Spoon: Not Down With Beard Rock

A few days ago, while juggling 100 things at CES, my friend Dan over at Magnetic State sent me this interesting New York Times article - Spoon: Still Independent, Still Cool.  Whether you agree with this interview or not - is not of importance to B-A-B.  

I wanted to flag the following portion for our readers:

What does it mean to be Spoony? In New York to shoot a video, the band members gathered at a Lower East Side bar to explain the group’s longevity and place in the music spectrum. Or try to, anyway.

“When I joined the band, Britt would discourage anybody in the band from having a beard. He thought beards were not cool. Five years later everyone in a band has a beard.” Not Spoon. “So,” he concluded, “we can say Spoon is not beard rock."

What are your favorite beard rock bands?  If you happen to be around in Brooklyn on Thursday, February 4th you can check out a few of ours who will be jamming out for charity at The 2010 Beard Ball.  We're going to be sending a proper invite shortly, but here's a sample of the good scruff - Julius C.