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Tina Peel
12+ albums
new wavepunk
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TINA PEEL - THE BAND THAT GLOWED IN THE DARK The year was 1976 and I was living in an efficiency apartment, collecting welfare and playing bass in a weekend cover band. The only way to keep my sanity in the conservative confines of my hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was to live vicariously through Rock Scene magazine. The burgeoning NYC underground scene seemed fascinating, and they were the only ones covering it. Patti Smith, The Ramones, and Television were featured regularly, although they didn't have records out. I had to imagine what they sounded like. From what I'd seen and read, I pictured a mix of punky New York Dolls swagger, 60's garage band minimalism and a nod to the once commercial pop stylings of the Dave Clark 5 and Paul Revere & The Raiders. - Photos of the scenester's main hang-out, a nearly condemned Bowery bar with the mysterious and unfathomable name "CBGB," beckoned me. In a fit of inspiration, I began writing my own songs, in the style I had imagined. I began a mission to form a band of like-minded individuals to learn my songs, with the intent of moving to NYC. I'd fantasized about living in New York's Greenwich Village ever since I first visited it in the 60's. Of course, the average Harrisburg musician would never even consider leaving his cushy mall job, or his cover band, to go chasing fame in the Big Apple. Amazingly enough, I knew two musicians who were into some weird shit. Victor Poisontete and Jim Nastix were in a gang I was in. Along wi
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