As to Jello i heard something about this. I inherited a love of the Kennedies from my cooler older brother. Technically they are a little before my time but still. Did you ever see them live?
No, I was too young at the time DK's made the rounds to enter clubs - I was more into the tail end of the Minneapolis scene, with the Replacements, Husker Du, pre - "Runaway Train" Soul Asylum, and I was living in Washington, D.C. when Dischord got going and Fugazi was woodshedding.
Jets are making a name in America, and I'm sorry Tim Rogers had to go through rehab. Quitting booze is hellish. I found quitting cigs even worse, since smoking follows a social time table: morning wake-up ritual, all work breaks, after all meals, and sometimes following procreation.