Melrose Teen Scene

The Melrose Teen Scene

Groups from Melrose included Blue Sage , Boston Common , Commonwealth Avenue , Faded Blues , Forgotten Sons , Inner Soul , Jason Peters & The Other Side , Knight Riders , Last Times , Lesser Evils , New Arrivals , New Breed , New Regime , Night Riders , Offbeat C's , Overwhelming Situation , Plum Pudding , Plus Zeros , Psychedelic Phenomenons , Rajahs Of Abdul Ramad , Rogues , Ruffians , Second Best , Sidewalk College , Spire , Sundowners , Twisted Flame , Us Inc. , Village Greens , Wombats

Teens playing in local Rock groups included George Dooley, Mark Toomey, ? Bourgeois (Blue Sage) , Peter Lawless (Boston Common) , Dan Carroll / Don Carrol / Don Carroll, Charles Cannata, Tom Sheehan, Jim Lydon, Bob Sutton, Dick Falzone (Commonwealth Avenue) , John Marinelli, Peter Galvin (Forgotten Sons) , Jason Peters (J. P. And The Other Side) , John Nunes, Jack Rahilly, Tony Belmonte, Chris Lockhart, Dick Himmelwright (Knight Riders / Night Riders) , Dave Kinsman, John Carpendito, Ron Buccheri, Alan Goddard (Lesser Evils) , Steve Milliken, Mark Toomey, David Behrle, David Barisano (Sidewalk College) , Jeff Baxter, Thomas Caulfield, James Wilkins, Skip Robinson (Spire) , Jeanne DeMarco, Bob Dennen , Dan Coughlan, Leo McGillvray (Sundowners) , Howie Greenberg, Johnny Noons / John Nunes, Dan Pigeon (Village Green)

1967

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  Sidewalk College
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  Sidewalk College
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  Sundowners 1967
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  Lesser Evils
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  Lesser Evils 1966

Battle Of The Bands, Memorial Hall, March 11, 1966

Over 600 people in attendance.

BotB Melrose 1966

• Barons
• Castells
• Court Jesters
• Just Four
• Lesser Evils (#1)
• Lost Souls
• Minutemen
• Mustangs
• New Breed
• Offbeat C's
• Plus Zeros
• Us Inc.
• Wombats

Battle Of The Bands, Memorial Hall, November 12, 1966

BotB Melrose 1966

• A Stitch In Time
• L.A. Dreamers
• Liverpool Sounds
• New Breed
• Oftens
• Overwhelming Situation

Battle Of The Bands, Memorial Hall, December 27, 1966

BotB Melrose December 1966

BotB Melrose December 1966

BotB Melrose 1966

• Bundal Of Joy (guests)
• Jason Peter & The Other Side
• Midnight Suns
• Rogues
• Second Best
• Starfires
• A Stitch In Time
• Sundowners
• Twigs

Battle Of The Bands, Downtown, January 6, 1967

• Faded Blues
• Jason Peters & The Other Side (it seems they didn't perform)
• Sundowners
• Ten Kings And A Queen
• Waterproof Tinker Toys (#1)

Battle Of The Bands, Memorial Hall, February 21, 1967

BotB Melrose February 1967

BotB Melrose March 1967

• Jason Peters & The Other Side
• Outbreak
• Stitch In Time (#1)
• Sundowners

Battle Of The Bands, Canteen, April 14, 1967

• Forgotten Sons (#1)
• Knight Riders (#2)
• New Arrivals (#3)

Battle Of The Bands, Downtown, April 21 (?), 1967

• Boston Common (#1)
• Rajahs Of Abdul Ramad
• Rogues 5
• Sundowners (#3)
• Yardlings