That's a photo of ARCHERS OF LOAF from Chapel Hill,NC....for the uninitiated, this band came together in the 1991 while attending college at UNC. The foursome quickly realized that they were all originally from Asheville but strangely had never met prior to relocating individually for college. With Chapel Hill as a backdrop, the band found themselves in the middle of a fiercely creative music scene along with the likes of SUPERCHUNK and POLVO. By 1993 or so, the band had released its first full-length "Icky Mettle" on Alias records.....
That's when I came to know the band. The single off that record "Web In Front" was played on a pretty regular basis at the time by Channel Z(man I miss Channel Z) and before I knew it, they were playing Augusta fairly regularly(ARCHERS stayed on the road)....I became a fan....their live shows were furious endeavors; all sweat and spit and blood aggression...they were a more punk,more angular more rocking version of PAVEMENT and that shit appealed to me ALOT....
I got to share the stage with ARCHERS OF LOAF a few times with my band at the time MARY JANE JONES and got the opportunity to hang out with them and drink beers and shoot the shit...I feel honored to have been able to do that(I didn't appreciate it at the time)....
ARCHERS OF LOAF continued on until disbanding in 1998....
They reunited this year and are currently on tour...several stops on their tour include multiple dates. They're all sold out in Atlanta starting tomorrow night through Sunday. Trixie and I acted fast when tix went on sale...we'll be at the show tomorrow night for what is sure to be one HELLUVA show....want an idea of what it'll be like?....here's the band on JIMMY FALLON recently....RAWK!
Now that's what I'm talkin' bout!....
See y'all at the rock show....
Stak
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