document_title: We're the Millers

question_text: who plays the cop in we re the millers

question_tokens: who plays the cop in we re the millers

text: We're the Millers

text: Plot[edit]

text: A small-time cannabis dealer, one David Clark of Denver, Colorado, is robbed of his money and weed stash; some of which he owes to his wealthy drug lord supplier Brad Gurdlinger. After David is brought to him, Gurdlinger forces David to smuggle a "smidge" of marijuana from Mexico as a solution to clear his debt. Realizing that one man attempting to get through customs is too suspicious, he hires his stripper neighbor stage-named Rose, a teenage runaway and petty thief named Casey, and his eighteen-year-old neighbor Kenny, to pose as a bogus family called "the Millers." When the Millers reach the compound, they find out that the amount of marijuana they were picking up is not "a smidge" but actually two tons. Because of the extra load of the marijuana on the RV that they are driving, one of the radiator hoses breaks while going up a steep incline. A family they had met at the border, the Fitzgeralds, consisting of Don, Edith, and their teenage daughter Melissa, catch up to them and tow the Millers' RV to a garage. En route to the garage, David learns that Don Fitzgerald is a DEA agent after finding his badge and gun in the glove compartment.

text: The marijuana turns out to be stolen from Pablo Chacón's cartel where Gurdlinger had David pose as an agent of Chacon. The next day, when the Millers return to the garage to collect the RV, the mechanic is found tied-up and gagged with duct tape in his office and Chacón and his henchman One-Eye are waiting for them and prepare to execute the family. They immediately tell Chacón that they are not a real family and that they did not know they were stealing from him. Rose is given a chance to prove that she is a stripper by dancing, and when she gets close, turns a steam vent onto Chacón, allowing the Millers to escape in the RV with Kenny behind the wheel. Due to Kenny's erratic driving, the RV veers off the highway and a Mexican redknee tarantula, hiding in a bowl of fruit, crawls up Kenny's leg and bites his testicle.

text: Kenny has a severe allergic reaction to the bite, and the Millers head to the hospital near a carnival for 4th of July celebrations. This further delays the delivery of the smuggled contraband. During their wait, David and Rose begin to bond and Rose reveals her real name to be Sarah ("with an H"). The two of them scold Casey for leaving with a strange boy, Scotty P; which leaves Casey feeling amused and happy for the attention she didn't receive from her real parents, who neglected her.

text: David renegotiates with Gurdlinger for a fee of $500,000 on the condition that it arrives that night. When Kenny is finally released from the hospital, David rushes him to the RV in a wheelchair and accidentally tips him over. In the ensuing argument, David inadvertently reveals how much he is getting paid, in comparison to how little he offered to pay each of the others. Casey, Sarah, and Kenny are left in disgust by the revelation, and so David leaves them behind at the local carnival.

text: Shortly after leaving, David regrets abandoning them after hearing "Waterfalls" by TLC on the radio and returns to the carnival. Casey confides in Scotty about how she felt like she was actually part of a real family. Scotty tries to sexually harass Casey, but is thwarted by Sarah and Kenny. David then arrives at the carnival, begging them to come back with him and offering each a full share of the profits. On their way to the RV, they encounter Edith and Melissa. In the ensuing conversation between the Millers and the Fitzgeralds, Kenny blurts out that they are smuggling cannabis. One-Eye appears and is about to shoot everyone, but Don comes out of his motor home and knocks him out cold. Chacón then appears from around the corner, with Melissa held at gunpoint and is about to kill them all; but is momentarily distracted by 4th of July firework display. David and Kenny then subdue him while he is distracted. Melissa and Kenny (with a newfound confidence) kiss, as do David and Sarah. Don arrests Chacón, but lets the Millers leave.

text: David delivers the drugs to Gurdlinger, who tells him he is late and that their deal is off, but then admits that he had never intended to pay him at all. DEA agents interrupt the meeting, arresting Gurdlinger, revealing that David grassed them up. Don, the agent in charge of the raid, tells David that he will have to be placed in the witness protection program until the trials of Gurdlinger and Chacón are finished. He then adds that anyone who was a witness to the crime will be put into protection, which pleases David. The Millers are then seen together in a suburban house with several marijuana plants growing in the back garden.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Jason Sudeikis as David Clark / Miller, a drug dealer who forms the Millers.
Jennifer Aniston as Sarah "Rose" O'Reilly / Miller, a stripper hired by David to pose as his wife.
Will Poulter as Kenny Rossmore / Miller, David's socially awkward and underconfident 18-year-old neighbor posing as his son.
Emma Roberts as Casey Mathis / Miller, a 20-year-old runaway from neglectful parents, and thief, hired by David to pose as his teenage daughter.
Ed Helms as Brad Gurdlinger, a drug lord who hires David to smuggle marijuana from Mexico and one of the film's two main villains.
Nick Offerman as Don Fitzgerald, a DEA agent who befriends the Millers.
Kathryn Hahn as Edith Fitzgerald, Don's wife.
Molly Quinn as Melissa Fitzgerald, Don and Edie's teenage daughter and Kenny's love interest.
Tomer Sisley as Pablo Chacón, a Mexican drug lord and one of the film's two main villains.
Matthew Willig as One-Eye, Pablo's henchman.
Luis Guzmán as a Mexican cop who demands a bribe from the Millers.
Thomas Lennon as Rick Nathanson, a former college classmate of David's.
Mark L. Young as Scottie P., a kiddie ride attendant who befriends Casey.
Ken Marino as Todd, the sleazy owner of the strip club that Rose worked at.
Laura-Leigh as Kymberly/Boner Garage, one of Rose's fellow strippers.
Sam Richardson as TSA Agent

text: Production[edit]

text: Development of the movie first began in 2002.[5] By 2006, the film was announced with Steve Buscemi as the pot dealer, with Will Arnett in another role, but no further development was made.[6]  In April 2012, various news media broke the news that  Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis were in talks to star in the film.[7][8] The film added Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms and Kathryn Hahn in July.[9][10]

text: Production began in Wilmington, North Carolina on July 23, 2012.[9] Filming also took place in New Mexico.[11] It was presented during the 2013 Traverse City Film Festival.[12]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released in theaters on August 7, 2013 in the United States,[13] and on August 23, 2013 in the United Kingdom. It was released on September 18, 2013 in France, and was released on November 8, 2013 in Spain.

text: Home media[edit]

text: We're the Millers was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 19, 2013 by Warner Home Video.[14][15] The DVD was released as a two-disc special edition, containing two versions of the film: the original theatrical version and the "unrated" extended cut featuring over 8 minutes of new material. Special features included over 45 minutes of featurettes, outtakes and deleted scenes.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: We're the Millers grossed over seven times its $37 million budget, earning over $150 million in North America and $119 million internationally for a worldwide total of $270 million.[13]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 150 reviews with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "We're the Millers squanders its potential with an uneven, lazily assembled story."[16] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.[18]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result

2013

Key Art Awards

Best Trailer – Audio/Visual

Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Trailer Park

Nominated

2014

People's Choice Awards[19]

Favorite Movie Actress

Jennifer Aniston

Nominated

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

Jennifer Aniston

Nominated

Favorite On-Screen Chemistry

Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis

Nominated

Favorite Comedic Movie

We're the Millers

Nominated

British Academy Film Awards

BAFTA Rising Star Award

Will Poulter

Won

Empire Awards

Best Male Newcomer

Will Poulter

Nominated

MTV Movie Awards[20][21]

Best Female Performance

Jennifer Aniston

Nominated

Best Breakthrough Performance

Will Poulter

Won

Best Shirtless Performance

Jennifer Aniston

Nominated

Best Kiss

Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Jennifer Aniston

Won

Best Song from a Movie

Will Poulter – Waterfalls

Nominated

Best Comedic Performance

Jason Sudeikis

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[22]

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy

Emma Roberts

Won

Choice Movie: Liplock

Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter

Nominated

Choice Movie: Hissy Fit

Jason Sudeikis

Nominated

2015

Casting Society of America

Big Budget Comedy

Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Jeremy Gordon, Beth Lipari, Dana Salerno

Nominated

text: Sequel[edit]

text: On February 25, 2014, New Line Cinema announced that a sequel to We're the Millers was in development, with Adam Sztykiel writing the script.[4]


document_title: Station 19

question_text: when does episode 11 of station 19 air

question_tokens: when does episode 11 of station 19 air

root

text: Station 19

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series follows a group of heroic firefighters of the Seattle Fire Department at Station 19 from the captain down the ranks to the newest recruit in their personal and professional lives.[1]

tag: p

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andrea "Andy" Herrera: A confident Lieutenant at Station 19 and the daughter of Captain Pruitt Herrera. She is a Co-Acting Captain of Station 19.[1][2]
Jason George as Ben Warren: A rookie firefighter at Station 19 and a former anesthesiologist-turned-surgical-resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He is married to Miranda Bailey.[1][2]
Grey Damon as Jack Gibson: Lieutenant at Station 19. He is passionate, energetic, and fearless. He's one of Station 19’s Co-Acting Captains, with Herrera [1][2]
Barrett Doss as Victoria "Vic" Hughes: A younger firefighter at Station 19.[1][2]
Alberto Frezza as Ryan Tanner: A police officer at Seattle PD. He and Andy are longtime friends and had a romantic relationship in high school.[1][2]
Jay Hayden as Travis Montgomery: A firefighter and the heart of Station 19.[1][2]
Okieriete Onaodowan as Dean Miller: A charismatic firefighter at Station 19.[1][2]
Danielle Savre as Maya Bishop: A bisexual firefighter at Station 19 and a former Olympic athlete who is also Andy's best friend.[1][2]
Miguel Sandoval as Pruitt Herrera: Captain at Station 19 and a mentor to Andy and Jack. He steps down from his role in the series premiere.[1][2]

tag: ul

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey: Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and Ben Warren's wife.[3]
Marla Gibbs as Edith, a feisty retirement home retiree who sets up Travis with her grandson, Grant[4]
Brett Tucker as Fire Chief Lucas Ripley, the Fire Chief for Seattle Fire Department[5]
Brenda Song as JJ, a music reviewer who Dean saves from a fire and later begins to date[6]
Leslie Hope as Battalion Chief Frankel, the battalion chief for Seattle Fire Department
Sterling Sulieman as Grant, the sous chef grandson of Edith who she sets up with Travis
Boris Kodjoe (season 2)[7]

text: Notable guests[edit]

text:
Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey: Chief of General Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.[3]
Jake Borelli as Levi Schmitt: A new intern at Grey Sloan Memoral Hospital.
BJ Tanner as Tuck Jones, the step-son of Warren who is dealing with Warren's change of job and schedule
Jee Young Han as Charlotte Dearborn, the Fire Lieutenant of Station 12, who competes against Lt. Herrera and Lt. Gibson for Captain.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Backdoor pilot (2018)[edit]

text: For the backdoor pilot, "No. overall" and "No. in season" refer to the episode's place in the order of episodes of the parent series Grey's Anatomy.

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)30613"You Really Got a Hold on Me"Nzingha StewartStacy McKeeMarch 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)7.52[8]
A house fire brings two young boys, who were rescued by the Seattle fire department—Station 19, to the ER. Meredith Grey meets Andy Herrera, a firefighter, who has her hand inside the patient, clamping his abdominal aorta. While Andy gets a front row seat to view the action inside the OR, Ben Warren struggles with idea of not being a surgeon anymore. Dr Koracik, Amelia Shepherd's former professor, shows up to help her with her research project, but quickly shoots down her ideas. However, when they confront each other about their difference in opinion, they come up with an idea to save her patient. Richard Webber watches Miranda Bailey very closely, as it's her first day back after recovering from her heart attack. Jackson Avery begins to worry about April Kepner and the fact that the interns have nicknamed her "the Party."

tag: table

text: Season 1 (2018)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)11"Stuck"Paris BarclayStacy McKeeMarch 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)5.43[9]
When the team responds to an apartment fire, Captain Pruitt takes a hit, the future of the station's leadership is in jeopardy and firefighter Andy Herrera is forced to step up. Meanwhile, new recruit Ben Warren is trading in the scalpel for a fresh start as a firefighter, but it hasn’t been easy and he has a hard time realizing that emergencies in the field are vastly different than those at Grey Sloan Memorial.
22"Invisible To Me"Paris BarclayStacy McKeeMarch 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)5.43[9]
With the absence of Captain Pruitt, Andy and Jack try to navigate how to work together, when they have to take turns on being captain. Andy is the first one, but things get complicated on her first day. Warren and Victoria start working together when the fire alarm is pulled on Ben's son (Tucker)'s school. In the meantime, Dean meets a civilian, JJ, when she asks him help to fix her apartment's alarm. A car accident on a rural road puts both the victims and the crew’s lives at risk.
33"Contain the Flame"Mary Lou BelliWendy CalhounMarch 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)5.86[10]
The team responds to the house fire at JJ's apartment with Dean risking his life to save Seth, who ends up dying at the hospital. An emotional JJ visits Dean at the station to help her process the loss. After a disagreement between Jack and Andy on the scene, Frankel calls them both out on their mistakes and later shows her respect for Jack because he, unlike Andy, had to work his way up without connections. Andy overhears this but leaves before Jack tells Frankel that if anything, Andy's father held her back. Maya and Travis pick sides for the Captain position. Ben finds it difficult not to have a follow-up with the people they rescue. Pruitt has a hard time staying at home and ends up returning to the station for administrative duties while Ryan wonders if Andy still sees him as his teenage self like her father does.
44"Reignited"Dennis SmithIlene RosenzweigApril 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)5.09[11]
The team deals with a fire at a brand-new bed-and-breakfast that keeps reigniting. Jack and Andy resume their sexual relationship after a week of bickering as co-captains, but they are not at secretive as they think they are. Maya keeps her distance from Andy after she asked Maya to back off and doesn't tell her when Ryan has her come over to the police station to identify her brother, who was caught shoplifting art supplies. Instead, she confides in Ryan that her brother lost his way because of their parents' devotion to her Olympic career. Dean seeks to ask out JJ and asks Travis and Pruitt for advice. Travis meets a handsome man through Edith. Meanwhile, Ben notices that the blue fire experience has left a mark on Victoria, who denies having developed a fear of fire as it would end her career.
55"Shock to the System"Milan CheylovAnupam NigamApril 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)5.59[12]
Maya and Andy go on a stakeout for a raid set up by Ryan and his team. While they fear for his safety, they hash out the recent tension between them and come clean about their problems. Seeing Ryan in his professional environment sparks Andy's interest. Pruitt turns up the heat on Jack following his discovery of his and Andy's sexual relationship. One by one, the other team members find out as well. Bailey visits the station and reprimands Pruitt for not following her instructions. JJ asks Dean out on a date. The team responds to a man caught in a dangerous, electrical situation while a pregnant woman, who turns out to be the man's wife, comes to the station looking for help with car seats.
66"Stronger Together"Nzingha StewartAngela L. HarveyApril 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)5.41[13]
Jack and Andy participate in the captaincy drill test, The Incinerator. Much to their dismay, they learn that all the candidates are up for the department's sole available captain position at Station 19. Jack and Andy decide to work together in order to make sure one of them will end up getting the position. After Andy breaks protocol to save a life, Frankel's bias towards Andy is called into question by Fire Chief Ripley, whom Jack impresses with his test. With Travis as acting captain, the team responds to a woman whose leg is caught in a pothole. Inspired by the woman's courage to finally express her love to her long-time friend, Victoria comes clean to the team about her fear of fire. The team decides to keep it a secret from the lieutenants and to help Victoria any way they can. Pruitt seeks out Bailey for help when his health takes a turn for the worse.
77"Let It Burn"James HanlonBarbara Kaye FriendApril 26, 2018 (2018-04-26)5.17[14]
Despite his increase in symptoms, Pruitt runs before Bailey can perform a checkup. He tries to hide his worsening symptoms but his colleagues find out and take him back to the hospital, where his treatment is increased. He also realizes he has to let people in and allows Andy to be kept in the loop. Edith plays Cupid for Travis and Grant, but Travis isn't too eager to start dating again. Maya and Travis help Victoria face her fears, while Maya runs into her homeless brother again and tries to offer him help. Ryan joins the team as they respond to a strip mall fire much to Jack's dismay. It leads Ryan to discover his heroic side, which causes him to tell Andy that he's done standing back. Bailey discovers that Ben has been hiding the dangerous calls from her.
88"Every Second Counts"Marisol AdlerTia NapolitanoMay 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)5.14[15]
The time has come for peer reviews in the battle for the Captain position. Fire Chief Ripley interviews each team member and stresses the importance of a call earlier that day that went horribly wrong due to decisions made by both Jack and Andy. After piecing together what happened exactly from their testimonies, Ripley forces everyone to take a side based on the difficult dilemma the lieutenants were faced with. Victoria lashes out and tells him he has to pick either Jack or Andy rather than an outside candidate, but her behavior does more harm than good. Maya is surprised by Ripley's recommendation to run for Lieutenant herself. Travis surprisingly backs Andy given his bad experiences with incapable Captains while Dean also backs her despite his support for Jack. Pruitt, who's stuck at the hospital for a new round of chemo, confides in Ripley that he should choose neither Jack nor Andy.
99"Hot Box"Nicole RubioPhillip IscoveMay 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)4.45[16]
Pruitt warns Andy not to get her hopes up for the Captain position. A tired Dean messes up at the scene of a house fire and traps part of the team, police officers, and a civilian in a garage that was specifically built to keep people out. As the rest of the team has trouble reaching the fire inside the highly protected house, the temperature in the garage keeps rising, threatening the lives of everyone inside. With a similar call that ended with the deaths of his colleagues in his mind, Pruitt arrives at the scene to urge Andy to fight herself a way out. The trapped people work together and cause an explosion to bust open the garage doors. While celebrating their victory, Victoria covers for Dean, Jack finds out about Andy's involvement with Ryan, and Pruitt comes clean to Andy about his recommendation for the Captain position, explaining he wanted to rally the team against an outsider.
1010"Not Your Hero"Paris BarclayStacy McKeeMay 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)5.10[17]
The team celebrates Ben surviving 50 fires. Ripley's interviews with the remaining candidates are cut short when he has to help out at a skyscraper fire. Jack tells Andy he's transferring to another station if he doesn't make Captain. After remaining on standby for hours, the team is finally called to the skyscraper fire. Maya and Victoria work with Molly, an evacuation captain, to control a crowd stuck on a floor above the fire. Maya hides her hearing problems following the barotrauma she suffered in the garage. Dean and Jack try to keep the fire away from combustibles on the building's maintenance floor. After the fire jumps floors and chaos ensues, Ben has to save a lethally injured Travis and finds a trampled Molly in the staircase, forcing him to choose between saving her or Travis. Andy saves Charlotte and impresses Ripley. However, she openly defies his orders by sending an elevator to the floor Jack and Dean are stuck on. Jack stays behind to close fire doors to save the scattered crew. As Andy begs him to save himself, they lose contact and a blast shakes the building, putting everyone's life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, back the station, Ryan and Bailey work to resuscitate an unconscious Pruitt.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers(millions)111TBAParis Barclay[18]Stacy McKee[18]October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)[19]TBD

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On May 16, 2017, ABC chief Channing Dungey announced at ABC's upfront presentation that the network had given a straight-to-series order for a second Grey's Anatomy spin-off. Stacy McKee, a long-term Grey's writer and executive producer, will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers also serving as executive producers. The series, which would be set in a Seattle firehouse, would follow the lives of a group of firefighters.[20] The order consisted of 10 episodes.[2] When announcing the series, Dungey said, "No one can interweave the jeopardy firefighters face in the line of duty with the drama in their personal lives quite like Shonda, and Grey's signature Seattle setting is the perfect backdrop for this exciting spinoff."[21] Patrick Moran, president at ABC Studios, added that "We talked [with Shonda] about the elements of Grey's Anatomy that seem to resonate with the audience — emotional storytelling, deep human connection, a high-stakes environment and strong and empowered women — and those elements will carry over to the spinoff."[22] In July 2017, Paris Barclay signed on to the series as producing director and executive producer.[23] In January 2018, it was announced that Ellen Pompeo had renewed her contract to portray Meredith Grey through season 16 of Grey's, in addition to becoming a producer on the show and a co-executive producer on the spin-off.[24] Later that month, ABC announced that the series would be titled Station 19.[25]

text: An episode of Grey's Anatomy, originally planned to air in fall 2017 but instead set to air in March 2018, will serve as a backdoor pilot for the series.[23][26] The backdoor pilot episode will feature the introduction of the lead character of the spin-off, Andy Herrera, "as a story within the episode" and "showcase a really lovely story for Ben, where we get to just juxtapose his two worlds and see his reaction as he transitions from one world to the next".[26]

text: On May 11, 2018, ABC renewed the series for a second season.[27] The second season is scheduled to premiere on October 4, 2018.[28]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On July 26, 2017, Jaina Lee Ortiz was cast as the female lead.[29] In September 2017, it was announced that Jason George, who has played Dr. Ben Warren since season 6 of Grey's Anatomy, would be leaving the series to join the spin-off as a series regular. He is expected to continue to be a series regular on Grey's until production on the spin-off begins.[30] On October 6, Grey Damon was cast as Lieutenant Jack, Jay Hayden as Travis, Okieriete Onaodowan as Dean, Danielle Savre as Maya, and Barrett Doss as Victoria.[31][32][2] They were shortly followed by Miguel Sandoval as Captain Pruitt,[33] and Alberto Frezza as police officer Ryan.[34]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming for the series began on October 18, 2017,[35] and concluded on April 2, 2018.[citation needed] Filming for the series takes place primarily in Los Angeles;[26] additional filming for the series takes place in Seattle. The Station in Station 19 is based off of Seattle's Station 20 located in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, WA[36]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: Station 19 began airing on March 22, 2018, on ABC in the United States.[37] CTV acquired the broadcast rights for Canada.[38] Sky Living acquired the rights for to air the series in the UK & Ireland.[citation needed]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: In early December 2017, Entertainment Weekly released first look images of the series.[26]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
DVR viewers(millions)
Total(18–49)
Total viewers(millions)

1

"Stuck"

March 22, 2018
1.1/5
5.43[9]
0.9
3.11
2.0
8.54[39]

2

"Invisible To Me"

March 22, 2018
1.1/5
5.43[9]
0.9
3.11
2.0
8.54[39]

3

"Contain the Flame"

March 29, 2018
1.2/5
5.86[10]
0.8
2.70
2.0
8.56[40]

4

"Reignited"

April 5, 2018
1.0/4
5.09[11]
0.8
2.63
1.8
7.72[41]

5

"Shock to the System"

April 12, 2018
1.0/4
5.59[12]
0.8
2.40
1.8
7.99[42]

6

"Stronger Together"

April 19, 2018
1.1/4
5.41[13]
0.7
2.42
1.8
7.84[43]

7

"Let It Burn"

April 26, 2018
0.9/3
5.17[14]
0.7
2.30
1.6
7.47[44]

8

"Every Second Counts"

May 3, 2018
1.0/4
5.14[15]
0.7
2.25
1.7
7.40[45]

9

"Hot Box"

May 10, 2018
0.9/4
4.45[16]
0.7
2.29
1.6
6.75[46]

10

"Not Your Hero"

May 17, 2018
1.0/4
5.10[17]
0.7
2.26
1.7
7.35[47]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 62% approval rating with an average rating of 6.14/10 based on 13 reviews.[48] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[49]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Result

Ref.

2018

Imagen Awards

Best Primetime Program – Drama

Won

[50]


document_title: Chicago (band)

question_text: who is the current lead singer of the band chicago

question_tokens: who is the current lead singer of the band chicago

text: Chicago (band)

text: Group history[edit]

text: The Big Thing[edit]

text: The group now known as Chicago began on February 15, 1967, at a meeting involving saxophonist Walter Parazaider, guitarist Terry Kath, drummer Danny Seraphine, trombonist James Pankow, trumpet player Lee Loughnane, and keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm. Kath, Parazaider, and Seraphine had played together previously in two other groups  — Jimmy Ford and the Executives, and the Missing Links.[16]:29-49 Parazaider, Pankow and Loughnane met as students at DePaul University.[16]:48-49 Lamm who was a student at Roosevelt University,[17] was recruited from his group, Bobby Charles and the Wanderers.[16]:49 The group of six called themselves the Big Thing, and like most other groups playing in Chicago nightclubs, played Top 40 hits. Realizing the need for both a tenor to complement baritones Lamm and Kath, and a bass player because Lamm's use of organ bass pedals did not provide "adequate bass sound", local tenor and bassist Peter Cetera was invited to join the Big Thing in late 1967.[18][16]:58-59

text: Chicago Transit Authority and early success[edit]

text: While gaining some success as a cover band, the group began working on original songs. In June 1968, at manager James William Guercio's request, the Big Thing moved to Los Angeles, California, signed with Columbia Records and changed its name to Chicago Transit Authority.[5] It was while performing on a regular basis at the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in West Hollywood that the band got exposure to more famous musical artists of the time. Subsequently, they were the opening act for Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.[16]:77–78,106–107[19] As related to group biographer, William James Ruhlmann, by Walt Parazaider, Jimi Hendrix once told Parazaider, "'Jeez, your horn players are like one set of lungs and your guitar player is better than me.'"[19]

text: Their first record (April 1969), Chicago Transit Authority, is a double album, which is rare for a band's first release. The album made it to No. 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart,[11] sold over one million copies by 1970, and was awarded a platinum disc.[20] The album included a number of pop-rock songs – "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "Questions 67 and 68", and "I'm a Man" – which were later released as singles. For this inaugural recording effort the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year.[21]

text: According to Cetera, the band was booked to perform at Woodstock in 1969, but promoter Bill Graham, with whom they had a contract, exercised his right to reschedule them to play at the Fillmore West on a date of his choosing, and he scheduled them for the Woodstock dates. Santana, which Graham also managed, took Chicago's place at Woodstock,[22] and that performance is considered to be Santana's "breakthrough" gig.[23] A year later, in 1970, when he needed to replace headliner Joe Cocker, and then Cocker's intended replacement, Jimi Hendrix, Graham booked Chicago to perform at Tanglewood which is considered by some to be a "pinnacle" performance.[24]

text: After the release of their first album, the band's name was shortened to Chicago to avoid legal action being threatened by the actual mass-transit company of the same name.[19]

text: 1970s: Chicago[edit]

text: The band released a second album, titled Chicago (retroactively known as Chicago II), which is another double-LP. The album's centerpiece track is a seven-part, 13-minute suite composed by Pankow called "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon". The suite yielded two top ten hits: "Make Me Smile" (No. 9 U.S.) and  "Colour My World",[12] both sung by Kath. Among the other tracks on the album: Lamm's dynamic but cryptic "25 or 6 to 4" (Chicago's first Top 5 hit),[12] which is a reference to a songwriter trying to write at 25 or 26 minutes before 4 o'clock in the morning,[25][16]:109[26] and was sung by Cetera with  Terry Kath on guitar; the lengthy war-protest song "It Better End Soon"; and, at the end, Cetera's 1969 moon landing-inspired "Where Do We Go from Here?"[27] The double-LP album's inner cover includes the playlist, the entire lyrics to "It Better End Soon", and two declarations: "This endeavor should be experienced sequentially", and, "With this album, we dedicate ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution. And the revolution in all of its forms."[28] The album was a commercial success, rising to number four on the Billboard 200,[11] and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1970, and platinum in 1991.[29] The band was nominated for two Grammy Awards as a result of this album, Album of the Year, and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.[21]

text: Chicago III, another double LP, was released in 1971 and charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.[11] Two singles were released from it: "Free" from Lamm's "Travel Suite", which charted at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100;[12] and "Lowdown", written by Cetera and Seraphine, which made it to No. 40.[12] The album was certified gold by the RIAA in February, 1971, and platinum in November 1986.[29]

text: The band released LPs at a rate of at least one album per year from their third album in 1971 on through the 1970s. During this period, the group's album titles primarily consisted of the band's name followed by a Roman numeral, indicating the album's sequence in their canon. The exceptions to this scheme were the band's fourth album, a live boxed set entitled Chicago at Carnegie Hall, their twelfth album Hot Streets, and the Arabic-numbered Chicago 13. While the live album itself did not bear a number, the four discs within the set were numbered Volumes I through IV.

text: In 1971, the band released Chicago at Carnegie Hall Volumes I, II, III, and IV, a quadruple LP, consisting of live performances, mostly of music from their first three albums, from a week-long run at Carnegie Hall. Chicago was the first rock act to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall and the live recording was made to chronicle that milestone.[7] Along with the four vinyl discs, the packaging contained some strident political messaging about how "We [youth] can change The System", including wall posters and voter registration information.[30][31] The album went gold "out of the box" and on to multi-platinum status.[7] William James Ruhlmann says Chicago at Carnegie Hall was "perhaps" the best-selling box set by a rock act and held that record for 15 years.[7] In recognition of setting Carnegie Hall records and the ensuing four LP live recordings, the group was awarded a Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Award.[32] Drummer Danny Seraphine attributes the fact that none of Chicago's first four albums were issued on single LPs to the productive creativity of this period and the length of the jazz-rock pieces.[33]

text: In 1972 the band released its first single-disc release, Chicago V, which reached No. 1 on both the Billboard pop[11] and jazz album charts.[citation needed] It features "Saturday in the Park", written by Robert Lamm, which mixes everyday life and political yearning in a more subtle way. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1972.[34][35] The second single released from the album was the Lamm-composed  "Dialogue (Part I & II)", which featured a musical "debate" between a political activist (sung by Kath) and a blasé college student (sung by Cetera). It peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 chart.[12]

text: Other albums and singles followed in each of the succeeding years. 1973's Chicago VI was the first of several albums to include Brazilian jazz percussionist Laudir de Oliveira[36] and saw Cetera emerge as the main lead singer. According to William James Ruhlmann, de Oliveira was a "sideman" on Chicago VI, and became an official member of the group in 1974.[36] Chicago VI featured two top ten singles,[12] "Just You 'n' Me", written by Pankow, and "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", written by Pankow and Cetera. Chicago VII was the band's double-disc 1974 release. Three singles were released from this album: "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long", written by Pankow, and "Call On Me", written by Loughnane, which both made it into the top ten;[12] and the Beach Boys-infused "Wishing You Were Here", written by Cetera, which peaked at number eleven.[12] Their 1975 release, Chicago VIII, featured the political allegory "Harry Truman" (No. 13, Top 100 chart) and the nostalgic Pankow-composed "Old Days" (No. 5, Top 100 chart).[37][38] That summer also saw a joint tour across America with the Beach Boys,[36] with the two acts performing separately, then coming together for a finale.[39] Chicago VI, VII and VIII all made it to No. 1 on the Billboard 200,[11] all were certified gold the years they were released, and all have since been certified platinum. Chicago VI was certified two times multi-platinum in 1986.[40] Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits was released in 1975 and became the band's fifth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200.[11]

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1976's Chicago X features Cetera's ballad "If You Leave Me Now", which held the top spot in the U.S. charts for two weeks[41] and the UK charts for three weeks.[42] It was the group's first No. 1 single,[36] and won Chicago their only Grammy Award to date,[43] the 1976 Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus, at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 19, 1977.[44] The single was certified gold by the RIAA the same year of its release.[45] The song almost did not make the cut for the album.[36] "If You Leave Me Now" was recorded at the very last minute. The success of the song, according to William James Ruhlmann, foreshadowed a later reliance on ballads.[36] The album was commercially successful. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200,[11] was certified both gold and platinum by the RIAA the same year of its release and two times multi-platinum since,[46] and was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[21] 1976 was the first year that albums were certified platinum by the RIAA.[47] Chicago X was the first platinum album for Columbia Records, which awarded the group a 25-pound bar of pure platinum, made by Cartier, to mark the event.[48] (Billboard magazine reported it as a 30-pound bar.)[49]
At the 4th Annual American Music Awards, a fan-voted awards show,[50] held January 31, 1977, Chicago won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, the group's first of two American Music Awards they have received.[51]

text: The group's 1977 release, Chicago XI, includes Cetera's ballad "Baby, What a Big Surprise", a No. 4 U.S. hit which became the group's last top 10 hit of the decade.[12] Chicago XI performed well commercially, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200,[11] and reaching platinum status during the year of its release.[40]

text: Besides recording and touring, during the busy 1970s Chicago also made time for a movie appearance and several television appearances of note. In 1972, Guercio produced and directed Electra Glide in Blue, a film about an Arizona motorcycle policeman. Released in 1973, the film stars Robert Blake and features Cetera, Kath, Loughnane, and Parazaider in supporting roles.[52] The group also appears prominently on the film's soundtrack. Chicago made its "television variety debut" in February 1973 when they were the only rock musicians invited to appear on a television special honoring Duke Ellington, "Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly," which aired on CBS. They performed the Ellington composition, "Jump for Joy."[53][54][55] In July 1973 the group starred in a half-hour television special produced by Dick Clark, Chicago in the Rockies, which aired in prime time on ABC. The show was filmed on location at Caribou Ranch, the 3,000 acre ranch-turned-recording studio located outside of Boulder, Colorado, owned by Chicago's producer, James William Guercio. The only musical guest on the show was Al Green, who was rated the number-one male vocalist of 1972, and whom Rolling Stone magazine named "Rock and Roll Star of the Year."[56] That special was followed by a second hour-long special the next year, Chicago ... Meanwhile Back at the Ranch, which aired in prime time on ABC in August 1974. Chicago ... Meanwhile Back at the Ranch was again shot on location at Caribou Ranch and was again produced by Dick Clark. Singer Anne Murray and country music star Charlie Rich were guests on the show.[57] Clark produced a third television special starring Chicago, Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975, which aired on ABC on December 31, 1974. Musical guests on the 1 1⁄2-hour-long show included the Beach Boys, the Doobie Brothers, Olivia Newton-John, and Herbie Hancock. It was the third "Rockin' Eve" Clark had produced, and it competed with Guy Lombardo's traditional New Year's Eve television show which aired on a different network and was in its 45th consecutive year of broadcast. Clark hoped the "Rockin' Eve" format would become an "annual TV custom".[58]

text: Death of Terry Kath and transition[edit]

text: The year 1978 began with a split with Guercio.[36] Chicago had recorded its last five studio albums Chicago VI, VII, VIII, X, and XI,[59] and had made two television specials at Guercio's Caribou Ranch. In later years, band members would cite Guercio's purchase of Caribou Ranch, more particularly their realization that Guercio had enough money to purchase Caribou Ranch, as a contributing factor to their disillusionment with him as a producer. They felt he had taken advantage of them financially.[16]:131[60] Then on January 23 of that same year, Kath died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound from a gun he thought was unloaded.[61][62] Doc Severinsen, who was the bandleader for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at the time and a friend of the group, visited them after Kath's funeral and encouraged them to continue. According to writer Jim Jerome, the visit "snapped them back" and helped them make the decision to carry on.[63]

text: After auditioning over 30 potential replacements for Kath, Chicago decided upon guitarist and singer-songwriter Donnie Dacus.[63][61] While filming for the musical Hair, he joined the band in April 1978 just in time for the Hot Streets album.[63] Its energetic lead-off single, "Alive Again", brought Chicago back to the Top 15;[12] Pankow wrote it "originally as a love song but ultimately as recognition of Kath's guiding spirit shining down from above."[64]

text: The 1978 album Hot Streets was produced by Phil Ramone.[63][61] It was Chicago's first album with a title rather than a number; and was the band's first LP to have a picture of the band (shot by photographer Norman Seeff)[65] featured prominently on the cover (with the ubiquitous logo downsized).[63][61] These two moves were seen by many as indications that the band had changed following Kath's death.[63] To a degree, the band returned to the old naming scheme on its subsequent releases, although most titles would now bear Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals. Hot Streets, the band's 12th album, peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard charts;[11] it was Chicago's first release since their debut to fail to make the Top 10. The release also marked a move somewhat away from the jazz-rock direction favored by Kath and towards more pop songs and ballads. Dacus stayed with the band through the 1979 album Chicago 13,[61] and is also featured in a promotional video on the DVD included in the Rhino Records Chicago box set from 2003. Again produced by Ramone, it was the group's first studio album not to contain a Top 40 hit. Dacus departed from the band following the conclusion of the concert tour in support of Chicago 13, in 1980.[66]

text: 1980s: changing sound[edit]

text: Chicago XIV (1980), produced by Tom Dowd, relegated the horn section to the background on a number of tracks, and the album's two singles failed to make the Top 40. Chris Pinnick joined the band to play guitar and remained through 1985,[61] and the band were also augmented by saxophone player Marty Grebb on the subsequent tour.[67] Marty Grebb had formerly been with the Buckinghams, and before that had been Cetera's bandmate in a local Chicago area cover band called the Exceptions.[68] The album peaked at No. 71 on the Billboard 200,[11] and failed to reach gold certification by the RIAA.[40] Believing the band to no longer be commercially viable, Columbia Records dropped them from its roster in 1981 and released a second "Greatest Hits" volume (also known as Chicago XV) later that year to fulfill its contractual obligation.[61]

text: In late 1981, the band had a new producer (David Foster),[61] a new label (Warner Bros. Records),[61] and the addition of keyboardist, guitarist, and singer Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin).[69] Percussionist Laudir de Oliveira and Marty Grebb departed from the band. During Foster's stewardship, less of an emphasis was placed on the band's horn-based sound, being replaced by lush power ballads, which became Chicago's style during the 1980s. The new sound brought more singles success to the band.

text: For the 1982 album Chicago 16, the band worked with composers from outside the group for the first time, and Foster brought in studio musicians for some tracks (including the core members of Toto),[69] and used new technology (such as synthesizers) to "update" and streamline the sound, further pushing back the horn section, and in some cases not even using them at all. The band did return to the charts with the Cetera-sung ballad "Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away", which is featured in the soundtrack of the Daryl Hannah film Summer Lovers.[70] Co-written by Cetera and David Foster, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" was the group's second single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart[12] and brought them a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[21] Chicago 16 reached both gold and platinum status during the year of its release,[40] and went to No. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[11]

text: 1984's Chicago 17 became the biggest selling album in the band's history, certified by the RIAA in 1997 as six times multi-platinum.[71] The album produced two more Top Ten (both No. 3) singles,[72]  "You're the Inspiration", written by Cetera and David Foster, and "Hard Habit to Break", written by Steve Kipner and John Lewis Parker. The single, "Hard Habit to Break", brought two more Grammy Award nominations for the band, for Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[21] The album included two other singles: "Stay the Night" (No. 16),[12] another composition by Cetera and Foster; and "Along Comes a Woman" (No. 14),[12] written by Cetera and Mark Goldenberg. Peter's brother, Kenny Cetera, who had provided background vocals on the Chicago 17 album,[73] was brought into the group for the 17 tour to add percussion and high harmony vocals.[74]

text: By 1985, the band was embracing the newest medium, the music video channel MTV, by releasing music videos for four songs. They featured a track titled "Good for Nothing" on the 1985 global activist album, We Are the World.[75] As contributors to the album, along with all other artists who were on the album, the band received its last nomination for a Grammy Award, for Album of the Year.[21]

text: At the 13th Annual American Music Awards, held January 27, 1986, Chicago won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group for the second time.[51] It is the last American Music Award the band has received.

text: Peter Cetera departure[edit]

text: Concurrently with Chicago's existing career, lead vocalist Peter Cetera had begun a solo career. He proposed an arrangement with the band where they would take hiatuses after tours to let him focus on solo work (mirroring that of Phil Collins and Genesis), but the band declined. Cetera ultimately left Chicago in the summer of 1985. He soon topped the charts with "Glory of Love" (the theme song of the film The Karate Kid Part II), and with "The Next Time I Fall" (a duet with Amy Grant). Two more songs reached the Top Ten: a 1988 solo hit called "One Good Woman" (No. 4 U.S.), and a 1989 duet with Cher called "After All" (No. 6 U.S.). In 1992, Cetera released his fourth studio album, World Falling Down, which earned him three hits on the Adult Contemporary charts, including the single "Restless Heart". Cetera's former position was filled by bassist and singer-songwriter Jason Scheff, son of Elvis Presley's bassist Jerry Scheff.[76] Guitarist Chris Pinnick also left the group prior to the recording of the band's next album.

text: For the final Foster-produced album, Chicago 18, the band filled Pinnick's spot with several session guitarists, none of whom became band members. The album was released on September 29, 1986,[77] and included the No. 3 single "Will You Still Love Me?", and Top 20 Pop song "If She Would Have Been Faithful...", in addition to an updated version of "25 or 6 to 4" with a video that got airplay on MTV. Soon after the album was recorded, the band hired guitarist Dawayne Bailey,[78][79] formerly of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band.[80] Bailey and Scheff had previously played in bands together, so Scheff introduced Bailey to the band in time for the Chicago 18 tour.

text: For the 1988 release, Chicago 19, the band had replaced producer Foster with co-producers Ron Nevison, who had recently produced two albums for Heart, and Chas Sanford, who had worked with Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks.[81] They topped the charts again with the Diane Warren-composed single "Look Away". It was the third and last Chicago single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart.[12] The song ultimately was named as the "Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Song of the Year" for 1989.[82] The album also yielded two more Top 10 hits, "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" and "You're Not Alone",[12] both with Champlin singing solo lead for the first time, and the Scheff-sung No. 55 single, "We Can Last Forever," in addition to including the original version of a Top 5 single titled "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?". The latter, also sung by Scheff, was remixed for inclusion on the band's forthcoming greatest hits record (and 20th album), Greatest Hits 1982–1989, and it was this version that became a hit.

text: 1990s: more changes and Stone of Sisyphus[edit]

text: The beginning of the 1990s brought yet another departure. Original drummer Danny Seraphine was dismissed from the band in May 1990.[83] Seraphine was succeeded by Tris Imboden,[83] a longtime drummer with Kenny Loggins[84] and former session drummer with Peter Cetera.[85] Imboden made his first appearance on the 1991 album Twenty 1 with a fragment of band's logo, which yielded an eleven-week stretch on the Billboard 200, a peak at No. 66,[86] and the song "Chasin' the Wind" which peaked at No. 39. Twenty 1 would be their last released album of original music for fifteen years.

text: The band was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 23, 1992.[87]

text: In 1993, Chicago wrote and recorded their 22nd album Stone of Sisyphus.[88] This album was to have marked their return to their traditional composition of the 1970s, emphasizing major horn accompaniment.[89] However, following a reorganization of the record company, the new executives at Reprise Records (now part of the newly formed Warner Music Group) rejected the completed album. It remained unpublished for fifteen years, aside from bootleg tapes and Internet files.[88] This contributed to the parting of the band from the record label. The band was dismayed by the failure of the label. Upset with the shelving of the album, Dawayne Bailey voiced his objections and his annual contract was not renewed by the band in late 1994. And in the years that followed there were many debates and conjecture about the events surrounding the recordings. It was also suggested some years later that the band's management was negotiating with the label regarding a licensing of the extensive Chicago back catalog, and when those talks stalled, the label apparently retaliated by scrapping the project.[89] The album eventually saw an expanded release on Rhino Records in June 2008 to favorable reviews from both fans and critics and made it to No. 122 on the album charts.[11]

text: After finishing their 1994 tour, and after signing with the Warner Bros. Records' imprint label Giant Records, they released their 1995 album Night & Day: Big Band,[90] consisting of covers of songs originally recorded by Sarah Vaughan, Glenn Miller, and Duke Ellington. Guitarist Bruce Gaitsch stepped in and joined the band to handle the album's guitar work.[91][92][93] The album featured guest appearances by Paul Shaffer of David Letterman fame, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, and The Gipsy Kings.[94] Walter Parazaider cited the group's participation in the 1973 television special honoring Duke Ellington, "Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly", as key in their decision to record this album.[95] In early 1995 Keith Howland, who had been a studio musician and stage hand based in Los Angeles, was recruited as Chicago's new permanent guitarist.[96]

text: In 1998, Chicago released Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album and a live album in 1999, Chicago XXVI.

text: In 2000, the band licensed their entire recorded output to Rhino Records, after having recorded it at Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records. In 2002, Rhino released a two-disc compilation, The Very Best of Chicago: Only The Beginning, which spanned the band's career. The compilation made the Top 40 and sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. Rhino also began releasing remastered versions of all of the band's Columbia-era albums.

text: The American cable music channel VH1 featured the band in an episode of its Behind the Music series, "Chicago: Behind the Music," season 1, episode 133. The episode first aired on October 15, 2000.[97]

text: In 2004, 2005 and 2009, Chicago toured with Earth, Wind & Fire.[98]

text: On March 21, 2006, their first all-new studio album since Twenty 1 arrived with Chicago XXX. It was produced by Jay DeMarcus, bassist/vocalist with the country trio Rascal Flatts,[99] who was a long-time fan of Chicago and had cited the group as an influence on him as a musician in a previous fan letter to Jason Scheff.[100] It also marked the first time the band's music was available as a digital download. The album peaked at No. 41 in the U.S.,[11] spawning two minor adult contemporary hits: "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back". Two songs from this album, "Feel" and "Caroline", were performed live during Chicago's fall 2005 tour.

text: Chicago made multi-week appearances at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in March, May and October 2006.[99][101] In July 2006, the band made a series of U.S. appearances with Huey Lewis and the News.[102]

text: On October 2, 2007, Rhino Records released the two-disc The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition (Chicago XXXI), a new greatest hits compilation spanning their entire forty years, similar to The Very Best of: Only the Beginning, released four years earlier.

text: In 2008, Stone of Sisyphus – once known as the aborted Chicago XXII, now listed officially as Chicago XXXII – was released with an expanded format.[88][89]

text: Drew Hester, who was the percussionist and drummer for the Foo Fighters, joined the band in January 2009 to temporarily fill in for an ill Imboden,[103] and continued with the band as a percussionist upon Imboden's return later in the year.[104] In August 2009, Champlin was fired from the band.[105] He was replaced by Grammy-nominated keyboardist Lou Pardini, who had worked with Stevie Wonder and Santana.[106]

text: In 2010 (just as they had already done in 1999 and 2008) Chicago toured with the Doobie Brothers (and would do so again in 2017).[107] A 2011 performance in Chicago became a video for the HDNet cable channel that featured the Doobie Brothers joining Chicago for three encore tunes.[108] The band also appeared on the season nine finale of American Idol.[109] On July 24, 2011, the band performed at Red Rocks in Colorado, accompanied by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.[110]

text: With Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three, the band re-teamed with producer Ramone (he had previously released the new tracks for the expanded Christmas re-release What's It Gonna Be, Santa?) to record a new Christmas album.[111] Dolly Parton was a guest artist on the album,[111] which was released in October 2011. In the meantime, Rhino released Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75, a two-disc set containing two hours of previously unreleased performances recorded June 24–26, 1975 at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland, featuring the original members of Chicago performing some of their greatest hits up to that point. In 2012, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers held another joint tour.[112] That same year, Hester left the group shortly before the tour,[104] and was succeeded, first by percussionist Daniel de los Reyes,[113][114] then by Daniel's brother and former long-term Santana member, Walfredo Reyes Jr.[113][115][116]

text: In 2013 Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, and Walter Parazaider appeared in the HBO movie Clear History as the band Chicago.[117] In late 2013, the band began releasing singles for a new album, starting with "Somethin' Comin', I Know" in August, "America" in September, "Crazy Happy" in December 2013, and "Naked in the Garden of Allah" in January 2014. The album, titled Chicago XXXVI: Now, was released on July 4, 2014.[118]

text: In 2015, Chicago was listed among the nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[119] The original lineup was inducted at the 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 8, 2016 along with N.W.A., Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and Cheap Trick.[120] In February 2016, it was announced that original drummer Danny Seraphine would join the current lineup of Chicago for the first time in over 25 years for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.[121] Peter Cetera chose not to attend.[122] Terry Kath's daughter Michelle accepted her father's award.[122] In July 2016, Chicago performed on ABC's Greatest Hits.[123][124]

text: After taking a temporary leave in May 2016, citing "family health reasons",[125][126] it was announced on October 25, 2016 that Jason Scheff had left Chicago after 31 years.[125][127] Bassist/vocalist Jeff Coffey, who had been filling in for Scheff during his absence, was promoted to a full-time member.[128] Saxophonist Ray Herrmann, who had previously filled in for Walter Parazaider on various tour dates since 2005, also became an official member at this time after Parazaider retired permanently from the road.[129]

text: In January 2017, CNN Films aired a 2-hour biographical documentary film on the group titled Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago.[130] The film was directed and edited by Peter Pardini, nephew of band member Lou Pardini, and produced by the band, Chicago.[131] The film was the highest rated program in its premiere in the 25-54 demographic and has a 7.1 rating on IMDB.[132] The film won the 2016 "Best of the Fest" Audience Choice Award at the Sedona International Film Festival.[133]  At the 10th Annual Fort Myers Beach Film Festival in 2016, it won the "People's Choice" award and Peter Pardini won the "Rising Star Award" as director and filmmaker.[134]

text: On February 22, 2017 it was announced that Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm, and James Pankow are among the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees for their songwriting efforts as members of the music group, Chicago.[14][15] The induction event was held Thursday, June 15 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.[14]

text: Chicago's website stated that in 2017, the band was working on a new album, Chicago XXXVII.[135]

text: On September 17, 2017, former percussionist Laudir de Oliveira died of a heart attack while performing onstage in his native Rio de Janeiro.[136][137]

text: Chicago began their 2018 touring schedule on Saturday, January 13 by performing the grand opening concert at the new Xcite Center in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.[138]

text:
On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, drummer Tris Imboden announced he was leaving the band after 27 years to spend more time with his family.[139] On Friday, January 19, 2018, bassist and vocalist Jeff Coffey
announced on his Facebook page that he was also departing from the band due to its heavy touring schedule.[139] Chicago announced that percussionist Walfredo Reyes, Jr. was moving over to drums, replacing Imboden.[140] Vocalist Neil Donell, of Chicago tribute band Brass Transit, was chosen as the band's new lead singer and session musician Brett Simons also joined the band as their new bassist.[141][142]  Daniel de los Reyes' return to the percussion position was announced, filling the vacancy left by his brother's move to the drumset.[143][144]

text: On April 6, 2018, Chicago released Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do), a box set chronicling the band's live performances throughout their history.[145]

text: In May 2018, it was revealed that percussionist Daniel de los Reyes was departing Chicago to go back to his other group, the Zac Brown Band.[146] On Thursday, May 17, 2018, Chicago announced on their official Facebook page and on their Twitter account that "Ray" Ramon Yslas had joined the band on percussion.

text: In July 2018 the band updated its official web site, and no longer listed Walter Parazaider as a member of the band.[147] Instead he is included on the band's "Tribute to Founding Members."[148] Parazaider had retired from touring previously.[129][149][150]

text: Graphics[edit]

text: Upon being renamed from Chicago Transit Authority to Chicago, the band sported a new logo. Its inspiration was found in the design of the Coca-Cola logo,[151][152][153] in the attitude of the city of Chicago itself,[154] and in the desire to visually transcend the individual identities of the band's members.[151] It was designed[154] by the Art Director of Columbia/CBS Records, John Berg,[151][152][153] with each album's graphic art work being done by Nick Fasciano.[155][156] Berg said, "The Chicago logo...was fashioned for me by Nick Fasciano from my sketch."[151]

text: The logo would serve as the band's chief visual icon from Chicago II, onward. In various artistic forms and visual similes, it has been the subject of every subsequent album cover, except the fifteenth album, Greatest Hits, Volume II. For example, it appeared as an American flag on III, a piece of wood on V, a U.S. dollar bill on VI, a leather relief on VII, an embroidered patch on VIII, a chocolate bar on X, a map on XI, a building on 13, a fingerprint on XIV, a computer silicon chip on 16, a parcel on 17, a mosaic on 18, and an aquarelle on 19. Chicago IX's incarnation was a caricature of the band itself, in the shape of the logo.

text: The album cover series has endured as a cataloged work of art in its own right, described by Paul Nini of the American Institute of Graphic Arts as a "real landmark in record cover design".[151] In 2013, the iconic status of Chicago's album art was featured in a New York art museum exhibit, which centered upon ninety-five album covers completely selected from John Berg's career portfolio of hundreds. Having overseen the design of approximately fourteen Chicago album covers across more than twenty years, Berg stated that this artistic success resulted from the combination of Chicago's "unique situation" and his position in "the best possible job at the best possible time to have that job, at the center of the graphic universe".[152] Berg won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Album Package for Chicago X, one of four Grammy Awards he won in his lifetime.[157]

text: The book titled Type and Image: The Language of Graphic Design described the logo as "a warm vernacular form, executed in thick script letters with Victorian swashes in the tradition of sports teams and orange crate labels." The book mentions the cultural and material background of the city of Chicago as inspiration for the logo; for example, describing the leather embossing of Chicago VII as representative of the great fire and the stockades. The author connects the album art to the atmosphere of the band's namesake city, quoting the band's original manager, James William Guercio: "The printed word can never aspire to document a truly musical experience, so if you must call them something, speak of the city where all save one were born; where all of them were schooled and bred, and where all of this incredible music went down barely noticed; call them CHICAGO."[154]

text: Personnel[edit]

text: As of July 2018, the three remaining original members of Chicago are Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, and James Pankow.[147]

text: Lineups[edit]

text:
1967–1974

1974–1978

1978–1980

1980–1981

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Laudir de Oliveira – percussion[36]

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
Donnie Dacus – guitar, vocals[63][61]

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
Chris Pinnick – guitar[61]
Touring musicians
Marty Grebb – saxophone, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1980–1981)[67]

1981–1985

1985–1986

1986–1990

1990–1995

Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Chris Pinnick – guitar
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals[69]
Touring musicians
Kenny Cetera – percussion, backing vocals (1984–1985)[74][158]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals[76]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Danny Seraphine – drums
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Dawayne Bailey – guitar, vocals[78]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Dawayne Bailey – guitar, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica[83]
Touring musicians
Steve Jankowski – trumpet (sub for Lee 1992)[159]
Lee Thornburg – trumpet (sub for Lee 1992)[160]

1995

1995–2009

2009

2009–2012

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar[161]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals[96]
Touring musicians
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 1999–2009)[162]
Lou Pardini – guitar, vocals (sub for Bill for a few shows 1999, 2007)
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2003–2009)[163][102]
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2005–2009)[164]
Tom Timko – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2005)
Steve Jankowski – trumpet (sub for Lee 2006, 2007)[159]
Lee Thornburg – trumpet (sub for Lee 2008, 2009)
Drew Hester – drums (sub for Tris 2009)[103]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals[106]
Touring musicians
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 2009)
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2009)
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2009)
Drew Hester – drums (sub for Tris 2009)[104]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Drew Hester – percussion (2009–2012)[104]
Touring musicians
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 2009–2012)[165]
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2009–2012)
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2009–2012)[166]
Art Velasco – trombone (sub for James 2011)

2012

2012–2016

2016–2018

January 2018–May 2018

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Daniel de los Reyes – percussion[113]
Touring personnel
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 2012)
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2012)
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2012)

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – percussion[104]
Touring musicians
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 2012-2016)[167]
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2012)[167]
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute (sub for Walt 2012–2016)[168]
Lee Thornburg – trumpet (sub for Lee 2012)[169]
Jeff Coffey - bass, vocals (sub for Jason 2016)[125]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flute (no longer touring)[129][149][150]
Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – percussion
Jeff Coffey – bass, vocals, occasional guitar[125]
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute[129]
Touring musicians
Nick Lane – trombone (sub for James 2016)[170]
Larry Klimas – saxophones, flute (sub for Ray 2016)

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flute (no longer touring)
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums[141][142]
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute
Neil Donell – vocals, acoustic guitar[141][142][171]
Brett Simons – bass, vocals[141][142][171]
Daniel de los Reyes – percussion[143][172]

May 2018-July 2018

July 2018-present

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flute (no longer touring)
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute
Neil Donell – vocals, acoustic guitar
Brett Simons – bass, vocals
Ramon "Ray" Yslas – percussion[173]

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn
James Pankow – trombone
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals
Lou Pardini – keyboards, vocals
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums
Ray Herrmann – saxophones, flute
Neil Donell – vocals, acoustic guitar
Brett Simons – bass, vocals
Ramon "Ray" Yslas – percussion[174]

text: Timeline[edit]

text: Discography[edit]

text: Studio albums[edit]

text:
Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Chicago (1970)
Chicago III (1971)
Chicago V (1972)
Chicago VI (1973)
Chicago VII (1974)
Chicago VIII (1975)
Chicago X (1976)
Chicago XI (1977)
Hot Streets (1978)
Chicago 13 (1979)
Chicago XIV (1980)
Chicago 16 (1982)
Chicago 17 (1984)
Chicago 18 (1986)
Chicago 19 (1988)
Twenty 1 (1991)
Night & Day Big Band (1995)
Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album (1998)
Chicago XXX (2006)
Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus (2008)
Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three (2011)
Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions (2013)
Chicago XXXVI: Now (2014)

text: Videography[edit]

text:
Chicago: And the Band Played On (1992, Warner Reprise Video)[175]
Chicago: In Concert at the Greek Theater (1993, Warner Reprise Video)[176][177]
Soundstage Presents Chicago - Live In Concert (2004, Koch Vision)[178]
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire Live at the Greek Theater (2004, Image Entertainment)[179]

text: Television and film[edit]

text: As major subject[edit]

text:
Chicago in the Rockies (1973, ABC television special)[56]
Chicago ... Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (1974, ABC television special)[57]
Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975 (December 31, 1974, ABC television special)[58]
ABC In Concert (1992, two-part television special)[180][181][182]
"Chicago: Behind the Music #133" (2000, VH1 documentary television episode)[97]
Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago. (2016, documentary film)[130][131]

text: Other television and film appearances[edit]

text:
Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly (1973, CBS television special)[53][55]
Electra Glide in Blue (1973, film)[52]
Clear History (2013, HBO movie)[117]
The Terry Kath Experience (2015 documentary film)[183][184]

text: Awards and honors[edit]

text:
American Music Awards

Year

Category

Result

Ref.

1977

Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group

Won

[51]

1986

Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group

Won

[51]

text:
Grammy Awards

Award Show Year

Category

Work

Awardee(s)/Nominee(s)

Result

Ref.

1970

Best New Artist of the Year (1969)

Chicago

Nominated

[21]

1971

Album of the Year

Chicago

Chicago

Nominated

[21][185]

Contemporary Vocal Group

Chicago

Chicago

Nominated

[21][185]

Best Album Cover

Chicago

John Berg & Nick Fasciano

Nominated

[185]

1974

Best Album Package

Chicago VI

John Berg

Nominated

[186]

1977

Album of the Year

Chicago X

Chicago

Nominated

[21][187]

Record of the Year

"If You Leave Me Now"

Chicago

Nominated

[21][187]

Best Album Package

Chicago X

John Berg

Won

[187]

Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

"If You Leave Me Now"

James William Guercio & Jimmie Haskell

Won

[43]

Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus

"If You Leave Me Now"

Chicago

Won

[21][187]

1980

Best Album Package

Chicago 13

Tony Lane

Nominated

[188]

1981

Best Album Package

Chicago XIV

John Berg

Nominated

[189]

1983

Pop Vocal Group

"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"

Chicago

Nominated

[21][190]

1985

Record of the Year

"Hard Habit To Break"(Single)

Chicago

Nominated

[21][191]

Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus

"Hard Habit To Break"(Single)

Chicago

Nominated

[21]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Chicago 17

Humberto Gatica

Won

[43]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

"Hard Habit To Break"(Single)

David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock

Won

[43]

Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

"Hard Habit To Break"(Track)

David Foster & Peter Cetera

Nominated

[192][193][194]

1986

Album of the Year

We Are The World-USA For Africa/The Album (Album)

Chicago & all other album artists

Nominated

[21]

2014

Grammy Hall of Fame

The Chicago Transit Authority

Inductee

[195]

text: Billboard awards

text:
1971: Top Album Artist[196]
1971: Top Album Group[197]
1971: Trendsetter Award (for setting concert records at Carnegie Hall)[32]

text: Playboy awards

text:
1971: All-Star Readers' Poll: Best Instrumental Combo, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[198][199][200][201]
1971: Best Small-Combo LP: Chicago, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[198]
1972: All-Star Readers' Poll: Best Instrumental Combo, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[202][203][201]
1973: All-Star Musicians' Poll: Best Instrumental Combo, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[204]
1973: All-Star Readers' Poll: Best Instrumental Combo, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[204][201]
1973: Best Small-Combo LP: Chicago V, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll[204][201]

text: Other honors

text:
1976: City of Chicago Medal of Merit (city's highest civilian award)[19][205][206]
1976: Columbia Records first platinum album, awarded a Cartier 25-pound bar of pure platinum[48][49]
1987: American Video Award, Best Cinematography, "25 or 6 to 4" (Bobby Byrne)[207]
1992: Hollywood Walk of Fame star for music contributions, located at 6400 Hollywood Boulevard[87][208]
2016: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction[209][210]
2017: Songwriters Hall of Fame: James Pankow and Robert Lamm (inducted), Peter Cetera (elected, not inducted)[211]