1979-1990
Important News Flash!
A BMA Reunion is being planned for April 17-18, 2009 at the Gamekeeper in Boone, NC.
Click on the tape for more info
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1979-1990
Important News Flash!
A BMA Reunion is being planned for April 17-18, 2009 at the Gamekeeper in Boone, NC.
Click on the tape for more info
Boone, located in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, is home to Appalachian State University. In 1979, ASU's student population was roughly 10,000 which closely matched that of the town of Boone. Nine miles away was the much smaller resort town of Blowing Rock which lacked the large population of young people but made up for it by selling beer which was not available in Boone until 1986. Slowly a local original music scene emerged. This is, of course, an over simplification of the situation but it will do for now.
This web site is an archive for the audio and visual record of the local original music scene for the period from 1979 to 1990. The focus here is on bands that wrote and played their own electric (rock) music with a few covers thrown in to round things out. More than 20 years later it has been possible to unearth a record of the music, people, and events. Demo recordings, board tapes, flyers, pictures, newspaper articles and personal accounts have all surfaced. There are also quite a few known artifacts that have not turned up yet but they will with your help.
In April of 2007 there will be a reunion - an alt rock reunion for lack of a better term. There will be live music from some of the bands and a chance for people separated by time and circumstance to reconnect.
All materials are reproduced without permission. Copyright is assigned to each band's audio, video, and flyers from the date of publication. Everything else (for now) is copyrighted to www.boonemusicachive.org. No money is being made here so keep your lawyers to yourself.