Installment Vol.5 Page 6

Another positive thing that came out of the CBGB live recording was that we encouraged Mink DeVille,or I should say Willy DeVille, the creative leader of the band, to return to his own unique style of R and B, instead of tying to fit into the current punk style that was prevalent at CBGB and Max’s at the time. The performance was so brilliant that we rescheduled another live recording performance so that we might get the best of all the songs. They were the first band to be signed to a major recording contract after the live album came out. They were signed by Ben Edmonds to Capital Records. The Tuff Darts with lead singer Robert Gordon, received the most air-play with their punk anthem “All for the Love of Rock and Roll”. The Miami’s stood out with their one song “We Deliver.” The Wynbrandt Brothers were excellent song writers, but their garagey punk style was a little too sloppy to produce decent live recordings. The Laughing Dogs were another band of good song writers, but they were also excellent musicians, and were eventually signed to Epic Records. Manster was definitely unique. They were way, way, out there. Alan Hertzberg, their leader, was a phenomenal guitarist, and to this day makes a living as a sought after guitarist. The band Sun, was probably the most dissimilar from the others, kind of retro metal, I remember their lead singer claimed to have 4 octaves singing range, eventually the members of the band had a measure of success, Randy Fredrix, in the dance genre. Their manager and my stage manager, Charlie Martin, became my sound engineer, and to this day remains one of my most supportive friends, and whose talent has taken him to the top as a sound engineer. He is now an executive with a prestigious internet company called Media on Demand.

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