively. Their first release came out in 1991 on Radius Records entitled Inoculator EP. Since then the group has released four full length studio [...]

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