It’s been 14 years since Dave Matthews Band received its first coverage in The New York Times — a moment highlighted in this week’s Mental Floss blog.

The weekly feature “The First Time News Was Fit to Print” reprints the Times’ Sept. 2, 1994 HORDE Tour review — the first time DMB ever graced the Old Gray Lady’s pages:

“The day started on the main stage with the Dave Matthews Band, the most promising new group on the bill. It performed lively, introspective rock songs that had just the right amount of open spaces for improvisations and solos. Outside of Mr. Matthews’s gently emotional vocals, the high point was the violin playing of Boyd Tinsley, which moved nimbly from mock-classical background accompaniment to upbeat bluegrass.”

The article appeared just as DMB’s first single, “What Would You Say,” was gaining momentum on the radio and MTV. Under the Table and Dreaming was released 25 days later, launching the band into stardom.

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