What can I say about Frontier Trust?
It's the reason I am here in Omaha today. It's the reason our label is what it is. Rising from the ashes
of Pioneer Disaster, these guys built a reputation on their out of control live show (Gary fondly recalls the night he "broke"
a stage..). .After touring all over the place, often with pals Mercy Rule, and releasing several 45's, the band recorded the
"Speed! Nebraska" album, and forever changed the rules of what a rootsy punk rock band
could be. Somewhere in between a warp-speed Uncle Tupelo and a pissed of Johnny Cash, these guys struck a resounding
chord in the music scene of the early 90's.
Even though in many
ways they seem light years away from where I am today, I can still see Joe, barefoot and playing with the fat end of his drumsticks,
Bill, southern gentlemanly with his guitar around his knees, Brian, head down and plowing through like a hellbent bulldozer
while a pogoing Gary spat out his spastic-mile a minute-good ol' boy yawp like some crazed auctioneer. If it is possible
to still be buzzing from contact nearly seven years since I last saw them perform- then I guess I am