Gaff Release Date: August 27, 2002

Track Listing:

1. Praying Mantis
2. Nothing to Fear
3. Southside Girl
4. Uh Oh
5. Eyes On Fire
6. She's So Dirty
7. Talk to Me
8. Ice On The River
9. Where Are You?
10. Andy
11. Perfect Light
12. Just Rites
13. Ain't Enough
14. White Lies
15. (You're A) Big Girl Now
16. Nigel's Mind
17. Remember
18. Velvet Elvis
19. Wasting Time
20. Beer & Whiskey
21. Juggling Time
22. Waiting

(The following is an excerpt from the liner notes to "The 5'11" Record"):

What were they thinking? "They" being record industry A & R types who passed on this final batch of Arrogance songs recorded in the late 70's and early 80's.

Nobody's ever given major label executives for being enlightened about good music, and everyone knows how said trend chasers spend all their time trying to figure out what kids will spend their allowance on in an attempt to line the corporate coffers and their own pockets.

Good music? Ha. You might as well be talking about good carpet.

Still, after listening to "The 5'11" Record," you can't help but scratch your chin and wonder: How could they not recognize the pure pop potential of these songs? How did they not nod their heads in unison from the opening bars of the first cut to the losing notes of the last? How did the melodies not haunt their dreams, or the musicianship not make their jaws drop? In other words: what were they thinking? Was their hearing clouded by a post-disco cocaine hangover when the tape rolled or something?

The music business is littered with stories about the good acts that got away, to be buried and forgotten. Yet looking back, it stings a little more sharply when it comes to Arrogance, the North Carolina group featuring Don Dixon (bass, vocals,) Marty Stout (keyboards), Scott Davison (drums, vocals) and Rod Abernethy (guitar, vocals).

Here was an accomplished outfit that had spent the past decade perfecting its craft. They were at their peak...