"Growing up in Tazewell County, I always kept my eye peeled for this band's record and wondered where they were now and why no other cool punk/rock/metal came from my hometown. I figured WHITE BOY & THE AVERAGE RAT BAND was a long-lost legend, a private-press nugget of SWVA history unknown to its current inhabitants. Never would I have imagined that 13 years after leaving the Tazewell/Richlands area that I'd be spending my Thanksgiving Eve spinning records and hosting Mike and the rest of the Rat Band alongside Lightning Born (ft. Mike Dean from COC)! It was a hell of a ride and look forward to bringing them back to RVA in the near future and hopefully see them live sometime on our mutual home turf!" - Strange Matter