When the book about North Carolina’s great alt-country scare is written, the pioneers prologue will contain the names of such underreported artists as Hege V, Phil Lee, and perhaps the most radar-dodging of all, Gerald Duncan, who led — and every couple of years, still leads — the Accelerators. Road Chill collects the best from their three releases that closed out the ’80s and ushered in the ’90s. The outfit’s forte was full-speed-ahead guitar rock spiked with rockabilly abandon when it wasn’t being tempered by touches of southern pop, the latter perhaps courtesy of producer Don Dixon and guest Mitch Easter. (Liner-notes archaeologists will also note the names Brad Rice and Jon Wurster.) For Duncan it often came down to, as echoed by the title of one of his best songs, boy and girl. Upping that ante is the blistering “Regina”, a tale of biracial romance bold enough to put epithets in the mouths of both fathers. By no means a blueprint for what followed, Road Chill is nonetheless an intriguing supporting document.