San Antonio band Passing Strangers turns back time with new wave and nostalgia
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Passing Strangers play the AquaDuck Beer Garden. The new wave band had a local hit in the early ’90s with a remake of “Dream Weaver.”Billy Calzada /Staff Photographer
On a recent Friday night at AquaDuck Beer Garden on the South Side, several dozen middle-aged fans bopped to the beat of Passing Strangers as the San Antonio band belted out cover after cover of classic new wave hits like “Let’s Go” by the Cars and “Just Like Heaven” by the Cure.
“How many of you have seen us before?” asked Passing Strangers’ front man and founding member John Boyd. “Yes, we played your prom.”