This way: I went Rockin
Flat Duo Jets was an American rock band from Carrboro, North Carolina, and Athens, Georgia. This rockabilly, punk blues, and psychobilly band was a major influence on several bands of the 1990s and 2000s, including The White Stripes. The band's front man Dexter Romweber is considered by many to be the "godfather" of the guitar and drums-based "power duo" revival.
Flat Duo Jets formed in Carrboro, North Carolina, in 1983. Their original line-up was Dexter Romweber on guitar and Chris “Crow” Smith on drums—both were seventeen years old at the time. Romweber and Smith met in fifth grade; by junior high school they had founded a band called The Remains which lasted for a year.
Romweber and Smith organized Flat Duo Jets in 1984 when they were in high school. Romweber played guitar and sang lead vocals, while Smith played drums.[8] In the beginning, they performed songs they learned from the Romweber family's collection of 1950s records. They were also influenced by The Cramps.[5] The band's name was a reference to the 1951 Gretsch Duo-Jet guitar which was used by Gene Vincent.[1] The Gretsch Duo-Jet also gave the band its aesthetic: "sleek and black, calling back to the old days, but still progressive." However, Romweber played a cheap black and white Silvertone 1448 guitar sold by Sears, without effects pedals. Smith said, "With just drums and guitar, you're more free to do what you feel. It keeps us from getting bored."
This from 1993.
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