I hung out with the pepper people a couple times back in college. I saw them in Norfolk, VA and they stayed across the hall from us in the hotel so we hung out. And my college roommate in Lincoln knew one of their cousins so when they came through opening for cottonmouth kings we hung out with them there too. Nice guys. Their tech was a bit of a douche but the bad was more than nice. They actually remembered me from Norfolk which had been like 2 years earlier. Impressive.
Slightly Stoopid… what’s going on with them? A gal that works for me brought them up as her favorite band. Was blown away that someone much younger than me had heard of them. Are they actually popular now?
The only story I have of them was I had a friend who was a few years younger than me (making her 16 at the time) would give it up to Miles every time they came through town. And it started a couple years before I met her. That started my dislike for the band. Felt dirty.
Sublime was my first musical passion. I have CDs of theirs they sold out of their trunk. No barcodes and shit. Don’t really listen to them at all anymore, but the Cali rock reggae sound was very prevalent in my college years.
When I was in Lincoln I got Can’t Hang, a Baltimore band who’s now defunct, to play at the venue a block off of 10th and O. Then the entire band and their roadies stayed at my apartment. The brothers in the band got into a fist fight after chugging an handle of Evan Williams. They have a live album that you can still listen to on Spotify that is worth it. They use to send me all kinds of cool shit that I have stored in the attic. I remember they did a rendition of Gregory Isaacs Night Nurse that was killer. Every so often I try to see if it’s been posted anywhere.
Some other bands I loved back in that phase:
Bargain Music
10 ft gangs plant
John Brown’s Body
Barrinngton Levy
Toots
Fela Kuti
Man, thought I’d be able to rattle a lot more off but I guess it’s been too long.