Thousand Yard Stare

Named, somewhat perplexingly, after the vacant look often associated with Vietnam veterans, Thousand Yard Stare are a quintessentially English five-piece band from Slough, Berkshire. The band was formed in November 1988 by friends who knew each other from regular evenings at their local venue, Windsor's Psykik Dance Hall. The band was comprised of Stephen Barnes (vocals), Dominic Bostock (drums), Sean McDonough (bass), Giles Duffy (guitar), and Kevin Moxon (rhythm guitar). They released a four-track EP, Weatherwatching, on their own Stifled Aardvark label, and sold it at gigs ...