Re: [bomp] Age of Reason

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This is from the old Fuzz Acid Flowers site, and should be accurate:

The Age of Reason:

ANDY ADAMS      fuzz bass       A
KENNY DALE      gtr     A
LARRY RUSSELL   drums   A
SID SHERES      lead gtr        A
ALAN TURNER     ld vcls         A
 

45:
1(A)    (Your Love Is Like A) Magnet/I'm A Free Man     (Ascot 2230) Mar. 
1967
 

A teen garage quintet from the Bronx, New York. Their sole 45 became a 
sought-after item many years later after Magnet, a brooding punk-popper, 
was included on the 1983 compilation LP Ear-Piercing Punk (reissued on CD 
in 1996).

Larry Russell recalls: "Our original name was The Loose Ends but, when we 
recorded Magnet on 9/8/66, our manager decided to change our name (that 
night) because there had been another band with the same name that had a 
record deal before us."

"On that day we recorded 4 songs, the other two besides the single were 
(It's A) Dirty Shame, which was going to be our follow-up single, and 
Pride, written by our producer and which, in our opinion, sucked. I have 
copies of all of those recordings."

Their 45 did well enough to make the national charts and the band found 
themselves opening for top division acts like The Four Tops, Drifters, Box 
Tops and Young Rascals. However the big push from the label did not 
materialise and the follow-up never happened. The band called it a day in 
the Spring of 1968. Thirty-five years on Dirty Shame has finally been 
unveiled, on Psychedelic States: New York Vol. 1 (CD). It's a catchy 
swinger that harks back to upfront 1964-era Merseybeat shouters, 
punctuated with "yeah"s aplenty.

Larry Russell was 16 when the record was cut. He went on to tour with 
Billy Joel, Gary U.S. Bonds, Mary Travers, and Robert Gordon. In the late 
nineties he was the percussionist for wimp-rock superstar Bryan Adams.

(Max Waller/Mike Markesich/Jeff Lemlich/Larry Russell) 

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