Chain Reaction (band)
Chain Reaction | |
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| Origin | New York, USA |
| Genres | Hard rock, Pop |
| Years active | 1964–1968 |
| Labels | Date Records, Verve Records |
| Past members | Don Solomon Peter Stahl Alan Strohmayer Steven Tallarico Barry Shapiro |
Chain Reaction, also known as The Strangeurs, was an American hard rock band from Yonkers, New York. They had four singles and were most notable for having lead singer Steven Tallarico (Steven Tyler, as he would later come to be known). They started off as the Strangers, before finding a group who already had that moniker, switching to The Strangeurs as a result of said group. After a line-up change they changed their name to Chain Reaction.
Chain Reaction performed in concert as the opening act for such groups as The Beach Boys, The Byrds and The Yardbirds. The band's 1966 song "When Bob Needed You" appeared on Aerosmith's 1991 compilation box set album Pandora's Box.[1]
The Strangeurs line-up
- Don Solomon - keyboards/vocals
- Peter Stahl - guitar
- Alan Strohmayer - bass
- Steven Tallarico - drums/vocals
- Barry Shapiro - drums
Chain Reaction line-up
- Steve Tally (Steven Tallarico) - lead vocals
- Don Sloan (Don Solomon) - keyboards
- Peter Stahl - guitar
- Alan Strohmayer - bass
- Barry Shore (Barry Shapiro) - drums
Singles
- "When I Needed You" (B. Shapiro - S. Tallarico - D. Solomon - A. Strohmayer - P. Stahl)
- "The Sun" (B. Shapiro - S. Tallarico - D. Solomon - A. Strohmayer - P. Stahl)
- "You Should Have Been Here Yesterday" (Don Sloan - Peter Stahl)
- "Ever Lovin' Man" (Don Sloan - Peter Stahl)
See also
References
- ^ Huxley, Martin (1995). Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 7–8, 10. ISBN 978-0-312-11737-5.
