Allergic to Whores

Not to be confused with fellow alternative rockers Allergic, the Middleburg Heights, OH-based Allergic to Whores are an intense, forceful outfit with hardcore, punk, and metal influences. The Midwesterners' name has created some controversy in Ohio rock circles; some of their detractors have assumed that they are promoting misogyny and sexism by calling themselves Allergic to Whores. But in 2001, Allergic to Whores addressed that issue on their website -- and they asserted that their critics were really the sexist, misogynist ones. The alterna-rockers asked their critics: "Why...