Black Taj

Biography

Chapel Hill-based band formed from former members of Idyll Swords and Polvo "[Black Taj is] a rock 'n' roll quartet with two gnarled guitars, a subterranean bass and a drum set that's played with a strength that threatens to split snare skins with every wallop. All four of the musicians--Tom Atherton, Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson and Grant Tennille--know each other from other bands and decided on forming Black Taj after those other bands, all famous and infamous for their idiosyncratic impressi...

Chapel Hill-based band formed from former members of Idyll Swords and Polvo

"[Black Taj is] a rock 'n' roll quartet with two gnarled guitars, a subterranean bass and a drum set that's played with a strength that threatens to split snare skins with every wallop. All four of the musicians--Tom Atherton, Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson and Grant Tennille--know each other from other bands and decided on forming Black Taj after those other bands, all famous and infamous for their idiosyncratic impressions, broke up. That is so simple: They met, formed a band, made a record and found a label."
- Grayson Currin, "Black Taj, finally: Polvo & Idyll Swords offshoot releases its debut," The Independent Weekly (Durham, NC), November 23, 2005 (link: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25669) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.