Exactly, Bill. Like I said, not my favorite of his bands. Knowing what he listens to (not that different from me) and how he described this project to me, I wasn't expecting something so grungy. But, he's happy with it & playing well, so cool. He says they drew 40-50 people for the gig; considering that the whole town is ~250 in the off-season, that ain't bad at all.
Peter
ps - I mistyped in the OP - Stephen does b/g vocals as well