People in Stores


People in Stores was a Boston-based band from the formative punk/new wave era of the early 80s. Playing with the likes of Mission of Burma, Wild Stares, Vacuumheads, CCCP-TV, V; and The Neats, PiS performed its own unique brand of original post-punk pop music in storied clubs around Boston such as the Underground, The Rat, Storyville, and The Channel. Referred to as "the clipboard crowd" by Dan Salzman of the Maps, Art Yard and Christmas fame, PiS had a uniquely strange and intellectual approach to the crafting of a pop song. The band recorded a single, an EP and contributed to the Propeller Records compilation tape during its recording days. The band was started in 1979 and disbanded in 1983. Band members Margery Meadow and Karen Gickas, along with Thalia Zedek and Lori Green, went on to form the well-regarded, all-woman band Dangerous Birds, while David Drucker and Seven Coursen, along with Ramona Herboldsheimer and Andrew Joslin, went on to form the all-instrumental band the Post-Moderns.

Band members

Ken Travers Guitar/Vocals

Margery Meadow Bass/Vocals

Karen Gickas Drums/Vocals

Seven Coursen Sax/Percussion

David Drucker Guitar/Vocals

Fran Miller Bass/Attitude

Recordings

Metaphor / White Funk

Factory

Cat and Mouse / Cheap Detective