Extreme Polka

Upcoming Polkaholics Show

Saturday 12/1 – FitzGerald’s – Opening for the AMAZING and SENSATIONAL Polka Grammy Award Winners BRAVE COMBO!! – 9pm, $15
This is Brave Combo’s Christmas Extravaganza, so you can count on a super festive atmosphere, and we’re opening this fun-tastic show at 9pm. Should be a TOTAL blast!!

Saturday 12/15 – Quenchers Saloon – THE POLKAHOLICS Christmas Party! – 10pm
2401 N. Western (at Fullerton), Chicago
Join us for our annual Christmas Party! This year we will be playing at our favorite bar Quenchers Saloon, where the number of beers available is only exceeded by the friendliness of Quenchers’ great staff. We’ll be in festive spirits and sure to play plenty of kamikaze polka all night long (i.e., three sets of people-pleasing-polka), including many of our favorite holiday chestnuts like “I'm Dreaming of a Polka Christmas,” “Sausage and Sauerkraut for Santa,” “Yakov the Polka Reindeer” and more. This is sure to be a Christmas party with Kreusening!

Monday 12/31 – New Year’s Eve party – DANK Haus – 9pm, $4.99
4740 N. Western Ave (near Lawrence), Chicago
Celebrate at our annual NEW YEAR'S EVE blowout at the swanky DANK HAUS in Lincoln Square! Specifically, we will be in the Marunde Grand Ballroom which can hold up to 500 people – so come one, come all! The cost will again be a mere $4.99 (that’s right – $4.99 – save the penny to ride the CTA home!), and, as in years past, we will be raffling off a BRAND NEW EPIPHONE ELECTRIC GUITAR!! That's right, while we play polkas on guitar, you could walk home with your very own brand new guitar! Where else can you go on New Year's Eve, spend less than $5 at the door, get a chance to win a new guitar, and dance the polka all night long? Nowhere but DANK HAUS! Plus there will be party favors galore, so don't miss this great party.

Who Invented Guitar Updates

Wow lots of people have responded to the post "So Who Invented The Electric Guitar" that I published back in 2005 and I wanted to thank all of you for responding.

While some of the "facts" are incorrect it is interesting to see all of the responses- thank you everyone for coming to eXtreme Polka!

eXtreme Polka Still Strong after 10 YEARS!

Thank you to PolkaSceneZine for these photos.

F*ck it Dude, Let's go Bowling

One of my favorite movies of all time! WARNING- if you are easily offended then I suggest you NOT watch this clip...otherwise poor yourself a Caucasian and enjoy!

Thank You Polka Fans!

Thank you to the 300+ polka crazy fans who came out on Friday to help us celebrate 10 years of Polkaholism!  I also want to thank WGN for having us on their Morning News Program last Wednesday, CBS News for interviewing Dandy Don and their great news segment than aired on Friday November 8th, WBEZ for playing our music on their radio progam, The Chicago Sun Times and Time Out Magazine, Chicago Magazine, and John Battles for your great art work, as well as Sam Falbo for the kick-ass posters and to ALL of the polka fans that supported Dandy Don and The Polkaholics for the past 10 years!

There are some great photos on Flickr (THANK YOU POLKASCENE ZINE) It truly was a night to remember!

I hope to see all of you at our next show Saturday 12/1 – FitzGerald’s – Opening for BRAVE COMBO!! – 9pm, $15

10 Year Anniversary Show!

WGN yesterday, WBEZ today, MARTYRS' TOMORROW!

Yesterday you could see the The Polkaholics on WGN-TV click on "Morning News" and then "Robin's Birthday", and then today you could listen to us on WBEZ-FM on the 848 Program, but tomorrow you can see and hear us live and out of control at our 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!

TOMORROW Friday 11/9 – Martyrs'
THE POLKAHOLICS TEN Year Anniversary Show 9pm, $8,
GET TICKETS HERE

They said it couldn't be done, but ten years later The Polkaholics are still doing it!  That's right, the band that "wreaks havoc to both traditional polka and rock music" is celebrating ten years of non-stop fun and polka insanity by having a spectacular 10-year anniversary party at Martyrs' 3855 N. Lincoln (773 404-9494), on Friday November 9th, at 9pm, $8. And what better way to celebrate ten years of pushing the polka and thank the many fans who have supported the polka revolution than by giving FREE copies of the new LIVE CD "Ten Years To The Floor" to all who attend this special 10-year anniversary party.

In Case You Missed it

If you missed us on WGN this morning, you can see a segment of it here, go to Morning News Video , then scroll on down to "Robin's Birthday".

THIS POLKA REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED

Hey Polka Pals,
The Polkaholics will be featured once again on the fabulous WGN-TV Morning News on Wednesday November 5th!!! That's right, get up in the morning or set your TiVo to Channel 9 and specifically look for us to play two short "teases" and one song after about 8:15am and before 9am. What will we play? Well, you can certainly count on us doing some "Paul Konrad Polka" in honor of our absolutely positively favorite weatherman!! Not only that, we'll also be debuting a special polka to honor our upcoming 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! All of this to help us promote our upcoming anniversary show on Friday 11/9 at Martyrs (details below). So, in spite of Gil Scott-Heron's observation, THIS POLKA REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED!!!!!!!!!!!!

File under: What the hell?

I s'pose by now everyone has seen the Sex Pistols Leno performance, and while I quite enjoyed watching, it seems so odd that this band- the "the definitive English punk rock band" the response to what was perceived to be the "increasingly safe and bloated" music scene of the 70's, the band that wanted to rebel, believed in Anarchy, and started a God-damned music revolution 30 years ago and were inducted in The Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame but they refused to attend the induction, calling the museum a "piss stain".... are now playing on Leno.
Damn.

eXtreme Polka on The TV

WGN-TV Morning News on Wednesday November 7!!! That's right, get up in the morning or set your TiVo to Channel 9 and specifically look for us to play two short "teases" and one song after about 8:15am and before 9am.

Friday 11/9 – Martyrs'- TEN Year Anniversary Show
9pm, $8
GET TICKETS HERE $8

They said it couldn't be done, but ten years later The Polkaholics are still doing it! That's right, the band that "wreaks havoc to both traditional polka and rock music" is celebrating ten years of non-stop fun and polka insanity by having a spectacular 10-year anniversary party at Martyrs' 3855 N. Lincoln (773 404-9494), on Friday November 9th, at 9pm, $8. And what better way to celebrate ten years of pushing the polka and thank the many fans who have supported the polka revolution than by giving FREE copies of the new LIVE CD "Ten Years To The Floor" to all who attend this special 10-year anniversary party.

"Ten Years To The Floor" is a special collection of thirteen songs from throughout The Polkaholics history. From the opening track "The Polkaholics' Theme" to the final "Fanny Shake Polka," listeners will be astounded (and perhaps confused!) to hear the mixing of rock and polka riffs played to a beat that one just cannot resist! Recorded live at The Shack in Mundelein earlier this year, "Ten Years To The Floor" showcases The Polkaholics raw, in-your-face and over-the-top, sound that screams "we may miss a note, BUT WE NEVER MISS A PARTY!"

please, Please, PLEASE COME TO OUR 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!!