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They went on to release five more full-lengths, but the most recent was in 2002. They haven’t played Chicago in six and a half years, and at the time they considered that show part of their farewell tour. Since then they’ve reunited maybe twice a year, when the mood strikes or the money’s right–in 2007 they were flown to Tromso, Norway, about an hour from the Arctic Circle, for a festival that also included the Stooges and Turbonegro.
The lineup this Saturday won’t quite be the original Turks, but it will include everyone from the final two LPs. The band has only had one personnel change in its history, when Sam Brown replaced founding drummer Bill Randt in 1999. “Oh, and I got breast implants,” says Davidson. “But then I had those removed. Man, I used to think those things were fun.”
