Mid-Atlantic anyway- 2 Skinny Js. Jimmies Chicken Shack. ** -- Victory Ticker 01/30/2021 4:26PM
Heard a ridiculous and fun story about The Police... circa '80, and later.. -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 10:15AM
So who was biggest later career, to have played small Bburg venue? REM? -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 10:17AM
Bonnie Rait play at Burress before she blew it up ** -- VaTechie 01/30/2021 8:27PM
No mention of The Janitors yet, and they are still playing ** -- Ho_Ki 01/30/2021 09:44AM
SCUM (Small Town Coalition of Unemployed Musicians) ** -- Ho_Ki 01/30/2021 09:33AM
And for Hardcore, Yer Mom (aka Mod Dirge, Megadosage) and Young Cowboys ** -- Ho_Ki 01/30/2021 09:37AM
84-88: The Kind, On the Rocks, Instinct, Strange Toyz, Utter Confusion -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:30AM
The Kind kept playing into the 90's ** -- Ho_Ki 01/30/2021 09:44AM
They're still together. Two of them original. Into their 30th year now. -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:48AM
I left in the mid 90's so didn't know they kept on going. Mark is gone? ** -- Ho_Ki 01/30/2021 09:53AM
Yes, moved away, Tom and Wendy originals. Wendy's husband drummer. They.. -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:56AM
What about John D -- North Main Hokie 01/30/2021 5:26PM
Awareness Art Ensemble -- Happy Dog 01/30/2021 07:26AM
Noise Boys at TOTS was always a fun night. ** -- Hokieman1987 01/30/2021 06:05AM
Random 80s memory. Didn’t the Noise Boys open for The Beach Boys @ Cassell? -- Burke Hokie 01/29/2021 10:06PM
Yep, they did. -- Roanokie 01/29/2021 11:14PM
Not sure but I saw the Noise Boys numerous -- HortHokie 01/29/2021 11:07PM
They played at PiKA many, many times ... -- vt90 01/30/2021 08:55AM
Yep, I saw them numerous times at the -- HortHokie 01/30/2021 11:16AM
Tony was one hell of a player... went on to session record, and toured... -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:21AM
He was a really talented guy. I knew he, Chris, and Eddie fairly well in -- vt90 01/30/2021 09:30AM
Always liked their gigs in school, one, typically great tunes for the era.. -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:42AM
I played drums in HS so Eddie was like a legend to me ... -- vt90 01/30/2021 09:44AM
Awesome stuff. Great memories. ** -- Strat Man 01/30/2021 09:47AM
Yams and B.O.B. mentioned below ** -- WuhBuh-DC_Hokie 01/29/2021 9:51PM
Those were in "your day"? -- JoesterVT 01/29/2021 8:47PM
2 categories. Bands from area and bands that played a lot. -- two91hokies 01/29/2021 8:32PM
I played synths for IM! ** -- Technocrat 01/30/2021 3:20PM
I knew George - casual friends. -- two91hokies 01/30/2021 8:16PM
Jim Eric and Eric yes -- Technocrat 01/30/2021 9:26PM
The Pietasters. ** -- HokieGator 01/29/2021 7:59PM
Electric Woodshed. ** -- bourbonstreet 01/29/2021 7:46PM
4on1 for purely local. Boy O Boy (later fighting gravity) -- Tafkam Hokie 01/29/2021 7:28PM
Definitely B.O.B. for me. Saw them at a frat party on campus -- ArdbegHokie 01/30/2021 12:54PM
Not Shakespeare and. Not Shakespeare. ** -- dolph 01/29/2021 7:17PM
Saw them at least 25 times. ** -- two91hokies 01/29/2021 8:24PM
Touring bands. REM. Men without hats. Violent femmes. Psychedelic furs ** -- dolph 01/29/2021 7:20PM
Enjoyed Marshal Crenshaw at After Sundown. Great concert. ** -- HealthHokie 01/30/2021 08:34AM
I was at that one as well. Didn't Tommy Keene open for him? -- Late 80s Hokie 01/30/2021 12:34PM
I checked R.E.M. into the the Holiday Inn when they played in Blacksburg. I -- B777Fr8Dog 01/29/2021 9:13PM
Story I heard was they were originally to play at 117 -- LaneRat 01/30/2021 07:11AM
That’s what I recall as well 👍🏻 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/30/2021 11:56AM
80, 79 ? -- astrohokie 01/29/2021 11:13PM
Winter of 82 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/30/2021 12:17AM
Yup... -- astrohokie 01/30/2021 12:38AM
Had not heard about the Dire Straits Roanoke show -- LaneRat 01/30/2021 07:16AM
Typo on my part, winter of ‘83. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/30/2021 01:12AM
Dude, am blown awayyyy, my #1 band, period ** -- astrohokie 01/29/2021 11:05PM
That was my first of 6-7 R.E.M. concerts I’ve attended 👍🏻** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/30/2021 12:18AM
Saw REM at UVA - sock thrown at Peter Buck show...he walked off -- two91hokies 01/29/2021 8:23PM
Saw the Boneshakers at TOTS once, or was it the Balcony? -- JoesterVT 01/29/2021 8:54PM
Probably Balcony. -- two91hokies 01/29/2021 8:59PM
...seemed like steady rollin Bob Margolin was in town all the time ** -- chumley 01/29/2021 7:22PM
Emmet Swimming, Fighting Gravity, Sev, The Pietasters ** -- OXVT 01/29/2021 7:16PM
Nighthawks, but not local. ** -- scoop76cs 01/29/2021 7:06PM
They were fantastic. One of the best shows I ever saw at Spanky's. ** -- Brown Water 01/29/2021 7:23PM
Eddie from Ohio, but not sure they were local... ** -- UTPr0sim 01/29/2021 6:58PM
Julie was a Hokie, the other 3 went to JMU ** -- Roanokie 01/29/2021 11:05PM