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The all-American roots music music group the Blasters were principally brothers Dave and Phil Alvin, whose first-hand experience with blues experts shaped their sound and turned them both into contemporary singer/songwriters whose curiosity about roots rock hasn’t waned. The brothers, alongside Costs Bateman on drums and John Bazz on bass, …

Blues-influenced hard rockers the Reddish colored Devils were shaped in LA, California, USA, in 1988. The music group contains Lester Butler (d. 1998; vocals, harp), Jonny Ray Bartel (bass) and Costs Bateman (drums) amongst others, although just these three had been within the 90s line-up which also highlighted Paul Size …

Flesh Eaters was the nominal group founded by post-punk poet Chris D. (Desjardins), a vocalist renowned for his poor public skills (leading to a revolving lineup which highlighted Stan Ridgway, SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR, and Dave Alvin, among a bunch of others) along with a penchant for obsessively morbid lyrical designs. …