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Though the Raving Knaves have been playing together for over two years, their story really goes back much further than that, to the roots of punk in the late 1970s and the college/underground music scene of the 1980s and early ‘90s. Dave McLean, Adrian Foltz and Daniel Bayer each bring with them a musical past that, when joined with those of the other two, forms the backbone of the Knaves’ observational songwriting, punchy melodic sound and powerful live performances.
Dave McLean was a college student in Athens, Ohio, in 1979 when he organized Rick Ronco & The K-Tels, one of the first punk bands to appear on a scene dominated by more rural and hippie styles. McLean settled in Akron and played bass in the hardcore band, Urban Mutants and then organized the post-punk trio, Bongo’s Jungle Party. In the early 90s, he moved to Greensboro and formed The Calamities, playing edgy power-pop including McLean’s theme song “Big Empty Detroit.” McLean joined the rock ensemble Sin Tax, in 2003, as a guitarist, vocalist and writer. His guitar style is a mash up of Townsend, Ariel Bender and Keith Richards by way of Duane Eddy.
Adrian Foltz left his hometown of Greensboro in 1979, heading to Los Angeles with his band, the Loners. While in LA he supported himself as an Afro-Sheen salesman, an anecdote immortalized in the Knaves’s song “5000 Volts.” He played drums with seminal LA punk act, the Droogs, as well as singing with the Return in the late 1980s. He cut a CD with Sugar Spun in 1999 before returning to Greensboro and joining Eight Eyes, a power pop group fronted by legendary N.
Dave McLean was a college student in Athens, Ohio, in 1979 when he organized Rick Ronco & The K-Tels, one of the first punk bands to appear on a scene dominated by more rural and hippie styles. McLean settled in Akron and played bass in the hardcore band, Urban Mutants and then organized the post-punk trio, Bongo’s Jungle Party. In the early 90s, he moved to Greensboro and formed The Calamities, playing edgy power-pop including McLean’s theme song “Big Empty Detroit.” McLean joined the rock ensemble Sin Tax, in 2003, as a guitarist, vocalist and writer. His guitar style is a mash up of Townsend, Ariel Bender and Keith Richards by way of Duane Eddy.
Adrian Foltz left his hometown of Greensboro in 1979, heading to Los Angeles with his band, the Loners. While in LA he supported himself as an Afro-Sheen salesman, an anecdote immortalized in the Knaves’s song “5000 Volts.” He played drums with seminal LA punk act, the Droogs, as well as singing with the Return in the late 1980s. He cut a CD with Sugar Spun in 1999 before returning to Greensboro and joining Eight Eyes, a power pop group fronted by legendary N.
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