Black Eyed Susan
Black Eyed Susan formed, broke up reformed, broke up and reformed again between 1991 and 1996. Originally, in its first incarnation, BES wanted to be an actual self-promoting band like any other, but the second and third incarnations, BES evolved into self-depracating communist pinkos who refused to take money for shows. They lived only off the proceeds from tip jars but made enough to buy new band equipment and lots of beer. They lived by the credo set out on the Seargent Pepper's album: "You're such a lovely audience, we'd like to take you home with us", and they frequently did so with late-night gallon-of-wine binges back at Dan Edwards' hovel where the Pixies and My Bloody Valentine played late into the night and the cops made regular house calls asking Dan to turn it down and 'what's that smell anyway?' They made an attempt to play punk music on folk instruments which occasionally got them labelled as hippy-dippy, earthy-crunchy tree-huggers. John McBride did not play a trap-set, but sat on the floor with about 150 percussion instruments. Aaron Poochigian played bass, Dan Edwards played rhythm guitar and so did Adam Kaul who also sang. Becca Rice played accordion and sang, and Chad Baldner played fiddle. By some feat of physics, they could fit all of their band equipment in Adam's Geo Metro.
Members
Highlights
Shows
Frequent Flyer of The Frisky Goat coffee shop in Fargo, The Coffee Club in Moorhead, occasional ventures into Ralph's Corner Bar, gigs at Moorhead State University, Concordia College, Fargo band festivals, and irregular excursions to Grand Forks and The Purple Onion in the Twin Cities.
Strangest show:
- Opening up for throat-chanting Tibetan Monks at an outdoor spiritual festival somehwere in the deep woods of Minnesota.
Discography
- V/A "Bob" Meat Records
- Many bootlegs are floating around.
Related Bands
- Freemasons
- Solaris
- Burning Afternoon
- [[Category:Fargo]
