The Volcanos

Philadelphia spirit quintet the Volcanos formed in 1964, originally teaming business lead vocalist Gene Jones, vocalist Steve Kelly, guitarist Stanley Wade, his bassist sibling Harold “Doc” Wade, keyboardist John Hart, and drummer Earl Teen. Regarding to e-zine Funky 16 Sides, within a few months of their development the group agreed upon to the neighborhood Arctic label, so that as the entire year drew to an in depth released their debut one, “Baby,” the lone ballad in the Volcanos cannon. (The flipside, “Make Your Move,” seems on a minimum of three of their nine total singles). In middle-1965 the Volcanos came back using their biggest strike, “Storm Caution” — a display for Jones’ soaring falsetto, the solitary reached Quantity 33 for the nationwide R&B graphs and continues to be a North soul favorite even today. Future Philly spirit legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff made up the follow-up, the upbeat stomper “Help Needed,” as well as the Volcanos shut out the entire year using the Motown-inspired “(It’s Against) The Laws and regulations of Like,” another traditional given new lease of life on the North Spirit circuit. They didn’t release their following Arctic work, “A Lady’s Guy,” before following summer season; the single didn’t come back the group towards the graphs, and after one last admittance for the label, the Eddie Holman-penned “You’re #1 1,” Arctic terminated their agreement. The Volcanos after that landed using the Harthon imprint for just two outstanding 1967 singles: “It’s Gotta Be considered a False Security alarm” and “Consider Me AGAIN.” Jones remaining the group sometime in 1968, rechristening himself Gene Trust and starting a solo profession for the Virtue label. In 1970, he resurrected the Volcanos moniker for just one last solitary, “No Trespassing” — by that point, the initial lineup had very long since dissolved, using the brothers, Harold and Stanley Wade heading on to discovered the Trammps, the music group best-known because of its traditional “Disco Inferno.”