RTP-area local music and culture

[redhatnooblet <mpaul AT dook.edu>]

andy.fekete AT na.biomerieux.com wrote:
> Has anyone listened to Snatches of Pink's
> newest CD called "STAG"?  It's been in my
> car CD player for 3 weeks running.  Great
> mix of Johnny Thunders, Exiles-era Stones,
> Bob Stinson-era Replacements and those
> downer Aerosmith LPs from the late 70s
> when the band was disintegrating. All this,
> but slowed way down, and played way loose
> and dirty.  A one, maybe two take wonder...
> 
> I was curious about their other stuff and
> went out and bought "Heyna" which was
> released to good reviews in the 90s. It
> was ok, but nothing like STAG.  STAG is
> a goddamn breakthrough.
> 
> What's the story with this band?  I
> recently saw them in Chapel Hill at Local
> 506 with the Detroit Cobras. They were
> confoundingly good - and yet hardly
> anyone in the crowd reacted.  Anyone
> here listening to STAG? Anyone even
> aware of it?  I can't understand why
> this band isn't the toast of the town
> right now.
> 
I have always been dissapointed in the reception given to homegrown,
hard-rock, punk bands around Chapel Hill. It could be that I just have
crappy taste in music and don't know it though...hmm