Tom McGriff writes the bulk of the Angels' material, sings lead vocals, and practices the great lost art of rhythm guitar on a beat-up Telecaster through an old Vox AC30. After Knocking around Portland in his early days, he then spent 15 years in L.A., brushing up against the big-time. He came back to town in the early '90s with a batch of new tunes and a vision that became the X-Angels.