Gleaming Spires

The Gleaming Spires didn’t want to buy released as an individual as well as included on an album, but “ARE YOU SET for the Sex Women?” ended up being the new influx band’s only strike. Originally meant like a moderate B-side, “ARE YOU SET for the Sex Women?” got novelty charm; the monitor was eventually applied to the Revenge from the Nerds soundtrack in 1984 and in remove night clubs. The Gleaming Spires shaped in LA, CA, in 1981 by Bob Haag (vocals, acoustic guitar), Leslie Bohem (bass), and David Kendrick (drums). People shifted backwards and forwards between your Gleaming Spires and Bates Motel. The Gleaming Spires released their 1st album, Songs from the Spires, in 1981. The Spires created a cult pursuing in L.A.; nevertheless, apart from “ARE YOU SET for the Sex Women?,” the group missed very much airplay. Haag, Bohem, and Kendrick also became Sparks’ fresh tempo section that yr, playing for the LP Whomp That Sucker, an archive that revitalized Sparks’ rock and roll & roll advantage. The Spires continuing to record albums such as for example Life From the Yard in 1982 and Walk on Well Lighted Roads in 1983. In 1986, Kendrick became a member of Devo. Bohem became a screenwriter and movie director. The nearly neglected “ARE YOU SET for the Sex Women?” was dusted off for Can’t Obtain Enough: New Influx Hits from the 80’s, Vol. 3 in 1994. Haag became a member of Speed Limit within the ’90s, releasing Heading Nowhere…ast in 1999.