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Recorded Songs: Running - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1984 City Pretty - (B. Perrone/C. Kranick) (c) 1984 Chosen One - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1984 Fight For The Beast - (R. Lombardi/B. Perrone/J.P. Reimer) (c) 1984 Cultural Exchange - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1983 Beg For Mercy - (R. Lombardi) (c) 1983 Not Ready For Love - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1985 Loud-N-Proud - (C. Ritchie) (c) 1985 On Your Own - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1983* Other Songs: Midnight Madness - (R. Lombardi/B. Perrone) (c) 1983 So Fine - (J.P. Reimer) (c) 1983 Internal Conflict - (B. Perrone) (c) 1983 You Can't Steal Love - (R. Lombardi/B. Perrone) (c) 1983 The Killing Kind - (B Perrone) (c) 1983 The Gauntlet - (C. Ritchie) (c) 1985 Tracks 1-4 recorded at "Fresh Tracks", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1984. Produced By Larry Spivack & The End. Tracks 5, 6 & 9 Also recorded at "Fresh Tracks" & Produced by Larry Spivack & The End in 1983. Tracks 7 & 8 recorded at "Galaxy" studios in Sommerdale, NJ in 1985. Produced by Robert Leese. All songs published by: FIREMOUTH MUSIC ascap All logo's for "THE END" (c) 1983 Jean Pierre Reimer ROAD CREW UPDATE: I recently ran into Jimmy Kennedy in Phialdelphia. Jimmy was our Road Manager, MC and Sound Man for a long time. He is well & living / working in Philadelphia. Check out 'THE END' on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/endphilly Or on ROCK Detector: Both albums by 'THE END' available for digital download! Additional Musicians/Credits: *"On Your Own" featured an early version of "The End" (Mark One) with Leo Mancuso (Drums - We both took drum lessons from the great Len Neri), Rick Dry (Keyboards) & Bob Allen (Bass - of "Sister Sledge" fame no less!). This lineup also recorded an EP that was released on their own label, Revolver Records. (See below (c) & (p) 1981) Teenage Misfortune - (B. Perrone/L. Mancuso) Why Should Love Hurt - (J.P. Reimer) Watch Out - (B. Perrone) Take It Or Leave It - (B. Perrone) All tracks recorded at C & C Recording Studios & engineered by Ed Candaloria. |
Rob Lombardi: Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals, Songwriter, Producer (all tracks except 7-9)
Jean Pierre Reimer: Guitars, Background Vocals, Songwriter, Producer
Billy Perrone: Guitars, Background Vocals, Songwriter
Cy Kranick: Lead & Background Vocals, Songwriter
Eddie Byrd: Bass, Background Vocals (tracks 1-4, 7 & 8)
Chris Doyle: Bass (Tracks 5 & 6)
Joel Trent: Bass, Background Vocals, Songwriter
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Band Bio: One day in March of 1983 I got a call from a guitarist named Jean Pierre Reimer who wanted to know if I'd be interested in auditioning for his band called "THE END". They were opening for "Twisted Sister" & I liked what he had to say on the phone, so I went... It was my first real circuit band in Philadelphia . The band (Mark Two) consisted of myself, Jean, Billy & Chris...Cy came in about a month later. We quickly put together a set of about 11 songs and jumped right out onto the Philly area club circuit playing at the "Galaxy", the "Empire" and the "Menagerie" to name a few. The first casualty of the band was Chris. He just didn't have the image we were after and he wound up being fired at the end of 1983. We were trying to fit in with bands like "Saints In Hell" & "Dead End Kids" so we slowly started becoming "HEAVIER"! We briefly had a bassist named Tim Buckwalder who we did a photo shoot with but he quit shortly after. After an eternity of looking, we brought in Joel Trent on bass (Mark Three), did another photo shoot and started booking gigs and rehearsing our butts off! Joel just couldn't handle the 2 hour drive from York, Pa., so, with shows already booked...He quit! Now we needed to find another bassist fast! So we tried to convince Billy Childs (later of "Britny Fox") to join the band. He passed, so we wound up with Eddie Byrd (Mark Four)...He was the right guy! Looks, attitude & played a mean bass in the Steve Harris vein. This line up did pretty well on the circuit and generated some management & record company interest. We were everywhere! You could find us opening for "Helen Wheels", or backstage hanging out with "Ratt" & "Accept" in Harrisburg, Pa. or partying in New York City with "Motley Crue" & "Iron Maiden". The stories I could tell...! The guys from Maiden even wore our "End Girl" t-shirts on MTV! We were briefly represented by Apollo Artists Attractions, but they wanted us to be more of a cover band. Something we were trying to get far away from... Unfortunately, soon after that a meeting with a big management company was blown off by one of the band members...No, I won't say which one, and I started to lose interest in the band which led to them auditioning other drummers behind my back! So, In the summer of 1984 I was out and "Bazooka" Joe Solina was in! (Mark Five) Joe is a great drummer. They went to New York & filmed 2 videos for a new cable network called Paragon and did a new photo shoot to match. Not long after that I heard that Billy was fired & that Curt Ritchie was brought in on Guitar in his place (Mark Six). They recorded 2 songs at the "Galaxy" in 1985 & remixed some of the older tracks adding Curt into the mix. A lot of gigging later, the band called it quits at the end of 1985. In late 1986 Jean wanted to reform the band and called me to play bass on the studio tracks (Mark Seven). That version of the band is covered in the "The End/Brat" section of this site. If you have any of the missing 8X10's forward them my way...
"Bazooka" Joe Solina: Drums (Tracks 7 & 8)
Curt Ritchie: Guitars, Background Vocals, Songwriter, Producer. (tracks 7 & 8)
Brian Paine: Lead & Background Vocals, Songwriter
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This is another band that I thought could have made it, especially later on when I was playing bass. It was a big tease to be constantly around the "big" bands of that time and not be on the bill with them and making records. It was the same years later while in "April Fool" Mark One Mark Two Mark 2.5 Mark Three Mark Four Mark Five Mark Seven 1981 1983 1983 1983 1984 1985 1987 AD Bumper Sticker Concert Ticket Logo END Card W/ Albert Bouchard of BOC Billy/Eddie Jean/Cy Jean/Curt Rob Rob Cy/Rob Rob/Jean Video Shoot 1984 1984 1987 1987 1983 1984 1984 1987
W/ Helen Wheels Brian Cy/Jean Chris/Cy/Billy Group Live Jean Joe 1984 1987 1984 1983 1987 1983 1987 Dave Murray of 'Iron Maiden' wearing his 'End Girl' t-shirt in the 'Behind The Iron Curtain' video. We gave the whole band a shirt and they were cool enough to wear the on TV and in interviews. |