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March 07, 2012

White Boy and the Average Rat Band

"Kick ass proto metal from 1979." That good enough for ya?
Wb

During a recent spell of financial fortitude, I picked up the quasi-legit reissue of this album, and WOW, it's amazing. It has all the dressings of a band that existed in the obscurity of a cultural vacuum, and made an incredible statement that no one noticed until years later. There's a recent and pretty informative bio/interview with Mike Matney (aka "White Boy") here, which breaks down the history of the band, what it was like being metalhead delinquents in rural Virginia, and (of course) the band's recent reformation.

Posted on March 07, 2012 at 07:23 AM in Music |

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