Islanders

Group from Ipswich that was active at least in 1965 and 1966.

Members

• Brian Farina (d)
• Carl Oldfield (b) (sax)
• Mike Girard (v)
• Peter Baker (g)
• Stacey Pedrick (d)
• Patsy (org)
• Ronald Cameron (g)

Appearances

• Ipswich, High School, November 10, 1964
• Ipswich, High School, May 29, 1965
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, June 12, 1965
• Essex, September 18, 1965.
• Ipswich, Junior High School, October 29, 1965
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, October 29, 1965 (after HS gig)
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, November 10, 1965
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, November 24, 1965
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, December 31, 1965 (with Billy & The Kids)
• Ipswich, Boone Hall, January 1, 1966
• BotB Beverly, February 16, 1966
• Ipswich, King's Rook, May 29, 1966 (with the Dimensions)

Info

• Became the Roots Of Evil in 1966
• Girard and Pedrick would in the 1970s form the Fools
• Farina would later join the Shames , Gingerbread and Boston Massacre
• From an online article: "One of these competitions, which I witnessed, took place at the then-new Hamilton-Wenham High School. Stacey and Mike were at this point members of a band called the Islanders, competing against a brace of others, including Brian Farina’s Crying Shames. I have no recollection who finished first, but I do recall the Islanders were relegated to second place because Mike’s too-long belt had missed a loop, hanging down and dangling semi-obscenely between his legs. Fatal style points deduction."
• Oddly, two members of the group were attacked by unknown boys at two separate times, both suffering broken jaws: Baker was attacked after a Beach Boys concert in late November 1965, Girard in June 1967.

Media

Farina 1965

Oldfield 1968

Pedrick 1967

Islanders Dimensions 1966