This is an autographed 8x10 glossy promotional photo of Snatches of Pink (click on image to enlarge). SOP were (are?) a criminally overlooked three piece band that rose from the ashes of the Athens/Chapel Hill scene that sort of dried up when REM left. Their drummer, Sara Romweber, was originally a member of Let's Active, a side project of producer Mitch Easter's. SOP was a real change-up from that group, with it's cowboy punk leanings. Their first album, "Send in the Clowns" was a shotgun blast from start to finish, with the notable exception of the whiskey drunk ballad "Time Done Gone", which sounded like a Stones song recorded in the wee early hours of the morning when Keith and Mick were wasted to the point of barely keeping their eyes open. Snatches second album, "Dead Men", was in many ways even better than the debut. "Look Away" confirms vocalist Michael Rank's uncanny knack of channeling Keef. Lousy promotion and weak record sales are partly to blame for why I haven't heard anything more from the band, even though they did release two or three other records since "Dead Men". I don't think Sara hung around for too long after that one, and, since she was one of the main reasons I liked the band, I didn't bother with them. I've heard samples since then of the post-Romweber records and to be honest I wasn't all that impressed. You take away one member of ANY BAND and the dynamic is lost. Sara currently plays shows with her brother Dexter, who got his start with another lost Chapel Hill act,Flat Duo Jets. I don't know what ever happened to the other guys, but I hope they are successful, because they were awesome talents in their own right.
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