I seem to be stuck in this groove where a lot of the indie bands I'm being introduced to have either reunited after a long hiatus or are bringing back the music from the 60's to the 90's. And it's a groove I'm thoroughly enjoying.
In the July issue of IMC magazine, I delved into the Left Wing Fascists, rockers that had disbanded in the late 80's, only to return with a vengeance In 2014. Other bands like Joe Symes & The Loving Kind are leading the new 'British Invasion' wave while punk rock bands like Silhouette Cities are bringing back the new wave sounds of the 80's (you can check out all 3 on the ON DEMAND PAGE at www.q108kingston.com).
Thanks to the head man over at Radio Candy, Marc Platt (and a very talented artist in his own right), I have had the pleasure of adding a group of musicians that combine the 3 elements listed above and more to the station rotation. And that band's name? So glad you asked. It's The Floor Models.
If you dig the 60's sounds of the The Beatles and the Byrds, mixed with a touch of the early 80's sounds of Elvis Costello, then you're in for a treat.
The Floor Models were formed back in the early 80's, Consisting of: Gerry Devine (vocals and acoustic guitar), Andrew Pasternack (12-string guitar), Steve Simels (bass and keyboards) and Glen Robert Allen (drums and percussion).
Just as The Beatles started out at the Cavern, The Floor Models spent every Friday and Saturday night playing at 'The Other End Cafe' in New York's famous Greenwich Village.
According to bass player, Steve Simels, " . . .though the schedule was grueling, it never once felt like work, this due to the fact that a) the four of us enjoyed each other's company almost as much as the music we were playing; b) we were rather handsomely paid, if you can believe it; and c) thanks to the weekend traffic on Bleecker Street we almost always wound up performing for an elbow-jostling and appreciative crowd (around 200 well lubricated NYU kids and tourists crammed wall to wall on an average lively night) even when our friends were otherwise engaged."
Every once in a while, the quartet would head to the studio and lay down some tracks.
Article written for the IMC Magazine
By Randy Skaggs
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