White Bikes
Larry Long - Bass, Vocals
Randy Turner - Guitar, Vocals
Ned - Drums
Years Late 80’s
I drew a poster for them for a FSN gig, at it’s second location. I managed to see them more than a few times, they were a great band.
I always found it great that when I first met Larry and Randy years […]

Although reel-to-reel tape recorders were nothing special in 1982, the unit my family owned had the ability to record each track individually, so overdubbing was possible. Granted, it was only 2 tracks, but we could get most of the instruments on the first track and put the vocals and some incidental parts on the […]

April’s Disco-Lounge - S. Front St.
By the late ’70’s, downtown Wilmington was an interzone. Higher commerce had pulled anchor, and what remained were the less economically mobile, the ever hopefuls, and those just out for a good time.
Keith DeLancey recalls:
April’s Disco-Lounge was an amazing supernova that quickly imploded on Front Street. My brother and I […]

To commemorate the Squirrels 25th Anniversary, Sq2 has embarked on a phased series of ventures.

Website
Early 2007 - To document the Squirrels, and also host a dynamic community with ties to the ’80’s Wilmington “scene”.
Recordings
Yearlong project - Bring the classics back to life, and explore what might have been.
Reunion concert
Late 2007 - Bring it all together […]

Let’s Active
Truly a band of prominence, they played at the Mad Monk, and opened for REM at Trask Colisseum. Peter D adored them, so the scene was mostly on his stereo.
Mitch Easter’s DIY aesthetic must have launched a thousand (what would later be called) indie-rock bands. The band had a lot going for it, intelligent […]

Alias
Jeff McLean - Guitar, Vocals
Sam Bryant - Drums
Rick Byrd - Bass
Carlton Clark - Keyboards
Peter D - Keyboards, Vocals
Brenda (?) - Vocals
In the swirling events of ‘79, Peter D rebounded with some of his old schoolmates, with mostly jazz-fusion in mind. The Dixie Dregs were big at the time, but Alias’ M.O. favored funk overtones over […]

I can’t remember the exact date, or even year - but i think it was sometime in late ‘82 that i crawled upstairs into The Tent Room at Peter’s house. A secluded space, 7ft X 7ft., with a tent-like ceiling angle, basically a dormer, curtain for a door, a non-room. matress on floor, kafka, ganja, […]

By D.F. Wilson - Encore Magazine - October 30 1986
There are four guys in town. Chances are you’ve seen them around. You might not give them a second glance. But there’s something special about these guys — they have a band: the Squirrels — and, cliche as it is, they have a dream.
In the years […]

Since I often dressed somewhat like a particular television Time Lord, it seems fitting that I be the Squirrels’ timekeeper (not to be confused with the rhythm keeper), at least for the time period I was in the band. The fact that I didn’t care for beer may also have kept my synapses firing […]

We exist to tell of our existence. Here we collect stories centered on, but not limited to the Squirrels time in the sun. You’re encouged to drop an anecdote below, and as we get them we’ll shape them into new pages.
Pig Head | Amp On Fire | Naming the Band | Wendy O | Punk […]