DS Spotlights: Punks Doing Good April 2025: Rescuing Reptiles, Other Coldblooded Creatures, and his Dad too!

Punk rock and lizards go well with each other. The Jesus Lizard, and Dead Milkmen’s Big Lizard In My Backyard album are just two examples. For Patrick Kamberos – aka “Pat D Waggon” – reptiles, amphibians, and other exotic creatures are a huge part of his life. Kamberos, along with two of his fellow native Chicagoans, Michael and Shay Edelen, run Cold Blooded & Bizarre in Charlotte, NC. Kamberos regularly returns to Chicago to hang with friends and family in the punk scene there. He’s such a beloved member of the community there that Herb Rosen and Gary Kessler of Liar’s Club even had a birthday message put up on the marquee at the iconic Wiener’s Circle for Kamberos’ 40th earlier this year. Recently, I had a chance to catch up with ...

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