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The band members' onstage costume includes bowties, plaid pants, taped glasses, pocket protectors and short shorts. [2] The costumes are a homage to the film Revenge of the Nerds . [ 2 ] Perfect World Entertainment created a fictional biography for the Spazmatics as part of the band's gig.
Mark White (born July 7, 1962) is an American bass player, best known as the former bassist for the rock band Spin Doctors.He has collaborated with many musical groups, including America's Got Talent finalists The Robotix, [1] The Heavy Pets, [2] Eight53, and the Free World Jazz Ensemble.
David Michael Draiman was born to Jewish parents in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 13, 1973. [2] His father, YJ, had worked as a real estate developer and small-business owner before he was arrested for embezzlement and sent to prison when Draiman was 12 years old. [2]
Spratleys Japs originally emerged during a lull in Cardiacs activities during which Tim Smith wanted to try something new. The band's original line-up was Smith (vocals, bass guitar, Mellotron) and Joanne Spratley (vocals, flugelhorn, Theremin), plus Heidi Murphy (electronic devices and synthesisers), Mark Donovan (guitar) and Viv Sherriff (drums).
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. [8] The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals).
The band quickly realized they needed another guitarist to hold them together musically. Guitarist Wes Beech joined the group and he would become, after Williams, the only permanent member of the band playing or touring behind or involved in the production of every Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams record ever recorded. [citation needed]
The band currently consists of Jagger and Richards alongside guitarist Ronnie Wood (since 1975), and touring members keyboardist Chuck Leavell (since 1982), backing vocalist Bernard Fowler (since 1989), keyboardist Matt Clifford (who first joined in 1989), bassist Darryl Jones (since 1994), saxophonists Tim Ries (since 1999) and Karl Denson ...
The band celebrated their top-selling album by going out on the New Clear Days 40th Anniversary Tour in 2021. The download-only singles "One of My Dreams Came True" (2021), "Novocaine" (2022), and "Eyes on the Prize" (2024) all reached the Heritage Chart top ten, maintaining the band profile.