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41-397: During its roughly 17-year history, the company had three locations: Oak Lawn, Illinois , from 1961 until 1971; Chanute, Kansas (when they were briefly owned by Kustom ) from 1971 till 1973; and finally Los Angeles until 1977/78 and the company's demise. The drums were easily identified by George Way's distinctive round lug design and the so-called "cloud" badge, which was used throughout

82-489: A commuter railroad station on Metra 's SouthWest Service line with service to downtown Chicago and Manhattan, Illinois . It has connections to two Pace routes, while other routes run along the village borders. In mid-2007, Oak Lawn began hanging additional messages to village stop signs in an attempt to have drivers obey the signs. The signs were the idea of the village President, Dave Heilmann, and local residents were encouraged to submit their own ideas. Found throughout

123-621: A 9-foot 'cyclops'. Concert footage was taken from a series of London shows at the Wembley Arena on September 11–12, 1975. The film is out of sequence with the live show, and the final " Department of Youth " segment has some post-production inserts. Before "Some Folks", a short medley was performed as the dancers danced in their skeleton costumes. The medley consisted of " Halo of Flies " (from Cooper's Killer album), "The Black Widow", and "Didn't We Meet" (which would be released on Cooper's next album, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell ). The film

164-516: A cult classic. In 1975, Alice Cooper released his first solo album, Welcome to My Nightmare , and a huge theatrical stage show was created and put together by Winters to 'tour the album'. While in the past the Alice Cooper stage show was semi-improvisatory, with confrontational elements of violence and satire (see Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper ), the new production was purely horror-themed and professionally choreographed and performed to

205-467: A fun concert movie." Janet Maslin in her review in The Boston Phoenix explained found it too grainy, and lacked of focus. While she liked the opening credits, showing's Cooper evolution through personal portrait, that moving forward it was simply a string of dance numbers that ended abruptly. Marieval Yebra of Cryptic Rock liked it and said "as far as Rock Operas and dramatic shows go, this

246-478: A multistory parking garage. Downtown Oak Lawn as seen today bears little resemblance to the downtown from 2002. It now features modern high-rise buildings, new shopping areas, a large contemporary Metra train station, and several new retail and service facilities. According to the 2010 census, Oak Lawn has a total area of 8.59 square miles (22.25 km ), all land. As of the 2020 census there were 58,362 people, 21,154 households, and 13,544 families residing in

287-403: A nightmare experienced by a young boy named Steven. Costing US $ 600,000 to produce, the show was a grand visual spectacle with an elaborate stage set, pre-filmed projections, four dancers, and elaborate costumes. Set in a graveyard/bedroom, a well-drilled band ran through the new album and a selection of older hits, while Alice encountered giant spiders, dancing skeletons, faceless silver demons and

328-549: A number of homes were destroyed and two transmission towers collapsed. After rising from the ground, the tornado touched down again at the Starlite Drive-In Theater at 6400 West 95th Street. With winds estimated to be over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), the tornado tore through Oak Lawn, tossing cars and buses in the air. After cutting Oak Lawn Community High School in half, it caused damage to St. Gerald's and continued to 91st Street and Cicero Avenue, heavily damaging

369-508: A process of redevelopment to counteract the decrease. This redevelopment has focused primarily on businesses and structures in the core area of Oak Lawn, around 95th Street between Cicero Avenue and Central Avenue. On April 21, 1967, an F4 tornado touched down at 105th Street and Kean Avenue in Palos Hills , 5 miles (8 km) west of Oak Lawn. There were no deaths in Palos Hills, although

410-506: A prominent figure in early Oak Lawn history, bought the northern half of the property in 1842. By 1859, the recently incorporated government of Worth Township paid for the construction of Black Oak Grove Road, an early name for 95th Street. Black Oak Grove is also the earliest known name of the area that would become Oak Lawn. It was later shortened to Black Oak or Black Oaks, but in 1882, the post office , train depot and surrounding community became known simply as Oak Lawn. Before this however,

451-577: The Los Angeles Times , Kevin Thomas praised it saying that it "is a slick, Vegas-type show, fairly cleverly assembled to string together a large slice of Cooper's ghoulish-accented shlock rock". Glenn Garvin of Delta Democrat-Times gave it three out five star and found it un-even. He said "at different times it revolted me, fascinated me, bored me and charmed me." Aaron Conn of Pop Culture Beast also found it flawed but said it "still manages to be

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492-695: The Community High School District 218 was formed. The population had grown to 2,045 by 1930, and civic improvements were steadily made over the next decade. In 1934, a collection of one hundred books was the beginning of the Oak Lawn Public Library. By 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration as part of the New Deal , which supported a variety of public works, including libraries. With

533-1104: The 38-acre (150,000 m ) Centennial Park, there are over 300 acres (1.2 km ) of parks, recreational facilities and open land. These include playgrounds, walking paths, baseball fields, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, plus outdoor swimming pools, an indoor ice arena, two fitness centers, and an 18-hole golf course. Each area in Oak Lawn has its own recreational area, totaling 22 parks. Oak Lawn has public education schooling children from K–5 in its many elementary schools, including Kolb, Lieb, Harnew, Columbus Manor, Covington, Hannum, Hometown, Kolmar, and Sward. Oak Lawn has two public middle schools: Simmons Middle School, and Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School. There are two public high schools, Oak Lawn Community High School and Harold L. Richards High School . The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago operates Catholic schools. Catholic grammar schools include St. Germaine, St. Catherine, St. Linus, and St. Gerald. St. Louis de Montfort School closed in 2017 with 133 students that year. Oak Lawn has

574-525: The Airway Trailer Park and the Oak Lawn Roller Rink before rising from ground level. It touched down again in nearby Hometown , Evergreen Park , and Chicago before dissipating over Lake Michigan . In just 16 minutes, the storm left a 16-mile (26 km) path of destruction and over 30 people dead. Starting in 2002, downtown Oak Lawn (95th Street between Tulley Avenue and 55th Court) became

615-587: The Camco name, the original design blueprints, and engineering rights. Tama briefly used the Camco name in the late 1970s for so-called Tama/Camco drum kits, which varied between US-made Camco shells and sometimes Japanese-made shells with a rounded lug similar to, though not the same as, the Camco lugs. They also produced, more famously, a "Camco by Tama" bass drum pedal which utilised Frank Ippolito's modified-Camco chain pedal drive, and this design has since become an industry standard for most bass drum pedals. Tama re-issued

656-454: The Dominos , Carly Simon , Frank Zappa , Jackson Browne , and a large number of high-level musicians and projects), used to play a Walnut Stain finish Camco drum kit, as did Mike Botts ( Bread ). The late Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor of Motörhead used Camco drums on their major, breakthrough song " Ace of Spades " among other tunes. They sold at a Bonhams auction for £18,750, far exceeding

697-510: The Oak Lawn and Chanute 6/6-ply shelled drums). Pre-LA the drums would have white-painted interiors if there was a plastic-wrapped exterior, and a clear lacquered interior if the outer was a stain or lacquer finish. LA shells always had clear lacquered interiors regardless of their exterior finish. The legendary Jim Gordon , who played as a top session drummer during the late 1960s and early 1970s period (with John Lennon , George Harrison , Steve Winwood 's Traffic , Eric Clapton 's Derek &

738-503: The Village President refused to remove the signs until IDOT threatened to withhold millions of dollars in funding for infrastructure. [REDACTED] Chicago portal Former: Evanston • Hyde Park • Jefferson • Lake • Lake View • North Chicago • Rogers Park • South Chicago • West Chicago Welcome to My Nightmare (film) Welcome to My Nightmare is a 1975 concert film of Alice Cooper 's show of

779-532: The area now known as Oak Lawn was, briefly during the early 1800s, called Agnes. It was also on some occasion referred to as Oak Park. Over the next two decades, the area grew in population as more homes were built and local business sprang into being. As the area continued to grow, many residents visited Englewood by train to shop. Oak Lawn residents also made income during early days by selling their farm and dairy products to various markets in Chicago. In 1909, Oak Lawn

820-464: The brand laboured under a slightly old-fashioned image and almost certainly sowed the seeds for its later demise. As the company was attracting predominantly endorsers from a jazz background such as Tijuana Brass' Nick Ceroli , much of the company's output during the 1960s tended towards four- or five-piece kits in comparatively small sizes, in marked contrast to their competitors, who were marketing kits of multiple drums in bigger sizes to compete with

861-491: The city. It shares borders with the city in two areas but is surrounded mostly by other suburbs. In August 1835, James B. Campbell purchased the land stretching between Cicero Avenue and Central Avenue from 95th Street to 103rd Street. It is unclear what Campbell's intentions with the area were, but by 1840, he had lost a court battle with the Illinois State Bank and his land was sold in a public auction. John Simpson,

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902-508: The company's history, except for a two-year period (roughly from 1969 to 1971) when an oval badge was sometimes used. In the 1960s, unlike the major American drum companies like Ludwig , Gretsch , Rogers , and Slingerland , Camco almost entirely missed the rock music wave, picking up only a small handful of high-profile rock players like Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival . This lapse meant

943-615: The estimate of £7,000. During the 1970s, the new design LA Camco drums became the studio drum of choice for many, particularly on the US west coast with session advocates like Jeff Porcaro , and, with some efforts being made at export, even made an impression on the British and European scenes with players like Dave Mattacks ( Fairport Convention , session musician) and Bob Henrit ( Argent , The Kinks ), and in Australia with players like Warren Daly of

984-504: The help of a WPA grant, the new library opened its doors in 1936. After World War II , with veterans returning home and taking advantage of the G.I. Bill , Oak Lawn experienced a major population boom. Beginning in 1949, Oak Lawn Round-Up Days became an annual event and helped to promote the village. It started with 25,000 people, and the Western-themed celebration brought in over 100,000 attendees in 1952. In this year, Jack Brickhouse

1025-516: The huge increase in rock-band amplification. Camco drum shells during the Oak Lawn era and until 1965 utilized 4-ply shells with 4-ply glue rings. Camco switched to producing 6-ply Jasper-made shells with 6-ply glue rings in 1965, which continued through the Chanute years. When the catalog came out in 1965, it stated the 4-ply shells would be relegated to the student drums and the Aristocrats would utilize

1066-591: The jazz ensemble Daly-Wilson Big Band . In the 1975 Alice Cooper concert film Welcome To My Nightmare , Alice's Finnish-born drummer Pentti "Whitey" Glan plays a white-lacquer-finish double-bass " Los Angeles "-era Camco drum kit. This set was interesting as both bass drums were set up horizontally, like floor toms . The finish became known as "Alice Cooper White". In 1977, Drum Workshop (DW) and Hoshino Gakki (the parent company of Tama Drums ) jointly purchased Camco's assets. DW would receive Camco's inventory and manufacturing equipment, while Tama would receive

1107-429: The new 6-ply shells. When Camco moved to Los Angeles, the company changed shell manufacturers to Keller and opted for the same 6/6-ply construction. They also changed the bearing edges to a sharper peak in the center of the shell to increase projection. Though quite different in sound, both periods have their fans. Most collectors tend to lean towards the Oak Lawn period, specifically the early 4-ply shells (and to an extent

1148-723: The now classic pedal in 2011. Drum Workshop adopted George Way's original round lug design with virtually no change and uses the iconic lugs to this day. Camco drums are now highly attractive to collectors and players alike and achieve some of the highest prices in the vintage drum market. Even now, decades after the company closed, some contemporary musicians, like highly rated jazz player Jeff Ballard , British session player Chris Whitten , and Jeremy Stacey continue to use vintage Camco kits. Jeremy Stacey played his Alice Cooper White LA-era kit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Benmont Tench after recording their LP and going on tour with them. In 2007 Ronn Dunnett (Dunnett Classic Drums) purchased

1189-400: The population. There were 21,154 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.89% were married couples living together, 11.64% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.97% were non-families. 32.16% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.73% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1230-533: The rights to the George Way trademark and is currently producing drums under that brand. Those drums closely resemble the visual and sonic qualities of the original George Way drums and have received very good reviews. Oak Lawn, Illinois Oak Lawn is a village in Cook County, Illinois , United States. The population was 58,362 at the 2020 census . Oak Lawn is a suburb of Chicago , located southwest of

1271-465: The same title. It was produced, directed and choreographed by David Winters . The film accompanied the album, the stage show (also produced, directed and choreographed by Winters) by the same name and the TV special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare , the first ever rock music video album, starring Cooper and Vincent Price in person. Though it failed at the box office, it later became a midnight movie favorite and

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1312-486: The split second by David Winters . With the edginess removed (gone were the bloody guillotine, the spit and the skewered baby dolls, although " Only Women Bleed " presented a drunken, physically abusive side to the character), the Welcome to My Nightmare show was part a carefully planned move toward a more mainstream-friendly 'Alice'. Welcome to My Nightmare was a phantasmagorical exposition of music and theatre themed around

1353-489: The target of a massive redevelopment program; properties on the north and south sides of 95th Street were demolished. Eventually, several square blocks were leveled, making room for several multistory, high-end condominium complexes with retail space on the main floors. Part of the project was the expansion of the Metra commuter train station that houses a retail/office center and a new children's museum. This complex also includes

1394-423: The village was $ 69,352, and the median income for a family was $ 90,690. Males had a median income of $ 54,168 versus $ 38,363 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 33,998. About 7.5% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over. Oak Lawn maintains an expansive park system. From small corner play lots to

1435-479: The village, the signs garnered attention with the press and were not well received by residents, nor did they noticeably impact public safety. While considered humorous by some, many others considered it a publicity stunt at tax payer's expense. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and IDOT voiced their concerns about the use of these nonconforming stop signs and the village removed them in April 2008. Initially,

1476-446: The village. The population density was 6,809.24 inhabitants per square mile (2,629.06/km ). There were 23,362 housing units at an average density of 2,725.70 per square mile (1,052.40/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 68.31% White , 7.65% African American , 0.87% Native American , 2.83% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 9.43% from other races , and 10.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.56% of

1517-410: The worst to strike an urban area. Roughly 900 buildings were damaged or destroyed, and over 30 people were killed. The town was rebuilt in the coming years, and witnessed further population growth, peaking at 63,500 between 1973 and 1976. However, there was a decrease in residents in the 1980s, and an aging population led to the closure of several schools during this time. In response, the village began

1558-411: Was incorporated as a village . The following years, there were major improvements to local infrastructure and government services, such as the introduction of the police magistrate and village marshal , along with the building of a village hall and jailhouse. Electric lights were brought to 95th Street in 1911, the volunteer fire department began in 1923, Oak Lawn's first bank opened in 1925, and

1599-404: Was 3.33 and the average family size was 2.60. The village's age distribution consisted of 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. The median income for a household in

1640-500: Was a box office failure in its original 1975 release. However, like Phantom of the Paradise , The Rocky Horror Picture Show and others, Welcome to My Nightmare found a low-volume but dependable audience on the midnight movie circuit. The film was first issued commercially on VHS in 1981, with numerous reissues since. A DVD issue was released in 2002, with the US version featuring commentary by Cooper. In his review published in

1681-417: Was master of ceremonies, and the parade was televised on WGN-TV . By 1957, Round-Up Days had become too large, and the next year a final scaled-down version was held. In the 1950s, a village managerial government began, and a new library and fire station were constructed. By 1960, there were nearly 20,000 residents in Oak Lawn. On April 21, 1967, a tornado touched down in Oak Lawn that is recorded as one of

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