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When Dee got a black eye during a gig
from a waitress at Mama Aglione's restaurant over the affections
of the owner, it seemed like a good time to look for other
opportunities.
I
was playing with the late Providence songwriter Steve Dubois
in a band called the Fruit Hill Thrusters when I got a call
from John Andrews, who was in the process of retooling his
swing band, Johnny & the Luncheonettes, into an original pop/new
wave band called the Mundanes. I was the last member to join,
and we debuted in April 1979.
The Mundanes
was a smart, melodic, punchy band playing high-caliber original
material, by far the best band I had been in, and we hit the
scene with a bang. We won the first statewide WBRU
Rock Hunt and shared bills with Talking Heads, the
Ramones, B-52's,
Joe Jackson,
David
Johansen and NRBQ,
among many others. The band gigged constantly throughout New
England for the next two years and put out a single that got
strong airplay in Boston and Providence. We also made several
appearances on Boston TV.
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