It's a very dubious thing, hearing that a rock songwriter writes poetry

``It's a very dubious thing, hearing that a rock songwriter writes poetry,'' says Janovitz, who studied with James Tate, last year's Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. ``I read a lot of poetry as well. We all do. But what I write for songs is much different than personal poetry. When people hear rock and poetry, they start thinking Jim Morrison. Oh, one of our greatest American poets, Jim Morrison. Yeah.''

Not that everyone is a fan of the Buffalo Tom canon. ``We got slagged in the British press,'' says Maginnis. ``They said, `Buffalo Tom like short words that rhyme.' ''


YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER PLATE OF MUTTON. It was the early '80s, and Boston was experiencing a post-punk boom. Mission of Burma. The Neats. Dogmatics. The Lyres.

On the banks of the river Charles, Plate of Mutton were also getting gigs, and this fact was not lost on local suburban youths Bill Janovitz and Chris Colbourn. The significance wouldn't be felt for a few years, but it would eventually have its impact on Buffalo Tom. You see, the bass player for Plate of Mutton was high-school student Tom Maginnis. By the time all three Buffalo Tom members met and became friends at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Maginnis had already helped inspire his future band mates. ``Plate of Mutton were playing original songs,'' says Janovitz. ``That was really encouraging.''

So, flush with optimism - and mostly badgered by a close group of friends that all three shared - the trio was born. They named themselves Buffalo Tom - like Buffalo Springfield only with Maginnis' first name, because as the quietest, most low-key of their friends (have you noticed a decided lack of Maginnis quotes thus far?), they knew it would embarrass their drummer. It does to this day. Then, since all three played guitar, they began figuring out just how it was all going to fit together.

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