Arrogance (band)

Arrogance
Arrogance Performance May 13, 2017, in Raleigh, NC
Background information
Origin	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Rock
Years active	1970s–present
Labels	Vanguard, Warner/Curb, Moonlight, GAFF
Members	Rod Abernethy Don Dixon Scott Davison Robert Kirkland Marty Stout
Past members	Mike Greer, Jim Glasgow, Ogie Shaw

Arrogance is a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the 1970s and early 1980s it was one of the most popular local bands in the state.

Arrogance made a run of appearances at Raleigh's Village Subway, and holds the distinction of being the first group to play some chords at the Pier back in 1973. The group has released six full length albums in its history and an early non-LP single.

In 1983 the group entered a dormant period and the members did not perform together again until 2000, when the band reunited for a few select concerts and gigs in the Triangle area in celebration of Arrogance's 30th anniversary. The most notable was the "Reunion" concert at the North Carolina Museum of Art Amphitheatre in Raleigh in 2000. After large turnouts at the band's 2000 performances, Arrogance began performing again in local clubs, bars, and at special events, averaging about one show a year. The band's current lineup consists of Rod Abernethy, Don Dixon, Scott Davison, Robert Kirkland, and Marty Stout.

Arrogance began in a dorm room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when Don Dixon and Robert Kirkland began singing together in 1969. The band's success has inspired numerous other North Carolinian bands to emerge in search of national fame.

arrogance “one of the architects of the alternative trend of the 1980s”. . All Music Guide 

Robert Kirkland and Don Dixon started singing and making music together in an Aycock dorm room at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the fall of 1969. It sounded pretty good so, along with Robert’s roommate, Mike Greer, and a drummer from East Carolina University, Jimmy Glasgow, they formed a band and began playing. The first sets included an interesting mix of covers from artists like The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Muddy Waters, Cream and Mountain. They dubbed the group Arrogance, a concept of Dixon’s referring to their reputation of upstaging other bands. A few months later at Crescent City Studios in Greensboro, the band made its first recording -- a 45-rpm single of two original tunes, “Black Death” and “An Estimation”, that was released in the summer. This rare recording has since become a collector’s item.