Flirt

The Detroit “punk/new wave scene” of the late 1970s just did not get the attention or credit that its counterparts in New York, Los Angeles and even Akron, Ohio, received.  Though it largely slipped under the radar, the quality of the music coming out of Detroit in those early days of punk was in many […]

The Reruns

The Reruns were part of the original wave of bands that spearheaded that influential early Detroit “punk scene” in the late 1970s.  The true story of this exciting era in music is yet to be written, but places like Lili’s & Paycheck’s in Hamtramck, Bookie’s & the Red Carpet in Detroit were soon hopping to […]

The Ramrods

Born; 1977 in Detroit, The Ramrods, witnesses to the best rock ever made in the history of the world bring the power and the fury of their own; “I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”, “Here It Comes”, “Gimme Some Action”, “There’s Nothin’ ta Do in Detroit Anymore” and the classic; “I’m A Ramrod (baby)”. Peter James- Guitar, […]

Cinecyde

Gary Reichel (Cinecyde, vocalist): They basically hired the bands and marched them down to one of the Birmingham salons to get the punk rock haircuts. They had a slick flyer to give to club owners. “And we’ll handle everything. The three bands will all tour. We’ll use the same equipment. You don’t have to worry about […]

The Denizens

Detroit Punk Mike Murphy (The Denizens, the Rushlw-King Combo, the Boners, Hysteric Narcotics): No band got famous out of that whole era except the Romantics, and that’s freaky. It’s not that the Romantics weren’t Detroit, but they were not representative of that scene at all. But maybe that’s why they did get signed. When they were […]