Marbles

NEW YORK power pop quartet the Marbles formed in 1974. Vocalist/guitarist Howard Bowler co-founded the group along with his sibling, drummer David Bowler, as well as the David’s previous Columbia College or university classmate Jim Clifford on bass. Keyboardist Eric Li finished the lineup. By 1975, the Marbles had been regular headliners on the renowned Bowery place CBGB’s, where they distributed bills using the Ramones, Blondie and Speaking Heads. Furthermore to their similar pudding-bowl haircuts and conventional outfit, the quartet also stood in stark comparison towards the prevailing NYC lifestyle because of a harmony-rich pop sensibility. In 1976, the Marbles even so joined Tv and Patti Smith in the landmark Ork label using their debut one “Red Lighting.” The group after that cut several paths for a suggested CBGB compilation that proceeded to go unreleased, and was a highlighted musician in Amos Poe’s seminal punk film Empty Generation. NY Rocker editor Alan Betrock was also a champ of their music and helped the Marbles property a cope with the Jimboco label because of their second one, “Forgive and Ignore,” a staple on NY place WNEW. The Marbles divide in 1979, however the Bowler brothers later on reunited in the group Contraband. Li passed away of a medication overdose in 1989.