HAPPY HUNTNG GROUND
Disgruntled in Hollywood after a particularly bad week on the road during their three-month tour of the U.S., Agitpop exploded in my living room—spreading band members, beer bottles, ashtrays, roadies and record sleeves over every inch of the place.
HAPPY HUNTNG GROUND
Disgruntled in Hollywood after a particularly bad week on the road during their three-month tour of the U.S., Agitpop exploded in my living room—spreading band members, beer bottles, ashtrays, roadies and record sleeves over every inch of the place. Well, I did tell them to make themselves at home.
Home for Agitpop is actually Wappinger’s Falls, NY, a burg set amidst Vassar, Bard, and a slew of other colleges that recently gained infamy for the Tawana Brawley controversy. “We get typecast with that ‘college band’ stigma,” complains John DeVries, singer/guitarist/occasional percussionist for the trio. “But none of us finished college. We played the schools all the time, but we also played biker bars and redneck discos. I think people term us ‘college band’ just because it’s convenient.”
Agitpop is getting a lot of play on college stations around the country with Open Seasons, their latest record on TwinTone, which displays the fullest, most cohesive sound of their three thus far. ‘‘We’re really