For me it was the local band the Distraction. I first saw them in 2001 at the Doll Hut at Julie Wanda's insistence as Ed Stuart, then in the band, asked her to have Barflies.net / KUCI folk show up at the show. It was worth it.
Then Ed left the band. The Distraction got a new singer, put out a CD, "Calling All Radios", and played lots of great shows opening for CH3, The Briefs, The Stitches, et al.
Then sometime early 2004 the band got unreliable. They wouldn't show up for shows that they had booked and then by last summer they were no more. Rumors of the needle. Very sad.
I am now listening to "Calling All Radios" and mourning the loss of a band that could have gone on to great things.
Who do you miss?
[Photo by Jen Hanen : Chris Bradley of the Distraction speaking to Mike Magrann from CH3]
sad to hear....I keep Calling All Radios in my car, it is a fun album :(
Hmmm. I was sad when Split Lip Rayfield broke up. But they got back together. I was sad when the Meat Purveyors broke up. But they got back together. I was sad when X broke up. But they got back together. Are you sensing a pattern here? Great bands never die, they just go on reunion tours.