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The Peasants Revolt - 1967
Ed Nawrocki - Guitarist/Vocalist Ray Gielarowski - Drums Mike Pestrak - Keyboards Barry Deron - Bass	Paul Zibits - Lead Guitarist/Vocalist Dennis Pokorney - Vocalist Ray Rogus - Tambourine Jerome Smigley - Lights/Sound/Special Effects
My grammar school buddies were also were planning to go to the same high school that I was (Gordon Technical H.S.) so we continued to play together and we finnaly settled on a band name, The Peasants Revolt

The North Ave. Storefront - The Cicero Ave. Storefront 1970-71

Ed Nawrocki - Guitar Terry O'Hagen - Organ Randy Stockwell - Guitar Terry Black - Bass (from England)

Once I finished high school and began earning a living it was time to get a more serious band related rehearsal space. It was realy cool having a storefront. No more did we have to put up with parents. However neighbors would still complain some and the police still prohibted our rehearsals after 10:30 P.M. This was the first of a few of the bands that never played out. Even though we had invested the time nearly a year between the two storefronts, we never got off the ground. At the North Ave. store it was just Randy, Terry and I without a rhythm section. Trivia note: the North Ave storefront was part of the French Boy Pop Corn factory. Occasionaly we would sneak into the factory and help our selves to popcorn. The Cicero Ave. storefront was cooler because it was in the neighborhood and more than twice the size. When Terry Black joined the band I thought we were about to really make it. We never did find a drummer and that was that. It was during this period of time that I picked up a hitch hiker named Patricia who said she was Cat Stevens' neice. My "Summer of Love".

High Voltage - Stacy Sprague - 1972-73 Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist Bob Edwards - Keyboards Joe Army - Drums Stacy Sprague had a Guitarist named Murphy. Additional Members of these two bands are unknown at this point time. This is when I decided to pursue my musical career as a vocalist and put down the guitar. High Voltage rehearsed in a home in Wooddale and Stacy Sprague rehearsed in a bar in River Forest. The common denominator in these two bands were Bob, Joe and I. About a year after Stacy Sprague broke up I bumped into Bob at an Auto Show held at McCormick Place. It was at this meeting that Bob told me about the new band he was in, called The Chicago Blues Band. It just so happened they needed a singer. He said the band wanted to become more Rock oriented and was moving away from the Blues.

Chi-Blu - 1974 - 77 Original Line Up: Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist Bob Edwards - Keyboards Sid Burton - Drums Butch - Bass Jim - Guitarist Next Generation Line Up: Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist Bob Edwards - Keyboards Sid Burton - Drums Gene Ryder - Guitarist Russ - Guitarist Lou - Bass Additional Crew: Keith - Sound Garry Fitzgerald - Lights/Effects Ozzie - Crew Electric Nick - Crew I arrived at the audition with no equipment and a bit nervous. The band was called  The Chicago Blues Band. They had scheduled several people that day and when I arrived there were two others also auditioning. I did my thing and pretty much resolved myself to the fact that I probably wouldn't get the gig. One of the auditioners was a fellow who was not such a great singer but he had a lot of P.A. equipment and the other was a foxy, well endowed, redhead female. I was sure I was out of the running but the keyboard player said I should stick around. As it turned out, I got the gig. They thought the guy was a jerk and they didn't want to work with a female, in spite of her talent, they all just wanted to do her. So did I. After I joined the band the name was changed to chi-blu  and our genre became Hard Rock. Several of the guys belonged to an organisation called Midwest Vans LTD . Midwest Vans  was a Van Club and very similar to a Motorcycle Club with the exception being everybody had vans. I also had a customised 1974 Gold Dodge Van at the time. Because of our affiliation with Midwest Vans  and especially Oak (fuckin') Lawn Chapter  we began playing for club sponsored parties and festival type gigs known as Truck-Ins. Truck-Ins were large events sponsored by van dealerships and auto sport publications such as Hot Rod Magazine .These events were held all over the U.S., Canada and Europe and served as a meeting place for Van Clubs and Van Enthusiasts.The most memorable Truck-In for me was held in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This was the largest event I had ever performed at. Over 10,000 vans and easily twice as many spectators attended the event. At the beginning of our show I had the privilege of leading The World's Largest Kazoo Band. All attendees of the event were issued a Kazooand were told to gather before our show to break the Guiness World Record for The World's Largest Kazoo Band. I believe we did break the record that night but you'd have to check with Guiness on that. chi-blu  was written up in a Midwest Vans publication with a quote from a Hot Rod Magazine representative. In his review of the event he had said we had put on an outstanding performance but were short on crowd control. This was a distinction that we took great pride in at the time. The people went nuts. naked and almost naked females were being body-surfed to the stage where they would dance the Bump with me. I accidentally Bumped one gal off the stage, but before she fell into the crowd, she was body surfed and promptly hoisted right back up. Because of our outstanding performance at this event, we were asked to play in Colorado for the next Hot Rod sponsored Truck-In. However; two of the guy's wives felt it was inappropriate for their husbands to continue playing with us and they were forced to quit the band. Unable to find replacements soon enough we declined the offer. chi-blu lasted for a few more years, constantly changing personnel. Though we could not maintain the enthusiasm and level of popularity we had achieved we continued to perform in many of the South Side bars and Midwest Van Club parties. During my days with chi-blu I was known as Eddie Bottlerocket . Many have asked how I came about that name and so here's the story. chi-blu had decided to play at an outdoor 4th of July party. I believe the house belonged to a friend or relative of our bass player, Butch. Attending the party was a young girl who lived at the house where we were rehearsing. Also at the party were some atrractive older girls who began taking interest in the band. Some of the girls noticed that the younger girl had been hanging around the band and they began pumping her for information about the band members. One of the girls asked about me. The young girl, trying to come off as if she knew us well, said "oh he's the new guy". The older girl asked if she knew my name. The young girl thought a moment. As it just so happened, at the same time, I was lighting bottlerockets as part of our performance. The young girl turned to the older girl and quite definitely and loudly announced "he's Eddie Bottlerocket" and everyone cheered. So that is how I got the nick name. In the many years that have passed since the "bottle" has disappeared and an "E" has become an "I" and most people know me as Eddie Rockit

Trying To Fly - 1979 In 1979 John Hartje and I collaborated and wrote " Trying To Fly ". From this point on cover tunes were verbotten and only originals songs were written and performed.

Though John & I were the first collaborators on what would eventualy be Justice Greedy Tunes Chris Butkevicius and I were the first to perform them. Chris & I did a number of appearances as a duet that were often billed as Ed Nawrocki or Ed Nawrocki and Friends.

Other Musicians Encountered

Tim Chambers - Drums Dan Ward - Guitar Mike Lewandowski - Keyboards Steve Arvey - Bluesman/Guitarist

The Basement Band - The Continuation of the Untold Tales - 1980-81 Ed Nawrocki - Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter John Hartje - Vocalist/Songwriter Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter Jim Remington - Vocalist/Songwriter Brian Caffery - Guitarist/Songwriter Bob Williams -Guitarist/Songwriter This was the beginning of the writing team. The majority of the " Untold Tales of Armageddon " were composed in addition to several other songs that would latter become Justice Greedy classics.

The Lyons House - U.C.B. - Ultimate City Band - 1982-83 Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter John Hartje - Vocalist/Songwriter Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter Bob Williams - Guitarist/Songwriter Larry Garstke - Bass Tom Andrews - Drums Madeline Butkevicius - Vocalist/Songwriter Sally - Vocalist Black Debbie - Vocalist Black Don - MC/Comic Don Darsch - Sound/Crew Starr- Groupie This ensemble was put together to perform the material we had written so far unfortunately that never came to pass. As you can see by the number of people in this band we were hoping to put on quite a production. During this period of time we rehearsed in a former motorcycle gang club house owned by Jerry Kilanowski.
Photo Archive
John Hartje Singer/Songwriter	Bob Williams Guitarist/Songwriter	Starr Groupie

Spontaneous Combustion - 1983
Bob Williams - Guitarist/Songwriter Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter Tom Andrews - Drums Don Darsch - Bass/Sound/Crew	Spontaneous Combustion came about spontaneously. Driven by Bob and Tom's desire to perform the material. When Chris and Don were persuaded I reluctantly gave it a shot but combustion was self evident. Bob soon after moved to Minnesota but did not fade yet from history.

This logo was designed by Madeline Butkevicius and was used on promo flyers and as cover art on the Owa Tagu Siam demo recording. Since most of the material Justice Greedy was performing had been arranged and created by the Ultimate City Band the banner included that bands name as a sub title.

This is the Dickens building of the Metroplex Rehearsal Spaces. Home to Justice Greedy for the greater part of their history. I don't remember the room number to Greedy 1  but it was an awesome space. Greedy 1 consisted of four rooms with two entries, one of which was a double door. We rehearsed in one room, set up another room as a control room/office, used the smallest room for storage and oboe rehearsal, and the third room was our lounge. The lounge was large enough for a 12 foot Chritsmas tree and a ping pong table.

Greedy 2 - Austin - 1988-89

Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter - a.k.a Eddie Rockit Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter - a.k.a. Buddah Anthony Szymanski Jr. - Guitarist/Songwriter/Vocal - a.k.a. T.J. Lake/McKenzie Andrew Szymanski - Drums/Vocal - a.k.a Wolfboy Sue Zindle - Bass - a.k.a. Aurora
LLL Duce - Sound Jimi McHendrix - Crew Dyno Boy - Crew Joe ( From the Garage ) - Crew	John Hartje - Production - Arrowheart Terminator - Crew
By the time we settled in at Greedy 2 we were performing regularly and anticipating continued success with the release of the " Owa Tagu Siam " demo recording. Unfortunately our democratic process went out of whack when we allowed a one vote veto power, rather than decision by consensus. A green arm band protest followed. Consensus won out and the Goose was cooked.

OWA TAGU SIAM - Demo Recording The Owa Tagu Siam demo was recorded in 1988 at Pegasus Recording with Gary & Mary Kahn as engineers. Featuring: Ed Nawrocki ( Eddie Rockit ) - Rhythm Guitar and Vocals Chris Butkevicius ( Buddah ) - Keyboards Tony Symanski ( T.J. Lake ) - Lead Guitar and Vocals Andrew Symanski ( Wolf Boy ) - Drums/Percussion Sue Zindle ( Aurora ) - Bass and Vocals Additional personnel: John Hartje ( Arrowheart ) - Production 1. Impressions Bob Williams - Words & Music 2. Rock Hard Chris Butkevicius - Words Ed Nawrocki - Music 3. You're Asking Me Ed Nawrocki - Words & Music Thanks to Bill McCormack, OWA received Air Play on his Radio Program on Radio Z95 Click here - for Free Music Downloads from this Recording Session

Promotional Flyers - Owa Tagu Siam Tour

Tridis
Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter
Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter
Anthony Szymanski Jr. - Guitarist/Songwriter
Ty Wiggins - Bass
Nick Kapka Drums

Tony and Chris were still driven to continue and quickly another band was formed. This time we were going to try something much different than Justice Greedy . Nick Kapka a former member of the Plague , a thrash metal band, was added on drums and Ty Wiggins an ecclectic bass player from Conqueror Worm took over the bass player position. Fascinating music ensued however we were unable to write new material fast enough to keep everyon'e interest.

XIXO - 1990

Ed Nawrocki - Vocalist/Guitarist/Songwriter
Chris Butkevicius - Keyboards/Songwriter
Madeline Butkevicius - Vocalist/Songwriter
Jerry DeLaDesmo - Guitar

Greedy 3 - Normandy - 1991- 93
Once again Justice Greedy Returns. The same line up as before with the only exception being that Sue Zindle was replaced by Roger Ottolino - King of the Owandabi Tribe on Bass.

Roger and some new material from Rockit sparked Justice Greedy to new heights. A number of gigs followed and the release of Something Inside gave most of us a renewed confidence.

Moon comes back on board as a roadie and blew on sax when ever he could in spite of the objections of many.

Photo Archive- Normandy Studio Chris' sister Madeline paints Gargy our Gargoyle Gaurdian on the studio wall. Unfortunately the building was demolished and we were not able to rescue the wall art.

Gargy the Gargoyle

Roger Ottolino - King of the Owandabi Tribe

Wall Art

Normandy Crew

Visit TJ's Memorial for a Normandy Group Photo

Greedy 4 - The Rubber Room - Dickens - 1992-93

This was an unusual period for Justice Greedy . Circumstances gave us the opportunity to rent the largest room that was available to band tenants. The room was about 4,000 square feet and we rented two of its' smaller rooms to other bands.

In many ways this could have been an awesome opportunity. Here was the opportunity to grow beyond being just a band and to become an enterprise. A full stage was built that was suitable for showcase, photo's or performance.

Not all shared our larger plans and some members of the band felt it was time for them to move on.

Two songs were written during this period; "Rubber Room" and "Vulture Vignette". Both songs were performed by what remained of the original band but neither had ever been recorded.

Justice Greedy did not perform during this period but Band of  F.O.G (Friends of Greedy) did. Chris, Bill and I did a one time performance with drummer Psycho Dave. We were the opening act for local Black Sabbath tribute band known as War Pigs. "Vultur Vignette" was a our biggest hit of the night.

Armageddon Force Alpha - 1993

Armageddon Force Alpha was a bold attempt to unite the members of the Ultimate City Band and Justice Greedy . The few rehearsals at this attempt were held in Tony's attic but as suspected personalities clashed and the project failed before it had a chance to even get started.

Greedy 5 - Room 15 - Dickens - 1995

Once again the line up we had when recording "Something Inside" decided to re-unite and play some gigs. Tensions had not ebbed but having the chance to perform we reluctantly worked together.

We also produced one last recording entitled Objection Sustained

Greedy 666 - Room 15 - Dickens - 1996

I was glad to see Greedy perform again but was pretty worn from all the experiences and wanted out. I began to look for an understudy. Mark Leb was brought in to learn my guitar parts and I was to focus on vocals. This did not ease the tension and shortly after Andy and Roger left the band permanently.

We auditioned bass players and drummers and a vocalist. Psycho Dave and Wiccan Joe as drummers. Moon on bass. Barry Gibbons as vocalist. Chris on keyboards.

What resulted in the end was more of a Justice Greedy Tribute band than Justice Greedy . Eventhough T.J. was reheaersing with this band he did not play either of its' two gigs and I ended up covering the lead guitar work.

A D.A.T. recording of us was made by a fellow named Ira at this bands second appearance but I never received a copy.

At this point I vowed to never perform professionaly again with any members of Justice Greedy . I do however continue to jam with some of the individuals still.

Eddie Rockit has retired Justice Greedy has expired.

Rockit returns to Austin - Rockit Space Management - 97-99

On April 1 ^st I received a call from Rod Arensen requesting that I take over the management of the Band Rooms . He had chosen to discontinue his relationship with K.M.S. Management.

Because of a severe thunderstorm and roof problems all the Austin Band Rooms were devastated by water. Most of the bands immediately vacated the building. It was the building management's opinion that the roof leak had nothing to do with the bands vacating and that what they believed happened was an exodus to another building which K.M.S. managed.

All Band Rooms though were to be affected by the dismisal of K.M.S. which meant that the Dickens Band Rooms which were still occupied no longer had anybody to manage them.

I felt that K.M.S. was wrongly dismissed but I began receiving calls from the remaining tenants who I knew personally and was asked to take the responsibility. Reluctantly I did take the management position and I went into business as the Eddie Rockit Service Group and Rockit Space Management.

I managed the Band Rooms for almost 2 years but could not bear up to the stresses involved. My freind Tom has managed the Band Rooms since.