Hailing from Norfolk, VA the Waxing Poetics were HUGE in their hometown. They sold out local venue The Boathouse regularly, but drive two hours in any direction and it was a totally different story. Imagine playing for 1000 people one night and 3 the next. Signed to Emergo (a subsidiary of Roadrunner Records) their first album Hermitage was recorded at the Drive-In Studio and produced by Mitch Easter and Mike Mills. "If You Knew Sushi" was a great little hit for '80's college radio.

They followed Hermitage with a more mature Manakin Moon in 1988 which contained a great cover of Eno's "Needles In The Camel's Eye". They finally called it quits after the sadly overlooked "Bedtime Story" in 1990. They had a one-off reunion on 2003 which is well documented here.

-Michael Slawter