Clay Simmons / 1999

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Chinese Girls forms

Sam Murphy and Andrew Morgan form Chinese Girls at a 1999 Halloween party. Punk Planet would later describe their music as "Nice, dreamy, poppy and full of guitar fuzz."

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Clay Simmons // Probably my favorite band to ever come out of Little Rock. They were fucking awesome. Since I was living in Fayetteville during most of the time they were active, I never got tired of seeing them. Apparently, they played a show every two minutes somewhere in Little Rock, but I could never see them enough. Around the holidays of 2003, Andrew, Sam, Chris Wilson, and I formed a band called the New South Whales to play one show at Whitewater Tavern. I think we got together about three originals, a reworked version of a Chinese Girls song, and a cover of TV Eye by the Stooges. That was probably the most fun I'd had playing music in a long, long time.

chinese girls, chris wilson, clay simmons, white water tavern

Dan Johnson, The Contingencies // the third, and probably most important, of these events was when jake and i drove the ten blocks or so blocks from uca to hendrix to see sean na na. the holy childhood opened (with chris wilson on drums). but there was this other band that played first called chinese girls. jake recognized one of them as andrew morgan ("he writes for the paper"). i remember both of us really liked it. it was a little loose (we didn't mind), kind of artsy, and drawn out a bit, but it had a lot of elements we liked. in my mind, they certainly better than sean na na. we tried to buy a cd or 7" inch from them but they said they didn't have any. this turned out to be chinese girls' very first show. a few years later, as the contingencies were in their infancy trying to figure out how to get a gig in little rock, i went to this nasty little bar on markham called pizza d for the first time with some friends. this lanky sort of jarvis cocker looking guy walked in and after a second or two i realized it was that guy from ... (More)the third, and probably most important, of these events was when jake and i drove the ten blocks or so blocks from uca to hendrix to see sean na na. the holy childhood opened (with chris wilson on drums). but there was this other band that played first called chinese girls. jake recognized one of them as andrew morgan ("he writes for the paper"). i remember both of us really liked it. it was a little loose (we didn't mind), kind of artsy, and drawn out a bit, but it had a lot of elements we liked. in my mind, they certainly better than sean na na. we tried to buy a cd or 7" inch from them but they said they didn't have any. this turned out to be chinese girls' very first show. a few years later, as the contingencies were in their infancy trying to figure out how to get a gig in little rock, i went to this nasty little bar on markham called pizza d for the first time with some friends. this lanky sort of jarvis cocker looking guy walked in and after a second or two i realized it was that guy from that band from that show a few years ago. anyway, i walked up to him and asked if he andrew morgan from the chinese girls. he said that he was and i asked him when they were playing again. he was polite and told me that they were playing their very last show (a cd release show, nonetheless) at white water tavern in, like, three days. i was stoked to actually meet someone on the inside of things and i was determined to see this show because i remembered how much i liked them before. anyways, i show up like an hour early and promptly buy the cd (which i've since lost). by time chinese girls hit the stage the place was packed with people. it was a real eyeopener for me to see that many people care about a local band. oh, and they fucking rocked! i may have only seen the chinese girls play twice, but i can proudly say i was there from the first not to the last. a few months later, as the contingencies were playing their first couple shows (truly terrible affairs, really), andrew was very genuinely supportive. he was the first person in little rock to really encourage us and it meant a lot. andrew, you're alright. (Less)

andrew morgan, chinese girls, chris wilson, dan johnson, pizza d, the contingencies, white water tavern

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