Nice Strong Arm Webpage

e-mail The ultimate indie guitar band from New York and Austin, Texas, 1987-1990. Releases on Homestead Records include Reality Bath, Mind Furnace, Stress City, Cloud Machine EP, and Secret Language 7". Nice Strong Arm's legacy includes the vaunted harmonic and pentatonic "Asian"/ sitar-like style indie guitar playing since reproduced by bands such as Polvo, Modest Mouse, and Magic Hour, and the emo noise squalls reflected later in the works of just about every band from Unwound on, especially on albums like Fake Train. A review I read said Nice Strong Arm also had touches of Joy Division and Josef K...

Singer guitarist Kevin Thompson has since been in bands Timco and Morning Champ in San Fransisco. Nice Strong Arm has a small but devout following, having been overshadowed by more popular bands like Sonic Youth, which is okay because their records can be bought for cheap. If Nice Strong Arm's records only came out this year instead of 8-11 years ago, they would have been immensly popular, but at least the bands they influenced are that popular today.

It would be nice to watch a Nice Strong Arm video, if there are any out there...

Timco Interview Morning Champ 7" BACK TO PLEATHER CREATIONS