Before
there was Hootie, before there was R.E.M., there was Arrogance.
The original little band from the South that could, the North
Carolina group's original rock and do-it-yourself approach in
the '70s paved the way for just about every successful '80s and
'90s rock act south of the Mason-Dixon.
Dubbed the "fountainhead of North Carolina music" by
the Raleigh News and Observer, Arrogance and its catchy pop- and
folk-influenced tunes wormed their way into many of minds.
Dormant since 1983, Arrogance has reunited for select 2002 gigs
while teaming with Gaff Music for a Best-of release.
Formed at the University of North Carolina in 1969 by Marty Stout,
Robert Kirkland and Don Dixon (who'd go on to a successful recording
and producing career), Arrogance released a handful of albums
through the '70s that garnered local raves yet failed to make
any kind of commercial dent on a clueless national scene starting
to embrace new wave and hair metal.
The group's long been considered a band that never made it, but
should have.
Now comes a rare second chance.
Connoisseurs of good rock music are in luck: Available on Gaff
Music, The 5'11" Record, featuring the band's best
tracks and an album of unreleased material.
