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San Francisco’s American Heartbreak was shaped in 1996 by guitarist Billy Rowe, recently orphaned from the dissolution from the commercially overlooked but critically preferred Jetboy, also featuring ex-Hanoi Stones man Sam Yaffa. As well as vocalist Lance Boone, bassist Michael Butler (previously an associate of Bay Region thrash kings Exodus!), …

Mickey Finn, percussionist in T. Rex, made an appearance with ex-T. Rex drummer Paul Fenton in fall 1997 in a Cambridge display commemorating the 20th wedding anniversary of Marc Bolan’s loss of life. This resulted in a choice to re-form T. Rex, using a lineup including Finn, Fenton, and four …

Although these were often considered Mötley Crüe/Poison disciples, LA ’80s glam rockers Jetboy contained a former person in the group that could have been in charge of the whole music motion to begin with — former Hanoi Rocks bassist Sam Yaffa. Becoming a member of Yaffa had been Mickey Finn …