RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

What's the surprise there? Nobody had longer/fluffier hair than Michael 
Stipe back in the day, and Pete Buck was always big into The Vest look.


Jamie McLendon wrote:

> > Makes me miss Tangeena Barren.
>
>
> Ah yes, Tangeena Barren. Nice guys indeed; I just couldn't hang with
> that mushroom-logoed banner. They were neighbors of Dom Casual's first
> drummer, and used to come to a lot of our shows when they first moved
> here. The last I heard, Mike, the guitarist, had his name legally
> changed to Freedom. And then they moved to New York or Charlotte or
> somewhere. Strangely enough, I had heard that despite their
> hippie-esque persona, they were actually influenced by R.E.M.
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