Poison Squirrel

Poison Squirrel was a rock and roll trio from Chicago associated with the alternate music scene of the mid-70s to early 80s. The band derived from Immune System whose members had associations with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Poison Squirrel was formed by Immune System's founding guitar and bass players, Bob Cormack and Jaime Gardiner. Joined on drums by Mars Mroz, Poison Squirrel was active from 1979-1981, releasing only one single. During their time the band was popular and was known in the Chicago area for being an opening-band-of-choice and did support for [a11073], the Ramones, the Cramps, [a66358], among many others. They were the first local band to be asked to play the initial years of Chicagofest and the first production of Triton College's then-new video production facility. They videotaped two concerts for Triton, copies of which are still circulated today among collectors. At their single release party they broke the house record for attendance at Tut's (now SmartBar), a record they held until the club's demise. Their only vinyl single, Step by Step b/w It's All Fire was released as Acme A-1, the very first single release out of Michael Rasfeld's legendary Acme Recording Studios, Chicago, IL. This single is now bringing collectors prices on ebay.