POD PEOPLE
February 12, 1993
The Buffalo News
Anthony Violanti
Imagine if the Sex Pistols played at the Grand Ole Opry. That's sort of what you get with Goober & the Peas. The Detroit band features a rocking punk style, combined with country-style clothes and unique guitar stylings. It's like Hank Williams meets Johnny Rotten. "We do like the hillbilly music, so it's a combination of that and being '90s kind of guys -- that's where the punk rock side of it comes in," says Goober Miller, the band's lead singer. The rest of the Peas are Tom Hendrickson Jr., Michael Miller, Shorty Currie and a drummer named Doc. They have been called "the greatest bunch of wacked-out cowboys to emerge from the hayseed hotbed of Detroit." Goober says he gets his songwriting inspiration from watching daytime television shows. "We find that we are creative, and for us to allow the general public to appreciate our genius, the best time for us to write songs is in the afternoon. We watch all the soap operas. . . . It gives you weirder ideas." Miller co-wrote all the songs on the band's album "The Complete Works of Goober & the Peas." It became a minor hit on college and alternative radio. The group earned Best Rock Band and Album of the Year honors at the 1992 Detroit Music Awards. Miller, though, insists that success won't change the band. "We still have some weirdness left inside us," he says.
Goober & the Peas play Saturday at 11 p.m. in Nietzsche's, 248 Allen St. Opening
is the Buffalo band the Steam Donkeys.