The Atlantics – Boston’s Traditional 1970s Electric power Pop Band

The Atlantics ended up shaped in January 1976 by bass participant Bruce Wilkinson and guitarist Tom Hauck, two college students at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, just outdoors Boston. They wee joined by drummer Boby Bear and direct guitarist Jeff Lock. To total the lineup Wilkinson recruited singer Bobby Marron, a buddy from his hometown in New Jersey.

The Atlantics played their very first live performance in the spring of 1976 at The Rat in Kenmore Square. In May possibly of 1976 they performed as the opening act for the Ramones, who had been actively playing two evenings at The Club in Central Sq.. The Atlantics produced their very first outings to New York in the summer time of 1976, taking part in at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City. The band promptly became an crucial and genuine portion of the rising punk/new wave movement.

The next spring Ray Fernandes replaced Boby Bear on drums. In the summer months of 1977 the Atlantics recorded their first impartial 45 on Jukebox Records, “When You might be Youthful,” written by Bruce Wilkinson, backed with “Where by Would I Be Without the need of Your Really like,” written by Jeff Lock. A thousand copies were being pressed but never unveiled, and the solitary is now thought of a collector’s merchandise. In the spring of 1978 Jeff Lock still left the band and was replaced by Fred Pineau of the Bonjour Aviators.

The Atlantics had been signed to ABC Information that summer season, and in December the band recorded their LP Major Metropolis ROCK at the Hit Factory in New York. The album was produced in March, 1979, just following ABC Information was sold to MCA Data. Their new label, with each other with Premier Expertise, set the Atlantics on a nationwide tour with Roxy New music, adopted by a regional tour throughout New England. The band executed with artists including The Ramones, The Vehicles, Affordable Trick, Boston, Graham Parker, Chatting Heads, and several other individuals. The single “Just one Final Night” by Bruce Wilkinson been given regional and intercontinental airplay, and the album garnered a glowing assessment in Rolling Stone.

In the summer time of 1979 Paul Caruso joined the group as drummer, and the band arrived back in 1980 with what was to develop into a single of New England’s most significant independent singles, “Lonelyhearts,” published by Tom Hauck. It was the flip side to “Won’t be able to Wait around Eternally,” a Motown-flavored track by Bruce Wilkinson. “Lonelyhearts” rocketed to the leading of New England radio and dance charts and stayed for months, and can continue to be heard on Boston radio stations together with WFNX-FM.

Through the subsequent two yrs the Atlantics introduced quite a few far more songs on tape to Boston radio stations, which includes “Pop Shivers,” “Incorrect Number” and “Weekend.” In June 1983 the band played their last display at the Channel in Boston.

The original analog tapes of a lot of of the Atlantics most well known songs were being consigned to storage. In 2006 these tapes ended up recovered and 13 tracks have been digitally restored for the ATLANTICS CD. These tracks were being recorded between 1979 and 1982 in studios in the Boston place, and have no overdubs or other alterations. In 2007 the Atlantics launched a dwell set from the Paradise club in Boston. ATLANTICS Are living was recorded in March, 1979 and features numerous of the tracks from Big Town ROCK. Atlantics CDs are offered at CDbaby and at Newbury Comics.

In Oct 2011, the Atlantics have been honored to have the “Lonelyhearts” solitary cover incorporated in a fantastic new ebook by Matthew Chojnacki – ” Set the Needle on the Record.” It is a assortment of around 250 solitary handles by artists ranging from The Ramones to Pat Benatar to Run-D.M.C. The covers are accompanied by feedback from the artists. The “Lonelyhearts” cover was created by Tibor Kalman, who experienced recently begun M&Co, which became a leading style and design firm. When the band to start with satisfied with Tibor, he experienced a number of other strategies a single of them was to cover the sleeve with sandpaper (the tough aspect out!). The band considered this was a cool concept but it would not endear them to file stores or radio stations. The cover concept that they went with – the rows of small shots of associates of the band – was an fast hit, and luckily the track was too.

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