Lake Inferior
They met wearing Pokemon costumes outside a WXYC 80’s Dance Party, and it was love at first sight. Over the course of the next several months, Lake Inferior started sharing guitar riffs, vocal melodies, and an apartment living room. Perhaps it was Nasir Abbas’ Chippendale costume at a Dressed to Get Screwed Party or maybe it was Derek Torres’ ever-present “Crust-tache,” but somehow Lake Inferior was able to win the hearts and minds of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro community and ultimately find itself as the flagship band for UNC-Chapel Hill’s student record label Vinyl Records. A steady gig as the Saint Anthony’s Hall house band turned into opening slots for Deerhunter, Times New Viking, the Rosebuds, and Annuals, and the completely sold out, debut Lake Inferior EP has led to demand for a new vinyl 10”, Pegasaur, released in November 2009.