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Ride The Wild Night is neither completely similar nor dissimilar to Reis’ previous bands (Hot Snakes, Night Marchers, The Sultans, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu), yet the sound is immediately familiar and assuring. The music is an amalgam of Sixties folk-punk, Seventies punk-punk and pre-Vietnam War rock ’n’ roll.
Recorded in 2002,
9th & Walnut features the band’s original line-up of bassist Tony Lombardo, drummer Bill Stevenson, vocalist Milo Aukerman and guitarist Frank Navetta, who sadly passed away in 2008. The album takes its name from the location of their original Long Beach practice space.
Comprising 18 songs written from 1977 to 1980,
9th & Walnut features tracks from their debut single ‘Ride The Wild’ c/w ‘It’s A Hectic World’, featuring Milo on vocals for the first time, plus a cover of The Dave Clark Five’s footstomping classic ‘Glad All Over’. The band have just unveiled the track ‘Baby Doncha Know’ as a taster…