Electric 5 🎤 Chicago's Electric String Rock Revolution | Hogpod Chicago Music Scene Podcast

This week on the Hogpod Chicago Music Scene Podcast, we're cranking it up with Electric 5 🔥 — Chicago's badass all-female electric string quintet that's straight-up redefining rock with live-only, no-backing-tracks shred on electrified violins & cellos! Led by violin beast Adia (Experience Hendrix winner + Steve Vai Best in Shred champ), they turn Metallica, pop hits, and more into pure string chaos. 🎻⚡Hosts Bongo Mike Orfanos, Chris "Rhodesey" Rhodes, and Pete Jansons dive in with Adia, Dusan, and Carlista Tran on:🎸 How a wedding gig sparked this genre-smashing live powerhouse🎻 Cellos as bass + rhythm = full band sound with ZERO tracks (mind blown!)🔥 Adia's wah-wah violin solos, Hendrix/Vai vibes, and DJ violin side hustle🤘 Pre-show madness with Rob Stepen hyping Bongo Mike's new Generation Band gig + their Arcada charity rock-out for food insecurity🍕 First concerts, wild Summerfest stories, fave Chicago eats, Christmas flicks, Pop-Tarts hot takes, and Bongo Mike's classic rapid-fire QsString legends shoutouts (Kansas! Jean-Luc Ponty!), no-drums groove talk, holiday energy, and total Hogpod chaos. Don't miss this electric ride! ⚡Key Moments:🎤0:00 Enter Sandman open Electric 5    • Electric 5 - Enter Sandman (Cover)  4:19 Bongo Mike show link    • Bongo Mike: Inside the Life of a Percussio...  7:00 Rob Stepen CBS Clip   / 839108612303008  12:40 Rob Stepen Show clip hogpod as guest    • HOGPOD  Chicago Local Music Scene Podcast ...  29:29 Femmes of rock47:29 Bongo Mike Question Segment🔗 Connect with Electric 5:🌐 https://electric-5.com/ℹ️ https://electric-5.com/about/📘   / electric5music🎧   Digging the Hogpod vibes? Support us on Patreon and keep Chicago music stories alive!  / hogpodband   club owner, or booker? Hit up Beth Miller to get on the show:[email protected] | 708-287-3692#Hogpod #ChicagoMusic #Electric5 #AdiaViolin #StringRock #ClassicalCrossover #ChicagoStrings #BongoMike #PeteJansons #ChrisRhodesyRhodes #BethMiller