North Carolina wine there were some 25 wineries in North Carolina, with extensive independent vineyards, to the extent that North Carolina dominated the national market for American wines at the time. The "Scuppernong" grape was the primary source for North Carolina's 19th Century wine, as it had been for about two centuries. The Civil War ended that market dominance, through damage to the industry by loss of manpower and scarce capital, as well as through revocation of winemaking licenses due to regulatory retribution following the war. Wine production began to recover in the decades after the war through the early 20th Century. However,
The USA Is a Monster first EP and LP released on the tiny Infrasound label. The group signed to Load Records in 2003 and issued four full-lengths on the label – "Tasheyana Compost" in 2003, "Wohaw" in 2005, "Sunset at the End of the Industrial Age" in 2006, and "Space Programs" in 2008. Their last album of new material, "R.I.P.", was released on Northern Spy Records in 2010, after the band officially announced their break-up in 2009. The band released a compilation of old material entitled "Lost and Found" on cassette via Northern Spy in 2012. The USA Is a Monster The USA Is a