Fear of Strangers reunion postponed

Fear of Strangers, as they appeared during in the midst of the Capital District music scene in the early ‘80s. — Photo courtesy of Fear of Strangers. — Fear of Strangers as they appeared during in the midst of the Capital District music scene in the early 80s Photo courtesy of Fear of Strangers

ALBANY — The Fear of Strangers reunion show scheduled for Thursday, June 30 at The Hollow Bar + Kitchen in Albany has been postponed.

The group made the announcement on its Facebook event page over the weekend.

Fear of Strangers was a quartet consisting of Val Haynes, Todd Nelson at guitar, Al Kash at drums and Steve Cohen as bassist. They had formed as the Units, until a band out of San Francisco started a trademark dispute. Signing with Faulty Records at around the same time R.E.M. signed with its subsidiary, I.R.S. Records.

Haynes was interviewed for a feature that appeared in the June 22 edition of TheSpot518.

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