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FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR Presents: FREE SHOW! The Spectral Distortions is a Chicago-based punk band that consists (mostly) of people who do physics research for their day jobs. Their sound is frenetic, loud, and abrasive, and draws from influences which include the Dead Boys, the Damned, and the Minutemen.

Their songs are often about science or science culture, and can be both playful and introspective, while having the surprising ability to leave one feeli