Midwestern Maniacs: Paw Article in Rip Magazine

What: Feature on Paw in Rip magazine

When: June 1994

Highlights:

• Charles with braided hair?

• “When Paw began in 1990, they wanted to avoid choosing a name that categorized them. ‘We had a really bad name before this, which I will not tell you. If you would have heard it, you would have thought that we were a metal band. And we’re not a metal band.’ he stresses.”

• … “The query inspires a diatribe on the Black Crowes’ singer. ‘I almost got into a fight with him last time we were in LA! We went to some party this girl had for us after we played The Whisky, and him and all his buddies are sitting around smoking pot and listening to T-Rex. I put Tad on. I’m like, ‘Hey, it’s a party, come on!’ And Chris Robinson says, ‘I guess the last 42 seconds of that song didn’t matter to ya.’ I said, ‘Hey, it’s a party, get with the program,’ then he got up in my face. I was mouthin’ off back to him, and Grant, our guitar player, was there and he like separated us, but he’s lucky I didn’t break him in half.’