Local bands from my younger years (anyone else remember?)

[ckay87]

Ok, you probably have to 1) be old enough to remember the 80s and 2) lived in PA, NJ, NY, MD - but I was thinking today of some of the great local bands I loved in my late teens/early 20s. I think each of my favs achieved some level of national success...Does anybody remember these...

The Hooters - probably the most successful. I just downloaded some of their old tunes from Napster. What memories - they were fantastic. What ever happened to them?

Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers - I think Tommy's still doing stuff.

The Sharks - this one is a longshot but I'd love to know if anyone remembers these guys. I was a total groupie to the extent that I could be, since I was only 16-18 or so and couldn't do the "real" clubs. These guys actually won an MTV basement band competition and did at least one record with a bigger label. I still own all of their records, but alas cannot play them! I searched the net and found that Shea Quinn still plays in a local band, but the Sharks have actually done a reuinion show and maybe will do another. I am SO there if they do!

Aaah, memories. Back when music was good for a three buck cover charge and you didn't have to take out a loan for babysitting, beverages, and parking (except that time I got towed!)

 

[Christine]

ckay, The Hooters seem to ring a bell with me.

Back in the early 80s (1981-1983), I was predominantly "clubbing" in Northern VA, DC, and southern Maryland.

We used to follow around a band called Monarch. There were some others but, honestly, I'm having a hard time coming up with the names.

 

[Tiggeroo]

yep I remember and have seen the first two. Not sure about the last band. Sounds familiar. Around here the first two groups got radio airplay too.

 

[mom2boys]

What about The Kix? They were big in the early-mid 80's. They actually played a club outside of Hagerstown on NYE this year. I just googled them and found this website for them http://www.chuckjoiner.com/kix/kix.html

 

[Christine]

The Kix!

Didn't they sing "Red Shoes" and "The Itch"?

 

[diskids2]

I dont remember those, but I remember Twisted Sister.

 

[sweet angel]

I remember the Hooters, but not the others -- except for Twisted Sister of course.

Hooters
» And We Danced

She was a be-bop baby on a hard day's night.
She was hangin' on Johnny
he was holdin' on tight.
Oh
I could feel her coming from a mile away.
There was no use talking
there was nothing to say
When the band began to play and play -
And we danced
like a wave on the ocean
romanced.
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance.
And we danced and danced and danced.
I met my be-bop baby at the Union hall.
She could dance all night and shake the paint off the wall.
But when I saw her smile across a crowded room
Well
I knew we have to leave the party soon.
As the band began to play out of tune -
And we danced
like a wave on the ocean
romanced. . . .
And we danced -
The endless beat
she's walkin' my way
Hear the music fade when she says:
Are we getting too close
do we care to get closer?
The room is spinning as she whispers my name.
And we danced
like a wave on the ocean
romanced. . . .
And we danced
like a wave on the ocean
romanced. . . .
And danced and danced and danced and danced and danced -
And we danced
and we danced
and we danced
and we danced
And danced and danced and danced and danced and danced

 

[Annette_VA]

What about The Kix? They were big in the early-mid 80's. They actually played a club outside of Hagerstown on NYE this year. I just googled them and found this website for them http://www.chuckjoiner.com/kix/kix.html

A friend of mine who lives outside of Baltimore just saw them a few weeks ago!


My favorite local band is Fighting Gravity - formerly known as Boy O Boy.

Dave Matthews was a local band here for a long time, before he it big.

 

[mom2boys]

Didn't they sing "Red Shoes" and "The Itch"?

Definitely The Itch - not sure about Red Shoes.

"Kix are for kids!"

 

[Parkhopper]

The Kix used to play at Hammerjacks outside of Baltimore in the 80's. It was always an "event".

Suzi

 

[ckay87]

Man the Kix sound so familiar too

The Hooters were kind of big for their collaboration with Cyndi Lauper. On "Time After Time" they played...their...Hooters

 

[KelNottAt]

ckay, The Hooters seem to ring a bell with me.

Back in the early 80s (1981-1983), I was predominantly "clubbing" in Northern VA, DC, and southern Maryland.

We used to follow around a band called Monarch. There were some others but, honestly, I'm having a hard time coming up with the names.

Yup. Monarch for me, too. I lived in Rockville at the time.

 

[Christine]

Yup. Monarch for me, too. I lived in Rockville at the time.

I bet you were aware of them. The lead singer and his brother went to high school in Montgomery County. That's how I *hooked* up with them. My best friend in college went to high school with them. They were HOT!!

 

[KelNottAt]

Oh! I just thought of another: Crack the Sky.

She had red shoes!
I couldn't believe
And a high-heel smile
Just lookin' at me...

Or, who could forget...
Surf City, here come the sharks
Dodge City, here come the lights

OMG! They were one of my favorites. I bet I still have a CD somewhere.

ETA: Hold on, I'm second guessing myself about Red Shoes. Who can help? Anyone?

 

[Christine]

Wow, Crack the Sky did Red Shoes? I wish I could get my memory back.

 

[Blondie]

Having spent most of my youth in suburban Philly, I remember the Hooters well, my favorite song being "All You Zombies."

Yep, ol' Dave Matthews was considered a local boy around here in VA. Look at him now!

 

[KelNottAt]

I bet you were aware of them. The lead singer and his brother went to high school in Montgomery County. That's how I *hooked* up with them. My best friend in college went to high school with them. They were HOT!!

Oh, right! I had forgotten about that. I think the guy was a few years ahead of me at Magruder. I could be wrong, but I know they were really big with my "group."

 

[carone0318]

Ok, this is my first post on the Community Board, but just curious if anyone remembers the local band the Nerds. You would have to live in PA/NJ area. I believe that they still play. I remember seeing them at the Barn (I believe that was the place in Bensalem) also down at LBI all the time. I would love to drop my mommy life for a day and go to a bar to see them again and possibly even try to drink the same amount of alcohol that I could back then! Oh, the good ole' days.....

 

[disney4us2002]

What about The Kix? They were big in the early-mid 80's. They actually played a club outside of Hagerstown on NYE this year. I just googled them and found this website for them http://www.chuckjoiner.com/kix/kix.html

I had a huge crush on Ronnie Younkins as he was good friends with my oldest brother and at our house lots. I was probably 14 or so and just ga ga over him. I remember the first time I heard The Itch on the radio and told all my friends "I know them, I know them". No one believed me.

 

[Snoopymom]

The Hooters - probably the most successful. I just downloaded some of their old tunes from Napster. What memories - they were fantastic. What ever happened to them?

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Didn't they write True Colors and co-write Time after Time for Cyndi Lauper?, so maybe they're sill writing?

Saw them open up for someone at The Fox in Atlanta, can't remember who, yeesh, I'm old, LOL.