Storm Orphans

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Part one of an AL.com series about Alabama bands from the '90s that never 'made it,' but packed plenty of bars and showed many fans a great time.

The guy from A&M Records showed up with a well-known blonde porn star on his arm. He'd arrived at Sunset Strip nightclub Coconut Teaszer that summer night in 1991 specifically to check out Storm Orphans, a rock band from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The band was in Los Angeles to play a couple of showcases. Including here at the Teaszer, the same venue groups like Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead and Hole would play on the way to becoming famous. Assorted Los Angeles heavy metal musicians and strippers mingled in the audience before the Storm Orphans show.

Storm Orphans' music had a heavy, alt-rock sound. The A&M Records rep described it as "a Southern version of Soundgarden" to the band's management, according to the Storm Orphans singer Rusty LuQuire.

Alas, the band wasn't destined to sign with A&M.

Or become famous.

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.s ... ds_of.html

A Tuscaloosa fixture during my time there.

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Blues Old Stand - another popular band back in the day

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.s ... _of_1.html