It’s encouraging to me to know that one of Greenville’s most popular bands is also, without question, its weirdest. I’m talking of course about Wasted Wine.

Wasted Wine is a rare band that’s doing something entirely original with a loyal group of fans following it. Check out one of its shows at Fireforge Crafted Beer downtown sometime; the placed is packed to the back walls every time.

I can’t imagine anyone other than mad scientists Robert Gowan (violin, vocals) and Adam Murphee (mandocello, vocals), the nucleus of the band, thinking to combine feverish gypsy fiddle music reels, exotic world music instrumentation, progressive songwriting and a theatrical goth aesthetic that’s so exaggerated that it makes “The Monster Mash” sound low-key by comparison.

It’s a sound that’s somehow a hell

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