Bev Rage & the Drinks

Bev Rage & the Drinks are a loud, fast, and brash queer garage-pop band from Chicago.

Fronted by guitarist Beverly Rage, a 7- foot tall drag queen with hair and heels, the band is known for their colorful live shows of all original music.

The long awaited sophomore LP “Exes & Hexes” on What’s For Breakfast? Records was released on August 13th, 2022. Recorded and produced by Brian Fox at Altered States, the album is a departure from their prior lo-fi recordings. The album is bigger, louder, and more complex with Bev and Sam Westerling (bass, vocals) welcoming new members Mary Rose Gonzales (drums) and Dan Jarvis (lead guitar) into the lineup in 2019. The new album includes more mature tracks exploring the intricacies of mental health from a queer perspective (“Machines Get Cleaned” & “Confident”) with the fun tongue in cheek songs (“Perfect Guy” & “Hollywood Beach”) that Bev is known for are still peppered in.

Bev Rage & the Drinks is:
Beverly Rage (vocals and guitar)
Sam Westerling (bass guitar and vocals)
Mary Rose Gonzales (drums)
Dan Jarvis (lead guitar, organ, and vocals)

For booking, press, or to just say hi:
BevRageandtheDrinks@gmail.com

Videos

Permanent Receptionist (2022)

Machines Get Cleaned (2022)

Perfect Guy (2022)

Limp Wrist (2018)

Someone New (2018)

Hollywood Beach (2022)

Music

Buy “Exes & Hexes”

Reviews

Bev Rage infuse their scrappy queer-punk with sardonic venom and pointed bursts of genuine affection. Exes & Hexes, the band’s recent full-length, is the most polished entry of Bev Rage’s discography and a direct result of year’s worth of artistic evolution.
― Tone Madison

Precise, alt-pop punk, that’s punchy, snotty, and melodic. Bev Rage is grown-ass sass with a full sneer of adolescence that’s just as ridiculous as it is dead serious
― Razorcake

TOUR

6/10/2023
Andersonville Midsommarfest
Chicago, IL

6/15/2023
7th Street Entry
Minneapolis, MN
w/ Pansy Division

6/16/2023
X-Ray Arcade
Milwaukee, WI
w/ Pansy Division

6/17/2023 (Daytime)
Chicago Pride Fest

6/17/2023
Beat Kitchen
Chicago, IL
w/ Pansy Division

7/22/2023
Ravenswood On Tap Festival
Chicago, IL

US TOUR WITH BULLY
Tickets Available Here

8/10/2023
Thalia Hall
Chicago, IL
w/ BULLY

8/11/2023
Off Broadway
St. Louis, MO
w/ BULLY

8/12/2023
The Bottleneck
Lawrence, KS
w/ BULLY

8/14/2023
Marquis Theatre
Denver, CO
w/ BULLY

8/15/2023
Urban Lounge
Salt Lake City, UT
w/ BULLY

8/16/2023
TBA
Boise, ID
w/ BULLY

8/18/2023
Neptune
Seattle, WA
w/ BULLY

8/19/2023
Biltmore Cabaret
Vancouver, BC
w/ BULLY

8/20/2023
Aladdin Theater
Portland, OR
w/ BULLY

8/22/2023
The Independent
San Francisco, CA
w/ BULLY