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-{{Infobox musical artist
-|name = The Squids
-|image = Chicago_Punk_Band_The_Squids.jpg
-|caption =
-|image_size =
-|background = group_or_band
-|origin = Chicago
-|years_active = 1989–2005
-|genre = [[punk rock|Punk]]<br />[[Comedy]]
-|label = Squids Productions<br> Hot Dog Water Records
-|associated_acts =
-|website =
-|current_members = Joey Spatafora<br>[[LaTour|William LaTour]]<br>Emery Joe Yost<br>Bolander Davis<br>Judy Johnson <br> Jimmy Vass<br>Dave Hunt <br>Scot Bahry<br>Robert Fesus
-}}
-'''The Squids''' were a Chicago-based punk band <ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4185546.html</ref> that was created by Chicago born singer/songwriter Joey Spatafora and William LaTour also known as [[LaTour]]. The Squids broke up in 2005.<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-2005blogaugust,0,6421333.htmlstory</ref> and toured and recorded from 1990 to 2002. They performed the 6th Annual Chicago FreeFest.<ref>http://google.com/search?q=cache:MH7EL6b2ux0J:www.chipublib.org/search/details/cn/1534456+the+squids+free+fet+chicago&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us</ref>
-Other band members included Bolander Davis on guitar (Davis died in 1996 from liver cancer. He was replaced in the line-up by Robert Fesus), Judy Johnson on bass, and Jimmy Vass on drums. The band later featured Emery Joe Yost on bass in 1994, Dave Hunt on drums in 1996, and keyboard player Scot Bahry who would sit in for LaTour when the latter was on tour to promote his solo albums.
-== History ==
-The Squids were created in 1989 in the Chicago basement of LaTour after LaTour and Spatafora attended a [[The Dead Milkmen|Dead Milkmen]] and [[The Ramones|Ramones]] concert at [[Metro Chicago]]. They decided to re-record all of the demo-songs they had been working on with their prior group Shock Radio (which included future Squids bass player Yost) in a Ramones/Shaggs like punk style that they humorously referred to as "Squid Music".
-They eliminated the drum machine which they used in their previous band and opted to enlist drummer Vass who lived next door to the LaTour household on Montrose Avenue.  Right before the band's first public performance (April 1, 1990 at The Sanctuary on Rush Street in Chicago) they chose to name the band The Squids as they thought it was a name that would represent homage to [[The Shaggs]],  and would be as memorable as [[The Beatles]]. The Squids were then invited to play on the stage of The Metro September 26, 1990, and played there regularly thereafter. The band auditioned hundreds of musicians in the spring of 1990 before hiring former Barbie Army bassist Judy Johnson and Bonk Nobles bassist Bolander Davis to play guitar for The Squids. This was the line-up that recorded the band's first release Bingo City.
-The Squids first rehearsal hall was Dress Rehearsals at 1610 W. Wood Street in Chicago in the early '90s,  and they would go over new material in the studio across from another famous Chicago band named [[Styx (band)|Styx]] who has been popular in Chicago in the late '70s.
-In 1995, the first annual [[North by Northeast]] Music Festival and Conference (NXNE) in Toronto Canada, selected The Squids and heavy metal band Cutlass, to represent Chicago. The Squids performed on the closing night of the festival in the Cabana Room at the [[Spadina Hotel]] on  Saturday June 17, 1995.
-== Musical style and influences ==
-LaTour led the musical direction of the band. [[The Shaggs]], [[The Ramones]], [[Rick Springfield]],  [[The Cars]], [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]], and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] were influences in the development of The Squids. Spatafora's first inkling to sing in a rock and roll band started when he received the first self-titled album by the hard rock group [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] on his 9th birthday.
-== Members ==
-The Original lineup was:
-*Joey Spatafora - Lead Vocals (1990–2005)
-*William [[LaTour]] - Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals (1990–2005)
-*Bolander Davis - Guitar, Vocals (1990–1996)
-*Judy Johnson - Bass (1990–1992)
-*Jimmy Vass - Drums (1990–1995)
-Musician lineup changes through the band history include:
-*Keyboards - Scot Bahry.....
-*Guitar - Robert Fesus, Skip Pederson,  Guy Dominick,  Paul William,  Peter Alexakos.....
-*Bass - Emery Joe Yost, Greg McDaniel, Pat Burns,  Nick Panowko......
-*Drums - Dave Hunt,  Guy Giusto,  John Yost.
-== Discography ==
-'''Cassette Releases:'''
-* 1990: "Bingo City"
-* 1991: "Smooth Down There"
-* 1992: "The C Word"
-* 1993: "Lesbian Slumber Party"
-* 1994: "Bloody Eye Of Satan"
-'''EP Release:'''
-* 1995: "RUSH 2112" from Squids Productions
-'''CD Release:'''
-*2000: "4 Floors Of Whores - The Squids Collection" from Hot Dog Water Records
-'''CD Compilation'''
-*1995: "The 6th Annual Free Fest Chicago Compilation CD" - "15 Seconds Doesn't Count" by The Squids (disc 1, cut 9)
-'''YouTube Only Exclusive Single Releases'''
-*2005:  "Weeeee!!  A KISS Concert!!"
-*2005:  "Weekend In A Mexican Prison"
-'''Filmography'''
-*2012: "[[Goats (film)]]"  The cd that Ellis (played by [[Graham Phillips (actor)]]) purchases at Smash Records and gives to The Goat Man (played by [[David Duchovny]]) as a Christmas gift is  The Squids "4 Floors Of Whores - The Squids Collection".
-== See also ==
-*[[List of Chicago hardcore punk bands]]
-*[[Music of Chicago]]
-*[[Culture of Chicago]]
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
-The Squids MySpace page [http://www.myspace.com/thesquidsfromchicago]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Squids, The}}
-[[Category:American pop punk musical groups]]
-[[Category:Musical groups from Chicago, Illinois]]
-[[Category:Musical groups established in 1990]]
-[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005]]
-[[Category:American punk rock groups]]