INITIALS
A Valdosta based band
Members are clockwise from bottom left: Scott Hasse, guitar & vocals; Dudley Johnson, drums & vocals; Mike Mink, bass & vocals; and Ben Owens, guitar & vocals. Original drummer Jonathon Havens left the band in mid 1987.
The Initials were a Valdosta-based band from 1987-1988. They performed mainly on the college fraternity party circuit in the Southeast as well as in Valdosta clubs such as the American Legion on Williams Street, Someplace Else, Our Place (formerly the Pizza Villa on Ashley Street), as well as The Sidebar on St. Simon's island, with the occasional trek to the southern music mecca of Athens, Ga. to perform at the Rockfish Palace.
The
Initials' repertoire consisted mostly of songs from bands
that were popular on college radio such as REM, HooDoo Gurus, The
Smithereens, & The Cure. They also performed several original songs
with titles such as Saddlesore, Milk Carton, There, There Don't You
Cry, and Tennessee, and received some airplay on VSU radio station
WVVS. The band also opened for Fetchin' Bones and Dreams So Real, two
Southern bands that were popular on MTV in 1988.
After
The Initials disbanded in late 1988, members went on to perform in
other area bands such as The Whompus Cats, Seabreeze, The Park
Marthas, and Jade Holiday.
Photo and info contributed by Dudley Johnson