Podcast appearances and mentions of bev rage

Beverly Rage (she/her in drag, he/him out of drag) is the singer, guitarist, and songwriter in Chicago's all-original drag fronted punk rock band Bev Rage & the Drinks. Bev has been a musician for over two decades, nearly half of that fronting BR&TD, and a drag artist for 15 years. As a lifelong queer activist, Bev uses music as a way to empower folks to work outside of the expected to get their message out. When not playing music, she enjoys gardening, DIY projects at home, and going to the gay beach.

Mary Rose Gonzales, known as "Beef," is a Filipino American drummer from Chicago, making waves in the punk and garage rock scenes for over a decade. She currently plays with Bev Rage & The Drinks and will be reuniting with Mystery Actions for a special show at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas in May 2025. When she's not behind the drums, she works a 9 to 5 at a merchandising photo studio. Outside of music, she enjoys pickleball, playing pool, and fingerboarding.

Beverly Rage is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Bev Rage & the Drinks, a Chicago-based queer garage rock band. Bev Rage & the Drinks have been a fixture in the Chicago music scene for nearly a decade and have toured the country with notable acts such as Bully and Pansy Division. Outside of the band, Bev is a gardener, environmentalist, activist, and lover of pistachio ice cream. The First Time is a live lit and music series recorded at Martyrs in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. Each reader tells a true first tale, followed by any cover of the storyteller's choosing, performed by our house band, The First Time Three. The First Time is hosted by Jenn Sodini. Production by Andy Vasoyan and Executive Producer Bobby Evers. Podcast produced by Andy Vasoyan. Recorded by Tony Baker.

We're very excited that we got the opportunity to talk with Beverly Rage (vocals/guitar) from queer garage-pop band Bev Rage & the Drinks for episode 31. We talk about Bev's musical journey from Canton, Ohio to Chicago, what it's like playing original music in drag and the challenges presented by today's political environment. We also cover Bev's favorite Chicago things!Time Stamps:2:40: How old were you when you started playing music?3:50: What are we listening to growing up?5:41: Did you always know you wanted to be a musician?7: Did you have friends who were also interested in playing music/form a band?9: How do you get from Canton to Chicago?10:30: How old were you when you joined your first band?11:53: How long did it take you to feel like you'd found your musical community in Chicago?14:36: Did you feel an immediate connection to queercore?18: Have you always dressed in drag to perform?21: When you started dressing in drag, did it alter how you created music, did it impact the crowd/people you were attracting?24:17: Are you doing your own booking?26:30: Who were inspirations to you in your costuming?29: Does a state's laws towards members of the LGTBQ+ community impact your desire to play shows in their state?35:14: What advice would you give a young queer person who is unsure of themselves?37:08: What is the best way we can be an ally right now?39:45: What is Chicago doing right, and what can it do better?45:15: What were some of the breaks you've gotten with the band?47: Thick or thin crust pizza?48:39: Favorite place to play a show/favorite place to see a show in Chicago?50:45: Are there any specific places you always have to take friends when they come to visit?52:25: What makes Chicago unique as a music scene?54:30: What have you been listening to lately?56:33: What is your go to cheap drink?57:50: What are you most excited about over the next six months?

Meet Bev Rage and the Drinks: “The Friendliest, sexiest, and gayest band in Chicago.” Their second album, “Exes and Hexes,” comes out Saturday and they'll be celebrating with an album release show on that same day at Schubas! Now is the time to go solar! Introducing Transparent Solar. With zero money down,  you can go solar and enjoy benefits like a 25 year warranty, saving money on your electric bill after installation and increasing your home value. Go to sopelsolar.com to learn more!

This week, Features contributor Ronald Pagan speaks with Bev Rage of Chicago's own queer garage pop band, Bev Rage & the Drinks. They discuss their upcoming full length album, Exes and Hexes, the expansion of their member lineup, the refining of their sound while retaining their sense of humor, queer diversity in the music scene in Chicago, and the importance of showcasing their humor and being a highly visual band in the form of music videos. "Everything I write on this album is either coming from a true place or an exaggerated piece of truth that happened in my real life. I find most of my lyric writing comes from real life things that I've experienced. So everything you hear on this album, it's all real." - Bev Rage Produced by Adalyn Staats. Photo Credit: Dan Jarvis

It is THE SUMMER OF BEV everyone and we are more than delighted to get Chicago's Queen of Punk to join us for an hour discussion about the movie Antlers as well as the new Ti West film X. This is Bev's second appearance on our show after the covid time warp, we also catch up on what is like to be a busy driven stage performer in our current timeline. Forever sweet and knowledgeable about cinema and film, a true Chicago punk rocker, check out their new videos and new album that is about to DROP. Stay cool, stay tuned, and stay sane friends. Love and compassion for all

I'm talking with Bev Rage, the singer & guitarist of the queer garage-pop band Bev Rage & The Drinks. I was curious how Bev was born and she tells me how it was a way to combine her love of music and drag and amplify what's she's good at. Amplifying a community through art is something we're both passionate about. I was intrigued to learn that one of her first shows as a band was opening for some of her queer heroes and how that relationship evolved as they became contemporaries. One of Bev's other passions is the environment. She talks about how being a kid in the country sparked an appreciation for the natural world and even influenced what she studied in college. Bev shares how for her gardening is not just to have a great way to fresh food a few steps out her door, but is also a meditative practice of caring for the plants.

Like you, the CHIRP Features team is staying home to help flatten the curve! We are shifting our programming to present a new series in our Artist Interview Program. Shelter In Sound features interviews with artists and local music related tastemakers on what they are doing right now during this global pandemic. Tune in to learn how some of your favorite folx are managing and staying creative while hunkered down. For this week's episode, Features Co-Director Mick R (@thasoundblog) spoke remotely with Bev Rage (@BeverlyRage) of Bev Rage and the Drinks. Tune in for a lively conversation about how Bev is coping while sheltering at home, staying connected with bandmates and fans, and how segments of Chicago's queer community have adapted to the disruptions created by COVID 19. Produced by Mick R Photo Credit: Bev Rage

It's Season Two of Dagger Cast and we are super excited to kick it off with the fabulous Bev Rage from Bev Rage and The Drinks! We talk about creature features, play a game, also a new segment from Brian called Doctor Diva (where he talks about lovely women from 30's and 40's cinema), he and Lindsey also give Midsommar the Dagger Cast treatment!

In this episode we discuss Suspiria from 1977. Suspiria was directed by Dario Argento, written by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi, and starring Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini and Flavio Bucci. Our end song "Why Don't You Hate Me" is brought to you by the band Bev Rage and The Drinks. You can find them at: bevrageandthedrinks.com @bevrageandthedrink - on instagram/facebook bevrageandthedrinks.bandcamp.com Enjoy!

What About Chicago? - your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment and culture with hosts Ben Moroney and Rahim Salaam transmitting from Earphoria: Chicago. Listen to the podcast on all podcast platforms, with our friends the Machine Culture Collective at www.machineculture.com and every Friday the podcast airs at 1 p.m. with Que4 Radio at que4.org. On this week's episode we kick and spin around in circles with Kevin and Hell/Big Syn/Elijah Berlow, break bread at Black & Brown Babes Brunch: Holiday Edition, learn some charm with Avantist/Space Gators/Rabbit Folk/Adele Nicholas at Charm School, celebrate New Year's Eve at Bohemian Grove, help support GirlForward with Bev Rage & The Drinks/ Strawberry Jacuzzi/ Baby Money and so much more! Subscribe and give a review on iTunes, help support the podcast at www.patreon.com/whataboutchicago and like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago. Subscribe and give a review on iTunes, help support the podcast at www.patreon.com/whataboutchicago and like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago.

Today we welcome Anita Jon onto the show to talk Azealia Banks suing RuPaul, about the rumored cast list of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11, all about Anita Jon’s upcoming birthday show, and of course, our Thot of the Week! This week’s opening music is “Bev Rage and the Drinks", a Chicago-based band, and in honor of Anita Jon turning a year older we’re featuring their song “I’m Too Old”. Love you Anita!!

"What About Chicago?!" is your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment, and culture hosted by Ben Moroney and Rahim Salaam. Listen to us on Que4 Radio at que4.org or 1680 AM every Friday at 2pm. On this week's episode we chat with The MoonSharks about their journey in improv, their upcoming performances and unique long form plays! We also take that walk to enjoy Hot Fruit! w/ NO MEN, Bev Rage & the Drinks, Super Sonic Space Rebels, volunteer and get a tune up at Grow-Op Community Garden Day feat. Bike Workshop, hear some wonderful music by some of our faves Kill Scenes / Sam Larson / Magic Ian and so much more! Listen, subscribe and review us on iTunes, support the podcast with a donation at www.patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago, check out our partners Machine Culture Collective at www.machineculture.com and listen to the podcast every Friday at 2pm with Que4 Radio at que4.org! Music from this week's show: Chick Ching$ - 100 Bags The Rewrites - Lightning Dance Bev Rage and the Drinks - (You Never Tell Me That I'm) Cute Jollys - Milwaukee Rai - Aqui Estoy Wet Wallet - it ain't necessarily so todayshits - Carve Away Sam Larson - Fall In Love Tonight No Men - Violette Super Sonic Space Rebels - Blood Bath

Album Review Roundtable (July-September 2017). All releases are available on Bandcamp. Thanks to Dave Anians of Davey Dynamite (FMS #39) and Kyle Janis of Soothsayer Hotsauce (FROM #5) for being our guest panelists this episode. Track listing of featured artists (Format=Band Name 'Name of Release') 1) Lurk "DEMO" 2) Voice of Addiction "The Lost Art of Empathy" 3) She/Her "Marigold" 4) Dead Wells "Dead Wells" 5) Bad Mechanics "Precious Moments in the USA" 6) Lil Tits "The Usual" 7) Modern Advances "Get Rigid" 8) Boxsledder "Future Nostalgia" 9) The Ueckers “Two Balls, No Strikes” 10) The Decayed " The Decayed EP" 11) Bad Sons "Hot Face" 12) Engines "Obsolete" Honorable Mentions: 1. The Upsets "DEMO" 2. Racetraitor "Invisible Battles Against Invisible Fortresses" 3. Aggro Control "Columbia" 4. Fieldmates "Sludge Metal Band Audition Tape Vol. 2" 5. New Dougs "Busy Boys" 6. Comment Section "The Googy EP" 7. Blacker Face "Mississippi Goddam" 8. 86 Gemini "S/T C/S" 9. Kendall WA "Parade of Roses" 10. Scram "EP" 11. Elder Light "A Great Big Meteor" 12. Bev Rage and the Drinks "Honk If Yer Hungry" 13. Bygons "Demo" 14. White Shadow "Cut The Breathing" 15. Modern Day Rippers "Doing The Lord's Work" 16. An Inkling "Cut Me Open" 17. Passion Over Consequence "S/T EP" 18. RIP Tom "S/T" 19. Shallow Hearts "Half Truths & Whole Lies" 20. High Wire "Different Places" 21. Farhampton "You'll Never Take My Side" 22. Melanin "Not Your Target - Demo" 23. Wolfpac "Secret Secret Secret" 24. The Erratic Retaliator Strategy "Undulating Snake EP" 25. The Anit-Trumpz "Fake News" 26. The Rotts "DEMO" 27. Soft Bite "These are the Days" 28. Nonnie Parry "Karen Greenlee EP" 29. Espejos "Power/Control" 30. Bruised "S/T" 31. Status Code "Flashers Required" 32. Radar "Dirt" 33. Cheatinatsolitaire "Bill" 34. Sin Asps "S/T" 35. Pet Symmetry "Audiotree Live" 36. The Ambiguous Triangle "Death Songs" 37. Kicking Queen Victoria "I, Sinner Man" 38. Aim At Your Enemies "Bury It" 39. Aggro Control "Americana..." 40. Ribbonhead "You're Going to Die, Just Like I Am" 41. Null / Husband Stitch "Split 7in" 42. Mama / Trampoline Team "Split 7in EP" 43. 2Minute Minor "Soda Tax (Single)" 44. Slab "Demo" 45. Davis Garvey "I Hope I Can Make It Through The Week" 46. Brandon Harrod "Live At iO 8/8/17" 47. The Complines "Thoughtless//STFU" 48. Horrible "August 2017" 49. Juice Cleanse "S/T" 50. Blue Shoes "Tedious" 51. The Grim Download "S/T" 52. Held Against Your Head "S/T EP" 53. Chisme "If the Boob Fits" 54. RASH "Split with C.H.E.W." 55. Giantology: "Hold Me Down" "The Great Refrigerator" 56. Punks for Pets 2017 Compilation 57. Friskie Morris & Friends "Welcome to Chicagoland Vol. 1"

Episode 31 sees me in a conversation with the inimitable Bev Rage of the Chicago Queercore punk band 'Bev Rage and the Drinks' Bev (sometimes Beverley/Josh)is the lead singer and punk drag creation. We chat about her origins playing in bands in Cleveland, Ohio and how her/his desire to bring queerness to punk music and to steer away from the 'four white guys in a van' scenario began. Bev tells us the origins of 'Beverley' and how she met fellow bandmate Aaron on the streets of Chicago whilst he was selling ice cream and Bev was selling plasma! We discuss the importance of drag on popular culture and Bev's connections with the Chicago drag scene. From their first gig supporting Pansy Division to the release of their current brilliant EP 'Honk If Yer Hungry' - (on iTunes and Bandcamp,Spotify etc )it's a whirlwind ride and not one for the fainthearted. Ladies and Gentlemen....... Ms Bev Rage. Links below - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSzil6ttnbU www.bevrageandthedrinks.com/ www.facebook.com/BevRageandtheDrinks twitter.com/BeverlyRage www.instagram.com/bevrageandthedrinks/