The Absentees Rock Band from Chicago, IL

The Absentees are a rock cover band that began performing in May 2003 and who are an eclectic mix of 5 different people coming from different backgrounds with different personalities and varied musical tastes and experiences. The variety of the music preferences is reflected in the wide range of covers the band performs, including classic rock, 80's rock, 90's rock and modern alternative rock. The band loves to be interactive with the crowd and strives to make them an active part of their show. In 2005, The Absentees were voted Runner-up for Best Alternative Rock band in SNL magazine's Best of the Burbs contest. In 2006 voting, The Absentees won the Best Alternative rock band category, and lead singer Mike Hart placed 5th as Best Frontman. The band loves to play clubs, festivals, weddings or parties. In 2006, The Absentees played the Main Stage on July 4th at the Taste of Lombard festival. In July-August 2006, The Absentees were 1 of 4 bands asked to participate in the Nike and NRGSports co-sponsored 'Nike Run Hit Remix Race' contest, a testament to the good reputation and fan base the band has steadily been building.

• Kryptonite | 3 Doors Down
• Duck and Run | 3 Doors Down
• Shook Me All Night Long | AC/DC
• Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm
• Boys of Summer | Ataris
• Fight for Your Right | Beastie Boys
• Birthday | Beatles, The
• Good | Better Than Ezra
• Dancing With Myself | Billy Idol
• Everybody Wants You | Billy Squier
• Hard to Handle | Black Crowes
• Dammit | Blink 182
• All The Small Things | Blink 182
• What's My Age Again | Blink 182
• One Way or Another | Blondie
• Don't Fear the Reaper | Blue Oyster Cult
• Sweet Home Chicago | Blues Brothers
• Song 2 (Whoo Hoo) | Blur
• Comedown | Bush
• Machinehead | Bush
• I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick
• Surrender | Cheap Trick
• Johnny Be Good | Chuck Berry
• Gel | Collective Soul
• I Think I'm in Love | Eddie Money
• Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
• Santa Monica | Everclear
• Everlong | Foo Fighters
• My Hero | Foo Fighters
• Hey Jealousy | Gin Blossoms
• Slide | Goo Goo Dolls
• Basketcase | Green Day
• Holiday | Green Day
• When I Come Around | Green Day
• Breakup Song | Greg Kihn
• Celebrity Skin | Hole
• Be My Girl | Jet
• The Middle | Jimmy Eat World
• I Love Rock and Roll | Joan Jett
• Hurts So Good | John Cougar
• Mr Brightside | Killers, The
• Detroit Rock City | Kiss
• Rock and Roll | Led Zeppelin
• Are You Gonna Go My Way | Lenny Kravitz
• Hanging By a Moment | Lifehouse
• My Own Worst Enemy | Lit
• All Over You | Live
• Simple Man | Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Real World | Matchbox 20
• Backwater | Meat Puppets
• Enter Sandman | Metallica
• Whiskey in the Jar | Metallica
• Melt With You | Modern English
• Rocking In The Free World | Neil Young
• How You Remind Me | Nickelback
• Come Out And Play | Offspring
• Better Man | Pearl Jam
• Blitzkrieg Bop | Ramones
• Sedated | Ramones
• Superfreak | Rick James
• What I Like About You | Romantics
• Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield
• Cumbersome | Seven Mary 3
• Ring of Fire | Social Distortion
• Plowed | Sponge
• Right Now | SR-71
• The Joker | Steve Miller Band
• Sex Type Thing | Stone Temple Pilots
• Last Night | Strokes, The
• Santeria | Sublime
• Cat Scratch Fever | Ted Nugent
• Wherever You Will Go | Calling, The
• Roadhouse Blues | Doors, The
• Jailbreak | Thin Lizzy
• Jenny (867-5309) | Tommy Tutone
• American Girl | Tom Petty
• If You Could Only See | Tonic
• You Really Got Me | Van Halen
• Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison
• Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes
• Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon
• Hash Pipe | Weezer
• Seven Nation Army | White Stripes
• Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry
• La Grange | ZZ Top
• Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger
• Inside Out | Eve 6
• Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond