The Brandos

The gritty, back-to-basics rock & roll of New York’s the Brandos has roots within the Seattle scene, however, not one that become famous. Brandos frontman Dave Kincaid once led the Allies, an early-’80s power pop music group that earned an MTV competition using the video for “Emma Peel off.” However, the brand new wave-influenced works emanating through the Emerald City in the past received little interest beyond the Pacific Northwest therefore Kincaid split from your Allies and relocated to NY in 1985. While skimming with the Town Voice, Kincaid noticed an ad from your group Soul Assault searching for another business lead singer. Kincaid became a member of the music group and transformed their name towards the Brandos. Featuring Kincaid on vocals and acoustic guitar, Ed Rupprecht (acoustic guitar), Ernie Mendillo (bass, vocals), and Larry Mason (drums), the Brandos released their 1st recording, Honor Among Thieves, on Relativity Information in 1987. The Brandos reaped positive protection in Rolling Rock and Time; furthermore, the video for “Gettysburg” was performed frequently on MTV, a route that rarely backed performers on indie brands. In 1988, Kincaid was selected as Best Man Vocalist (Indie Label) at the brand new York Music Honours. The Brandos also remaining Relativity that 12 months to indication with Geffen Information. However the Geffen offer was tangled in legal inconveniences, as well as the group finished up at RCA Information in 1989. RCA decreased the Brandos once they completed their second LP, Trial by Open fire, in 1990. The Brandos’ third recording, Gunfire at nighttime, was written by Germany’s SPV Information in 1992. Rupprecht and Mason departed from your music group in 1993, changed by ex-Del Lords users Scott Kempner (acoustic guitar) and Frank Funaro (drums). In 1996, Frank Giordano (vocals, acoustic guitar) was put into the lineup; the group’s 4th LP, Move the Hat, also made an appearance that 12 months. Kincaid finished a solo recording in 1997 but came back towards the Brandos for another LP and gigs in European countries with Bryan Adams, Vehicle Morrison, and Deep Crimson.