Goober & the Peas

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Goober & The Peas are a seminal cowpunk band from Detroit, Michigan that is known for blending odd humor to a darker side of country music. The band was known for their frenetic live shows in the early and mid 1990's. The Austin Chronicle called them "some seriously sick individuals, and quite possibly the most exciting live act in America" after their performance at South By Southwest in 1993. They performed with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bob Dylan, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Morphine and Uncle Tupelo. Their debut EP, The Complete Works of Goober & The Peas, was followed by an LP of the same name in 1992 and a follow-up LP, The Jet-Age Genius of Goober & the Peas, 3 years later. They also released a Christmas record and appeared on compilations.

The band consisted of "Goober", (Dan John Miller, who eventually formed Two-Star_Tabernacle and Blanche), "Junior" (Tom Hendrickson Jr.), "Shorty" (Jim Currie), "Boss Hoss" (the late Mike Miller, Dan John's brother), and "Doc" (Damian Lang)^[1]. Towards the end of the band's original run, Jack White, the eventual founder of The White Stripes and subsequent popular rock bands, was brought on as a drummer. As this was in the period before the White Stripes, he performed under his birth name of John Gillis. His Pea nickname was "Doc".

The video for "Hot Women (Cold Beer)", a single from the first full-length album, spent eight weeks on the College Music Journal (CMJ) video chart.^[2] The band also won Best Rock Band and Album of the Year honors at the 1992 Detroit Music Awards.

In late November 2009, the band's name appeared on an initial list of performers for the 2010 SXSW music festival. In the ensuing 24 hours, "Goober" and "Junior" released a video on YouTube announcing the return of the band after a 15 year "retirement". The first scheduled show of the reformed Goober & The Peas is December 26, 2009 at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit ^[3] and promises to be the Best Post Christmas Concert of All Time or "BPCCAT". According to the bands MySpace site "Doc" Gillis is listed as the current drummer (Jack White).

LP Discography

• The Jet-Age Genius of Goober & the Peas (1995)
• The Complete Works of Goober & the Peas (1992)

References

See also

Goober Peas

External links

• Yahoo Music Overview
• Band Website

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