In 1990, Bryan Robertson went to Dreamerz in Wicker Park to see Portland hardcore iconoclasts Poison Idea. They didn’t end up going on, and the venue emptied out—even though the rest of the bill played anyway. Bryan, who’d cofounded south-side crossover thrash band Spare Change in 1989, staye d to watch Dead Steelmill, who’d formed on […] The post Corny Ramirez spoke up for labor, onstage and off  appeared first on Chicago Reader. ...read more read less