Even though I’m a relative newcomer to Chicago, the work of Iain Burgess is well-known to me. He passed away last week from natural causes. Jim DeRogatis at the Sun-Times referred to him as “the architect of the Chicago punk sound” and with credits including Big Black, Naked Raygun and Pegboy, it’s more than a fair assessment. His work inspires many of the bands I love to write about today.

A number of Burgess’ friends and associates have posted comments and anecdotes over at the Sun-Times