The Lowell Teen Scene

The yearbook of Lowell High was called The Spindle. You can browse free copies here. The yearbook of the Lowell State College was called Knoll.

Teen groups played at the Memorial Auditorium , the Commodore Ballroom

Teen Beat groups from Lowell include Ashes Of Loda , Citations , Cobblestones , Dimensions , Empires , Epics , High Price Spread , Li'l Dom & The Shadows , Little John & The Sherwoods , London Mist , Mind's Eye , Our Generation , Parodies , Persuaders , Redwoods , Souls , Sugar 'n Spice , Unknown Tymes , What Four .

Groups from neighbouring Dracut included: End , Gremlins , Helpers , Knight Krawlers .

Teenagers playing in Teen Rock bands include Don Trudel , Dave Michel , Ray Marquis , Bob Forest , Gerry Bastien (Ashes Of Loda) , Joe Mcguire , Richard Chase , Garry Blufer , Bob Heroux , Dan Coakley (Cobblestones) , Bob Folk , Paul Ferraresi , Joe Luca , Kenny Pihl , Gerry Hruby (Dimensions) , Shirley Swanson , Cherry / Sherry Swanson , Maureen McCarthy , Christine Brady , Aleta Boisvert (Empires) , Manny Silveria , Joey Burgeron , Dennis Lemire (Epics) , Frank Collyer , Frank McGurne , David Alves , Cedric Spaulding , Danny Shay (High Price Spread) , Domenic Gerace , Don Costa , Bobby Olsen , Jerry Gendreau , Ray Wassner (Li'l Dom & The Shadows) , John Harrington , David Arsenault , Barry Blufer , Bob Star , Bob Rock , Ed O'Neill , Bob Rock (Little John & The Sherwoods) , Chuck Filiatrault , Jim Raucos , Ed Woods , Dave Norton , Jack O'Neil (Souls) , Beverly Perry , Cynthia Allum , Charlene Pedreira , Linda Sousa (Sugar 'N Spice) , Lester Demers , Ron Daigle , Richard Ayotte , Bob Gouveia , Jim Dunlavey (Unknown Tymes) .

Lowell St Joseph High 1965
St. Joseph's Unknown Group 1966
University Of MA 1966
Commodore Ballroom, mid-1960s
Aleta Boisvert of the Empires
Rogers Hall 1967

Battle Of The Bands, High School Auditorium, April 15, 1966

Battle Of The Bands, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, April 30, 1966

1200 people in attendance. Top 3 groups to compete in Boston, May 14, 1966

Battle Of The Bands, April 1, 1967

Our Generation