Tenants Union

"Tommy Stinson gave my sister AIDS!"

Tenants Union was a band in Minneapolis, 1986-1987. Best described as "Screaming greaser rock and roll" - equal parts Clash, Lou Reed and Joe Grushecky.

Members

• Mitch Berg - (guitar, keys, vocals, harmonica)
• Matt Devitt - (bass)
• Willy Devitt - (drums, vocals)
• Corey Knoblich - (guitar, vocals)

Highlights

• Saint Patrick's Day, 1987 - played the Seventh Street Entry; a couple of hundred people squeezed in there - Boiled in Lead was in the main room, and whenever people got tired of Irish stuff, they'd wander in and watch us. We kicked ass. We also got noticed by the guys from "Hanover Fist", who were in minute two of their fifteen minutes; they got us to open.
• First Avenue, 1987 - Opened for "Thin White Rope" in the First Ave mainroom. Blew their doors off.

Shows

Played the usual spots; the Cabooze, Uptown, Seventh Street, Mr. B's, Terminal, etc, etc.

Discography

Just basement cassettes.

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