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.
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