(Tenth in a series)After the somewhat diminished success of their second LP, ??Untitled??, it took three years to produce the next one, ??*L.P.*??. They switched labels, from Atco to the lesser-known East-West. After recording 14 songs for the new release, the “Friends” theme they’d thrown together in three days came back to haunt them when the show became a massive hit. For the full story
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(First in a series)This week's discovery of a few upcoming live shows, new website and a few new tracks on MySpace has once again put The Rembrandts, probably my favorite Power Pop or pop/rock group, on my personal radar. I have been following this duo for 18 years now, and here's the video and song that started it all:My apologies - the video is not the sharpest image, but the only one availab...
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(Third in a series)*Kim Fowley* was the manager (creator? exploiter?) of the all-female group *The Runaways*, where a young *Joan Jett* got her start. But after losing his grip on them, he discovered a new group, playing around L.A., to promote - *The Quick*, a powerpop quintet which was the first band to put a young *Rembrandt*-to-be Danny Wilde on record. (Stage name? You betcha! Danny was bo...
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(Fifth in a series)After Great Buildings broke up, Danny Wilde spent the latter half of the 1980s looking for success as a solo artist. The first solo LP, entitled ??The Boyfriend??, was released in 1986.His fellow Rembrandt-to-be, guitarist extraordinaire/singer/songwriter Phil Solem, came along (from *Great Buildings*) for the ride on that first LP, providing lead guitar and background voca...
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(18th in a series - for an index with links, click on dermahrk, upper left)After the release of their 4th album, Lost Together, The Rembrandts entered the current phase of their career. Most of their time is spent on solo projects, but they still play the occasional date together (this year they are doing some tour dates with Gin Blossoms). Many of these concert appearances are stripped-down ac...
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| 2 St. Paul |
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| 3 Too Late |
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| 4 You Are the One |
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