He Really Was A Rock Star, Pt. II

Over the past few days, our founding editor has been featured in a number of mainstream national media outlets, but there was one bit of local coverage that made him happier than a clam. Or happy as a clam.

Whichever.

It was a local music editor’s compilation of the greatest songs from the Columbia, S.C. music scene over the past few decades, including legendary (to us, anyway) bands like Lay Quiet Awhile, Treadmill Trackstar, Sourwood Honey and Isabelle’s Gift.

Oh, and bands you might have heard of, like Hootie & The Blowfish and Crossfade. And this band … which you definitely, definitely, definitely have never heard of …

Dead Agent Caper, Goodfriend—Before the Thirsties, there was this band, and this hooky cross between R.E.M. and the Police.

Yup. For those of you who didn’t believe the photographic evidence, our founding editor really was a rock star.

Of course, the real talent in the band was its chief songwriter William Stewart, who as alluded to above has a new band called The Thirsties.

For those of you interested in checking them out, click here. The Thirsties also have a video debuting on SCETV next week, so watch out for that.

In the meantime, we’re in the process of trying to locate some old Dead Agent Caper audio tracks for you to enjoy  …

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