Midnight Evils

Midnight Evils were an American garage punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
The band formed in the small Minnesota community of St. Cloud in 1997; after playing plenty of small local gigs, the band released their first 7", "Powerhead," in 1999. That same year, guitarist Joe Evil left the band, and vocalist Jonny Evil (aka Jonny Evans), Steve Evil (aka Steve Cooper), Curan Evil (aka Curan Folsom), and Jesse Evil (aka Jesse Tomlinson) soldiered on without him as a four piece. A second single released in 2000, "Ain't Got Time for Love," helped cement a reputation as one of the best new punk outfits in the Midwest and won rave reviews in punk bible Maximum Rock'n'Roll. 
After extensive touring, the band returned to the studio for their self-titled debut album, mixed by Jim Diamond, which hit the racks in late 2001; by this time, the band had added a second guitarist, Brian Vandy (aka Brian Vanderwerf). After more gigging and relocating to the (relatively) big city of St. Paul, the Midnight Evils signed a deal with garage rock clearing-house Estrus Records and recorded their second album, Straight Till Morning, in Texas with Tim Kerr in the producer's chair. Shortly before the album was released, singer Jonny amicably parted ways with the band, and the band opted to continue without him, with Curan and Steve trading off on vocal chores.
==Links to Peel==
Peel discovered the group in March 2003 and would play tracks from their album, 'Straight 'Til Morning', which he nominated as one of his records of the month for March 2003 (Peel's Record Box). Impressed by their material, he invited the group to do a session in November 2003, where they performed four tunes.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 2003-11-26. First Broadcast: 11 December 2003
*5th Avenue Blues / Thunderbird / Lost Control / Staging
==Other Shows Played==
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*04 March 2003: Bad Machine (Album - Straight Til' Morning) Estrus Records
*11 March 2003: Gone To The Dogs (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus Records
*12 March 2003: Another Line (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus Records
*13 March 2003: Bad Machine (album - Straight Till Morning) Estrus Records
*13 March 2003 (Radio Eins): Bad Machine (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
*March 2003 (FSK): Bad Machine (album - Straight Till Morning) Estrus Records
*19 March 2003 (BBC World Service): Bad Machine (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
*26 March 2003: Loaded And Lonely (album - Straight 'Til Morning) Estrus Records
*27 March 2003 (Radio Eins): 'Dirt Demon' (LP - 'Straight till Morning')' (Estrus)
*03 April 2003: Take It All (album - Straight 'Til Morning) Estrus Records
*03 April 2003 (Radio Eins): Loaded And Lonely (album - Straight 'Til Morning) Estrus Records
*10 April 2003: '5th Avenue Blues (LP- Straight ’Til Morning)' (Estrus)
*10 April 2003 (Radio Eins): Take It All (album - Straight 'Til Morning) Estrus Records
*15 April 2003: Loaded And Lonely (LP - Straight Til Morning) Estrus Records
*April 2003 (FSK): Loaded And Lonely (LP - Straight Til Morning) Estrus Records
*17 April 2003 (Radio Eins): Ain't Got Time For Love (album - Straight 'til Morning) Estrus
*21 May 2003: Another Line (LP - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
*23 October 2003: Gone To The Dogs (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus Records
*04 December 2003: 'Dirt Demon' (LP - 'Straight till Morning')' (Estrus)
*10 December 2003: Loaded And Lonely (LP - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
*11 December 2003 (Radio Eins): Dirt Demon (album - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
*19 December 2003 (BBC World Service): Loaded And Lonely (LP - Straight Til Morning) Estrus
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