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Eugene Monthly
The ‘80s served up a
musical smorgasbord in
Eugene. There was Reggae
on the River, Cyril Neville’s
jam performances at Jo
Federigo’s, and a dominant
barroom blues culture
shepherded by KLCC
showman Gavin “The
Rooster” Fox. It was also a
time of scandalous, teenage
exploits by aspiring
hometown grunge princess
Courtney Love.
Eugene of the ‘90s recalls
a throng of seminal, West
Coast punk bands—most
raging through the WOW
Photo by Brian Lanker
Hall or now-defunct
Icky’s Teahouse. A potent,
underground rave scene
featured turntablism by the
emergent Raging Family.
Some bands traversed the
Eugene skyline like small
meteors: LaZoo, Crazy
8s, White Liberals. Other
‘90s bands—Satin Love
Orchestra, Floydian Slips,
Renegade Saints, Cherry
Poppin’ Daddies—retain
their brilliance today.
Now, in the wake of the
millennium shift, new
sounds and voices are
intermingling with older
favorites, breathing freshness
and even greater
diversity into Eugene’s
ever-morphing, musical
melting pot.
“There’s an incredible
wealth of talent in this tiny,
wonderful, sleepy-hollow
oasis of Eugene,” singer
Shelley James effuses,
“and a lot of musicians love
it for that!”
Cyndi Ingram, a booking
agent with a skyrocket reputation
for promoting the
local band scene, agrees:
“Eugene is amazingly
diverse, and the musical
Photo by David Loveall
Top Right: Bill Harkleroad split the Southern California music scene in
the late 1970s, settling on Eugene as a place to get sober, find a job
and establish domestic security. His reach for transformation came on
the back end of a decade of personal recording and performing notoriety,
spun out of a five-year stint as a trendsetting guitarist for the obscure
but highly influential experimental rock group
Left: Singer-songwriter Halie Loren’s music inevitably draws comparisons
to that of Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Jewel and
other pop divas of the Lilith sisterhood. Never mind that Loren is only
22. She is already a musical journeywoman with Nashville-bred chops,
studio savvy and prestigious songwriting awards dating back through
palate of the community
is pretty sophisticated. It’s
not uncommon for people
to go to a death metal concert
one night, and a few
days later go out to a place
like Sam Bond’s to listen to
almost anything from folk
to rock to jazz.”
LocaL Favorites
Eugene maintains a long
roster of proletarian players—favorite
sons and
daughters synonymous with
dedication to local music
culture. Consider Laura
Kemp, Marc Alan, The