Red Star Belgrade was an American alternative country band, originally formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1994 by former music critic Bill Curry. The band's members were Curry, who was its singer and guitarist, his wife Graham Harris-Curry, who played drums, and Greg Paul, who played bass. In 1998, the band relocated from Chapel Hill to

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. The band was named after the Yugoslavian football club of the same name. Red Star Belgrade's first release was the controversial 1995 song "Union, S.C.", which was written from the perspective of murderer Susan Smith and featured steel guitar playing by

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. In 1996, they released their first studio album, ''Where the Sun Doesn't Shine''. This was followed by their second studio album, ''The Fractured Hymnal'', which was released in 1999; it was their first album released on

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. In May 2000, the band released their third studio album, ''Telescope'', also on Checkered Past Records.

Discography

*''Where the Sun Doesn't Shine'' (Put it On a Cracker, 1996) *''The Fractured Hymnal'' (Checkered Past, 1999) *''Telescope'' (Checkered Past, 2000) *''Secrets & Lies'' (Blue Rose, 2002)

References

1994 establishments in North Carolina Musical groups from Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina Musical groups from Chicago Musical groups disestablished in the 2000s American alternative country groups {{US-country-band-stub