Red C
(1981)Tomas Squip - drums, farm sounds
Eric L. - vocals
Toni Young - Bass
Peter Murray - guitar
The name Red C may well have come from a favorite Ethiopian restaurant in DC called Red Sea, though there were other theories floating around and the band was not telling. They had a unique approach to music and this resulted in a sound quite different than what most of the other bands were playing at that point in time.
They only played six or seven shows before breaking up, but they managed to record a demo tape at Hit & Run studios at some point in the summer of 1981 and songs from that session appeared on the "Flex Your Head" sampler. There may have been a second demo recorded in their basement that featured more of their songs, but all of the tapes seem to have disappeared after Toni died of pneumonia in the mid-80s.
Photo: Toni Young by Cynthia Connolly