Liquor Bike was a Baltimore area band that played the last show at underground club The Lab before it was shut down for fire code violations in 1993.

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Preston had never played bass--or any instrument--before roommate Koslowski talked him into forming the band that would evolve into Liquor Bike circa 1991; Dixon and Gaitley solidified the lineup soon after. The foursome's love of loud guitars and pummeling rhythms dovetailed with the rise of bands such as Mudhoney, Jesus Lizard, and Helmet--groups that put unabashed rock back into indie rock. Local label Merkin Records released Liquor Bike's Lowborne album in 1993, impressing upstart national label Grass Records enough that it released the band's second album, Neon Hoop Ride, in 1994. Out on tour, the band built a following one club show and merch table at a time. Back home, the members reveled in a Memory Lane scene that was small, intense, and alcohol-soaked (one of the band's T-shirts repurposed the Rolling Rock beer logo). "We were all friends," Koslowski recalls. "A lot of us were drinking buddies that just happened to form a band.

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